The Optimist
◆ · By DrTom · Published almost 2 years ago
Meta Prompt
The meta answer is a classic summer treat
A person we all admire, the optimist manages to take everything life gives them and derive maximum enjoyment. Here is hoping you can find the good and enjoyable in this puzzle even if it is a bit late.
Fair warning that this is not a puzzle that will spell out an answer, you will have to use some deduction to solve the meta. As such it may be a 2 or 2.5, but once you see it you will know if you have the correct answer.
Tom
Hmmm..of COURSE this is playing a lot more difficult than I thought, it wouldn't be one of mine if it wasn't. Having seen a lot of the Crosshare submissions I am detecting that people are seeing "some" of what I wanted them to but not making the connection. So, time for early nudges:
Nudge 1] The title is always important of course, but the intro to this one is also important because it was meant to put a phrase in your mind that would help you solve
Nudge 2] A lot of you have noted the 8 similar items in the GRID but are thinking about them in a different manner. What do all of those have in common, or rather are infamous for
Nudge 3] Intuitive metas...there outta be a law!
DOWNRIGHT SHOVE] When life, or DrTom, gives you something and you are the eternal optimist, what are you going to do?
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