Quantum Engineering
◆◆ · By woozy · Published 2024-04-02T23:12:59.954Z
Meta Prompt
The answer to this meta is is the phenomenon of a group of particles being generated, interacting, or sharing spatial proximity in such a way that the quantum state of each particle of the group cannot be described independently of the state of the others
What is quantum physics. I dunno something about breaking things down into pieces. Or not being able. Any way it's supposed to be very confusing. Like this meta, I guess.
This is a really difficult and weird puzzle. A suggestion to get started, not really a nudge but a suggestion, Do this on scratch paper first! It's a small enough grid you can do it on scratch paper with notes. I think this meta is easy if you do it on scratch paper first. But it's damned near impossible if you try doing it in the grid. Suggestion Nudge: Do the downs first!
Okay. Nudges because this is just so weird:
Do it on scratch paper first. It will not be doable otherwise but as it's such a small grid you can get a lot done by just scribbling notes
The clues aren't particularly hard. Try getting as many as you can without trying for cross grids
The across clues just wont fit with the down clues although they'll share many letters but the order doesn't work. So make it work.
Notice the clues, especially for the downs, have alternate numbering
Can you get the alternate numbering to match with entries
The down clued will fit in the grid. It's the acrosses that are scrambled
But they will match up with the alternate positions gathered
There are two 6x6 grids to do
The two 6x6 grids are labeled A and B
But on this CrossHare online grid the two 6x6 grids are all scrambled
Put the grids that you have on scratch paper into the Crosshare grid but in the scrambled order
Something scrambled will reveal the meta
The last line will reveal the meta
The meta is an anagram of the two last entries of the two 6x6 grids
The meta is an anagram of LEGMEN and TENANT
The meta is spelled out in order in the last line of the CrossHare Grid
The clues aren't particularly hard. Try getting as many as you can without trying for cross grids
The across clues just wont fit with the down clues although they'll share many letters but the order doesn't work. So make it work.
Notice the clues, especially for the downs, have alternate numbering
Can you get the alternate numbering to match with entries
The down clued will fit in the grid. It's the acrosses that are scrambled
But they will match up with the alternate positions gathered
There are two 6x6 grids to do
The two 6x6 grids are labeled A and B
But on this CrossHare online grid the two 6x6 grids are all scrambled
Put the grids that you have on scratch paper into the Crosshare grid but in the scrambled order
Something scrambled will reveal the meta
The last line will reveal the meta
The meta is an anagram of the two last entries of the two 6x6 grids
The meta is an anagram of LEGMEN and TENANT
The meta is spelled out in order in the last line of the CrossHare Grid
Checking for previous play data...
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(1A C.AOS.....RS) Those who do the physical gathering if intel (6 letters) (1B .S...RACOS..) Lease Holders (6 letters)
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- 1A(1A C.AOS.....RS) Those who do the physical gathering if intel (6 letters) (1B .S...RACOS..) Lease Holders (6 letters)
- 13A(7A C.AOS.....RS) On-line security brokerage subsidiary of Morgan Stanley (6 letters) (7B .S...RACOS..) Disorder which reduces blood's ability to carry oxygen (6 letters)
- 14A(8A C.AOS.....RS) Word to indicate purpose (3 letters) (8B .S...RACOS..) Phonograph and Television pioneer (3 letters) (9A C.AOS.....RS) "That is to say" (2 letters) (9B .S...RACOS..) Internet domain suffix for Mexico (2 letters)
- 15Asee 14A
- 16Asee 14A
- 17A(10A C.AOS.....RS) "A drink with jam and bread" (2 letters) (10B .S...RACOS..) "A needle pulling thread" (2 letters) (11A C.AOS.....RS) American currency (3 letters) (11B .S...RACOS..) Big Blue (which through an oversight is the same answer as 13B DOWN) (3 letters)
- 19Asee 17A
- 21A(12A C.AOS.....RS) Elvis Costello knew this world was killing her (6 letters) (12B .S...RACOS..) Suitable for growing crops (6 letters)
- 24A(13A C.AOS.....RS) Lease Holders (6 letters) (13B .S...RACOS..) Those who do the physical gathering if intel (6 letters)
Down
- 1D(2A DOWN) French for star (6 letters)
- 2D(6B DOWN) Revenue collectors (6 letters)
- 3D(1A DOWN) "I knew I shoulda taken that ____ turn __ Albuquerque (4, 2 letters)
- 4D(4A DOWN)Pa's partner
- 5D(5A DOWN) Thomas Alva ______ (6 letters)
- 6D(3B DOWN) Teachers' org. (3 letters)
- 7D(1B DOWN) Foot bone related (6 letters)
- 8D(2B DOWN) Again! Again! (6 letters)
- 9D(4B DOWN) To be, first person singular (2 letters)
- 10D(5B DOWN) Agile (6 letters)
- 11D(3A DOWN) [I'm an angry dog] (3 letters)
- 12D(6A DOWN) "You ____' got to any trouble on my account" (6 letters)
- 18D(11A DOWN) Well, if the clue for 11A C.AOS.....RS was "American currency", the clue for this should be "America" but, dang, that awfully culturally chauvinistic, isn't it? (3 letters)
- 20D(11B DOWN) Big Blue (which through an oversight is the same answer as 11B .S...RACOS..) (3 letters)
- 22D(13B DOWN) Chem. symbol for silver (2 letters)
- 23D(13A DOWN) Amid (2 letters)