A weekly meta crossword on the forum started by member Josh (aka madhatter5). These puzzles are often very creative with solving mechanisms out of the norm and skewing towards the more challenging. Puzzles are posted every Wednesday, and the solution appears the following Tuesday.
What's this? A meta puzzle involving baseball constructed by an Australian? Has the world turned upside-down?!? Actually, we do have baseball Down Under. But it isn't massively popular, and I really don't know much about the sport. When it crops up in US-centric metas I usually shudder and hope against hope that I'll be able to solve the darn thing. Well, let's see if I did my homework. The answer to the meta is a 7-letter word which is an important facet of the game of baseball.
The easiest way to submit is on Crosshare (and you get instant feedback and unlimited attempts!) But you can also PM me with your submission. Either way, I'll compile a list of those who successfully solve the meta.
Last edited by benchen71 on Mon Jan 23, 2023 4:09 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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I just noticed a non-meta-related error. The clue for 59D should be "What ft can be combined into".
(I changed it on Crosshare but I won't bother fixing the puz or pdf files.)
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Cat is safely out of the bag - fun puzzle and mechanism, Ben!
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Well, we're nearly 24 hours in and the following solvers have made their way home:
DrTom (tester)
Schmeel
Cindy Heisler
boharr
Meg
Hector
ChrisCross
Mwoychick
ChrisKochmanski
woozy
Cindy Weatherman
Tyrpmom
Laura M
Darth
That's only 14, so this is proving harder than I expected. By the way, if you are solving using the provided PUZ or PDF, I have made two changes to clues. One was an error; the other was a distraction away from the meta mechanism. The changed clues are as follows:
51D Repair a lawn
59D What ft can be combined into
I'm sure you can deduce which was which!
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Dplass wrote: ↑Wed Jan 18, 2023 10:44 pm
Solved, but I don't know why...
A solve is a solve! (The comments on Crosshare will point you in the direction of the mechanism, if you can't wait for 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!
[Thanks, Ben!]
