Blast from the Past
◆ · By Pandora's Blocks Weekly Meta Crossword · Published 9 months ago
Meta Prompt: The answer to this week's meta is a game that you might have played before.
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Happy Solving!
-Will
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- LesY solved at 13:50 on 11/21/2021
- RPardoe solved at 14:04 on 11/21/2021
- FrankieHeck solved at 14:13 on 11/21/2021
- JBT solved at 14:36 on 11/21/2021
- Gabby solved at 14:37 on 11/21/2021
- Meg solved at 14:42 on 11/21/2021
- THC solved at 14:48 on 11/21/2021
- schmidzy solved at 14:53 on 11/21/2021
- Sfull411 solved at 14:54 on 11/21/2021
- Qmark solved at 15:03 on 11/21/2021
- Shmuel Schmell solved at 15:04 on 11/21/2021
- Abide solved at 15:09 on 11/21/2021
- boharr solved at 15:28 on 11/21/2021
- LuckyGuest solved at 15:37 on 11/21/2021
- Bob Hetrick solved at 15:38 on 11/21/2021
- rickybillingsgate solved at 15:43 on 11/21/2021
- I K Snamhcok solved at 15:49 on 11/21/2021
- hbxwords solved at 16:16 on 11/21/2021
- Mike D solved at 16:16 on 11/21/2021
- Carolyn solved at 17:30 on 11/21/2021
- JeffPrug solved at 18:20 on 11/21/2021
- Ryley solved at 18:21 on 11/21/2021
- Laura M solved at 18:56 on 11/21/2021
- Golem solved at 19:07 on 11/21/2021
- dannyvee solved at 19:25 on 11/21/2021
- CalRy solved at 19:53 on 11/21/2021
- JM solved at 20:18 on 11/21/2021
- oldjudge solved at 20:23 on 11/21/2021
- DJB solved at 20:38 on 11/21/2021
- K7 solved at 22:03 on 11/21/2021
- C64 solved at 22:16 on 11/21/2021
- Susanna solved at 22:57 on 11/21/2021
- Jasonbr solved at 23:31 on 11/21/2021
- Matt A solved at 0:00 on 11/22/2021
- DIS solved at 0:32 on 11/22/2021
- Judy solved at 0:46 on 11/22/2021
- markhr solved at 1:34 on 11/22/2021
- wendy walker solved at 1:41 on 11/22/2021
- William D solved at 2:37 on 11/22/2021
- Terpagator solved at 3:44 on 11/22/2021
- whimsy solved at 4:18 on 11/22/2021
- RebrccaQ solved at 5:56 on 11/22/2021
- hazmat solved at 10:51 on 11/22/2021
- Bbaack solved at 17:12 on 11/22/2021
- DrTom solved at 17:47 on 11/22/2021
- MajordomoTom solved at 19:24 on 11/22/2021
- okjb solved at 20:39 on 11/22/2021
- Cindy Heisler solved at 20:45 on 11/22/2021
- Tyrpmom solved at 21:54 on 11/22/2021
- Becky solved at 22:12 on 11/22/2021
- Capn Rick solved at 0:51 on 11/23/2021
- BrennerTJ solved at 1:59 on 11/23/2021
- hashbrown solved at 10:57 on 11/23/2021
- KathleenTM solved at 16:15 on 11/23/2021
- spotter solved at 21:40 on 11/23/2021
- lbray53 solved at 21:52 on 11/23/2021
- heidi solved at 1:35 on 11/24/2021
- BarbaraK solved at 1:57 on 11/24/2021
- Meta World Peace solved at 3:30 on 11/24/2021
- Rand solved at 5:01 on 11/24/2021
- KayW solved at 16:43 on 11/24/2021
- Hector solved at 4:43 on 11/26/2021
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- Your year-long plan for a mega-meta has finally come to fruition. Nicely done!
- You mean three year plan right? :)
- FrankieHeck 🤓15:05 · 9 months agoThis game was sitting about 20 feet from me as I solved :-) I must confess I only got 5/6 of the answer. Cannot for the life of me find where/if I solved Bottom Line, and couldn't find the posted solution. But I felt confident enough.
- The universe was pointing you in the right direction! Here's that pesky missing piece: https://pandorasblocks.org/bottomline
- FrankieHeck 🤓15:05 · 9 months agoOh thanks! I didn't even see the solution link there. I guess I never did this one!
- Shmuel Schmell 4s · 9 months agoFun puzzle! Indeed a 'blast from the past'. It took me a few minutes to see that all the puzzle title entries were based on games!
- schmidzy 🤓14:04 · 9 months agoWhat a lovely celebration of PBWMC thus far! Congrats on the new website, too, it looks really sharp!
- Meg 3s · 9 months agoLove a little research on a Sunday morning. Initially, I'd never heard of a game called Bopit (pronounced beau pit).
- Sfull411 🤓5:04 · 9 months agoGreat puzzle and a fun game! Thank you
- Qmark 3:54 · 9 months agoGreat puzzle Will! (That game has always been popular in the Q household over the years).
