Oh, there it is. I might have gotten it from DECOURGE had I not mashed "reveal word"...
boharr 4s · 2023-02-07T02:35:41.983Z
I have part of the metanism. Will keep working. Thank you for a clever one.
Bbaack 18:47 · 2023-02-07T02:50:28.461Z
Needed the nudge and finally saw the right path (a yellow-brick road). Nicely done!
I K Snamhcok 4s · 2023-02-07T04:16:36.743Z
It was a total delight for me to stare at the grid off and on during the day, read your nudge, keep staring, keep thinking …and then get it, practically in a flash. Terrific puzzle, Jay!
Laura M 🤓10:47 · 2023-02-07T06:02:38.643Z
Great puzzle, thanks!
MatthewL 🤓8:13 · 2023-02-07T17:18:24.768Z
Finally! Sheesh. Nice puzzle, Jay!
rjy 4s · 2023-02-07T18:45:14.608Z
Ahhhhh... (or if I said that twice, I'd have Oz!) Finally, finally got this. Was keying off those letters early on Monday, but just could not figure out what to do with them. Like the earlier poster, it was fun to come back to - repeatedly! - to finally get the AHA! Nice payoff, and appreciate the nudges that gave just enough without giving it all away.
Cindy Heisler 3s · 2023-02-08T00:09:35.932Z
Late start on this one. It was a very nice "aha" moment. Well done! Thanks, Jay.
Tyrpmom 2s · 2023-02-08T14:19:09.633Z
Cool mechanism.
Snood 6:38 · 2023-02-08T16:24:56.688Z
Super clever and well done! As always. Thank you.
Alvibu67 5s · 2023-02-08T17:52:49.214Z
Thanks for the puzzle!
Alvibu67 5s · 2023-02-08T18:23:42.909Z
I don’t get 4D - something about a bend in a ship’s plank??
Bird Lives constructor · 2023-02-08T19:37:13.708Z
Yeah, that's the definition and supposedly it's a real word, but just barely, which is why I added the parenthetic apology.
whimsy 🤓13:04 · 2023-02-08T19:33:51.645Z
Ah. Much better after I stopped trying to put a letter in between Joni's both sides! Thanks for a classic, Jay!
Sharkicicles 12s · 2023-02-08T21:21:53.650Z
A few friends of mine had Treos back in the day. Pretty cool for the time when most of us had flip or brick phones if we had phones at all.
Wow, it wouldn't accept Wizard of Oz without THE...I guess it didn't think it was the real article, or certainly the definite one! I was going about this all wrong; I saw the individual letters and that should have tipped me off, but a line with two pieces and missing letters had me looking longingly at econoCARY GRANTde and I could not shake that pre-conception. Needed at least the three nudges. Nice little twist Toto! (I mean you could have had somehting about feeling the rain down in Africa....
hoover 9s · 2023-02-09T00:13:40.455Z
Facepalm
KayW 🤓8:49 · 2023-02-09T02:04:20.531Z
oh jeez ... if I only had a brain. Can't believe how thick I was this time. Nice one, Jay!
Eric Porter 15s · 2023-02-09T16:00:04.174Z
I'm from Kansas so I should have seen it more easily.
Ergcat 14:59 · 2023-02-11T20:02:05.889Z
Thanks, Jay! I needed the nudges to see what I was missing! Good one!