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Slurred Lines (by Chris Adams and me)
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2020 5:48 pm
by burak
Hey all,
I've constructed my first crossword puzzle ever thanks to Chris, who I think is one of the best mostly indie constructors out there if you care about clean fill. Coincidentally, it's a meta, so I thought you might enjoy it. Here is the link:
http://arctanxwords.blogspot.com/2020/0 ... tekin.html
This is not a contest puzzle, so it's ethically unambiguously OK to ask for a nudge if you are stuck. Feedbacks are also welcome! Thanks.
Re: Slurred Lines (by Chris Adams and me)
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2020 5:59 pm
by Cindy
Yay! I love Meta Monday.
Re: Slurred Lines (by Chris Adams and me)
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2020 12:48 am
by Al Sisti
Nice job; this was fun...
Re: Slurred Lines (by Chris Adams and me)
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2020 10:26 am
by ChrisKochmanski
Fun youthful grid. By youthful, I mean, "I DON'T KNOW A LOT OF THIS STUFF! I MUST BE REALLY OLD!" But I got there without googling.
Meta seems intriguing. Only rabbit holes so far. I'll re-visit later today.
Re: Slurred Lines (by Chris Adams and me)
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2020 12:15 pm
by MajordomoTom
it's doable even if you've never heard of the song/artist.
Re: Slurred Lines (by Chris Adams and me)
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2020 12:59 pm
by BrianMac
Fun puzzle (and great song!).
Re: Slurred Lines (by Chris Adams and me)
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2020 10:23 pm
by FrankieHeck
Fun! Thanks for sharing it with us.
Re: Slurred Lines (by Chris Adams and me)
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2020 11:49 pm
by ChrisKochmanski
In my case, I had to do a lot of googling, but then when I ran across it, I was like, “Oh yeah, why didn’t I think of it?”
Good one!
Re: Slurred Lines (by Chris Adams and me)
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2020 12:52 am
by Laura M
Very enjoyable! And it turned out to be a song I do know pretty well!
Re: Slurred Lines (by Chris Adams and me)
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2020 1:23 pm
by BarbaraK
Fun puzzle! Some stuff I didn't know, but it was gettable.
1990s songs are not my strong suit, so I definitely needed google for the meta.
Re: Slurred Lines (by Chris Adams and me)
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2020 5:20 pm
by boharr
Much fun. Thank you.
Re: Slurred Lines (by Chris Adams and me)
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2020 9:50 pm
by Hector
Not . . . seeing it! Good to have one to work on, though.
Re: Slurred Lines (by Chris Adams and me)
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2020 7:32 pm
by Beth Tyrpin
I forgot about that song. I like it!
Re: Slurred Lines (by Chris Adams and me)
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2020 5:35 pm
by Hector
Finally got it with Google. Definitely-remember-hearing-it-at-the-gym type of song, but I wasn't familiar with it in the requisite way(s) for the meta. But it's entirely fair, and nicely constructed.
Re: Slurred Lines (by Chris Adams and me)
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2020 6:07 pm
by FrankieHeck
Hector wrote: ↑Sat Apr 25, 2020 5:35 pm
Finally got it with Google. Definitely-remember-hearing-it-at-the-gym type of song, but I wasn't familiar with it in the requisite way(s) for the meta. But it's entirely fair, and nicely constructed.
I'm kind of surprised I got it. Though one of my favorite bands has a fun cover of it, which I just found and watched.
Re: Slurred Lines (by Chris Adams and me)
Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2020 7:42 am
by LesY
Got it. Tried to get there without Google for a couple days, then succumbed. Taking some pride in the fact I chose the right song to google, rather than getting there a more direct way. Aside from grunge, this was not my favorite musical period.
All that aside, the cluing and grid here were fantastic! I wish some of the clue patterns had been used for the meta.
Great puzzle!