Just click the "Download solution" button above the embedded puzzle!
Bart Gold 1:14 · 2022-05-10T23:11:42.735Z
ah. found it.
LesY 5s · 2022-04-10T14:38:12.413Z
Great puzzle, Will! While it may look like I'm solving the grid instantaneously, I'm obviously not - I sometimes solve on paper, reveal the grid, then enter the meta answer. Thrilled you're back!
JM 🤓10:30 · 2022-04-10T14:23:27.898Z
You get all A’s for this one!
hazmat 🤓7:43 · 2022-04-10T14:23:20.107Z
Super cool meta!
KathleenTM 28:50 · 2022-04-10T17:31:52.831Z
WOW that was definitely challenging and I really enjoyed it!
Great puzzle, Will! I figured out step 1 right away, but it took me all day to figure out what to do with the "hints".
Tyrpmom 5s · 2022-04-11T04:03:33.820Z
Wow. Wow. Wow.
Cindy Heisler 3s · 2022-04-11T11:01:50.552Z
It took a nudge to make me see I was exploring a rabbit hole. But once I was done digging, it went smoothly. Very nicely done, Will. Thanks!
Wendy S HeadinHome 🤓21:21 · 2022-04-11T10:41:37.905Z
Well that was creative! I assumed for a long time that “hints” referred to the extra parenthetical words in some of the clues, so for a long time I was trying to make something out of the sixth letter from each of those (GFEIG), or from the sixth spot in those IF you removed all the A-B-C-D-E-F-G letters. Then I realized you couldn’t have used the (normal) word CLUES (rather than HINTS) in part A because of it containing C and E. duh. Fun solve!
LuckyGuest 5s · 2022-04-11T14:11:32.683Z
Outstanding!!
DIS 🤓7:06 · 2022-04-11T15:36:56.115Z
Nicely done.
Jimbo 20:09 · 2022-04-11T15:31:24.161Z
Terrific, definitely worth the effort. It's obvious we all appreciate the effort it took you, as well.
Louis D 10:11 · 2022-04-11T18:10:11.678Z
Wow. I found step 1 pretty quickly, but I must have tried ten different options for step 2 before stumbling upon the right one...
Chaddog 3s · 2022-04-11T19:34:05.186Z
Well how clever was that? Very fun, Will! Thanks for the puzzle
DrTom 4s · 2022-04-12T03:44:26.375Z
Wow, just WOW - REALLY nice piece of construction and clever mechanism. My hat is off to you Will
William D 7:09 · 2022-04-12T07:53:27.245Z
Cool!
dot 🤓3:46 · 2022-04-13T02:33:23.735Z
What an intricate meta! We didn't get caught in any rabbit holes, but it took some trial and error to find how to parse the "sixth spots" in the "hints". It required paper and pen in the end. Lots of fun! Thanks, Will & Pandora team! We look forward to next week's challenge
MajordomoTom 🤓11:56 · 2022-04-13T02:58:43.381Z
had a few nudges from Will, wow, and it helps to (a) cross off a G that you know isn't in the 'path' and (b) not ignore an "S" that is in the 'path'. Once I realized that S was there, I then found the right way to it - yes, "challenging", but not a Gaffney week 5, thank heavens.
Darth 🤓7:14 · 2022-04-13T04:50:22.623Z
Well done, Will!
Burakodrama 3s · 2022-04-13T05:46:04.345Z
It is funny how when your very first idea -an idea you had even before starting the solve- works, a challenging meta becomes one of your fastest solves ever. Great puzzle though, I didn't think the second step would actually work even though the instructions were very clear lol.
THC 🤓4:52 · 2022-04-14T02:01:36.793Z
Enjoyed this one!
Qmark 4s · 2022-04-14T02:17:45.118Z
Super puzzle Will!
Got the first steps on day one...but took longer than I'd like to admit to reach the finish line.
Meta World Peace 3s · 2022-04-14T03:49:57.332Z
EASY AS ABC is only the half of it this week (wink)! Noteworthy and fun every step of the way.