CROSSHARE
Print Puzzle
Download .puz File
Account / Settings
Construct a Puzzle
Profile

Where's the Rest?

· By Mikey G · Published 2024-10-25T17:00:39.539Z

Meta Prompt
[Level 3.25] The answer to the meta is one of Mike's favorite candies.
Checking for previous play data...

Leaderboard (updated hourly)

  • oldjudge solved 2024-10-25T17:18:23.568Z
  • Hector solved 2024-10-25T17:22:41.027Z
  • DIS solved 2024-10-25T17:23:37.528Z
  • FrankieHeck solved 2024-10-25T17:28:59.173Z
  • LarsCaine solved 2024-10-25T17:40:22.573Z
  • Cindy Weatherman solved 2024-10-25T17:42:12.269Z
  • Darth solved 2024-10-25T17:45:22.168Z
  • spotter solved 2024-10-25T17:49:31.723Z
  • hoover solved 2024-10-25T18:48:34.203Z
  • dannyvee solved 2024-10-25T18:56:43.177Z
  • JM solved 2024-10-25T19:13:07.949Z
  • Tom Wilson solved 2024-10-25T19:44:56.914Z
  • andeux solved 2024-10-25T21:03:03.525Z
  • DJB solved 2024-10-25T21:53:54.843Z
  • Meg solved 2024-10-25T22:02:26.368Z
  • KayW solved 2024-10-25T22:07:50.975Z
  • BarbaraK solved 2024-10-25T23:12:43.848Z
  • heidi solved 2024-10-25T23:16:07.332Z
  • Mr Tex solved 2024-10-25T23:42:09.462Z
  • I K Snamhcok solved 2024-10-26T00:52:28.800Z
  • lbray53 solved 2024-10-26T01:11:01.104Z
  • Pair O Ducks solved 2024-10-26T01:11:27.308Z
  • markhr solved 2024-10-26T02:01:32.284Z
  • boharr solved 2024-10-26T02:30:03.131Z
  • Toast solved 2024-10-26T02:50:51.876Z
  • Gutman solved 2024-10-26T03:39:32.648Z
  • benchen71 solved 2024-10-26T04:20:16.312Z
  • Danny K Bernstein solved 2024-10-26T06:12:02.744Z
  • LesY solved 2024-10-26T10:08:36.295Z
  • Joe solved 2024-10-26T11:46:08.939Z
  • Berto solved 2024-10-26T12:53:55.680Z
  • Bob J solved 2024-10-26T12:59:40.356Z
  • DCBilly solved 2024-10-26T13:34:59.295Z
  • Carolyn solved 2024-10-26T14:56:56.449Z
  • woozy solved 2024-10-26T15:53:08.530Z
  • DrTom solved 2024-10-26T16:56:25.761Z
  • Myelbow solved 2024-10-26T17:09:05.746Z
  • MatthewL solved 2024-10-26T21:13:33.871Z
  • SJ solved 2024-10-27T08:55:52.477Z
  • Alex Sisti solved 2024-10-28T14:03:39.339Z
  • Cindy Heisler solved 2024-10-28T19:01:29.262Z
  • Schmeel solved 2024-10-28T20:16:00.651Z
  • rjy solved 2024-10-29T03:04:54.144Z
  • AZinDC solved 2024-10-29T03:52:36.137Z
  • whimsy solved 2024-10-29T12:38:31.061Z
  • edestlin solved 2024-10-29T13:38:58.534Z
  • kurtalert solved 2024-10-29T20:54:36.479Z
  • CPJohnson solved 2024-10-29T21:12:49.933Z
  • Tim solved 2024-10-29T23:40:19.914Z
  • Tyrpmom solved 2024-10-31T04:08:26.373Z
  • Qmark solved 2024-10-31T13:59:39.796Z
  • Bird Lives solved 2024-10-31T21:53:33.059Z
  • Meta World Peace solved 2024-11-02T14:08:38.556Z

Comments

Sign in with google to leave a comment of your own:

