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◆ · By benchen71 · Published 2023-11-15T05:00:35.618Z
Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is a composer
Here's another MEOW from Down Under! This one is definitely on the harder side, I think. But there are hints to be had for those paying close attention. The answer to the meta is a composer (and it's not one of the composers in the image above!) Answer & explanation: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=148272#p148272
Check out "The MOAT Music Meta Pack" here: https://www.ephesusscroll.com/about/interest4.html. US$10 gives you access to 12 music-themed metas that will not be published at any time in the future. In other words, this is not a pre-release pack!
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- Hector solved at 5:18 on 11/15/2023
- Philip Chow solved at 5:27 on 11/15/2023
- Mr Tex solved at 6:34 on 11/15/2023
- rjy solved at 6:34 on 11/15/2023
- Tom Wilson solved at 10:47 on 11/15/2023
- Pair O Ducks solved at 11:13 on 11/15/2023
- Cindy Weatherman solved at 11:38 on 11/15/2023
- Berto solved at 11:47 on 11/15/2023
- Mg305 solved at 12:31 on 11/15/2023
- Meg solved at 13:16 on 11/15/2023
- boharr solved at 13:38 on 11/15/2023
- merlinnimue solved at 13:39 on 11/15/2023
- Laura M solved at 13:46 on 11/15/2023
- whimsy solved at 15:16 on 11/15/2023
- JM solved at 16:36 on 11/15/2023
- woozy solved at 16:51 on 11/15/2023
- kurtalert solved at 17:01 on 11/15/2023
- heidi solved at 17:20 on 11/15/2023
- lbray53 solved at 18:33 on 11/15/2023
- CPJohnson solved at 18:36 on 11/15/2023
- Gutman solved at 18:42 on 11/15/2023
- DOrtiz solved at 18:45 on 11/15/2023
- DCBilly solved at 19:01 on 11/15/2023
- MatthewL solved at 19:47 on 11/15/2023
- markhr solved at 21:46 on 11/15/2023
- Tyrpmom solved at 23:02 on 11/15/2023
- HeadinHome solved at 23:03 on 11/15/2023
- I K Snamhcok solved at 23:16 on 11/15/2023
- KayW solved at 2:56 on 11/16/2023
- Darth solved at 4:15 on 11/16/2023
- theZAzis solved at 7:38 on 11/16/2023
- Cindy Heisler solved at 12:27 on 11/16/2023
- DrTom solved at 13:15 on 11/16/2023
- Katiedid solved at 15:21 on 11/16/2023
- Dave C solved at 16:10 on 11/16/2023
- Johnny Luau solved at 18:33 on 11/16/2023
- Steve M solved at 19:30 on 11/16/2023
- Jim23809 solved at 20:01 on 11/16/2023
- Madhatter5 solved at 13:28 on 11/17/2023
- Jaclyn solved at 14:41 on 11/17/2023
- bhamren solved at 15:25 on 11/17/2023
- Sharkicicles solved at 16:30 on 11/17/2023
- Jeremy Smith solved at 20:38 on 11/17/2023
- ajk solved at 22:55 on 11/17/2023
- SeamusOL solved at 0:09 on 11/18/2023
- DIS solved at 0:56 on 11/18/2023
- Eric Porter solved at 2:53 on 11/18/2023
- hoover solved at 9:40 on 11/18/2023
- Qmark solved at 13:50 on 11/18/2023
- Abide solved at 4:17 on 11/20/2023
- Dow Jones solved at 4:59 on 11/20/2023
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- Berto 20:09 · 2023-11-15T11:48:04.252ZNice one! Nimrod my fave lol.
- Meg 2s · 2023-11-15T13:18:42.295ZI suppose a smaller version of myself would be Megina. And now I get the title. Nice one, Ben!
- Laura M 🤓10:39 · 2023-11-15T13:49:09.845ZExcellent! I still don't get 71A71AThe second initial of the 4-letter acronym FWIW, which is a *very* obscure hint that you might only get after you solve this MEOW[----] though.
