All's Wool That End's Wool (Meta)
◆◆ · By benchen71 · Published 3 months ago
Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is a computer-animated short film
Ewe will have to excuse the puns, but meta puzzles come in all sheeps and sizes. If I can ram the point home, this one is definitely on the herd side! But if you keep at it ewe will find the answer to the meta, which is a computer-animated short film. Happy new shear, everyone! Answer & explanation: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=116386#p116386
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- Meg 2s · 3 months agoNow to backsolve!
- rjy 11s · 3 months agoSame… my love of Pixar had me try Boundin first, then Purl. But why? There are P, U, R, L kind of adjacent to the asterisked entries, but I couldn’t construct some sort of circle or oval that contained them, particularly starting from within the entries. At a loss for backsolving this…
- Meg 2s · 3 months agoPm me on the forum if you want a nudge. I don’t want to put the 4 things here because I think a lot of people will get the meta answer without seeing them and I don’t want to spoil anything.
- Meg 2s · 3 months agoI found them all! Thanks to a helpful Muggle.
- Jaclyn 7:05 · 3 months agoI also got the answer without knowing why. I did that with the MMM this week, too. Not sure what to make of that!
- Darth 21:25 · 3 months agoI got the answer via the metanism, but needed Google to confirm as a movie title. Thanks, Ben.
- Joe 9:51 · 3 months agoSame as Darth, I needed to Google once I got to the answer. My fault and not the puzzle's, certainly. But I'm a film nerd! Can't wait to watch it now.
- Yes, it's available to watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6uuIHpFkuo
- Okay...... so if we take the letters after the last letters in JIMBO17A* One of the bullies in "The Simpsons", ___ Jones[-----]and MENS23A* Part of a department store for those looking for "masculine" clothing[----], and the letters before the last letters in KEBS50A* Abbr. for the Bureau of Standards of Kenya[----]and JLO59A* "Out of Sight" star, familiarly[---]and we get P,U,R,L but... that can't be it.....
- Those are the meta answer letters. But there is a way to highlight them so there is no doubt whatsoever!
- Okay, not searching on films about sheep but about knitting. Okay. What the heck is the knitting circle supposed to mean.I'd kind of like it if the BO's in JIMBO17A* One of the bullies in "The Simpsons", ___ Jones[-----], HOBO45AVagabond[----], BORAT6ATitle of the film with the subtitle "Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan"[-----], etc. referred to little BO peep, but I know they don't.
- I K Snamhcok 1s · 3 months agoLike some here, I have the answer, and I see the P-U-R-L more or less contained, but I don’t yet understand the metanism. Meg, you may be hearing from me via PM. In the meantime, my wife — a knitter, not a puzzler — is taking a look.
- Oh, I get it!That's pretty hidden and hard to see. (BTW, is it spelled BOOTIE or BOOTY?)
- Dave C 3s · 3 months agoDon't have the mechanism yet...
- whimsy 🤓12:11 · 3 months agoVery intricately woven together, Ben! Got the mechanism, then enough of the answer to infer, and confirm on google. Finally found how to get the last letter; had been aiming for the wrong L!
- BarbaraK 3s · 3 months agoWanted to put "stitch and bitch" in 40A40AGroups of crafters who meet to discuss wool-related projects and exchange yarns, that start in the asterisked entries and what you need to look inside of to find the answer to the meta (although, to be honest, they are more like ovals)[---------------]; that's what I've always heard them called :)Took a bit to parse that central clue. First thing I tried didn't work. (Looks like we're not posting spoilers here for the folks who guess the movie and then figure out the mechanism?) But once I got one I was sure of, the rest were easy enough to find.
- wendy walker 3s · 3 months agoBarbara K turned me on to this puzzle as knitting is one of our mutual hobbies (along with, of course, meta puzzles). The movie looks terrific. Thanks, Ben!
- You may have missed the post (https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?t=1990#p115794) but this puzzle was dedicated to you in thanks for creating the MMM prize and then sending it all the way to Australia!
- wendy walker 3s · 3 months agoOh my gosh, Ben! That is so sweet of you! Today I came across the lengthy customs form for shipping the prize and I had the satisfaction of tossing it out, knowing the gift had safely reached its destination.
- DrTom 30:36 · 3 months agoThe first time I filled in the grid and just went with the sheepy Pixar film I saw BOUNDIN. When that was not right I went back tp try to do it right, and this time I succeeded; guess I should not have been such a knit wit.
- Dow Jones 3s · 3 months agoThe metanism was hard to spot. Thanks for the nudges, Ben.
- Cindy Heisler 2s · 3 months ago40A40AGroups of crafters who meet to discuss wool-related projects and exchange yarns, that start in the asterisked entries and what you need to look inside of to find the answer to the meta (although, to be honest, they are more like ovals)[---------------]was helpful, but it still took me a while to find the letters. It wasn't until I Googled some short films that I saw it. Clever puzzle! Thanks.
