Queen of 💕 (mini meta)
■· By Mike D · Published 8 months ago
Meta Prompt: The solution is a 4-letter word
This is my first ever attempt at constructing a meta - I hope it makes some degree of sense! The main goal with this puzzle is to test of some functionality for meta puzzles that will be released soon. Please LMK if you have any thoughts or suggestions on the submission process, leaderboard, etc.
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Leaderboard (updated hourly)
- Just Testing solved at 15:14 on 5/30/2021
- FrankieHeck solved at 15:51 on 5/30/2021
- Jimmy James solved at 15:55 on 5/30/2021
- Zachary Hollback solved at 16:16 on 5/30/2021
- Resident Mutt solved at 16:27 on 5/30/2021
- wisprabbit solved at 16:30 on 5/30/2021
- Philip Chow solved at 17:20 on 5/30/2021
- Jason S solved at 17:53 on 5/30/2021
- Tony H solved at 19:10 on 5/30/2021
- Daniel P solved at 19:19 on 5/30/2021
- Jake A solved at 19:46 on 5/30/2021
- C64 solved at 21:01 on 5/30/2021
- Puzzling Programmer solved at 21:37 on 5/30/2021
- Spunky solved at 23:27 on 5/30/2021
- emz solved at 12:11 on 5/31/2021
- Alex Sisti solved at 14:22 on 5/31/2021
- Anonymous Crossharer solved at 14:27 on 5/31/2021
- Joe Ross solved at 14:32 on 5/31/2021
- hector pefo solved at 14:36 on 5/31/2021
- Emma Oxford solved at 14:47 on 5/31/2021
- JeffPrug solved at 15:25 on 5/31/2021
- Anonymous Crossharer solved at 16:27 on 5/31/2021
- Matt A solved at 16:33 on 5/31/2021
- Leslie Yonce solved at 16:43 on 5/31/2021
- whimsy solved at 17:10 on 5/31/2021
- BrennerTJ solved at 17:39 on 5/31/2021
- Mikey G solved at 18:47 on 5/31/2021
- Anonymous Crossharer solved at 21:05 on 5/31/2021
- Anonymous Crossharer solved at 0:08 on 6/1/2021
- Pandora's Blocks Weekly Meta Crossword solved at 0:54 on 6/1/2021
- JM solved at 1:16 on 6/1/2021
- Kjersti Chippindale solved at 1:38 on 6/1/2021
- Pixlate solved at 5:15 on 6/1/2021
- Lloyd solved at 8:27 on 6/1/2021
- Kent D solved at 21:31 on 6/1/2021
- Rick Heisler solved at 23:41 on 6/2/2021
- Anonymous Crossharer solved at 18:10 on 6/3/2021
- Augwood solved at 22:21 on 6/3/2021
- Shalaka Tamhane solved at 9:34 on 6/4/2021
- Ryan McCluskey solved at 12:36 on 6/4/2021
- rickybillingsgate solved at 18:17 on 6/4/2021
- K7 solved at 19:15 on 6/4/2021
- Shmuel Schmell solved at 9:12 on 6/7/2021
- Anthony N solved at 1:58 on 6/8/2021
- Tom Wilson solved at 14:46 on 6/9/2021
- Abide solved at 2:56 on 6/11/2021
- Meta World Peace solved at 14:34 on 6/11/2021
- Abide solved at 3:46 on 6/12/2021
- babafats solved at 20:20 on 6/12/2021
- hbxwords solved at 3:12 on 6/19/2021
- Miles Aronow solved at 21:57 on 6/30/2021
- Sommersmith solved at 16:10 on 7/7/2021
- Joah solved at 5:55 on 8/8/2021
- Nick Smith solved at 13:52 on 8/14/2021
- anonymous solved at 0:31 on 8/26/2021
- Orfington solved at 15:56 on 8/29/2021
- Grant Law solved at 22:16 on 8/29/2021
- Puzzler solved at 13:22 on 9/1/2021
- Puzzleman solved at 13:31 on 9/1/2021
- Sparkle Motion solved at 14:42 on 9/3/2021
- AEZ solved at 2:16 on 9/10/2021
- ellequin solved at 3:40 on 9/10/2021
