#640 - "She Takes The Opening Set"

An excellent puzzle written by one of the innovators of the meta crossword format. It comes out every Friday at noon and increases in difficulty throughout the month. Available for modest subscription (worth every cent) here: www.xwordcontest.com
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solved.

Not looking forward to heading into the weekend without any metas to stare at...
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#22

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No computer, no printer. Did this one looking at the.pdf on my phone screen and still solved it without any difficulty.
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#23

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Beam me right up.
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Beam me up. Yay. Muller, WSJ, MGWCC all done so maybe I can get to Will's latest weekly...
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#25

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Beam me up. I am SO glad there are no metas to stare at this weekend. This will be a needed break from the addiction.
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#26

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Beam me up. Week ones from Matt don’t seem to be made for this crowd of Muggles, me thinks.
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#27

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agree, #239 on the board, the grid was pretty easy and the meta even more so.

nice to have a three day weekend to ... find other metas to solve??!!?!
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#28

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Beam me up.
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Easy one!
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#30

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Beam me up! I learned something new - which I love!
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#31

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spotter wrote: Fri Sep 04, 2020 2:08 pm Struggling with a week 1. Poor me :(
Me too, I HATE it when everyone is proclaiming that the answer is almost written in bold red letters and I can see nothing. Same thing happened with WSJCC, until it all of a sudden dawned on me. Hope this is the same.
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I finished the grid and sent in the wrong answer, assuming I wouldn't have time to spend on it this weekend (I don't.)

I then had a bite of lunch, returned to the 'puter, where the puzzle was still on my screen, and saw it immediately.

So... I sent an email hoping I can repeal and replace my first answer.

Therefore, I guess I'm in Schroedinger space. I have or I have not solved it.
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#33

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I think I was working on it as if it was a level 2 or 3. And then, there it was. Done!
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#34

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Well DUH! Like I said I was over-complicating it and looking for difficulty where it was not. So, two down, now I'll wait for Wills Weekly tomorrow and a Muggle Monday. Granted my submission has not been confirmed but I'd say from the title and hint to the answer I'm over 99%.
NUDGES!I am always willing to give nudges where needed; metas should be about fun, not frustration. Send me what you have done so far because often you are closer than you think!
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damefox wrote: Fri Sep 04, 2020 12:58 pm Got it. Sometimes I think week 1 and week 5 are the only difficult levels MG actually gets. Everything in the middle is kind of a crapshoot. But to be fair, I'm not sure I could accurately assess what differentiates a week 2 from a week 4 either.
I think he accurately plans week 2s too. The other 2.5, maybe not.
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Got it!
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spotter wrote: Fri Sep 04, 2020 2:08 pm Struggling with a week 1. Poor me :(
Figured it out after stepping away for a long weekend. Easy Peasy. Just never heard of the player so it wasn’t jumping out at me.
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#38

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Dplass wrote: Sat Sep 05, 2020 2:54 pm
damefox wrote: Fri Sep 04, 2020 12:58 pm Got it. Sometimes I think week 1 and week 5 are the only difficult levels MG actually gets. Everything in the middle is kind of a crapshoot. But to be fair, I'm not sure I could accurately assess what differentiates a week 2 from a week 4 either.
I think he accurately plans week 2s too. The other 2.5, maybe not.
As a counter-argument, may I remind everyone of March, 2019

https://xwordcontest.com/2019/03/mgwcc- ... nswer.html
https://xwordcontest.com/2019/03/mgwcc- ... rning.html
https://xwordcontest.com/2019/03/mgwcc- ... -chen.html

I think the lesson for all our muggle constructors is that pegging the difficulty is harder than you'd think.
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