MGWCC #834 — “World Traveler”

An excellent puzzle written by one of the innovators of the meta crossword format. It comes out every Friday at noon and increases in difficulty throughout the month. Available for modest subscription (worth every cent) here: www.xwordcontest.com
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woozy wrote: ↑Sat May 25, 2024 1:58 pm I was going to comment on this, but that would have involved acknowledging I knew who or what a Jim Varney is. I intend to go the grave ignoring and denying the existence of such.
I don't know why but this made me laugh embarrassingly loud.
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I think I’ve figured out a few things, but I would really appreciate a nudge in the right direction!

Edit: solved with a few hints. What a cool puzzle!
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Beamed up and absolutely loved the "aha" moment of this one. What an incredible construction
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Awaiting the beam... [Only with nudges, I'm afraid. And there's a "week 5" coming up. :o :shock: ]

... and I'm beamed at #112.
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A challenging, but rewarding multi-day solo solve! Beamed at 108.

Hardest part of this was how many insights were required to find the mechanism. What a journey…
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I think I am 4/7ths of the way through step 1! Kinda like 1/14th of a fortnight! Still plugging with what I thought was an encouraging start...
Update: Beamed! Very interesting puzzle. Needed some muse-like inspiration to get over the finish line.
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My puzzle sheet is full of scribbles, but it was a thought I had while Away From Puzzle that led me to the answer. Waiting for morning beam-up to add to the board.
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I agree with the high praise for this puzzle. This feels like the most satisfying solve I've had of a MGWCC puzzle. Well done, Matt!
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:alien: :flying_saucer: Beamed. Wow.
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Beamed with help. Quite a puzzle!
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Wow! Saw much of the important stuff while filling the grid but kind of stumbled into the key that pulled it all together.
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Beamed! Very difficult one this week. However, despite the frustration and difficulty, it was an incredibly creative mechanism. Hats off to Mr. Gaffney!
Don & Cynthia

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#33

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I see the first thing but not any more! I’d love a nudge if anyone would be so kind at this late moment.
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#34

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Beamed up thanks to some helpful nudges. Cool puzzle!
My 500th overall solve! Mostly solo, but not this one.
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#35

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oof

NOT solo.

Beaming. 😁


185. Joe Ross 05/28 - 10:50
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Last week on Fiend, Matt said
Goal for Week 4 of 5: 175-215 right answers
At noon, the leader board is showing exactly 200 solvers.

Nailed it! Congratulations, Matt!
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Really hit this one out of the park, so to speak. A four-bagger, you might say.
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Shoot. Got the four countries but never noticed they all had 7 letters and we were looking for a 7-letter answer. I even noted some of the odd wording of what turned out to be the clues he used. But so many rabbit holes, including seeing that ARIELS anagrammed to Israel (which showed up when I was looking for what countries bordered JORDAN). Plus being able to insert IMAC into the P/H rebus square in JAPAN to get/anagram the Jamaica; one of the countries we were supposed to find. And so on. So. Many. Rabbit. Holes. I traveled the entire world, albeit underground.
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It's Gaffney's world, and we're just living in it. What a puzzle!
Less cross words, more crosswords.

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