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Three in One by Patrick Berry

What two-word phrase of six letters is hinted at by this puzzle?

Submitted and confident. Excellent meta as you would expect from Gordon/ Berry

Very nice puzzle by the master. I tried many things and finally got lucky.

Outstanding, so elegant. Patrick Berry is in a class all by himself.

See something that can't be just a coincidence, but everything else I see can be, so stuck right now.

Al Sisti wrote: ↑Wed Apr 14, 2021 12:22 pm Outstanding, so elegant. Patrick Berry is in a class all by himself.

Elegant -- that's exactly the word I thought of. This is a meta I'd use to explain metas to a newbie.

I've finally given in and ordered the Containment Policy collection. I had been thinking I was doing too many puzzles. But who can resist a PB set?

ChrisKochmanski wrote: ↑Wed Apr 14, 2021 2:58 pm

Al Sisti wrote: ↑Wed Apr 14, 2021 12:22 pm Outstanding, so elegant. Patrick Berry is in a class all by himself.

Elegant -- that's exactly the word I thought of. This is a meta I'd use to explain metas to a newbie.

I've finally given in and ordered the Containment Policy collection. I had been thinking I was doing too many puzzles. But who can resist a PB set?

That Containment suite is one for the ages. You won't regret buying it or doing it.

Great puzzle. It’s a joy to see a puzzle that tight.

oldjudge wrote: ↑Wed Apr 14, 2021 5:35 pm Great puzzle. It’s a joy to see a puzzle that tight.

That's a great word for it...

Hmm. I have an answer, and based on what I see, I'd call this a perfectly fine meta, but I don't know that I'd use the superlatives I see here. In particular, I don't see the bow on top to wrap it all up.

Think I'll sleep on this and look again in the morning before submitting. Wonder if I'm missing something or just different tastes.

Just finished the grid. This is my first fireball contest and I have a question. I solved the grid using AcrossLite - but despite being what I think is completely correct, I don’t get the happy “you solved this correctly” music. Is that because it is a contest?

MamaE wrote: ↑Wed Apr 14, 2021 10:43 pm Just finished the grid. This is my first fireball contest and I have a question. I solved the grid using AcrossLite - but despite being what I think is completely correct, I don’t get the happy “you solved this correctly” music. Is that because it is a contest?

Exactly right.

Specifically - Peter has "X" entered as the "correct" letter for every square in the grid as the "solution" in the PUZ file.
So no happy music, no confirmation that your grid is correct.

(You can discover this with a reveal all - don't do it, unless you want to erase and refill the grid.)

RPardoe wrote: ↑Wed Apr 14, 2021 11:41 pm

MamaE wrote: ↑Wed Apr 14, 2021 10:43 pm Just finished the grid. This is my first fireball contest and I have a question. I solved the grid using AcrossLite - but despite being what I think is completely correct, I don’t get the happy “you solved this correctly” music. Is that because it is a contest?

Exactly right.

Specifically - Peter has "X" entered as the "correct" letter for every square in the grid as the "solution" in the PUZ file.
So no happy music, no confirmation that your grid is correct.

(You can discover this with a reveal all - don't do it, unless you want to erase and refill the grid.)

Yeah, uh, too late did that already. LOL

Puzzle done, answer submitted, Containment Policy ordered... thanks Patrick & Peter!

If anyone is willing to give a small nudge - I'd love one. I am at a loss with this meta.

MamaE wrote: ↑Fri Apr 16, 2021 9:17 pm If anyone is willing to give a small nudge - I'd love one. I am at a loss with this meta.

Well, after grinding on this all evening, I believe I have the answer....but I agree that it doesn’t feel like it has a bow on top. May sleep on it.

MamaE wrote: ↑Sat Apr 17, 2021 1:53 am Well, after grinding on this all evening, I believe I have the answer....but I agree that it doesn’t feel like it has a bow on top. May sleep on it.

A kind muggle explained what ties it all together, and it was something I'd never heard of. (Though when I asked my husband about it, he knew it right away.)

BarbaraK wrote: ↑Sat Apr 17, 2021 9:28 am

MamaE wrote: ↑Sat Apr 17, 2021 1:53 am Well, after grinding on this all evening, I believe I have the answer....but I agree that it doesn’t feel like it has a bow on top. May sleep on it.

A kind muggle explained what ties it all together, and it was something I'd never heard of. (Though when I asked my husband about it, he knew it right away.)

I suspect that is my issue too. I have certainly never heard of this thing - but google shows me it exists.

I've got something that has to be it, so I'm submitting. But I think I must be missing a step? I'll find out tomorrow!

Submitted, thanks to a focusing nudge. Click "like" if the meta answer conjures up memories of one specific person who was well known for a few years in the not-that-distant past....

MikeM000 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 18, 2021 8:14 am Submitted, thanks to a focusing nudge. Click "like" if the meta answer conjures up memories of one specific person who was well known for a few years in the not-that-distant past....

There's only one person you could possibly be talking about, Mike. You must be about my age and from New England.