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
#3?!?! I submitted right when my clock hit 1:30. Thought for sure I'd get that 1-Across achievement (or totally blow it) this week. Wow, you two are fast.
Oh well, I'm still pleased with myself being brave enough to submit without even seeing the puzzle. Tempted before but never actually done it.
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.)
Wow, this seems like the wrong week to be aiming for the top of the board... Was frantically refreshing the Patreon for the grid and didn't want to take the risk of submitting a wild guess. On the board at #75.
I started a bit late, and shamefully (in hindsight) had to get help from Google, but on the board at #51. I feel the pain of those who "lose time" to the speedsters by, e.g., printing out the puzzle.
I guess the puzzle appears on Patreon before it is emailed? I was incessantly refreshing my email, but now I see some people submitted before I received it. Or did they guess? I am at home today instead of at work, and since it's a week one, I was trying to get the Quicksolver badge (which hasn't shown up on my achievements yet, but I'm hoping it will with the slightly later release . . . )
Also, now what am I supposed to do with my weekend? Have happily solved the WSJ and MMMM . . .
Last edited by Sara Dacus on Fri Feb 04, 2022 2:29 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Why am I compelled to finish Matt's Week #1 puzzle after I've already guessed the meta after two of the longer entries? To quote Edmund Hillary: "Because it is there."
Sara Dacus wrote: ↑Fri Feb 04, 2022 2:28 pm
I guess the puzzle appears on Patreon before it is emailed? I was incessantly refreshing my email, but now I see some people submitted before I received it. Or did they guess? I am at home today instead of at work, and since it's a week one, I was trying to get the Quicksolver badge (which hasn't shown up on my achievements yet, but I'm hoping it will with the slightly later release . . . )
Guessed. The title and prompt were on Matt's site slightly before 1:30.
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.)