Needed 3 nudges to get going but Sssolved now. Nice one Schmeel! You should do more!
Stay well all
Start Writing!
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Streroto
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BarbaraK
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Always a pleasure to sssolve a Schmeel puzzle!
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.)
(And if I help you win a mug, I’ll be especially delighted.)
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CPJohnson
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Thanks, @Schmeel! Solved! Needed all the nudges, and then had to study a while. Glad you’re back!
Cynthia
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Darth
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HeadinHome
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Great Sunday solve from my friend Schmuel! Clever mechanism… yes, I needed the first nudge!
The other Wendy. 
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DrTom
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Note to self - when you read a nudge Tom actually read ALL of the nudge and save yourself about 40 minutes trying to force it to be something it is not.
Sailed into port though with this very nice, and VERY well constructed, puzzle.
Sailed into port though with this very nice, and VERY well constructed, puzzle.
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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Schmeel
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Here's the solver list (mainly from from Crosshare) after a couple of days.
If I missed you let me know.
1 (TS) Capn Rick
2 Benchen71
3 Mwoychick
4 Meg
5 boharr
6 Bird Lives
7 Cindy Weatherman
8 Hector
9 whimsy
10 Abide
11 LarsCaine
12 Pair O Ducks
13 hoover
14 MatthewL
15 Philip Chow
16 DIS
17 KayW
18 heidi
19 Carolyn
20 markhr
21 ajk
22 GR
23 Eric Porter
24 BarbaraK
25 rjy
26 woozy
27 Laura M
28 Anita and Steve
29 Jeremy Smith
30 Steve M
31 Sharkicicles
32 lbray53
33 CPJohnson
34 JM
35 Tom Wilson
36 Darth
37 HeadinHome
38 Kulea
39 Dow Jones
40 Danny K Bernstein
41 kymike
42 I K Snamhcok
43 DrTom
44 Cindy Heisler
45 Dave C
46 DCBilly
47 Gutman
48 Berto
49 Alex Sisti
50 kurtalert
Thanks for solving!
Reveal on Saturday.
In the meantime, if anyone needs additional nudges, please PM.
If I missed you let me know.
1 (TS) Capn Rick
2 Benchen71
3 Mwoychick
4 Meg
5 boharr
6 Bird Lives
7 Cindy Weatherman
8 Hector
9 whimsy
10 Abide
11 LarsCaine
12 Pair O Ducks
13 hoover
14 MatthewL
15 Philip Chow
16 DIS
17 KayW
18 heidi
19 Carolyn
20 markhr
21 ajk
22 GR
23 Eric Porter
24 BarbaraK
25 rjy
26 woozy
27 Laura M
28 Anita and Steve
29 Jeremy Smith
30 Steve M
31 Sharkicicles
32 lbray53
33 CPJohnson
34 JM
35 Tom Wilson
36 Darth
37 HeadinHome
38 Kulea
39 Dow Jones
40 Danny K Bernstein
41 kymike
42 I K Snamhcok
43 DrTom
44 Cindy Heisler
45 Dave C
46 DCBilly
47 Gutman
48 Berto
49 Alex Sisti
50 kurtalert
Thanks for solving!
Reveal on Saturday.
In the meantime, if anyone needs additional nudges, please PM.
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MikeyG
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This is me trying to solve it! No epiphanies yet! I'm intrigued, though.
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Schmeel
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It's Saturday - time for the reveal:
The five starred theme entries all start with four letters that can be preceded by a writing implement:
PENGUIN
PENANCE
PENDANT
PENNANT
PENDING
There are clues for other entries in the puzzle that would be appropriate for those words. The entries are:
AUK - [Diving bird]
MASS - [Religious rite]
EAVE - [It hangs]
SEMI - [Big game] (I know. The clue here could have been better - maybe it should have been [Tournament hurdle], or something like that.)
NEAR - [Looming]
The initials of those words in grid order are NAMES, which, if also preceded by PEN provides the answer - PEN NAMES, which some writers use.
Thanks to the solvers who made their way through all of that!
PENGUIN
PENANCE
PENDANT
PENNANT
PENDING
There are clues for other entries in the puzzle that would be appropriate for those words. The entries are:
AUK - [Diving bird]
MASS - [Religious rite]
EAVE - [It hangs]
SEMI - [Big game] (I know. The clue here could have been better - maybe it should have been [Tournament hurdle], or something like that.)
NEAR - [Looming]
The initials of those words in grid order are NAMES, which, if also preceded by PEN provides the answer - PEN NAMES, which some writers use.
Thanks to the solvers who made their way through all of that!
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MikeyG
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Because I'm an iconoclast, even though I missed the deadline, I will still try solving this! (I did not peek, I promise.) Absolutely nothing yet, so nudges might be in order.
Edit: Second nudge got me home!
Edit: Second nudge got me home!