#32 - "Hodgepodge"

[FrankieHeck]

The answer to the metapuzzle is something that appears to be made from several disparate parts.

[TMart]

I was able to get 32A without Google this time around!

[Tina]

Got nothing yet, just came here hoping for post-inspiration and to say that I loved the clues at 107D, 46A, 74A, 88A and 3D.

[FrankieHeck]

I was able to get 32A without Google this time around!

I didn't...but I did tell myself I was going to commit it to memory this time. I Google an embarrassing number of answers in PW's puzzles. I feel like I have to save all my mental energy for the metas. (And frankly, even Googling his stuff can be a challenge!)

[damefox]

This meta feels like it's going to be just as involved as last week, which doesn't bode well for me figuring it out.

[Hector]

My brain seems to be something made from several disparate parts the last week or two.

[Laura M]

I think that my sophisticated meta-solving technique of mostly staring at the grid and seeing if anything jumps out at me is not really up to PGW's puzzles. Actually it's amazing that I solve any metas at all :-)

[Toby]

The good (and bad) thing about PWG's puzzles is that he seldom uses the usual meta-tricks. So hard to know where to start on this one.

[Al Sisti]

I know where *not* to start (my submission was wrong) but I'm on a new promising tack. Someone started telling me once that haste makes waste, but I walked away before he finished the sentence.

[ChrisKochmanski]

I'm seeing SOMETHING ... that's leading me to believe the way to the solution is ... SOMEWHERE ... but that somewhere is leading me ... NOWHERE.

So far, anyway.

[pgw]

Hey solvers,

I updated the post with a hint.

I'm afraid you guys might hate me for this one ... good luck!

- pgw

[Laura M]

Got it with the hint, oh my heck. This will be a classic.

[FrankieHeck]

Got it with the hint, oh my heck. This will be a classic.

You give us hope!!

[Toby]

Hey solvers,

I updated the post with a hint.

I'm afraid you guys might hate me for this one ... good luck!

- pgw

That is not what us mere mortals consider much of a hint.

[Hector]

Hey solvers,

I updated the post with a hint.

I'm afraid you guys might hate me for this one ... good luck!

- pgw

That is not what us mere mortals consider much of a hint.

I think it actually is, if I've identified the relevant clue, but I haven't managed to track down how to use it yet. Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow, by any other name, is tomorrow, I think is the quote?

[Al Sisti]

I solved it... but after one bad submission and using the hint. Absolute genius!

[Al Sisti]

Got it with the hint, oh my heck. This will be a classic.

100% agree; this is the best meta I've seen in years.

[LesY]

I just finished too and completely agree - it was epic!

Just wish I hadn’t needed the hint, but still feel like it was a pretty big accomplishment.

[RPardoe]

Got it with the hint, oh my heck. This will be a classic.

100% agree; this is the best meta I've seen in years.

Curious to find out (ie solve) as I think Pete's "Change Your Tune" (Matt Gaffney #525 - Guest Constructor Puzzle, June 22, 2018) was a pretty clever meta.

[Al Sisti]

Got it with the hint, oh my heck. This will be a classic.

100% agree; this is the best meta I've seen in years.

Curious to find out (ie solve) as I think Pete's "Change Your Tune" (Matt Gaffney #525 - Guest Constructor Puzzle, June 22, 2018) was a pretty clever meta.

I recall that puzzle well, and I agree! Didn't realize/remember, though, that PGW was the constructor.