- merlinnimue 🤓8:25 · 2023-11-15T13:50:09.506ZNice... I should have seen the key word on my own without needing to resort to an anagram solver... le sigh... I was partly distracted by seeing Gemini in the first across... as apparently i cant get any hints on my own I am curious WHAT71AThe second initial of the 4-letter acronym FWIW, which is a *very* obscure hint that you might only get after you solve this MEOW[----] the last across clue is referencing
- The E of MEOW is "Enigma"!
- merlinnimue 🤓8:25 · 2023-11-15T21:57:38.414ZWayyyy too big brain for me... that really doesn't say much in my case but I digress... thanks again for the puzzle
- boharr 2s · 2023-11-15T13:38:40.265ZThanks
- whimsy 12:42 · 2023-11-15T15:42:56.978ZHad fun solving this and then doing some research. Still not certain I've gotten the hints mentioned, but look forward to learning more later through nudges/reveal. Thanks, Ben!
- 71A71AThe second initial of the 4-letter acronym FWIW, which is a *very* obscure hint that you might only get after you solve this MEOW[----] is referring to the fact that the E of MEOW is "Enigma"!
- Nice! Brings back memories, Nimrod was one of my conductor's favorite pieces back in the band days. We played it for him at our last concert with him. Very emotional performance.
- MatthewL 🤓7:01 · 2023-11-15T19:49:47.167ZWell, I solved it (thanks, Google), but not sure I picked up on all of the clues and Easter Eggs. Will look forward to the reveal. Thanks for the puzzle, Ben!
- 71A71AThe second initial of the 4-letter acronym FWIW, which is a *very* obscure hint that you might only get after you solve this MEOW[----] is referring to the fact that the E of MEOW is "Enigma"!
- Tyrpmom 2s · 2023-11-15T23:04:33.931ZThat was fun. Thanks.
- HeadinHome 🤓1:44 · 2023-11-15T23:08:08.715ZEndlessly googling composers whose name starts with ENG… MIN… GAN… Came close with An-Ming Wang, a Chinese composer! Finally got it by thinking … maybe there was a famous crossword puzzle called “Enigma” that he’s shouting out the composer of. Of course in googling that idea, Elgar popped up. Duh!
- I think you should get partial credit for An-Ming Wang! That's awesome! :D
- OMG I love this! Fantastic metanism and construction
- Cindy Heisler 3s · 2023-11-16T12:28:57.785ZBen, I was finally able to access Crosshare. You already put me on the list of solvers, so please don't list me again. Thanks!
- Wow, I was all over the place. I first saw MEGA in the beginnings of all three words but of course the letters were not together. So I went with three megas, or in my addled mind, "pigs" and found a "The Three Little Pigs/Beethoven's 5th Symphony"...too much a stretch. Then I got IMAGINE from the first two and THOUGHT I saw it in the third, so voila John Lennon...NOPE. Finally I saw ENIGMA in all of them, but did I think "variations", no I did NOT, I googled Three Enigmas and a composition by Colin Matthews came up. Well, who is better known than Colin Matthews (71A71AThe second initial of the 4-letter acronym FWIW, which is a *very* obscure hint that you might only get after you solve this MEOW[----] everyone screamed out!). Could be I suppose, and Enigma makes you ask "what" so...NOPE. In abject frustration I "called a friend" and they said to keep going with one of my ideas. So I looked at the only foothold I had, and Googled Enigma composition and of course Variations on a Theme immediately came up. It is odd because I had already run across Elgar in an earlier panic (looking for English Generals, during which phase I had offered up Albert Sullivan) but dismissed him because he was not a general and the tune I knew best was Pomp and Circumstances. So long way to get home and only got there with a tow, but certainly appreciate the puzzle and the mechanism. What is the "Generally" supposed to bring to mind though? Anyway, now where is that jigger and the gin bottle.... (Oh, and as an American serviceman, I've heard that saying before, not during WWII of course and not in Australia of course, but I can tell you we were NOT overpayed
) - Dave C 3s · 2023-11-16T16:11:35.915ZIt was an enigma that it took so long to see it...
- Anagrams are my weak spot (or rather, one of several), so once I figured from 1A1ACryptic crossword clue word that can indicate anagrams are involved[----] that they were involved I decided to wait for nudges. After nudge 2 I got to ENIGMA quickly of course, and knew that it was the E in MEOW, but needed nudge 4 to hit on the correct google phrase. Fun one, thanks.
