Happy Anniversary! (Meta)

Nice first try!

Enjoyed the meta...nice debut! Thanks!

Congratulations on your Muggle debut. Fun meta. Thanks!

Cool.

That was the best meta description ever--thanks for the laughs!

Test solved and got tripped up in the very same way I get tripped up by that when its a clue! :) (Although I now do now a lot about flora on different continents - lol.) Fun -- Thanks!

Cute. Congrats on your debut "Clark Tripe"... I was thinking "Three Musketeers" and something fishy. haha

Oh goodie, I'm seeing solvers! I guess everything is working. Thank you, Peter, for letting me use your Crosshare account.

Monday’s test solvers are Peter, Al, and the Cap’n? I thought they were Larry, Moe, and Curley. Heheheheh. Just teasing, fellows. Fun puzzle!

HA I read 38D backwards so I was reading it bottom to top and wondered why 38D said "read it bottom to top" when it "should" have been "top to bottom"...

Dr. Tripe is gonna be a hard act to follow even for himself. This one was a real tour de France. I can't wait for the next one. Also, solvers coming here directly through Crosshare have to be rerouted through x-muggles so that they read the constructor's biographical statement.

Will the real Clark E. Tripe please take credit for this excellent anniversary puzzle? Just reading the intro had me worried about what craziness would be going on with this one.

A brilliant debut and a laugh-out-loud introduction to someone I hope to see here again and again. Thank you, Clark!

Well done, Mr. Tripe (aka Psycho, I believe). Great intro and excellent puzzle.

Are us iOS programmers allowed in Linux Habitation?

Great puzzle!

Nicely done, gentlemen!

Loved it--nice aha moment!

Nice job, Peter, Al, and Rick!

Very nice! Thanks

This is what happens when three miscreants are allowed to sit together. Let's hope the teacher doesn't have to separate them! Great fun, thanks!

Congratulations on the debut! A delightful way to start the week!

Loved it - what a great "debut" and perfect tribute to the forum

Thank you for the (diagonal) message!!

Enjoyed the meta! Great debut!

Thanks, Clark. Great first one!

Silly me I tried MUGGLES first. Fun puzzle with SEVERAL deep rabbit holes (I'll bet you knew how many of the rivers intersected other words with ES or EST [a la Estuary] in them, or could be a sea [RED] or be changed to a sea [ARAL] or were crossed by an answer with a C [EBRO, URAL] or a SEA [neStEA]. FINALLY I saw the YEAR FOUR and knew that is when the Muggles (a 7 letter word) had started. Loved the intro (in particular the submissions paragraph), but I doubt you are a newbie and I will look forward to the reveal (which I assume will be that it is Peter, Rick and Al)

I was stuck on YEAR FOUR, but then someone in the Tuesday Zoom said that maybe Clark would be back for the fifth anniversary - and that's when lightning stuck.

Note: Use all 8 clues when looking for a 7 letter answer (heckin YEAROUR). Nice to meet you, thank you for the great fun and hope to see you around more, Clark E. Tripe!

My first thought for Year Four was "seniors" but that seemed too easy.

Also looked down the center column and the letters that are not in river rows can spell "solvers", but that seemed too inelegant as it's not quite in order.

When I googled and saw the answer, I got a huge grin. Perfect

I submitted flowers, but, I thought the reason was the eight "flow"ers :-)

Dang! Was this a fun one!! Three treats from three treats! Thank you for sharing this special puzzle with all of us!

Submitted “Muggles” first, as I suspect others did. Happy 4 yrs, Muggles… I count myself lucky to be among you. And bravo to Mr. Tripe, whoever you are.