Going to Extremes
■ · Por Cory Calhoun · Publicado 2024-12-01T03:58:04.160Z
Meta Prompt
Hint: Find a 10-letter verb.
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- benchen71 solved 2024-12-01T05:57:45.718Z
- Pair O Ducks solved 2024-12-01T15:03:11.034Z
- Cindy Weatherman solved 2024-12-01T17:54:53.005Z
- Hector solved 2024-12-02T18:51:57.356Z
- Meg solved 2024-12-02T19:16:10.144Z
- FrankieHeck solved 2024-12-02T23:01:54.712Z
- whimsy solved 2024-12-08T04:34:49.403Z
- rjy solved 2024-12-08T13:24:50.936Z
- DIS solved 2024-12-10T21:27:43.906Z
- DrTom solved 2025-01-05T04:59:15.326Z
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- benchen71 🤓5:46 · 2024-12-01T05:58:44.039ZGood one! (Any specific reason why the clue for EQUINOX had an asterisk?)
- Cory Calhoun constructor · 2024-12-01T07:21:16.919ZOh, good catch on that. I'll remove it.This puzzle originally appeared in the arts and entertainment magazine in my hometown. In that version, the Across answers relevant to solving the meta were starred, to help out those in the general public not clued into the difficulties of metas. Looks like I forgot to delete that one. Thanks for the feedback!
- Cory Calhoun constructor · 2024-12-01T03:58:58.194ZThe meta answer is OVEREXTEND (Hint: Find a 10-letter verb). Five symmetrically placed Across clues are involved in solving the meta:17A. Jeep Wrangler or Toyota 4Runner, e.g.: OFFROADSUV29A. Kristin Bell's "The Good Place" role: ELEANOR38A. March 21st occurrence: EQUINOX47A. Program lister since 1953: TVGUIDE64A. Place for your book or glasses, say: NIGHTSTANDThe puzzle was called "Going to Extremes." What happens if you "go to the extremes" of those five answers (in other words, their first and last letters)? From top to bottom, you get the letters in the word OVEREXTEND, a 10-letter verb associated with going to extremes that also satisfies the puzzle's hint.
- Pair O Ducks 🤓4:36 · 2024-12-01T15:09:40.477ZNice one! Was there a way to narrow down which long entries to use? I'll admit, I figured we'd use first and last letters and then started from the obvious long ones and the central one and intuited the other letters from there. Was there a step I missed that ruled out the other 7- or 8- letter across entries?
- Cory Calhoun constructor · 2024-12-01T17:13:06.006ZIn the original version of the puzzle (which was made for print, and an audience that had arguably more novice crossword solvers than you might find on Crosshare), I had starred the clues for the 5 Acrosses that were relevant to solving the meta. All I did was remove the asterisks for this version, though in retrospect if I were to set the grid again, I'd either make those longer, or include some other mechanic to make them stand out more. (Though again, the title is enough of a giveaway that one should hopefully be able to poke around long-ish symmetrical answers to get it.) Thanks for the feedback and the solve! ;)
- DrTom 4s · 2025-01-05T05:05:49.865ZKnowing your style a little more, the title was enough of a foothold that I immediately looked to the end of words. The middle one I figured had to be part of it (symmetry usually places one of the answers in the middle with any five multiple and since this was 10 I knew I had to get two letters from each using the ends). Therefore it was probably 1st and last long and middle, which left me with only 4 more possibilities really and once I had OV??EX??ND it was an easy back solve to find the right ones (by then I knew what they had to be). Still great mechanism, especially if you are not used to solving these a lot, and some fantastic fill and cluing (some I fully intend on stealing!!!)