These Puns Go to Eleven
◆ · By Mikey G · Published 5 months ago
Meta Prompt
[Level 2] The 11-letter answer to the meta is a word that describes how I write my clues.
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- Hector solved at 0:21 on 11/12/2022
- Meg solved at 13:15 on 11/12/2022
- HeadinHome solved at 13:46 on 11/12/2022
- Cindy Weatherman solved at 14:08 on 11/12/2022
- boharr solved at 14:12 on 11/12/2022
- spotter solved at 15:03 on 11/12/2022
- Myelbow solved at 16:31 on 11/12/2022
- KayW solved at 18:58 on 11/12/2022
- oldjudge solved at 19:52 on 11/12/2022
- ChrisCross solved at 22:16 on 11/12/2022
- Laura M solved at 23:53 on 11/12/2022
- I K Snamhcok solved at 0:03 on 11/13/2022
- whimsy solved at 0:15 on 11/13/2022
- FrankieHeck solved at 0:26 on 11/13/2022
- Abide solved at 0:47 on 11/13/2022
- Mr Tex solved at 3:56 on 11/13/2022
- edestlin solved at 17:28 on 11/13/2022
- andeux solved at 19:43 on 11/13/2022
- lbray53 solved at 0:17 on 11/14/2022
- Jim Dean solved at 1:01 on 11/14/2022
- Darth solved at 1:24 on 11/14/2022
- DJB solved at 1:55 on 11/14/2022
- Alex Sisti solved at 14:18 on 11/14/2022
- Schmeel solved at 20:26 on 11/14/2022
- Gutman solved at 21:07 on 11/14/2022
- DIS solved at 16:37 on 11/15/2022
- JHSeeman solved at 14:46 on 11/16/2022
- benchen71 solved at 22:33 on 11/16/2022
- Bbaack solved at 22:49 on 11/16/2022
- dplass solved at 2:36 on 11/17/2022
- Darrell solved at 3:54 on 11/17/2022
- BrennerTJ solved at 16:58 on 11/17/2022
- woozy solved at 17:37 on 11/17/2022
- Capn Rick solved at 18:26 on 11/17/2022
- Dow Jones solved at 18:40 on 11/17/2022
- Pair O Ducks solved at 8:13 on 11/18/2022
- LesY solved at 12:26 on 11/18/2022
- DrTom solved at 13:10 on 11/18/2022
- syd solved at 15:44 on 11/18/2022
- Cindy Heisler solved at 23:28 on 11/19/2022
- BarbaraK solved at 0:01 on 11/20/2022
- markhr solved at 0:09 on 11/20/2022
- Frisco17 solved at 19:25 on 11/20/2022
- Tyrpmom solved at 5:51 on 11/24/2022
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- Hector 3s · 5 months agoThanks! Fun solve.
- Meg 2s · 5 months agoNice Aha!
- HeadinHome 🤓18:03 · 5 months ago(*KNEW)
- HeadinHome 🤓18:03 · 5 months agoI anagrammed to get the answer, but it wasn’t difficult (know to put LY at the end). Was there a method to the letter order that I overlooked? This must have been quite a challenge to pull off… bravo!
- If there was a way to do that, I maybe could've thought of that! Maybe first appearance of each letter from top to bottom? I was so harried trying to make sure only those 11 letters appeared and figured, as you did, LY pretty much goes at the end - and if you know I'm FACETIOUS at everything, that helps!So, yeah, although not ideal, just a basic anagram this time. :)
- HeadinHome 🤓18:03 · 4 months agoI got no problem with a basic anagram! just have found that when I resort to it, I’m often missing an elegance that others see. I cannot imagine how you did this with only 11 letters!
- whimsy 🤓14:11 · 4 months agoMy story too! :D
- boharr 3s · 5 months agoDon't repeat yourself or anything. Haha.
- KayW 🤓6:54 · 5 months agoMahalo! And wow. Even Hawaiian has more letters than this grid. Impressive!
- ChrisCross 🤓12:17 · 4 months agoWow. Incredible
- I K Snamhcok 3s · 4 months agoCool! Thanks, Mikey!
- Laura M 🤓10:11 · 4 months agoNice construction!
- whimsy 🤓14:11 · 4 months agoOh my goodness! What a laugh!Thank you for it, Mikey!
- Darth 🤓13:13 · 4 months agoLol. Loved it! Thanks, Mikey.