- boharr 4s · 9 months agoCool web site. IMHO, though, enough with games I've never played! LOL
- LuckyGuest 4s · 9 months agoYou've come a long way, brother!
- I K Snamhcok 22s · 9 months agoFun way to introduce your website, Will! I love it! Congrats!
- Awesome mini-walk down memory lane. New site looks great! I think having the solutions posted with graphics is going to help a lot of new meta solvers.
- Congrats on the site, and this is a very special metametametameta.....
- Carolyn 3s · 9 months agoI've never played it, but sure do enjoy your puzzles! Thanks
- Cool puzzle and smart way to show off the new website! I didn't join until after Bottom Line, but after looking at the solution I'm really impressed by that construction and mechanism!
- Golem 2s · 9 months agoI had the advantage of having discovered Pandora puzzles relatively recently and "bingeing" all previous puzzles over the past few months, so they're still very fresh for me. Coming in late for the win!
- DIS 🤓12:38 · 9 months agoVery meta!
- wendy walker 4s · 9 months agoThanks, Will! I had to go back and re-solve the Pac Man one and laughed again at Sam I Am "forcing people to try his nasty, off-colored breakfast foods"!
- William D 12:16 · 9 months agoDidn't know this game so did have to use bing after all, but still a fun puzzle. Thanks!
- Bbaack 14:48 · 9 months agoI'm relatively new to the site, but am enjoying it immensely! It was interesting rummaging through the archives, and I see there are a lot of Time Killers waiting for me!
- MajordomoTom 🤓9:20 · 9 months agoNever played this one before, with a nice path confirmation from Will, backsolved it.
- Cindy Heisler 11s · 9 months agoGreat website! I've never done a mega meta -- good practice for the MMMM. Thanks!
- BrennerTJ 🤓1:33 · 9 months agoCongratulations on launch of the website!
- KathleenTM 🤓29:50 · 9 months agoVery fun theme & website tie-in!
- Meta World Peace 4s · 9 months agoI have played it before, really fun. And I also recommend the Studio C Bop It Extreme video skit!
- Hector 🤓3:39 · 9 months agoNice head fakes with the May Day Operation bugs (mosquitos, look it up), and license plate of the Ghostbusters (ECTO-1).
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- 1AIRS agt.
- 5AGet out
- 11AAltar words
- 14AUnusual
- 15AStayed close behind
- 16ANeither follower
- 17A___ no good
- 18APandora's Blocks offering from 06-13-2021
- 20AChannel owned by Discovery
- 21AOne with a checkered past?
- 22AGreen character created by the company that made 65-AcrossConsole before the Wii, for short[---]
- 23APandora's Blocks offering from 10-03-2021
- 27AGas in some bright signs
- 28ALender's property claims
- 29ASports officials
- 31APieces of fishing equipment
- 32A___ beyond one's years
- 33APlayground game
- 36APandora's Blocks offering from 06-20-2021
- 41ANFL subdivision for Baltimore and Denver
- 42AIt might be in sheep's clothing
- 43AUniv. grad
- 44ANot 24-DownGreater than 44-Across[----]but still pretty decent
- 45AThey're mainly made up of clay, silt, sand, and organic material
- 47ABad weather for a parade
- 50APandora's Blocks offering from 11-14-2021
- 54AGerman submarine
- 56AGreek counterpart to Mars
- 57A"Who ___ to judge?"
- 58APandora's Blocks offering from 09-20-2020
- 61A"Actually, you can leave this bit in"
- 62AJournalist ___ B. Wells-Barnett
- 63ATech used by many high speed trains
- 64AItalian stratovolcano
- 65AConsole before the Wii, for short
- 66ABold and gutsy
- 67AMoistens
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- 1DChannel owned by TBS
- 2DPiece of Vermont's state tree
- 3DOne writing Met-focused articles, perhaps
- 4DPrefix with -phyte or -logism
- 5DMoral guidelines
- 6DLatter-day ___
- 7DPetroleum company
- 8DIn the style of
- 9DWrite
- 10DWhirlpool
- 11DCurrently occupied
- 12D"Tiny Bubbles" artist
- 13DBig name in pest control
- 19DAll men, by definition
- 21DRange of knowledge
- 24DGreater than 44-AcrossNot 24-Down but still pretty decent[----]
- 25DBody images?
- 26DPolite, abbreviated response
- 30DActress Tina of "30 Rock"
- 31D"Straight Outta Compton" group, for short
- 32D"Are you kidding?!" to a texter
- 33DSmall Starbucks order
- 34DType of park
- 35DDiamond
- 37DNumber that's "for the show"
- 38DRiot
- 39DGrocery chain
- 40DCoffin fastener, according to a common expression
- 44DMidge mate
- 45DDeplorable
- 46DInterjections used often in "Ted Lasso"
- 47DApply, as lotion
- 48DHumble home
- 49DSmall bits
- 51DSends via mule, say (Were you paying attention last week?)
- 52DSea eagles
- 53DBig name in Italian ice
- 55DGrave
- 59D___ de Plata (city in Argentina)
- 60DQueens airport code
- 61DAffix with thread
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