A weekly meta crossword on the forum started by member Josh (aka madhatter5). These puzzles are often very creative with solving mechanisms out of the norm and skewing towards the more challenging. Puzzles are posted every Wednesday, and the solution appears the following Tuesday.
I'm very pleased to be back on MEOW again today after the recently-formed "clowder" extended an invitation. I echo @benchen71's sentiments that it's great having a space where you don't have to worry about all those pesky crossword and meta rules. In fact, I think I broke several of them in today's puzzle. (Nah, I'm just "Joshin'"!)
I'd like to thank @whimsy, @MarkWoychick, and @boharr for testing help, and a special thank you to @DrTom who, while testing a different puzzle, provided the inspiration for this one. He also came up with some witty wording for one of the clues (you'll know which one).
What the Good Captain didn’t mention is that it took him less than a day to move from his original puzzle to this one - I mean we are talking Pandora Will speed here!
A very nice puzzle in record time!
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!
Check out "The MOAT MEOW Mashup Pack" here. US$10 for 14 metas that don't always abide by the "rules" of the game: asymmetry, 2-letter words, uncrossed letters, who knows. And this time there's a mega-meta!
Check out this very cool project by many of your favorite muggles to raise money to fight cancer. You get a fun puzzle bundle and good causes get $. Win-win: Crosswords for Cancer
[Thanks, Cap'n!]
