#714 - “Smooth Solving Ahead”

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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MikeyG wrote: Tue Feb 08, 2022 2:57 pm
sharkicicles wrote: Mon Feb 07, 2022 4:05 pm
woozy wrote: Sun Feb 06, 2022 7:58 pm

Musical knowledge may help here and there but it certainly isn't necessary.

However I gave up on this because... well, once a month it was easy to forget, but mainly, although my musical knowledge was plenty good enough, my lack of musical ... passion... made it just not that interesting or fun. I liked the word play but it was always about.... music.

That said I found them to be among the best constructed puzzles anywhere.
I love the MMMM, but I totally get this. If there was a monthly Shakespeare meta I probably wouldn’t be so quick to do it.
Stay tuned for the MMMMM: Mikey's Maddening, Mindless Mathematical Meta
I am so there.
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".
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