"From Start to Finish" - May 15, 2022
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- hcbirker
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I made this one way too hard, but I'm out of the box now!
Heidi
- benchen71
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Got it with a nudge.
Check out "The MOAT MEOW Mashup Pack" here. US$10 for 14 metas that don't always abide by the "rules" of the game: asymmetry, 2-letter words, uncrossed letters, who knows. And this time there's a mega-meta!
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I'm at a loss for how to begin, if anyone is able to PM me with a nudge that would be greatly appreciated.
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I'm also completely lost. Any help would be appreciated! This is my first meta.
- MamaE
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Any hints forthcoming Will? I’m also at a loss.
- Just puzzling it out here in Delmarva
- woozy
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Hmm... I was going to just give up and wait till the reveal but.... Oh, I could use a nudge.
So I just plain couldn't get my meta based on "Up the Down Staircase" to work.
My challenge it to constructors is to make a meta where the meta, theme or metanism is "Up the Down Staircase".
My challenge it to constructors is to make a meta where the meta, theme or metanism is "Up the Down Staircase".
- woozy
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.... and now that it has been revealed I could use an explanation.
(I am really in a slump this month).
(I am really in a slump this month).
So I just plain couldn't get my meta based on "Up the Down Staircase" to work.
My challenge it to constructors is to make a meta where the meta, theme or metanism is "Up the Down Staircase".
My challenge it to constructors is to make a meta where the meta, theme or metanism is "Up the Down Staircase".
- HeadinHome
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Same her (need an explanation) — I didn’t spend a lot of time on this one because I’m just not hip to the puzzle constructor world (don’t know who the solution person is)… but I’d love an explanation of the mechanism. Is there a page that explains after the deadline?
The other Wendy.
- whimsy
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The solution doesn't seem to be up on Will's Pandora Blocks site yet. (https://pandorasblocks.org/metapuzzles)HeadinHome wrote: ↑Tue May 24, 2022 9:58 amSame her (need an explanation) — I didn’t spend a lot of time on this one because I’m just not hip to the puzzle constructor world (don’t know who the solution person is)… but I’d love an explanation of the mechanism. Is there a page that explains after the deadline?
But here are some snips from the email he sent out with this week's puzzle -- those always include the previous week's solution.
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I didn't even notice the first letter went at the end of the last word!whimsy wrote: ↑Tue May 24, 2022 10:21 amThe solution doesn't seem to be up on Will's Pandora Blocks site yet. (https://pandorasblocks.org/metapuzzles)HeadinHome wrote: ↑Tue May 24, 2022 9:58 amSame her (need an explanation) — I didn’t spend a lot of time on this one because I’m just not hip to the puzzle constructor world (don’t know who the solution person is)… but I’d love an explanation of the mechanism. Is there a page that explains after the deadline?
But here are some snips from the email he sent out with this week's puzzle -- those always include the previous week's solution.
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- MikeM000
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'Twas wacky that, within cross-world, there are really only 2 constructor names that elicit widespread awe and devotion, and both were the basis of a different meta recently, between this one and Henry Hook's name being used as the jumping-off point for the MGW a week or 2 ago.HeadinHome wrote: ↑Tue May 24, 2022 9:58 amSame her (need an explanation) — I didn’t spend a lot of time on this one because I’m just not hip to the puzzle constructor world (don’t know who the solution person is)… but I’d love an explanation of the mechanism. Is there a page that explains after the deadline?
But only Merl got to be on The Simpsons...
- HeadinHome
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man i am reaaaally a rookie then. never heard of either. but i know who Mike Shenk, Matt Gaffney, Will Short, and Patrick Berry are!
The other Wendy.
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Same. Though I also know Cox and Rathvon who are more famous for cryptics.HeadinHome wrote: ↑Wed May 25, 2022 1:21 am man i am reaaaally a rookie then. never heard of either. but i know who Mike Shenk, Matt Gaffney, Will Short, and Patrick Berry are!