Where do meta puzzle ideas come from? Sometimes a phrase occurs to you and you think: that could be a meta mechanic! Then it becomes a puzzle in itself to see if the idea can be squeezed into a grid that can be clued in such a way that someone like yourself can come along and complete without too much googling. Let's see how this one goes! You're looking for a six-letter noun. Answer & explanation here: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=125901#p125901
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I K Snamhcok 2s · about 2 years ago
Nice! Thanks, Ben!
MatthewL 13:41 · about 2 years ago
Nice one! Thanks Ben!
Laura M 🤓14:13 · about 2 years ago
Enjoyed it, thanks!
Carolyn 3s · about 2 years ago
I first submitted MASTER, an anagram of STREAM, as in MASTER CLASS. However, it is an adjective used that way. It took a while to realize MAINSTREAM could refer to Middle Class. Duh!
I think I was simply going for STREAM in the sense of "separating based on ability/resources".
whimsy 🤓15:00 · about 2 years ago
Aha! -- I enjoyed the puzzle, but lacked the connection. My bucolically-oriented mind was only picturing babbling brooks. :) I like Carolyn's interpretation also!
Nice one, that I have to thank Woozy for getting me to go back and try again. As soon as I did I saw FIRSTROOMS and knew what the mechanism had to be. I did hesitate a little because I am unfamiliar with the context that STREAM is being used in. I wasn't smart enough to see it also was MASTER. When it quite easily spelled out STREAM I just went with that thinking how Ben is an educator and during the pandemic so many people went to (and stayed with) STREAMING classes. Hey, its a solve, I'll take it and thank Ben for an interesting and educational (had to look up a lot but interestingly not as many as you might think. I may be getting Aussified? By the way, E FOR EFFORT...at one time E was the lowest grade but got changed to F so there was no question that you had not done either E xcellent or had gotten an E for effort; you had F ailed or your performance was F aulty.
Ergcat 23:16 · about 2 years ago
Got it! Thanks, Ben!
Cindy Heisler 2s · about 2 years ago
I went for master - thinking of master class. Didn't work, so I went back to stream. I'll admit I needed the nudges. I certainly didn't storm the castle this week!
KayW 🤓10:18 · about 2 years ago
Clever puzzle! Me, not so much. I needed all the official nudges plus a few remedial ones.
Thanks Ben!