Great puzzle! I definitely made use of the links to three similar puzzles - not sure I would've gotten it without those hints!
Caroline 🤓7:35 · over 3 years ago
Same - that was a journey
Capn Rick 6s · over 3 years ago
Got it! But I needed all the hints plus confirmation from Will.
THC 🤓8:16 · over 3 years ago
Challenging but certainly doable. Great puzzle!
Gutman 9s · over 3 years ago
Great puzzle
whimsy 🤓21:22 · over 3 years ago
Lots of tricks; happy I chose a quick route early enough in the game.
Thanks for a great season, Will!
boharr 10s · over 3 years ago
Very clever. Thank you. Happy Holidays and good luck with your exams.
Bbaack 🤓18:51 · over 3 years ago
That was a fun one, thanks!
MajordomoTom 31:07 · over 3 years ago
Big fan of these.
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frostyjhammer 30:52 · over 3 years ago
“This one is doable, I promise!” You delivered on this promise thank you.
JM 3s · over 3 years ago
A wild trip!
Shmuel Schmell 5s · over 3 years ago
Good finale - thanks for the season, looking forward to next!
I K Snamhcok 4s · over 3 years ago
Loved it! I got to step 2 on my own, and might have also figured out step 3 by my lonesome, if I had been more patient. Alas, I got antsy and read the hints. Still had a fun aha!
Meg 3s · over 3 years ago
I hope all your exams go well! Thanks for a great season of puzzles and I’ll miss the Sunday metas until your next season begins.
BrennerTJ 🤓2:34 · over 3 years ago
Another fabulous puzzle to cap off this season!
MamaEllen 2s · over 3 years ago
That had a nice Aha moment!
C64 3s · over 3 years ago
I guessed from the title that LGA/JFK/EWR would be important, so I was a bit crestfallen to see that they weren't necessary to figure out. I figured out the first two steps without too much trouble but had to take a break before the "oh, duh" moment.
rjy 19s · over 3 years ago
Diabolically multi-stepped, hints were definitely needed (for this solver, anyway) but still preserved a terrific AHA at the end. Loved it!
Darth 🤓17:32 · over 3 years ago
It took me a minute, but I finally saw BIG APPLE (the relevant two-word phrase)! Very clever! Nice one, Will!
auee89 3s · over 3 years ago
Great puzzle! Needed the 3 hints and a nudge, but very fun once I got rolling! Good luck next semester!
Directions for this one were a little confusing. I had LOOSE END for a while, looking for another airport connection of an X THE Y phrase that would lead to LOOSE END (TEB for Teterboro in particular) before realizing I was already done. Super creative concept as usual!
Louis D 3s · over 3 years ago
Nice one! Reading the comments below, I'm curious how C64 figured it out, because it seemed to me that the key to the whole puzzle was LGA/EWR/JFK. Once I circled those and noticed SPILLSBEANS, the rest took care of itself.
Qmark 🤓3:54 · over 3 years ago
I was able to get the first 2 steps without the hints, but as the deadline drew nearer I finally caved and used the hint puzzles to help me bring it on home. Good puzzle, Will!
Robert Brylawski 7s · over 3 years ago
Once I to the correct platform, the hints guided me to the correct destination. Very well constructed and a great finale
Meta World Peace 8s · over 3 years ago
You wrapped up Season 3 with a beautiful bow, Will... and should take one for all the fun you've brought through PB these past many weeks! Love the transportation theme.
Charles Montpetit 🤓3:27 · over 3 years ago
I got lost looking for a way to connect the three airports with a string of words snaking its way through them, like A PILE SUCH AS WOK FINE FIRE PAST KEELE. Will had to tell me that the airports were the connectors. Only then did I manage the rest, but since the grid does include EHOW at 56a, I did try to enter that as a synonym for BIG APP... and it's only when it got turned down that I reread the prompt and figured out that adding LE to get BIG APPLE was much more appropriate, thereby leading me to LOOSE END as the answer. Whew.