Published weekly by expert constructor Peter Gordon, the Fireball crossword is famous for being hard. How hard? Well, in the words of Peter Gordon, if you need to ask, too hard for you! It is not regularly a meta crossword, but does feature a contest or meta puzzle several times throughout the year. Available here for a subscription: http://www.fireballcrosswords.com
Email me (at the address below) the team no later than 6 p.m. (Eastern time) on Sunday, May 22.
You can enter only once, so be sure before hitting the "Send" button.
One person chosen at random from the correct entries will win a free subscription to Year 14 of Fireball Crosswords, digital copies of the puzzles from "Sizzlingly Hard Fireball Crosswords," "Blazingly Hard Fireball Crosswords," "Infernally Hard Fireball Crosswords," and "Hellaciously Hard Fireball Crosswords," and signed copies of "Diabolically Hard Fireball Crosswords," "Scorchingly Hard Fireball Crosswords," "Wickedly Hard Fireball Crosswords," and "Devilishly Hard Fireball Crosswords," a Fireball Crosswords baseball cap, a Fireball Crosswords lanyard, and a Fireball Crosswords bottle opener and keychain with light.
On Sunday evening, I'll send out the solution and the winner's name.
P.S.: Just 18 days left to sign up for A-to-Z Crosswords 2022: Petite Pangram Puzzles. It's 13 weeks of daily 9×11 crosswords, each of which uses all 26 letters of the alphabet in the grid, by me and Frank Longo. The Kickstarter ends June 5. Try two sample puzzles there. Just $13 for 91 puzzles!
The fireball is extinguished. Classic Patrick Berry (i.e. nice and elegant).
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.)