Inspiration for metas comes from various places. Sometimes I think of a meta mechanic while trying to solve someone else's meta. At other times, a phrase suggests itself. This was one of the latter. It's also a fitting "week 5". Don't let that put you off, though, because I think this is a SAD puzzle (simple and difficult). Good luck, as you seek to solve this puzzle and come up with the answer to the meta which is a 10 letter phrase. Answer & explanation: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=119756#p119756
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rjy solved 2023-01-31T05:10:11.693Z
Darth solved 2023-01-31T06:06:47.428Z
boharr solved 2023-01-31T15:31:01.315Z
MatthewL solved 2023-01-31T16:27:22.150Z
whimsy solved 2023-01-31T19:45:36.044Z
wendy walker solved 2023-01-31T20:18:58.414Z
KayW solved 2023-01-31T20:22:29.138Z
I K Snamhcok solved 2023-01-31T21:07:09.587Z
ChrisCross solved 2023-01-31T21:54:47.591Z
Tom Wilson solved 2023-01-31T22:13:46.252Z
Laura M solved 2023-01-31T23:56:19.210Z
Gutman solved 2023-02-01T01:18:57.085Z
lbray53 solved 2023-02-01T15:34:49.824Z
Meg solved 2023-02-01T17:30:51.528Z
Teamdoubletow solved 2023-02-01T17:42:22.505Z
markhr solved 2023-02-01T19:31:37.510Z
Ergcat solved 2023-02-02T16:08:36.007Z
ajk solved 2023-02-02T17:45:10.746Z
Hector solved 2023-02-02T19:19:41.704Z
Pair O Ducks solved 2023-02-02T20:03:58.058Z
Bbaack solved 2023-02-02T20:44:59.590Z
Jaclyn solved 2023-02-03T00:33:32.095Z
Tyrpmom solved 2023-02-03T15:10:47.118Z
heidi solved 2023-02-03T15:18:34.686Z
JHSeeman solved 2023-02-03T20:52:36.241Z
ReB solved 2023-02-04T02:37:51.898Z
Dow Jones solved 2023-02-04T07:45:36.225Z
amy nelson solved 2023-02-04T11:31:03.082Z
Cindy Heisler solved 2023-02-04T14:35:10.602Z
jbird solved 2023-02-04T15:21:20.684Z
Carolyn solved 2023-02-04T17:02:48.452Z
CPJohnson solved 2023-02-04T18:31:42.303Z
SeamusOL solved 2023-02-05T03:03:43.019Z
BarbaraK solved 2023-02-05T04:36:33.628Z
dplass solved 2023-02-05T14:16:54.713Z
Mikey G solved 2023-02-06T02:42:26.904Z
Jim23809 solved 2023-02-19T01:01:00.986Z
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rjy 6:41 · 2023-01-31T14:26:35.431Z
Really nice construction, Ben. When I solved, I completely missed the ITs; I just worked a suitable number of letters down from the Us. Those ITs provided me a secondary - totally unearned - AHA. Kudos!
whimsy 🤓9:23 · 2023-01-31T19:48:40.245Z
I missed the U's! -- and wondered why the number of letters I had to take seemed a bit arbitrary! Silly me!
boharr 3s · 2023-01-31T15:46:09.431Z
I found the down instance of IT in 50D distracting.
Yep, I tried really hard to get rid of that it. But I just couldn't do it without complexifying the already tricky fill even more!
MatthewL 🤓7:13 · 2023-01-31T16:27:55.743Z
Nice one Ben! As usual.
wendy walker 8s · 2023-01-31T20:20:04.006Z
Unlike RJY I found the IT's first, the U's second. Excellent title and a fun puzzle, Ben!
I K Snamhcok 🤓11:07 · 2023-01-31T21:17:37.559Z
I guessed at the answer correctly, then worked backward to the solution — though admittedly with help from the comments below.
Laura M 🤓6:13 · 2023-01-31T23:58:29.161Z
Nice one!
Gutman 2s · 2023-02-01T01:19:31.587Z
:) :)
Teamdoubletow 3s · 2023-02-01T17:51:37.285Z
We intuited the answer with half of the mechanism. Fun puzzle, thanks so much.
Ergcat 11:27 · 2023-02-02T16:10:02.975Z
Thanks, Ben! Needed the nudges to point me in the right direction! Knew I needed to “get down” to “it” (words ) but not sure how! Clever construction!
Hector 8s · 2023-02-02T19:20:28.566Z
Ack, did not solve without nudges. I'd looked at ITs and going right and down, but did not think of U. Good one!
Bbaack 🤓11:57 · 2023-02-02T20:48:01.664Z
Took me awhile since i kept trying to go right and then down until i finally saw the diagonal was the way to go. That was downright fun, thanks!
ReB 5s · 2023-02-04T02:50:33.525Z
I was milling about the perimeter mulling over the IT combinations. The first nudge confirmed that I needed to start with the U's, but I thought that I had to move from a U to an R [for "right"] horizontally and then vertically ["down"] to IT, which wasn't working as it only involved two of the four U's.
The second nudge, which didn't really add anything substantive, gave me an interlude during which I had the idea to try moving diagonally - that being the most direct path [a different interpretation of "right down"] - and lo and behold that worked for all four Us and yielded 10 in-between letters, which of course spelled out the apropos answer.
Clever hiding of the answer in plain sight.
Dow Jones 3s · 2023-02-04T07:51:41.386Z
I was lost until the 5th nudge. I need to pay more attention to the constructor's hints. Excellent meta, Ben !!
Cindy Heisler 2s · 2023-02-04T14:39:21.015Z
Needed the nudges and then some. I should have paid more attention to the 4 U's. Great puzzle, Ben, even if I did struggle with it. Thanks!
Carolyn 3s · 2023-02-04T17:04:15.008Z
I had most of the pieces from the beginning but just couldn't put them together until the final nudge. Cool construction!