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Complexity Scale™ rating of 4 / 10.

The answer to this week's meta is a name.
(I doubt you'll need Google at all for this).

Crosshare link: https://crosshare.org/crosswords/VIyMtv1KgAmod43qAgAn

Also linking Will's very handy resource of Helpful Crosswordese!

Awaiting confirmation but pretty sure I’m
Nice one!

Edit: Confirmation that I was the first correct solver!

I’m in right after Dannyvee. Nice mechanism! Step 1 was just a guess (for me) and after that everything just rolled along.

I’m having a particularly good weekend!

Am still in the "this is a meta?" phase.

Dplass wrote: ↑Sun Mar 28, 2021 11:46 am Am still in the "this is a meta?" phase.

If this wasn't a forum for metas, I'd be perfectly happy with having completed the grid and calling it. I'm sure an inroad will present itself soon enough, but that makes me even more excited for the harder weeks to come.

Solved

Solved the grid, had some inklings, but wasn't going anywhere.
Drove to get some pet supplies - and AHA hit me in the car.
Quickly solved (and submitted) once back home again.

RPardoe wrote: ↑Sun Mar 28, 2021 12:18 pm Solved the grid, had some inklings, but wasn't going anywhere.
Drove to get some pet supplies - and AHA hit me in the car.
Quickly solved (and submitted) once back home again.

Funny, I NEVER get the inspiration when not looking at the puzzle...

Dplass wrote: ↑Sun Mar 28, 2021 12:21 pm

RPardoe wrote: ↑Sun Mar 28, 2021 12:18 pm Solved the grid, had some inklings, but wasn't going anywhere.
Drove to get some pet supplies - and AHA hit me in the car.
Quickly solved (and submitted) once back home again.

Funny, I NEVER get the inspiration when not looking at the puzzle...

In the car and in the shower. Excellent places for inspiration to hit!

Dino me!

RPardoe wrote: ↑Sun Mar 28, 2021 12:18 pm Solved the grid, had some inklings, but wasn't going anywhere.
Drove to get some pet supplies - and AHA hit me in the car.
Quickly solved (and submitted) once back home again.

Couple of months back, the aha on a particular meta came while I was on a snowy walk in the woods.

Dino took his time with me, but now I am officially Dinoed. . Will has become a really good constructor. This puzzle is Matt quality.

Took me some time, but I have had it confirmed that I am dinoed and safely out of the box. Clever puzzle.

Out of the box! Nice mechanism!

oldjudge wrote: ↑Sun Mar 28, 2021 4:38 pm Dino took his time with me, but now I am officially Dinoed. . Will has become a really good constructor. This puzzle is Matt quality.

Thanks! I'm honored - that's high praise! Although I'm certain my puzzles would not have improved much at all without the help from Emma, Dani, Brian, and all of you that regularly solve and submit feedback - so thank you! <3

It's also very entertaining to hear where everyone's "a-ha" moments took place today - in the car, in a walk in the woods, chatting with a friend/spouse, etc. Very cool that this mechanism took a bit of pondering before finally clicking into place.

Thanks everyone for playing along! Sundays have become my favorite day of the week because of you.

And you have made Sundays special for us.

A bit more detail - when I first completed the puzzle, I tried a few things. Not successfully
As I was driving I realized those things wouldn’t warrant a 4/10 complexity rating.
Thinking how things might be tweaked for the rating helped get the AHA while driving.

Dino me, after a bunch of shoves. Thanks for the puzzle!

I'm waiting for that elusive dino to waltz into my life (not yet!!).

Dino me!