  • Hector 🤓3:24 · 2024-10-25T17:24:45.962Z
    Thanks for stepping up on a Gaffneyless Friday! Fun mechanism, and an unfamiliar candy that looks delicious. Maybe I'll have to buy too many of them for Halloween...
    • Mikey G constructor · 2024-10-26T04:47:21.742Z
      "Take Five" is unequivocally underrated!!
    • FrankieHeck 🤓6:33 · 2024-10-25T17:30:53.362Z
      My son's favorite as well! Thanks for the puzzle and the sweet theme.
      • Mikey G constructor · 2024-10-26T04:47:37.612Z
        Thank you for the expert solving, as always!
      • DIS 🤓4:36 · 2024-10-25T17:26:40.522Z
        Sweet!
        • Darth 🤓9:45 · 2024-10-25T17:45:46.244Z
          Sweet! :D Thanks, Mikey!
          • Tom Wilson 🤓1:37 · 2024-10-25T19:48:51.267Z
            A deliciously inspired choice, Mikey! (And, like me, Pennsylvania-made.)
            • KayW 🤓3:58 · 2024-10-25T22:09:35.062Z
              YUM!! Okay I've not yet tried this particular candy, but what's not to like? I may need to update my shopping list. Thanks for the tasty meta... and a most excellent ear worm to boot!
              • hoover 🤓1:28 · 2024-10-25T23:34:46.400Z
                I totally forgot to say that earlier this year I had the pleasure of hearing Brubeck's sons play a concert for a couple hours with a local choir and local jazz musicians. It was awesome!
                • BarbaraK 2s · 2024-10-26T00:56:04.880Z
                  • benchen71 6s · 2024-10-26T04:20:44.771Z
                    Yes: me!
                    • MatthewL 🤓4:35 · 2024-10-26T21:15:16.460Z
                      Tried a whole bunch of variations on that, including brands. Oy.
                    • lbray53 2s · 2024-10-26T01:13:42.910Z
                      Great Halloween theme - intended or not! I knew all of the candy except the answer. BUT I was very familiar with Dave Brubeck so I got there.
                      • boharr 3s · 2024-10-26T02:31:02.683Z
                        Jazzy. Thanks Mikey
                        • benchen71 6s · 2024-10-26T04:21:42.333Z
                          Got BRUBECK without too much trouble. But it took a lot of googling and guessing to find the answer (which I have never heard of!)
                          • Mikey G constructor · 2024-10-26T04:51:42.508Z
                            And this might not just be a continental divide issue: I reckon many Americans have not heard of "Take Five" either! For a while, it was packaged in this confoundingly drab, dark packaging; I think it had a resurgence once it was rebranded to look like a Reese's cousin, which it effectively is.
                            What universal candies are you a fan of? And what exclusive-to-Australia specialties??
                            • benchen71 6s · 2024-10-26T07:45:20.584Z
                              Maltesers! I think these would fall into the "universal" category, although they originated in the UK. They are associated in my mind with going to the cinema when I was a kid. :-) I'm also a fan of acid drops (not the LSD kind!) and lemon sherbets.
                              • Berto 2s · 2024-10-26T12:57:26.667Z
                                Maltesers are v similar to Whoppers in the US. Seems to be a love ‘em or hate ‘em type of thing (a bit like Marmite?!)
                                • DrTom 4s · 2024-10-26T17:04:19.010Z
                                  or even more so Vegemite! Now, British candy; I am fan of Turkish Delight (Cadbury), All-sorts, Crunch and Aero bars. US, in addition to many Mikey mentioned, the now defunct Chunky, Dots and Sky Bars (the originals, not the remakes which one can find in the candy section of some highway restaurant complexes)
                              • woozy 🤓7:13 · 2024-10-26T16:18:19.242Z
                                I remember "Take Five" candy bars. I even had one once.
                                I guess one of my favorite is "Baby Ruth" which I figure is quite under-rated in the sense that everyone's heard of it but it just about every-ones pass-over on the way to the Snickers or Milky Way-- a near universal "meh". I rather like "Bit o' Honey" and "Abba-zabba" and the fact that they are universally reviled just appeals to me more.
                            • hoover 🤓1:28 · 2024-10-25T18:49:28.349Z
                              Well crap, when you google BRUBECK + CANDY you get "Little Man with a Candy Cigar" which is why I tried all the variations of CANDY CIGAR(S) and CANDY CIGARETTE(S)!
                              • Mikey G constructor · 2024-10-25T17:00:39.539Z
                                Answer: TAKE FIVE
                                Explanation: Seven entries in the grid are appended with the oft-dreaded numbers: STAR, BUTTE, MO, TO, CHARL, WHAT, KIT. The prompt can sometimes give us a little nudge, and so candies are likely involved! Some of those, like STAR, BUTTE, AND KIT, should prompt the start of some candies like STARBURST, BUTTERFINGER, and KIT KAT; the number is just indicating the number of letters that are "the rest" of the candy bar, per the title. The seven candies are STARBURST, BUTTERFINGER, MOUNDS, TOBLERONE, CHARLESTON CHEW, WHATCHAMACALLIT, KIT KAT; I think I've had all but the second- and third-to-last on this list!
                                How does that help us? The first letter of the "rest" that we added (BURST, RFINGER, UNDS, BLERONE, ESTON CHEW, CHAMACALLIT, KAT) spell out BRUBECK. Ideally, if this doesn't immediately prompt anything, a quick hop onto the Google will show this individual was not a confectioner but rather a jazz musician, perhaps most famous for his classic standard "Take Five," named for its odd time signature. That is also the name of, in my opinion, one of the most underrated candy bars ever and the answer to the meta! (Searching a phrase like "Brubeck candy bar" does give us some hits also!
                                Note a couple of Easter eggs: perhaps most obviously, TAKE is literally at 5-Down, and I figured if you recognized this quasi-obscure candy bar, that's a pretty easy win! Also, to take five colloquially means to take a rest, and that doubles back into the title. Let me know your favorite candies in the comments!
                                • JM 🤓2:29 · 2024-10-26T12:40:53.841Z
                                  What about “Blue rondo à la Turk” ish taffy?
                                  • Berto 2s · 2024-10-26T13:03:01.305Z
                                    I’ve had Dave Brubeck’s Greatest Hits on CD forever, twenty years plus, and always loved Take Five along with Unsquare Dance for their funky time signatures. Almost impossible to tap your foot to! Haven’t heard of the candy bar though (or 3, 5 and 6 for that matter! - although I’m in Charleston SC for the weekend so will have to try the Chew!)