- Eric Porter 24s · 2023-11-18T03:00:21.108ZWhen I saw the letters anagrammed to 'enigma', I thought that the answer was "benchen71". Haha He is a composer (of crosswords) and given the title of the puzzle, I thought it was worth a shot.
- That would have been fun! Apropos of nothing, try this one from my back-catalogue, if you haven't already: https://crosshare.org/crosswords/AzUjzLXw7JYqZNjPEtWO/self-promotion-meta
- Eric Porter 24s · 2023-11-19T03:15:58.360ZThat's funny. I should have been able to get that one without nudges. I had already noticed most of it, but didn't think to Google it, even though the description says to. For some reason I only thought that "Corinth Letters" was saying to look at Greek letters, but didn't look at the other words in the row of the other Med Cities.
- Qmark 3s · 2023-11-18T13:51:06.614ZVery clever, Ben...thanks for another great meta!
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- 1ACryptic crossword clue word that can indicate anagrams are involved
- 5AElevate
- 10AOverlook deliberately
- 14ATotes adorbs nickname for a Jewish patriarch
- 15AIn base eight
- 16AManage somehow
- 17AAlien search org.
- 18AWombs
- 19A"___ girl!"
- 20AScheduling technique to ensure the freshness of information in a complex network
- 23AOverfamiliar, as an excuse
- 24AAardvark snack
- 25A___-Japanese War
- 28AMelb.'s state
- 31A"The Lion King" cub
- 35AMiners dig it
- 36ABand with amps that go to 11 (with "Tap")
- 39ACpls. and sgts.
- 40AJigger, if you're using it to make a Negroni or a Gimlet
- 43AMake simpler
- 44ATaiwan's capital
- 45A"Either that wallpaper goes ___ do" (Oscar Wilde's dying words, supposedly)
- 46AButler at Tara
- 48AJohn, Paul, and George, but not Ringo (yet!) (abbr.)
- 49AJustin Timberlake's boy band
- 51ASot's exclamation
- 53ADrctn brds fly fr th wntr
- 54AMicro-transactions that can help you get through the really difficult levels of "Candy Crush", for example
- 63AMost important
- 64AAlice's cat
- 65AFrisbee shape
- 66AThe A of AD
- 67AUpper echelon
- 68ARecent role for Tom Hanks
- 69AFossil fuel
- 70ADescription of US service personnel in Australia during WW2: "Over-___, over paid, and over here"
- 71AThe second initial of the 4-letter acronym FWIW, which is a very obscure hint that you might only get after you solve this MEOW
Down
- 1D"Boney ___ warrior" (traditional shanty)
- 2D"___ to differ!"
- 3DLow-fat, familiarly
- 4DOrbital neighbour of Phobos
- 5DBeers for everyone
- 6DFirst part of a play
- 7DChecklist part
- 8DBollywood garment
- 9DEarly ChatGPT forerunner
- 10DSinging like Ella
- 11DReply to the Little Red Hen
- 12DNo later than
- 13DCoffee source
- 21D"You win"
- 22DQ responses
- 25DWalkie-talkie word
- 26DDavid's Hittite warrior
- 27DFeel intuitively
- 28DTravel documents
- 29DInuktut speakers
- 30DComplains incessantly
- 32DHatfield adversary
- 33DRivulet (these archaic terms are not to be bourne!)
- 34DMeat jelly
- 37D"Love is a battlefield" singer ___ Benatar
- 38DFalsehood
- 41DAlcohol that is extremely bad for the liver and can lead to blindness if consumed
- 42DOrdinal in any of the titles in the "Locked Tomb" series by Tamsyn Muir
- 47DLyricist ___ Rice of "Evita" fame
- 50DPeter Pan lost his
- 52DGives up
- 53DTimetable (abbr.)
- 54DApple computer
- 55DPrefix meaning "billionth"
- 56DAustralian billionaire mining magnate ___ Rinehart
- 57DLarge stack
- 58DOperating system that LINUX is "similar" to
- 59DDo a critic's job
- 60DDarth Vader is one
- 61DThis, in Spain
- 62DDavid Tennant, for example
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