MOAT crossed sans nudges. I think this was a week two once I got a foot on the drawbridge.
Inspiration came in the middle of the night.
"Look After The Theme And The Meta Will Take Care Of Itself" by benchen71
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lbray53
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My avatar proves that it is sometimes better to be lucky than good!
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MatthewL
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Needed the nudges, but the moat has been crossed. Can't say I really stormed the castle -- more like knocked politely and they let me in. Thanks for the puzzle, Ben!
Matthew
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Hidden in 3D
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Needed those nudges! Thanks, Ben!
Sara
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DrTom
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That was a head slapper! Should have had it sans nudges, but didn't (I almost did but did not know it!). Fun puzzle Ben.
NUDGES!I am always willing to give nudges where needed; metas should be about fun, not frustration. Send me what you have done so far because often you are closer than you think!
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woozy
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Hmmm.... I have three very specific reasons jumps from a two to a four and was a head banger and not a head slapper but... I should probably extol the virtues that this was a cleverly (albeit extremely difficult) and tightly constructed puzzle.
Funny story. I was all set to enter Par for the course for the CrossHare midi contest for April but I mistakenly thought midi meant 7x 7 and not 11 x 11. Oops. Well.... Here's a complex but **small** meta on the subject of golf.
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Alvibu67
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Crossed the MOAT! Terrific puzzle! Needed 3/4 nudges, but I’m calling it a win.
Thanks!
Thanks!
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ajk
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Needed the third nudge, though in retrospect not 100% sure why (as usual). Fun stuff, thanks.
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KayW
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Nudged across the moat. Thanks, Ben!Contest Crosswords Combating Cancer (CCCC) is a bundle of 16 metapuzzles created to help raise money for cancer-related charities. It is available at CrosswordsForCancer.com.
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Streroto
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MOAT crossed but only with help of nudges. Clever as always and clueing by Ben is always so much fun. The real earworm was not 47A but 48A yikes!! Make it stop! LOL
Stay well all
Stay well all
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benchen71
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What a difference a day (and early nudges) makes! 
hoover
woozy
HeadinHome
Berto
Pair O Ducks
DCBilly
I K Snamhcok
lbray53
MatthewL
Johnny Luau
markhr
Carolyn
Hidden in 3D
DrTom
Sharkicicles
DebbieC
kurtalert
SJMcK
Alvibu67
ajk
KayW
JM
That's 31 so far.
hoover
woozy
HeadinHome
Berto
Pair O Ducks
DCBilly
I K Snamhcok
lbray53
MatthewL
Johnny Luau
markhr
Carolyn
Hidden in 3D
DrTom
Sharkicicles
DebbieC
kurtalert
SJMcK
Alvibu67
ajk
KayW
JM
That's 31 so far.
Check out "The MOAT MEOW Mashup Pack" here. US$10 for 14 metas that don't always abide by the "rules" of the game: asymmetry, 2-letter words, uncrossed letters, who knows. And this time there's a mega-meta! 
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Ergcat
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Crossed the moat ( with nudges )! Thanks, Ben! Very clever, as usual! And HAPPY PI DAY!
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rjy
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Nudged across the moat and back-solved my way into the castle. Quite the challenge with rabbit holes aplenty, thanks Ben!
Ray
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CPJohnson
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Solved with the nudges and a correction from @hcbirker.
Cynthia
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Cinny
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I got confused. I had submitted a couple wrong answers and thought I had already submitted this word. It has been a long week! Great meta, Ben. Thanks!
Cindy Heisler
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Cap'n Rick
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MOAT crossed! Nice one, Ben! Love the mechanism! 
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Jeremy Smith
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I needed that third nudge, yet still submitted two incorrect entries. One piece was extremely difficult to find so I had to backsolve for it. All in all, a fun puzzle! Thanks, Ben!
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benchen71
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Final solver update:
Laura M
Ergcat
LB800
rjy
rfj
Danny K Bernstein
frostyjhammer
CPJohnson
Cindy Heisler
Capn Rick
Jeremy Smith
That's a total of 42! And now, on to the answer reveal...
Laura M
Ergcat
LB800
rjy
rfj
Danny K Bernstein
frostyjhammer
CPJohnson
Cindy Heisler
Capn Rick
Jeremy Smith
That's a total of 42! And now, on to the answer reveal...
Check out "The MOAT MEOW Mashup Pack" here. US$10 for 14 metas that don't always abide by the "rules" of the game: asymmetry, 2-letter words, uncrossed letters, who knows. And this time there's a mega-meta!
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benchen71
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Here's the solution to "Look After The Theme And The Meta Will Take Care Of Itself":
This one played harder than I was expecting, possibly because Steven Soderbergh movies are not as well-known as I thought! "Out of Sight" is a brilliant movie starring George Clooney in one of his first notable movie roles and Jennifer Lopez in one of her first notable movie roles. I remember loving the non-linear narrative, complete with a couple of twists that come out of nowhere. So I thought the entry point for the solve would be reading the clue for 5D and discovering the answer was "Haywire" (a far less known movie, which I have not actually seen).
I also hope the final click for this puzzle was worth it!
This one played harder than I was expecting, possibly because Steven Soderbergh movies are not as well-known as I thought! "Out of Sight" is a brilliant movie starring George Clooney in one of his first notable movie roles and Jennifer Lopez in one of her first notable movie roles. I remember loving the non-linear narrative, complete with a couple of twists that come out of nowhere. So I thought the entry point for the solve would be reading the clue for 5D and discovering the answer was "Haywire" (a far less known movie, which I have not actually seen).
I also hope the final click for this puzzle was worth it!
Check out "The MOAT MEOW Mashup Pack" here. US$10 for 14 metas that don't always abide by the "rules" of the game: asymmetry, 2-letter words, uncrossed letters, who knows. And this time there's a mega-meta!
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MikeyG
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Nudged there finally. The title was way more literal than I was making it out to be! (Of course, we all know what's 20/20...)
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hoover
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The only Steven Soderbergh movie I could name without looking it up is sex, lies, and videotape.benchen71 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 17, 2024 5:10 pm This one played harder than I was expecting, possibly because Steven Soderbergh movies are not as well-known as I thought! "Out of Sight" is a brilliant movie starring George Clooney in one of his first notable movie roles and Jennifer Lopez in one of her first notable movie roles. I remember loving the non-linear narrative, complete with a couple of twists that come out of nowhere. So I thought the entry point for the solve would be reading the clue for 5D and discovering the answer was "Haywire" (a far less known movie, which I have not actually seen).