- Tyrpmom 10s · 3 months agoSo hidden! Even knowing exactly what to do they are hard to find.
- Ergcat 19:15 · 3 months agoFinally got it with the nudges. I hadn’t been looking for knitted items in the knitting circles. Very clever construction!
- KayW 9:56 · 3 months agoGot it with the nudges. And of course had to watch the film once I found it. Thanks Ben!
- Carolyn 3s · 3 months agoThanks! Definitely needed the nudges.
- Laura M 🤓27:14 · 3 months agoNeeded the nudges, I am very bad at this sort of meta. Cute little animated movie, I hadn't heard of it before!
- Bbaack 14:18 · 3 months agoLate to the party, but was nudged home. Thanks Ben, and Happy New Year!
- Qmark 3s · 3 months agoThanks Ben! That's one I haven't seen...but I plan to check it out online today.
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Wes Anderson movie, "The ___ Budapest Hotel"
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- 1AWes Anderson movie, "The ___ Budapest Hotel"
- 6ATitle of the film with the subtitle "Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan"
- 11ABig shot (abbr.)
- 14AOn the periphery
- 15AHer most recent album was titled "30"
- 16AAnger
- 17A* One of the bullies in "The Simpsons", ___ Jones
- 18AMake more pleasant
- 19A"___ on your life!" (never!)
- 20ASuffix for hero (if the hero is a she)
- 21A21st in an alphabetised list of geometric exact locations
- 23A* Part of a department store for those looking for "masculine" clothing
- 24A___ Entertainment, who produced "The Return of the Pink Panther" and "The Dark Crystal" (abbr.)
- 25AEar-related
- 27ABattle scar
- 32A"Seal" in French (or, if you would prefer, Georges ___, the international jurist and member of the United Nations International Law Commission from its inception)
- 36ARegion
- 37AVader's daughter
- 39AActor Morales and namesakes
- 40AGroups of crafters who meet to discuss wool-related projects and exchange yarns, that start in the asterisked entries and what you need to look inside of to find the answer to the meta (although, to be honest, they are more like ovals)
- 43AItty-bitty
- 44AReps.
- 45AVagabond
- 46ACurriculum vitae
- 48AAuction house founded in London
- 50A* Abbr. for the Bureau of Standards of Kenya
- 52A"___ the land of the free..."
- 53ABest Picture of 1958
- 56AMake another request, for short
- 59A* "Out of Sight" star, familiarly
- 62APraiseful poem
- 63ADrug agent, slangily
- 64ACross-dressing Chinese warrior, as seen in a Disney animated film
- 66ALair
- 67A"That's true; however..."
- 68ALake in Northern Finland, to Swedes
- 69ADay after Fri.
- 70ATakes a breather
- 71ACities, but before they get big enough to call a city
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- 1DAsian berry marketed as a "superfood"
- 2DBuilding that has seen better days
- 3D"Come __, bro!" (let's start fighting)
- 4DWyo. neighbor
- 5D"___ the ground, and give me 20!"
- 6DGurbani Judge, better known as VJ ___
- 7DVision-impaired Norse god (who makes up for it with his ravens, apparently)
- 8DVerso's opposite
- 9DIndigenous Alaskans
- 10DMathematical base that we all use all the time
- 11DClimbing plant
- 12DMain element in steel
- 13DTeachers' favorites
- 22DLatin eyes
- 23DDutch artist, much beloved by mathematicians for his tessellations and impossible drawings
- 24DJapanese city on the Edo River, a center for the manufacture of textiles
- 26DBakery employee who adds the inscription to a cake
- 27DOne who disturbs a sleeping dog
- 28DWild water buffalo (Bubalus ___)
- 29D"Take the ___" (steer, but in the days before cars)
- 30D"99 Luftballons" singer
- 31DActor who originated the dual roles of the Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson in the musical "Hamilton", Daveed ___
- 33DArabic name for the Egyptian balsam tree (and an anagram of "ballo")
- 34D"___ omission" (leave out an important fact in order to foster a misconception)
- 35DLand east of Westeros and north of Sothoryos and Ulthos
- 38DAlternative name for the prelude in a play?
- 41DFourth herb in the Simon & Garfunkle song, but with its second letter removed for no other reason than to make this clue possible
- 42D"How do ___ this thing?" (it's out of control!)
- 47DIt keeps your car in place, slangily
- 49DCyclist's protection
- 51DBelgrade natives
- 53D7 down7DVision-impaired Norse god (who makes up for it with his ravens, apparently)[----]and Thor, for example
- 54DThought or concept
- 55DSomeone who might might buy things in 23 across23A* Part of a department store for those looking for "masculine" clothing[----], for short
- 57D"___ above the rest"
- 58DPans partners
- 59D"The Hunger Games" star, familiarly
- 60D"That'll ___ ya!"
- 61D___ and zeros (binary digits)
- 63DNeither partner
- 65DWhat you call when you only have a single card left in the game of the same name
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