- Darth 🤓13:13 · 4 months agoHey Mikey, I solved the puzzle, but it didn't register it on the leader board. I got a message to sign in with Google. Was it possible that I didn't have that little box checked when I submitted my answer?
- Bbaack 🤓13:21 · 4 months agoI relied on the hints to free the cat. Very nice construction, thanks for the fun!
- Nudge 4: I am never going to solve puzzles where I have to note that letters aren't used.Good puzzle. Lot's of fun!
- Late to the party, but I finally got it with the nudges. Nice one, Mikey!
- DrTom 3s · 4 months agoWell that was fun, I say fun only after slogging long and hard and revealing 3 nudges got me to what I REALLY should have seen earlier. Nice job Mikey (heck I should have that as an boiler plate entry!
- Cindy Heisler 2s · 4 months agoI can't believe that is the answer. Right from the beginning that was my answer, but I couldn't figure out the mechanism to justify it. Then I saw the nudges -- aha!!! Another great one, Mikey!!
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- 1AMinor place?
- 5AFish make great band members because they know all the ___
- 11AIt'll come before "you forget"
- 12A"Well, aren't you a fancypants?"
- 13AWhen I want to see footage of people having a nice "trip," I tune into the ___
- 15A"Grey ___" (Elton John tune)
- 16AHe just wanted to leave, but then his wife got all salty
- 17ASee 35-Down35D17-Across, for one[----]
- 19AType of sauce
- 22AThe feuding optometrists could never ___
- 27AHHH
- 28AResolve
- 29ASinging syllables (I won't demonstrate)
- 30ACrosswordese golfer Aoki
- 31ASmart people?
- 33AGoals for candidates
- 37A"You said I couldn't produce this attaché all by myself, but I think I've made my ___"
- 39ABit of animation
- 40ALabor over
- 43ASecond word in the nation whose capital is Ouagadougou
- 44AI just wrote a set of classical compositions about working in a cubicle; it's the ___
- 46AOne-kind link (or Pun-Kind, as far as I'm concerned!)
- 47ALow digit
- 48ASecond word in a rhyming cocktail
- 51ASnowman in "Frozen" who says "Oh, look at that...I've been impaled" (what people solving my puzzles say as well)
- 54AMy friends are bickering about who gets access to the restricted area, but I'm going to ___
- 58AKeys
- 59ACryptic time! "Kansas town in violation (4)"
- 60ADances or dips
- 61A"11 Items or ___" (oddly specific advice I followed when creating this puzzle's grid)
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- 1DTV character whose original name was Gordon Shumway
- 2DRed and others
- 3DMan, for one (semi-dupe with 58-Across58AKeys[------]but you'll live)
- 4DThey're full of legends
- 5DFa-la link (again, I'm not singing)
- 6DAnthracite
- 7D"And, then..."
- 8DA band's final gig of the night, say
- 9DPeyton's brother
- 10DType of fly
- 14D"Great Compromiser" Henry who really "sculpted" a lot of legislation LOL
- 18D"___ of the D'Urbervilles" (1892 Thomas Hardy novel)
- 20DPopeye says, "Olive her!"
- 21D"___-haw!"
- 22DWard of "Gone Girl," and I want to read the book version soon (no spoilers!)
- 23DCryptic time! "List shortener that gets back late (4)"
- 24DAssuage
- 25DNeedle
- 26DChiwere speaker
- 30D"The Love Boat" bartender that greets visitors to the Muggles forum
- 32DMIV/IV
- 34DCruciverbalists' favorite 4-letter food that is not OREO (probably healthier too)
- 35D17-Across17ASee 35-Down[---], for one
- 36DBlackthorn
- 38DThis is a real dele breaker (I'm hilarious)
- 40DExcessively
- 41D"Didn't you turn on the lights already?" "Yeah, something seems ___"
- 42DMaybe not even
- 43DHeat source
- 45DSanta can use the chimney - it'll ___ him just fine!
- 49DThey have it!
- 50DScintilla
- 52D"He makes no friend who never made ___" (Tennyson line)
- 53DSon, near the Seine
- 54D"___ boom bah" ("the sound made when a sheep explodes" in a classic Johnny Carson sketch)
- 55DScreening org.
- 56DPreamble to the Constitution?
- 57DThey're often grad students, briefly
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