                                    • Carolyn 4s · 2024-10-26T14:58:30.411Z
                                      Excellent
                                      • woozy 🤓7:13 · 2024-10-26T15:55:33.827Z
                                        GOOD GRIEF! Got BRUBECK and banged my head against the wall for 15 minutes (Not "little man with a candy cigar" or "Utopia Candies") and then finally somewhere in the back of my reptilian brain was a nudge "wasn't there a candy bar called....."
                                        Great puzzle. Never seen that mechanism before and it was a stare-stare-flash
                                        • MatthewL 🤓4:35 · 2024-10-26T21:16:32.812Z
                                          Was stuck on candy cigars for sooooo long. Needed a bit of a course correct from a friendly Muggle. At least I had the right idea! Thanks for the puzzle, Mikey.
                                          • DrTom 4s · 2024-10-26T17:05:28.335Z
                                            Loved the, now almost expected, Mikey twist. Maybe we ought to call you a Twizzler?
                                            Thanks for the puzzle Mike
                                            • woozy 🤓7:13 · 2024-10-26T16:12:19.528Z
                                              I swear there must be some google god out there who hates me ("You thought you were so good at boolean controlled index searches? Well, I'll show you! In the 21st century EVERYTHING is going to be free word search and associative ranked browsing! Ha-ha") I could not get any of my first seven google searches to yield any thing (except "Little Man with a Candy Cigar").
                                              Weirdly Google's AI assumed Brubeck was a misspelling of Brach's and suggested Brach's seasonal candies... and then went on with a paragraph about Dave Brubeck. Near the end was a reference to "Take Five" and a little bit in the back of my mind went "oh, yeah...."
                                              • Schmeel 2s · 2024-10-28T20:20:54.721Z
                                                Great puzzle! I tried 'candy cigars' first too. It didn't help that there's a candy bar here called 'pesek zman' that translated means 'Time Out', Brubeck's classic album.
                                                • kurtalert 🤓3:01 · 2024-10-29T20:56:02.560Z
                                                  Awesome. Took me coming back to it a number of times to figure it out... finally got on track with KIT, and it was smooth sailing from there. Thanks Mikey! I look forward to eating many of all of these this weekend after I steal tons of candy from my kids :-)
                                                  • Qmark 3s · 2024-10-31T14:00:25.751Z
                                                    Thanks Mikey! Did not know this candy...but love how it fits with your chosen "font" for the title this week.
                                                    • Bird Lives 3s · 2024-10-31T22:47:10.924Z
                                                      I would have gotten it on my first try if I had known that this candy existed. Sad to say, it's been far too long since I have trick-or-treated. And this one was not included in the variety bag we got for tonight.
                                                      [pedantry]As for the tune, I hope everyone realizes that it was written not by Brubeck but by Paul Desmond (a wordplay guy in his own right) and that the title refers not just to the time signature (5/4) but also to the melody, which is based on a 5-note scale, save for a couple of passing notes. Those five notes are the black keys on the piano. You could play it with one hand holding an orange. [/pedantry}
                                                      • Meta World Peace 4s · 2024-11-02T14:10:46.324Z
                                                        Thanks for the tip--I'll have to try it!
                                                        1A
                                                        I always ___ about this Magnon man
                                                        1
                                                        2
                                                        3
                                                        4
                                                        5
                                                        6
                                                        7
                                                        8
                                                        9
                                                        10
                                                        11
                                                        12
                                                        13
                                                        14
                                                        15
                                                        16
                                                        17
                                                        18
                                                        19
                                                        20
                                                        21
                                                        22
                                                        23
                                                        24
                                                        25
                                                        26
                                                        27
                                                        28
                                                        29
                                                        30
                                                        31
                                                        32
                                                        33
                                                        34
                                                        35
                                                        36
                                                        37
                                                        Across
                                                        1. 1A
                                                          I always ___ about this Magnon man
                                                        2. 4A
