benchen71's Metas on a Tuesday (MOAT)
Can you storm the castle by getting across the MOAT? These metas will range from relatively easy to more challenging, depending on how many Australianisms I put in them! Puzzles are posted on Tuesdays, with nudges appearing on Saturdays, and the solution coming out on Mondays. At least, that's the plan. Since I live in Australia, and we are so far ahead of the US time-zone-wise, things may get posted early! Like, it's now Tuesday just after 4pm here in Melbourne. I think it is technically Tuesday in the US (at least in New York), so we're good!
Today's meta is entitled "Expanding Brackets". No two letter words and it's fully interlocking this time! To avoid anyone going down rabbit holes please ignore all of the brackets in the clues. I just like writing fun clues and that often includes bracketed asides. They have nothing to do with the meta, I promise!
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PM me with your submissions, or submit on Crosshare. Either way, I'll compile a list of those who complete the puzzle. If you submit on Crosshare, but you're username is not the same as here, you may end up appearing on the list twice!
Play online here: https://crosshare.org/crosswords/lStoAKSyWeWCdoPRG20W
Pretty PDF LINK - 2 pages
PDF LINK - 1 page
PUZ LINK
EXCEL LINK
Nudges are available here: viewtopic.php?f=14&t=1164&start=20#p66571.
Solution is available here: viewtopic.php?f=14&t=1164&p=66774#p66774