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Pete's June puzzle is up-

https://pmxwords.com/2023-puzzle-6-chain-link-offense/

The meta is as follows: one of the long Across entries in this puzzle needs to be replaced by the meta answer, an alternative rock band of the same length, in order for the theme to make sense.

This might be the first puzzle where I've ever submitted an answer that didn't turn out to be right, unless his site is just being very slow to update. I'm positive my answer fits the mechanism and makes perfect sense- and is definitely not a weird rabbit hole. Wonder if it'll eventually get accepted as an alternative answer.

On the board.

On the board and also solved the red herring! Enjoyed the puzzle but didn't particularly enjoy the search for the meta answer.

On the board… @kurtalert feel free to PM me if you want to talk about the answer.

sharkicicles wrote: ↑Tue Jun 06, 2023 3:13 pm On the board… @kurtalert feel free to PM me if you want to talk about the answer.

Cool, thanks! I'm trying to PM but it's seemingly not sending- got a weird error and now it looks stuck in my Outbox, with no "re-send" option in there. Strange.

On the board!

On the board!

docison wrote: ↑Tue Jun 06, 2023 3:07 pm On the board and also solved the red herring! Enjoyed the puzzle but didn't particularly enjoy the search for the meta answer.

I PM'ed you back - but I have no idea if my PMs are working. Everything seems to get stuck in the Outbox and never transfers to Sent Messages. Can't figure out if anything is actually going out.

By the very nature of the prompt, the meta is intriguing, but I haven't had too much luck yet. Will keep noodling with it!

I'm on the board.

kurtalert wrote: ↑Tue Jun 06, 2023 4:03 pm

docison wrote: ↑Tue Jun 06, 2023 3:07 pm On the board and also solved the red herring! Enjoyed the puzzle but didn't particularly enjoy the search for the meta answer.

I PM'ed you back - but I have no idea if my PMs are working. Everything seems to get stuck in the Outbox and never transfers to Sent Messages. Can't figure out if anything is actually going out.

The way this PM'ing works, messages will show up in your Outbox until the recipient reads it, at which point they show up as sent. So I did in fact receive your message (and responded).

docison wrote: ↑Tue Jun 06, 2023 4:20 pm

kurtalert wrote: ↑Tue Jun 06, 2023 4:03 pm

docison wrote: ↑Tue Jun 06, 2023 3:07 pm On the board and also solved the red herring! Enjoyed the puzzle but didn't particularly enjoy the search for the meta answer.

I PM'ed you back - but I have no idea if my PMs are working. Everything seems to get stuck in the Outbox and never transfers to Sent Messages. Can't figure out if anything is actually going out.

The way this PM'ing works, messages will show up in your Outbox until the recipient reads it, at which point they show up as sent. So I did in fact receive your message (and responded).

Ah ha! Good to know, thanks for the tip.

On the board!

On the board.

docison wrote: ↑Tue Jun 06, 2023 3:07 pm On the board and also solved the red herring! Enjoyed the puzzle but didn't particularly enjoy the search for the meta answer.

Ditto, ditto, and ditto!

It seems I am in the "hoping for an alternate answer to be accepted" camp...

... and I'm on the board! Maybe it was just a slow site update? MMMM is usually close to instant, so it definitely had me worried!

On the board! It was a scavenger hunt but is a 100%-er.

Jeremy Smith wrote: ↑Tue Jun 06, 2023 7:34 pm On the board! It was a scavenger hunt but is a 100%-er.

Same, but phew, got it!

On the board!
But definitely needed a help from the Google band…

Saw the mechanism immediately -- I'd been thinking of constructing a puzzle with something similar. But man, it's surprising how many lists of alternative rock bands you can find on the Internet that don't include this one.