                                                          Astronomy students are ___ pupils (5)
                                                        3. 8A
                                                          "Get ___ of this!" (What I say when I'm doing laundry)
                                                        4. 10A
                                                          Bar I go to often
                                                        5. 11A
                                                          Montana metropolis (7)
                                                        6. 12A
                                                          Ups
                                                        7. 13A
                                                          Finance major's deg.
                                                        8. 14A
                                                          Mirrored likeness
                                                        9. 16A
                                                          Eye opener?
                                                        10. 18A
                                                          Game whose name you need to shout to win
                                                        11. 19A
                                                          Willems who wrote "Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!" (4)
                                                        12. 21A
                                                          Pioneer (not meta-related - it was just the only spanner that fit!)
                                                        13. 24A
                                                          Preposition with two homophones, one of them a number (7)
                                                        14. 25A
                                                          "Wait, what?"
                                                        15. 26A
                                                          What the wise cook used in his dishes
                                                        16. 27A
                                                          Give some zip to
                                                        17. 29A
                                                          It's game
                                                        18. 30A
                                                          What Mr. Chaplin's friends may have called him (hey, who knows, and I needed a clue here) (5, 4)
                                                        19. 32A
                                                          U.S. state that borders 20-Down
                                                        20. 34A
                                                          Said one festive eagle to another, "___ Christmas!"
                                                        21. 35A
                                                          Urchin (use 5 of 6 letters in MARGIN)
                                                        22. 36A
                                                          Second baseman of comedy (11)
                                                        23. 37A
                                                          Hobby-shop purchase (that a young fox might make) (3)
                                                        Down
                                                        1. 1D
                                                          Driving instructor, perhaps
                                                        2. 2D
                                                          Make the rounds?
                                                        3. 3D
                                                          "These Cheerios are ___-standing!"
                                                        4. 4D
                                                          Taps
                                                        5. 5D
                                                          ___ a break
                                                        6. 6D
                                                          It might be a big heart
                                                        7. 7D
                                                          In medias ___ (in the middle of a plot)
                                                        8. 8D
                                                          Half the team of the skit in which 36-Across made an appearance
                                                        9. 9D
                                                          Agnus ___
                                                        10. 10D
                                                          Pogues' frontman MacGowan
                                                        11. 15D
                                                          "Mulan" sidekick
                                                        12. 17D
                                                          Get from a parent, like a weird sense of humor (thanks, Dad)
                                                        13. 19D
                                                          Blockbuster (like "The Gridfather" or "Letters of the Lost Ark" if crossword films were really popular)
                                                        14. 20D
                                                          U.S. state that borders 32-Across
                                                        15. 22D
                                                          Twofold
                                                        16. 23D
                                                          Japanese mat (a fun Sudoku variant is based on this!)
                                                        17. 27D
                                                          Begin to phrase?
                                                        18. 28D
                                                          Peppa, in a children's TV program
                                                        19. 30D
                                                          [I'm a bird in a cornfield! Feed me stuff!]
                                                        20. 31D
                                                          "lol"
                                                        21. 33D
                                                          Prescott of the Cowboys
                                                        Loading...