MEOW #180 Beer Me DrTom and Cap'n Rick
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DrTom
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OK, well nobody else stepped up to the bar; reveal tomorrow for other than those 48 imbibers...
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!
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Cap'n Rick
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Ahoy, Muggles!
The 6-letter word that will make everything right is "BREWER". Like a few of you I like a good beer now and then, and I loved the theme the moment @DrTom approached me with it. So we had 6 symmetrically-placed beer brands in the grid (1A BLUEMOON, 16A SIERRA, 22A CORONA, 51A STELLA, 61A MILLER, and 64A GUINNESS). Also present in the grid were 6 other entries with clues that could also match up with the 6 beers (1D BLANCHE, 10D RING, 24D ECLIPSE, 38A WIFE, 48A ECHO, and 52A REED). The first letters of these 6 other entries, in grid order, spelled the meta answer.
A fun collab with the always clever and witty @DrTom! I hope you all enjoyed our puzzle, and I hope I get a chance to co-construct with him again soon.
Thanks for solving!
Cap'n Rick
The 6-letter word that will make everything right is "BREWER". Like a few of you I like a good beer now and then, and I loved the theme the moment @DrTom approached me with it. So we had 6 symmetrically-placed beer brands in the grid (1A BLUEMOON, 16A SIERRA, 22A CORONA, 51A STELLA, 61A MILLER, and 64A GUINNESS). Also present in the grid were 6 other entries with clues that could also match up with the 6 beers (1D BLANCHE, 10D RING, 24D ECLIPSE, 38A WIFE, 48A ECHO, and 52A REED). The first letters of these 6 other entries, in grid order, spelled the meta answer.
A fun collab with the always clever and witty @DrTom! I hope you all enjoyed our puzzle, and I hope I get a chance to co-construct with him again soon.
Thanks for solving!
Cap'n Rick
Last edited by Cap'n Rick on Tue May 14, 2024 8:54 am, edited 2 times in total.
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benchen71
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Erm, BREWERY is a 7-letter word! 
Check out "The MOAT Mini Pack of Marching Bands" here. US$5 gets you 7 Marching Bands which, hard enough on their own, now contain metas too. And once again there's a mega-meta!
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Cap'n Rick
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Whoops! Thanks, Ben. I seem to be having a bit of trouble with counting lately.
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Joe Ross
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BREWER is a 6-letter word.Cap'n Rick wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2024 8:53 amWhoops! Thanks, Ben. I seem to be having a bit of trouble with counting lately. :lol:
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DrTom
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As Joe has pointed out, BREWER (the meta answer) is a 6 letter word, it was I who started the 7 letter debacle...probably one too many of the subject matter.
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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!
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DrTom
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OK, so (1) yes I started the 7 letter thing (2) it was on my other puzzle. So I was wrong about being wrong about the puzzle I was wrong on. But still only 6 letters. Yeesh Tom get it right!
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!