"Shoulda Put a Ring On It"

[Al Sisti]

I was talking with BrianMac (my metamentor), and were thinking it might be nice to have our own weekly release of metas, since there seems to be a growing stable of Muggles who are interested in creating them, and even more who seem to like solving them. Mondays are kind of an off day for us... so how does "Muggle Meta Mondays" sound?

Well, it's not Monday, but I've never been known for my patience. Anyway, here's one to start it off. It's called "Shoulda Put a Ring On It." I would put it somewhere between a Week 2 and Week 3.

ShouldPutA_RingOnIt.puz
ShouldPutA_RingOnIt.pdf

The meta answer is a fictional ringleader.

[FrankieHeck]

Great puzzle! You guys are spoiling us!

[Meg]

Nicely done. Over too soon.

[Beth Tyrpin]

Thank you!

[TMart]

Great puzzle! The clue-writing is incredible - I laughed all the way through. Thanks Al!

[Al Sisti]

Nicely done. Over too soon.

Sounds like a play-by-play of my wedding night...

[Cindy]

Great one!

[Meg]

Nicely done. Over too soon.

Sounds like a play-by-play of my wedding night...

Viral topics on this blog:
Rock concerts of my youth
Birds
The morality of nudges
The meaning of "Upstate" New York

And now.........Reviews of my wedding night.

Maaaaahvelous!

[Joe Ross]

Here is the link to this puzzle in Excel.

[BarbaraK]

Thank you! Another fun one. Really enjoyed it.

[Hector]

Hear, hear.

[LesY]

Well done, Al! More, more, more! (please)

[Al Sisti]

Well done, Al! More, more, more! (please)

Thanks all, for the positive responses. I believe BrianMac will be doing one for the next Muggle Meta Monday (on Monday from now on). After that, we have a couple more on the shelf, and if anyone else wants to add to the inventory, you can PM me or Brian (hopefully I'm not volunteering him without having talked to him about it).

[spotter]

I'd like to request that when Muggle Meta Monday starts, the thread be under the "Other Meta Crossword Puzzles" and not in "Other Puzzles" as it is right now.

[Al Sisti]

I'd like to request that when Muggle Meta Monday starts, the thread be under the "Other Meta Crossword Puzzles" and not in "Other Puzzles" as it is right now.

I like that idea...

[Toby]

Very enjoyable puzzle. I found two alternative routes to the same result.

[Al Sisti]

Very enjoyable puzzle. I found two alternative routes to the same result.

Wow! I'd love to hear about them, either via PM before the reveal or after the reveal. Or maybe I could/should try to solve it myself. Cindy also found another entry that could have been considered.

[ChrisKochmanski]

Loved it!

It will be wonderful to have a regular Monday meta. (Though what will happen to my current Monday night mystery novel reading?) Thanks to you and Brian Mac for conspiring to bring us this added delight!

[Al Sisti]

Loved it!

It will be wonderful to have a regular Monday meta. (Though what will happen to my current Monday night mystery novel reading?) Thanks to you and Brian Mac for conspiring to bring us this added delight!

Aw, man... Monday Night mystery reading? You have my attention. I've been using those spare hours from 11 PM to 2 AM to catch up on my reading. I realized that I had read maybe one Robert Parker/Spenser story in my life, even though I own two shelves of them... so I started reading from the first one in the series and read four or five a week a few weeks. I'm up to like #20, but now that I finished binge-watching 6 seasons of Bosch, I realized I may have to jump out of the Spenser series and now have to read all the Connelly books too. So many books, and Time Enough At Last to read them.

[ChrisKochmanski]

Aw, man... Monday Night mystery reading? You have my attention.

Al, I'll PM you for mystery recommendations.