MGWCC #764 - “Eat, Drink, and Be Meta”

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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#41

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Very satisfying. My Google research showed a typo in the pole vaulter clue.
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#42

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Ready to beam up!
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#43

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Beamed up.
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#44

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My first "week 3" solve in ages...even if it was easier than the usual, I'll take it.
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#45

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Pretty steep rabbit hole to dig out of but I finally got it. on the board!
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#46

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Beamed! And actually said energize this week.
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#47

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Finally on the board at #279, thanks to a helpful "keep doing what you are doing" kind of nudge. I will try to remember that it helps to write things out, even if you have already written them out a few times already.
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#48

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Beamed up. I really enjoyed this one!
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#49

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I have been beamed up for the first time! This was a fun puzzle, and the solving felt a bit outside the box compared to recent WSJ solves, which is exactly what I was looking for!
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#50

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while it wasn't hard I'll say it wasn't easy. There was one very misleading aspect that was very difficult to overcome and if one didn't overcome it, it was quite impossible. Of course, it turned out the way to overcome it was.... to completely ignore it. But ignoring things when you have little to go on at the beginning is very hard to to do.
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#51

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Safely energized.
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#52

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Any kind soul willing to take me under their tutelage, lol.
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#53

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rayyandroid wrote: ↑Sat Jan 21, 2023 2:06 pm Any kind soul willing to take me under their tutelage, lol.
Sure! PM me.
If you want help with a meta, feel free to PM me. The more specific you are about what you have and what you want, the more likely I can help without spoiling.

(And if I help you win a mug, I’ll be especially delighted.)
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#54

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woozy wrote: ↑Fri Jan 20, 2023 4:26 pm I'd say it's not that easy as there's a rabbit hole that is actually more compelling than the true path and that uses the same mechanism but gets nowhere.
I feel like I'm in it.

Not planning a zoom date night for Sunday yet....but looking pretty likely
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#55

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Got it, fun one!
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#56

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Beamed up. Enjoyable solve. And I see that this was my solve number 50- time to eat, drink, and be merry!
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#57

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This one was relatively quick for me. This week's WSJ, that was apparently the easiest ever, took a long time.
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#58

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Took a shove. Usually I would not even attempt a week 3, but I knew Matt was doing penance for last week’s supposed “week 2.”
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#59

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beam me up. that was fun.
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#60

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Abide wrote: ↑Sat Jan 21, 2023 12:24 am Very satisfying. My Google research showed a typo in the pole vaulter clue.
In his defense, he used the Soviet-era spelling used in TV graphics and Sports Illustrated articles when he was active. Not unlike when people do pre-2022 crosswords and get confused about "Kiev" being in the grid, I suppose.
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