- Lisa Talya solved at 13:17 on 9/16/2021
- Jasonbr solved at 14:18 on 9/16/2021
- Coyote Dembicki solved at 0:21 on 9/21/2021
- Caroline solved at 18:38 on 9/22/2021
- sus solved at 15:42 on 9/23/2021
- Lacemastarson solved at 18:24 on 9/30/2021
- jay solved at 7:20 on 10/1/2021
- benchen71 solved at 2:15 on 10/2/2021
- kieranjboyd solved at 2:09 on 10/6/2021
- David Plass solved at 10:35 on 10/12/2021
- dianyx solved at 22:43 on 10/14/2021
- Byron solved at 23:40 on 10/25/2021
- downie solved at 13:31 on 10/28/2021
- Rosie solved at 13:31 on 10/28/2021
- Rahul Shah solved at 16:15 on 10/28/2021
- Emily Carpenter solved at 16:38 on 10/28/2021
- Lyle Entwistle solved at 0:17 on 10/29/2021
- Greg S solved at 13:52 on 10/29/2021
- Carolyn B solved at 20:00 on 10/29/2021
- V solved at 21:19 on 10/29/2021
- bronnied solved at 23:45 on 10/30/2021
- Craig Mautner solved at 15:13 on 10/31/2021
- GoatsAreCool solved at 0:21 on 11/1/2021
- Roman B solved at 19:29 on 11/2/2021
- Ryan Lester solved at 19:39 on 11/4/2021
- Marissa solved at 5:25 on 11/12/2021
- SeptaCube solved at 18:48 on 11/12/2021
- bice solved at 2:43 on 11/15/2021
- noneuclidean solved at 0:28 on 11/17/2021
- Lucas solved at 2:06 on 11/17/2021
- nws solved at 11:19 on 11/17/2021
- 19 second respawn times solved at 21:07 on 11/17/2021
- dhp solved at 7:50 on 11/18/2021
- topghost solved at 19:20 on 11/18/2021
- calica solved at 18:15 on 11/21/2021
- el solved at 0:55 on 11/28/2021
- elro solved at 19:53 on 11/29/2021
- Brandon Dean solved at 2:12 on 11/30/2021
- Duncan Lyle solved at 20:56 on 12/2/2021
- Chuck Gottesman solved at 22:50 on 12/6/2021
- capybara solved at 14:36 on 12/9/2021
- Larry Edelstein solved at 3:36 on 12/11/2021
- Benana solved at 15:08 on 12/12/2021
- Zachamp solved at 18:55 on 12/13/2021
- Carolyn solved at 1:05 on 12/16/2021
- Conflux solved at 20:09 on 12/19/2021
- schmidzy solved at 21:41 on 12/20/2021
- sea solved at 2:39 on 12/21/2021
- Anonymous Crossharer solved at 16:43 on 12/26/2021
- Sarah solved at 17:44 on 12/29/2021
- Ka solved at 17:56 on 1/5/2022
- Daniel Jalkut solved at 0:13 on 1/6/2022
- lightseba solved at 3:35 on 1/7/2022
- Niko solved at 14:39 on 1/9/2022
- Tim O solved at 18:06 on 1/14/2022
Comments
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- Each of the across entries has lost its head to become a different entry. The parenthetical clue gives a clue to the original entry. From top to bottom the missing letters spell HEAD, which is what the Queen of Hearts was always trying to chop off of folks 😂
- FrankieHeck 🤓23s · 8 months agoThat was fun! I was worried at first because the submission form popped up immediately and covered the grid, before I had a chance to look for the meta. But obviously I was able to make it back to the form. I would look forward to more metas from you :-)
- Thanks Frankie! Maybe I can think of some ways to make it more obvious how to toggle back and forth between the grid and the submission form 🤔
- hector pefo 🤓22s · 8 months ago... and then become "Show Comments" after submission.
