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When the Captain asked me for a Smooth Sailing Sunday Solve (wait is that too many S's?) I could not resist. What I had to resist is trying to Tom this darn thing up. It is VERY hard to do what the Captain does; make a fun, interesting, challenging but not mind-bending puzzle with solid fill. Truthfully if he had not helped me I probably would not have managed.

I'm hoping this is just right for this Sunday and doesn't keep you tied up trying to determine (1) what I am getting at (2) WHY Cap'n Rick even asked me in the first place.

There are a few nudges in case you need them, but I'd bet most do not.

The meta answer is 7 letters long

Cap insisted that it be symmetric

The title was originally "Put Them All Together" but we though that might tip it too much

What is the publication day - not the date, the day

I want to extend a thanks to @boharr who graciously tested and gave some great feedback on making the puzzle better.

Crosshare - Put it All Together

Puz file - Put it All Together

PDF - Put it All Together

Excel File - Put it All Together

In 10A did you mean "of" instead of "or'?

kulea wrote: ↑Sun May 12, 2024 12:49 am In 10A did you mean "of" instead of "or'?

Yep, that should say "Type of enemy". That one's on me.

Sssolved! Took a bit too see what I needed to see, but a nice moment when I did!

Cap'n Rick wrote: ↑Sun May 12, 2024 5:55 am

kulea wrote: ↑Sun May 12, 2024 12:49 am In 10A did you mean "of" instead of "or'?

Yep, that should say "Type of enemy". That one's on me.

Actually it is equally on me. I saw that when getting ready to post and overlooked that the word would need an E to make it fit both.

T

DrTom wrote: ↑Sun May 12, 2024 8:26 am

Cap'n Rick wrote: ↑Sun May 12, 2024 5:55 am

kulea wrote: ↑Sun May 12, 2024 12:49 am In 10A did you mean "of" instead of "or'?

Yep, that should say "Type of enemy". That one's on me.

Actually it is equally on me. I saw that when getting ready to post and overlooked that the word would need an E to make it fit both.

T

Eh, I saw what you were getting at there. Wasn’t confusing.

sssolved - nice one.

Got it without nudges. But I have to confess I can't make any sense out of the first three nudges. (And isn't nudge 1 just plain wrong?)

Is there more to the mechanism I just don't get?

SSSolved! Thank you, Dr. Tom!

Got it with the nudges, as I was not close to being on the correct wavelength. Fun stuff though, thanks. Appreciate the shout-out at 56D

I put it all together and sssolved the puzzle!



Not that type of puzzle...though those are fun too!

SSSolved!

Obviously.

Thanks, Dr.T!

SSSolved, even if I don't know how I got there!

woozy wrote: ↑Sun May 12, 2024 10:09 am Got it without nudges. But I have to confess I can't make any sense out of the first three nudges. (And isn't nudge 1 just plain wrong?)

Is there more to the mechanism I just don't get?

Thanks, @woozy. Yes, the meta answer is 7 letters long.

SSSolved. Thanks Tom!

Sssolved! The corrected nudge#1 confirmed my guess, and then I saw that the guess was confirmed another way also.

Sssolved.
Thanks, Tom!

Sssolved, but needed the correction to nudge 1. Total guess, but now I see the mechanism. Very clever. Thanks for the puzzle!

Sssolved; thanks, @DrTom!

SSSolved. Thanks, DrTom.