A weekly meta crossword on the forum started by member Josh (aka madhatter5). These puzzles are often very creative with solving mechanisms out of the norm and skewing towards the more challenging. Puzzles are posted every Wednesday, and the solution appears the following Tuesday.
This is KayW, posting on behalf of Dr Tom who is on the road this week:
This is an interesting puzzle because it was inspired by a different puzzle. Joe Ross (yes our Joe) got this idea and since he knows I have the computer program and a lot more time than he has, asked me if I would like to collaborate on a meta. Well if you know me, asking me to collaborate on a meta is like saying "Hey Tom, you want a beer/glass of wine?" Unless I have reached my limit (which I do with beer/wine but apparently not metas) I am going to say YES!!!
This will be at least a 2.5 and might be harder simply because even when you are done solving you are going to say, "What in the Hellenic is that?" Google will be the majority of solvers' friend this week. But hey, Mr. G has to eat too!
Proud of myself this week, think I actually got it without nudges and in maybe an hour from start to finish. Hopefully I'm not just confidently incorrect!
Well, I didn't need google for what I assume you assume we would. That was my wheelhouse and a lot of fun, I thought.
But next... huh?
As to your nudges:
1: Totes obs
2: Um... but they arent'...
3: What? No, I don't!
4: But google what?
5: Oh, that's cute. Let's see... fire up the ol' googi-tran and... nothing....
So, a big huh... I think there needed to be a nudge between the 2 and 3 particularly about what the heck are those numbers for
....
EDIT: And I get a PM that makes me feel completely abashed. But ... You absolutely have to know what the numbers mean. It's actually the third most common use, maybe, but.... I just couldn't see it. And if you don't see that you can be 95% of the way there and have no idea.
Last edited by woozy on Wed Oct 09, 2024 7:17 pm, edited 1 time in total.
woozy wrote: Wed Oct 09, 2024 6:19 pm
Well, I didn't need google for what I assume you assume we would. That was my wheelhouse and a lot of fun, I thought.
But next... huh?
As to your nudges:
1: Totes obs
2: Um... but they arent'...
3: What? No, I don't!
4: But google what?
5: Oh, that's cute. Let's see... fire up the ol' googi-tran and... nothing....
So, a big huh... I think there needed to be a nudge between the 2 and 3 particularly about what the heck are those numbers for
I just realized that there are nudges on Crosshare. My browser doesn't show me any nudges in this thread. Off to check the CH nudges....
I don't have anything clever to say, but if I did, it would go here.
Eli
1. Cindy W
2. Kay W (tester)
3. Serafin
4. Lars C
5. Cindy H
6. boharr
7. rjy
8. Hector
9. Mr Tex
10. Steve M
11. HeadinHome
12. DannyKB
13. Meg (who I hope is safe from Milton!)
14. hoover
15. ChrisKochmanski
16. JakeDaSnake
17. jbird
18. schmidzy
19. woozy
20. lbray53
21. whimsy
22. CPJohnson
23. Berto
Please let me know if I missed anyone, or failed to recognize a Crosshare/muggle name transposition.
Since the good doctor pre-posted his nudges on Crosshare, I'd best share them here, too:
NUDGES:
Are there clues that seem forced, or more exactly are there clues that seem to be Greek related and forced?
The Greeks were all about beauty and symmetry, so is this puzzle - well the symmetry part at least
OK, you got 6 letters wonder how you put them together to form two words - there might be a hint!!!
Remember what we said about Google!!!
If EVER there was a "READ THE TITLE" this is the puzzle
