46. Cold Opens
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Well I got punished but survived long enough to Little Joe the answer (LANDON the answer for the pun weary). Fun as usual, but oh my I struggled with the grid. Enjoyable Mike!!
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Oh, I remembered that I had a suitable "cold" cartoon about ice, it almost slipped my mind....
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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Finally got around to finishing this one. Excellent job, @MikeyG!
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Me posting the explanation right after the deadline? Who am I?!?!
1. Puzzle #46 recap
Puzzle #46 answer: PENGUIN
Correct entries: 48
I believe @HeadinHome alluded to how classic this mechanism is, and it's probably one of my favorites.
The mechanism may or may not have a name but probably can be stated as, "Notice something in the grid. These somethings will give you new entries. Find the clues that also satisfy these entries. Take the initial letters of those clues."
I can't remember the first time I saw this in a MGWCC but thought it was pretty neat. I'm also trying to think of different meta-nisms, but I have a feeling that at least one more of these 500 meta puzzles I make will involve that!
Per the title, seven of the words in the grid can be preceded by COLD to get a new phrase or word:
COLD FRONT
COLD MOUNTAIN
COLD CASE
COLD SHOULDER
COLDPLAY
COLD REMEDY (a bit contrived - I don't really like to allude to sickness in my grids, but this was more about health!)
COLD CUTS
I may have changed ONE/PAN to ORE/PAR to avoid the COLD ONE confusion, which was unintentional, but a) enough people were getting it and b) you could use a COLD ONE after some of my puzzles!
The clues that fit these:
5-A: They're often sliced (COLD CUTS): PIES
7-D: British pop-rock group (COLDPLAY): ELO
28-A: CBS drama that premiered in 2003 (COLD CASE): NCIS (this was a serendipitous find!)
35-A: Oscar-winning Civil War film (COLD MOUNTAIN): GLORY (2023 Oscar nominations just announced!)
40-A: It might travel through the air (COLD FRONT): UFO
46-A: Snub (COLD SHOULDER): IGNORE (I'm very big on tenses agreeing, but "cold shoulder" can be used as a verb - even if not, "snub" can play double duty as a noun for COLD SHOULDER and a verb for IGNORE).
48-D: Type of medicine (COLD REMEDY): NYQUIL (I'm told my lectures on polynomial functions put you to sleep just as effectively).
Put them together, and you've got PENGUIN, an animal that definitely knows what it's like to give the cold shoulder!
This meta was actually inspired backward, where I had the final answer but needed to think of the mechanism that would get us there. This is from an early December discussion on the MGWCC:
And thank YOU for solving!
Note: Meta #47 will be delayed a week until February 4, still a Saturday, still at 1 PM ET!
See you then, and have a puzzling end to your month!
Mikey G
1. Puzzle #46 recap
Puzzle #46 answer: PENGUIN
Correct entries: 48
I believe @HeadinHome alluded to how classic this mechanism is, and it's probably one of my favorites.
The mechanism may or may not have a name but probably can be stated as, "Notice something in the grid. These somethings will give you new entries. Find the clues that also satisfy these entries. Take the initial letters of those clues."
I can't remember the first time I saw this in a MGWCC but thought it was pretty neat. I'm also trying to think of different meta-nisms, but I have a feeling that at least one more of these 500 meta puzzles I make will involve that!
Per the title, seven of the words in the grid can be preceded by COLD to get a new phrase or word:
COLD FRONT
COLD MOUNTAIN
COLD CASE
COLD SHOULDER
COLDPLAY
COLD REMEDY (a bit contrived - I don't really like to allude to sickness in my grids, but this was more about health!)
COLD CUTS
I may have changed ONE/PAN to ORE/PAR to avoid the COLD ONE confusion, which was unintentional, but a) enough people were getting it and b) you could use a COLD ONE after some of my puzzles!
The clues that fit these:
5-A: They're often sliced (COLD CUTS): PIES
7-D: British pop-rock group (COLDPLAY): ELO
28-A: CBS drama that premiered in 2003 (COLD CASE): NCIS (this was a serendipitous find!)
35-A: Oscar-winning Civil War film (COLD MOUNTAIN): GLORY (2023 Oscar nominations just announced!)
40-A: It might travel through the air (COLD FRONT): UFO
46-A: Snub (COLD SHOULDER): IGNORE (I'm very big on tenses agreeing, but "cold shoulder" can be used as a verb - even if not, "snub" can play double duty as a noun for COLD SHOULDER and a verb for IGNORE).
48-D: Type of medicine (COLD REMEDY): NYQUIL (I'm told my lectures on polynomial functions put you to sleep just as effectively).
Put them together, and you've got PENGUIN, an animal that definitely knows what it's like to give the cold shoulder!
This meta was actually inspired backward, where I had the final answer but needed to think of the mechanism that would get us there. This is from an early December discussion on the MGWCC:
Thanks, @woozy!
And thank YOU for solving!
Note: Meta #47 will be delayed a week until February 4, still a Saturday, still at 1 PM ET!
See you then, and have a puzzling end to your month!
Mikey G
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OMG. I totally forgot about that. And I came *nowhere* close to being first when it happened.MikeyG wrote: ↑Tue Jan 24, 2023 1:22 pm Me posting the explanation right after the deadline? Who am I?!?!
This meta was actually inspired backward, where I had the final answer but needed to think of the mechanism that would get us there. This is from an early December discussion on the MGWCC:
Thanks, @woozy!
And thank YOU for solving!
I guess I should change my signature, and start promoting this meta: Hungry Little Creature. I was going to sent it to people for testing but I dropped the ball on it.