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"Forming a Bond" 3/19/23 (META)
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2023 3:19 am
by oldjudge
A nice surprise this evening to find a meta by Evan as the
Sunday WaPo puzzle. It makes for a great breakfast puzzle, fun and not very taxing. I highly recommend it with donuts and coffee.
The answer to this week's metapuzzle is the missing seventh theme answer, formed by combining two entries in the completed grid
Re: WASHINGTON POST: FORMING A BOND 3/19/23
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2023 12:50 pm
by ChrisKochmanski
Very much enjoyed!
Though, in our case, oatmeal and berries with our Sunday morning coffee. Need to get the weight, blood pressure, cholesterol, glucose, PSA, creatine, etc., etc. down. Aging is a bummer!
Re: WASHINGTON POST: FORMING A BOND 3/19/23
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2023 1:59 pm
by BarbaraK
Reminded me of this, from June 17, 2016 (2016?! Seven years ago?! How can that be? Wow, time does fly!)
viewtopic.php?t=277#p12570
(It will spoil the WaPo if you haven’t done it yet.)
Re: WASHINGTON POST: FORMING A BOND 3/19/23
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2023 2:03 pm
by hcbirker
Another fun puzzle by Evan! Great fun!
Re: WASHINGTON POST: FORMING A BOND 3/19/23
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2023 2:32 pm
by boharr
^That
Re: WASHINGTON POST: FORMING A BOND 3/19/23
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2023 2:38 pm
by Joe Ross
Fun solve! Good first meta to attempt to solve.
Thanks to Jay @oldjudge's mention a few months ago, morning glop was a cup of tart cherry juice, ¼ cup of lemon juice, cup of assorted berries, ½ an orange, ½ cup of black grapes, ¾ cup of spinach, a banana, & ¼ cup of flax seed Ninja©ed within a nanometer of liquification.
Re: WASHINGTON POST: FORMING A BOND 3/19/23
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2023 7:43 pm
by MarkWoychick
Just completed this one - thanks for the heads up, @oldjudge! Evan's puzzles are always enjoyable.
Re: WASHINGTON POST: FORMING A BOND 3/19/23
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2023 9:04 pm
by ky-mike
Joe Ross wrote: ↑Sun Mar 19, 2023 2:38 pm
Fun solve! Good first meta to attempt to solve.
Thanks to Jay @oldjudge's mention a few months ago, morning glop was a cup of
tart cherry juice, ¼ cup of lemon juice, cup of assorted berries, ½ an orange, ½ cup of black grapes, ¾ cup of spinach, a banana, & ¼ cup of flax seed Ninja©ed within a nanometer of liquification.
Sounds pretty tart to me. How was it?
Re: WASHINGTON POST: FORMING A BOND 3/19/23
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2023 9:05 pm
by ky-mike
I completed this one earlier today. Almost always do the WAPO Sunday puzzles by Evan. Fun one.
Re: WASHINGTON POST: FORMING A BOND 3/19/23
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2023 9:08 pm
by oldjudge
ChrisKochmanski wrote: ↑Sun Mar 19, 2023 12:50 pm
Very much enjoyed!
Though, in our case, oatmeal and berries with our Sunday morning coffee. Need to get the weight, blood pressure, cholesterol, glucose, PSA, creatine, etc., etc. down. Aging is a bummer!
Perhaps, but it beats the alternative
Re: WASHINGTON POST: FORMING A BOND 3/19/23
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2023 9:30 pm
by Joe Ross
ky-mike wrote: ↑Sun Mar 19, 2023 9:04 pm
Joe Ross wrote: ↑Sun Mar 19, 2023 2:38 pm
Fun solve! Good first meta to attempt to solve.
Thanks to Jay @oldjudge's mention a few months ago, morning glop was a cup of
tart cherry juice, ¼ cup of lemon juice, cup of assorted berries, ½ an orange, ½ cup of black grapes, ¾ cup of spinach, a banana, & ¼ cup of flax seed Ninja©ed within a nanometer of liquification.
Sounds pretty tart to me. How was it?
Too tart. It isn't, usually.
Re: WASHINGTON POST: FORMING A BOND 3/19/23
Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2023 3:05 pm
by Schmeel
Just got to this. Fun puzzle!
I don't often check the Wapo puzzle for metas - thanks for the heads up, @oldjudge !
Re: WASHINGTON POST: FORMING A BOND 3/19/23
Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2023 7:24 pm
by KayW
Fun one! Thanks for posting the link.
Re: WASHINGTON POST: FORMING A BOND 3/19/23
Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2023 8:52 pm
by whimsy
I cheated and did it while eating ice cream.
(Self-redacting something I'd really like to add!
)
Thanks for the heads up, Jay.
Re: WASHINGTON POST: FORMING A BOND 3/19/23
Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2023 12:53 pm
by ebirnholz
Hi all, thanks for the compliments and I'm glad you enjoyed the puzzle.
I could be wrong about this but I get the sense from the various "thanks for the heads-up" comments that a fair number of folks here aren't regular solvers of mine. Of course I understand this a forum to talk about metas and there's only so much time in the day and there are way way too many crosswords out there to do them all. But if you enjoy my metas, I hope you'll at least consider coming back each week because I think you'll like my non-meta puzzles too.
Re: WASHINGTON POST: FORMING A BOND 3/19/23
Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2023 12:56 pm
by hcbirker
ebirnholz wrote: ↑Tue Mar 21, 2023 12:53 pm
Hi all, thanks for the compliments and I'm glad you enjoyed the puzzle.
I could be wrong about this but I get the sense from the various "thanks for the heads-up" comments that a fair number of folks here aren't regular solvers of mine. Of course I understand this a forum to talk about metas and there's only so much time in the day and there are way way too many crosswords out there to do them all. But if you enjoy my metas, I hope you'll at least consider coming back each week because I think you'll like my non-meta puzzles too.
One of the first things I do every Sunday morning is print your puzzle Evan! Thanks for the fun and great construction!
Re: WASHINGTON POST: FORMING A BOND 3/19/23
Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2023 10:59 am
by DrTom
ebirnholz wrote: ↑Tue Mar 21, 2023 12:53 pm
Hi all, thanks for the compliments and I'm glad you enjoyed the puzzle.
I could be wrong about this but I get the sense from the various "thanks for the heads-up" comments that a fair number of folks here aren't regular solvers of mine. Of course I understand this a forum to talk about metas and there's only so much time in the day and there are way way too many crosswords out there to do them all. But if you enjoy my metas, I hope you'll at least consider coming back each week because I think you'll like my non-meta puzzles too.
I don't always have time to do them, but if I have solved (or thrown the puzzle in the trash along with my frustrations) all the metas and there is not an Evan Meta I relish the regular ones which are almost as much fun and usually carry their own AHA. If you like crosswords, and of course that is a given if you are reading this, then I highly recommend these always excellently constructed and cleverly clued puzzles, no matter their metaness.