Re: Addictive Additive ****RETRACTED****
Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2021 6:58 pm
I'm sorry that the meta didn't work out. But, I did enjoy the grid clues!
A place to discuss the WSJ Weekly Crossword Contest and other "meta"-style crosswords
https://www.xword-muggles.com/
You are probably correct. However I think it is important that we all realize it is the journey, not the destination...Dplass wrote: ↑Wed Apr 14, 2021 1:16 pmY'all are being too serious!DrTom wrote: ↑Wed Apr 14, 2021 12:55 pmAnd ask him how many times he has been incorrect. See the problem with guessing is that sometimes constructors know people will do that so they put a lot of things that "look" like they give the answer but they do not. There are several times I have "guessed" the answer beforehand and then solved the puzzle. I've been right many times but also wrong. Even if you guess it, and had this puzzle been formatted correctly, it might still have been fun to see WHY that was the answer.
Oh, and I think you'd get some debate at to whether the goal is to reach the top of the leader board. Muggles, at least to my knowledge, enjoy the chase as much, perhaps even more, than the score. Besides top of the leaderboard for a MMM, WSJ, PANDORA, MEOW really don't mean much. Only the MGWCC really seems to matter for bragging rights, nothing more.
Oof! A right cross from Sisti sends the Doctor to the ropes. He asks for a some sugar to give him energy but the cornerman hands him an Ultra instead - folks I think DrTom is down for the count.....
BRILLIANT!DrTom wrote: ↑Fri Apr 16, 2021 1:43 pmOof! A right cross from Sisti sends the Doctor to the ropes. He asks for a some sugar to give him energy but the cornerman hands him an Ultra instead - folks I think DrTom is down for the count.....
LOVED the song, but was surprised just how amenable the lyrics were to modifying for the occasion:
Lonely feeling deep inside
Find a corner where I can hide
Silent PMs calling me
Letting me know what I can see
No sugar tonight in my meta
No sugar tonight to find
No sugar I’ll have to do better
No sugar I’ve lost my mind
In the silence of the board
Too few postings, oh my word
Looking to me for some sense
I can only show penitence
No sugar tonight in my meta
No sugar tonight to find
No sugar I’ll have to do better
No sugar I’ve lost my mind
I was just as surprised that nobody invoked the Archies (well maybe not THAT surprised, but when you think of the WHO odn't you automatically think of the Archies? (as in "now presenting the Archies! Wait WHO?"). Obviously SUGAR SUGAR plays to the occasion just as well and is similarly amenable to Tomical lyricalization:
Meta
Sugar, sugar
You were my masterpiece
And you got me hating you
I just can't believe
That changing just a single square
I just can't believe it's true
I just can't believe
The I screwed it up everywhere
I just can't believe it's true
Ah, meta
Sugar, sugar
You were my masterpiece
And you got me hating you