A weekly meta crossword created by members of the forum. Difficulty levels will vary. Hints are usually available starting Wednesday, and solutions are posted on Sunday.
Many meta ideas come from frustrating dead-ends encountered while solving other puzzles. This one was instead inspired by the title of another puzzle, namely this one by @Bird Lives. The similarities between the two end at the titles, so having solved that one won't spoil this.
Thanks to @Wendy Walker for test solving, and to @Abide both for test solving and wordsmithing a particularly significant clue. Thanks as always to @Joe Ross for tech support.
I'm terrible at guessing difficulty, but I think this one is maybe middle-ish. Nudges Wednesday, solution on Sunday.
Hope you enjoy!
cheers,
Alan
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Off the couch - thanks, @ajk. Loved the clue for 44A!
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Oh wow, this one is so cleanly constructed! I skipped a step in my solve and went back to find it after reading some Crosshare comments, and then I had to scrape my jaw back up off the floor. Great work, @ajk!
schmidzy wrote: ↑Mon May 27, 2024 11:42 am
Oh wow, this one is so cleanly constructed! I skipped a step in my solve and went back to find it after reading some Crosshare comments, and then I had to scrape my jaw back up off the floor. Great work, @ajk!
Thanks
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Folks -- it seems like more than a few people have come to a certain point and thought that's all the puzzle had to give. I blame myself, because I worried about that and obviously did a not-so-great job of trying to address it. So here's a clarifying nudge (doesn't tell you anything about how to solve, just intended to get you past the fake endpoint): The puzzle provides explicit paths to *both* parts of the team name
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Off the couch. I didn't read the clarification prior to submitting an incorrect answer. Google steered me in the right direction. I had totally missed the elegance of the meta. Very WSJ-worthy IMHO. Thank you, Alan!
Day one solvers in alphabetical order (after the test solvers). Please let me know if I forgot anyone:
Abide [TS]
Wendy Walker [TS}
andeux
benchen71
Berto
boharr
Cindy Weatherman
CPJohnson
Danny K Bernstein
dannyvee
Darth
Dave C
DCBilly
DIS
Dow Jones
ELSavage
Eric Porter
FrankieHeck
Gutman
HeadinHome
Hector
hoover
ImOnToo
Jaclyn
Jeremy Smith
JM
Kulea
kurtalert
LarsCaine
Laura M
LB800
lbray53
markhr
MarkWoychick
MatthewL
Meg
schmidzy
Tim
whimsy
woozy
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