- Nice - this meta submission box is an awesome new feature!! Off with their heads!
- Thanks Philip! Hopefully it'll be live for all constructors soon
- A suggestion I thought of is let's say you're working on a meta and it's a really tough one, what if when submitting an incorrect entry, you can make it so you get a hint instead that will nudge you in the right direction? or enable a hint button or something?
- nice meta :) at first i was hesitant about the one-submission per meta restriction but after thinking about it a while i think it's fine. i feel that in my experience w metas it's really impossible to somehow get the wrong answer, you always know the answer when you see it
- Thanks! I'm open to any and all suggestions - I agree w/ you generally but I do also think it'd be nice to give people a second chance. Maybe if you submit the wrong answer and there are hints available it nudges you instead (like Philip suggested above)?
- hector pefo 🤓22s · 8 months agoThis is cool; thanks! It'd be nice to have the puzzle title in the main puzzle view. Also, "Show Comments" is not obviously where to look for a prompt and to submit. In fact, it might be cool to have that read "Meta Info" at first, with just the prompt and submission form (1/2)
- Great idea! I'm making a change now to switch that out to "Meta Info" until you've submitted. I'd like to include the title in the main view but it's hard to find a place for it. On large screens it could fit in the title bar but probably won't work on mobile. Any ideas?
- hector pefo 🤓22s · 8 months agoI'm the last person to ask, but I think the usual solution is having stuff under a three-bars icon, or in your case three dots and "More". Can the title be atop the menu you get? As a solver, I'd just be looking for obvious things to click.
- Yeah I can definitely add it at the top of that menu, that's a good idea!
- This is a great feature, thanks Mike!!
- Awesome! Looking forward to the feature rollout. I would also be in favor of the ability to add hint(s) which display rather than immediately revealing the correct answer if the solver enters an incorrect answer.
- BrennerTJ 🤓19s · 8 months agoGreat to have immediate feedback on whether the submitted answer is correct. Wondered why I didn't see myself on the leaderboard -- then noticed that it is 'updated hourly' not immediately. If the answer is more than one word, would spaces or punctuation matter?
- Spaces and capitalization are ignored but I think you're right I should probably have it ignore punctuation as well!
- This is awesome Mike! Love the new feature!
- Really fun! I'm terrible at metas (I'm improving thanks to Pandora's Blocks), but this was the first I ever got right! 😂 I like the mechanism and can only agree with others' comments on functionality. Well done, Mike. It's inspired me to try my hand at a related meta, too.
- Awesome that is so great to hear! LMK if you have any suggestions after trying it as a constructor, too 😊
- I had (Dame) EDNA for my guess but I loved the puzzle!
- I like on crosshares how the solving times are embedded in the comments. The "speed to meta" stat is a cool feature. I was pleased with my 33 seconds until I saw the other times. 11 seconds? Really Emma-lol?
- Thanks! The time shown is actually just the time to finish the grid, not the meta. And yes some folks are crazy fast!! 33s is a great time though, nice job!
- Ah, you’re right...although a start to meta answer time would be pretty neat too!
- I love the meta functionality here on Crosshare. You've made it really simple for me to very quickly get up and running with my own metas. Thanks, Mike D. Oh, and this is a cool meta, too - I love the Queen of Hearts angle!
- Thank you! I'm glad you're enjoying it and putting it to use 😊
1APub pints (Barbara and Nathan)
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Across
- 1APub pints (Barbara and Nathan)
- 5AOld king of rhyme (French school)
- 6AThorny flower (Got up)
- 7ABarely managed, with "out" (Feinted, in hockey)
Down
- 1D43,560 square feet
- 2DTake a peek
- 3DOtherwise
- 4DPotential plant
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