Can you storm the castle by getting across the MOAT? A weekly meta crossword constructed by forum member Ben (aka benchen71). These metas range from relatively easy to more challenging, depending on how many Australianisms he puts in them! Puzzles are posted in a new thread every Tuesday, with nudges appearing on Saturdays, and the solution coming out on Mondays. (At least, that's the plan. Given he lives in Australia, and they are so far ahead of the US time-zone-wise, things may get posted early!)
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!
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!
1. There is one hint in the grid, 67 across, the clue for which is "Wall St. institution that lists (or, just to make things more interesting, used to list) the companies found in this puzzle". We are, of course, talking about the New York Stock Exchange.
2. 7 clues for grid entries that are suspiciously symmetrically located contain a company name.
3. Unless you're a stock trader, you will need Google to ascertain something called a ticker for each company.
4. At this point the puzzle title should be considered.
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!
JayThePuzzler
Schmeel
Golem
Spid4567
Dow Jones
Capn Rick
Darrell
Johnny Luau
hoover
That brings us up to 53. One final solver update right before the answer reveal...
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!
No further solvers, so here's the solution to "Part Company":
There were a couple of things that made this harder than it should have been.
1. Konami is not currently listed on NYSE. When they were listed, KNM was their ticker. This was tricky to search for, although the information was available (for example).
2. The entries involving MON and HOG were ambiguous with that pesky repeating O! I guess I could have found words to which the mechanism could have been applied unambiguously. But I constructed this puzzle so long ago now, and I don't recall how long I spent finding these entries!
Not to worry: this week's MOAT will be back in "week 1" territory...
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!
- Arrival at Castle Late Afternoon Wednesday!
