Wow, lots of chilly fun. It took me quite a while to find CASE and ONE. I'm guessing FRONT was unintentional? Could have paired that with a S at the bottom.
Actually, the ONE was unintentional, haha - where is that pairing? So many are getting it, but I still feel I should probably clean that up! (You guys who conquered the meta can see this fun, frantic editing in real time.) That just slipped in!
i did that exact thing, then realized I needed G from Glory which helped my find Mountain, which I had missed. (had circled the N of noouts and thought maybe we were going for “opening” as in cold opening… but why would Mikey then title it Cold Opens??)
Since you had C(old) ONE in the last puzzle, that was the third one I found. I like the thought of “Toss me a cold one” as a beer can lobbed through the air. But yeah, cold front makes more sense.
I liked Cold one. Also, definitely not a level 3 (if I can get it it's not a level 3!)
Darth 🤓44:13 · 2023-01-16T15:01:10.577Z
Nice puz MikeyG! I was working with 42D for a bit and it seemed to go well with 43D! Check it out! Lol
MatthewL 13:20 · 2023-01-16T22:54:32.712Z
Nice one. Quite the treasure hunt. Stuck on Cold One for a while. Also thought Cold Ice T could work for Nestea. But ultimately got it. Thanks Mike!
Bbaack 28:05 · 2023-01-16T23:52:05.227Z
Nice one! I had to backsolve for Cold Mountain--Gee!. It was a lot of fun, and hopefully the only cold I'll catch this year (yes, hot is faster, I know the joke!)
ChrisCross 🤓12:34 · 2023-01-19T01:20:08.298Z
I also was looking for COLD ONE. Figured I might be missing something so I backsolved, guessing correctly at which order the letters should appear. Got COLD MOUNTAIN after realizing the entry had to match GLORY's clue, and googling other civil war movies. I think I had more fun that way than if I had found all seven immediately.
I think backsolving can definitely be fun! I do it a lot, and there's nothing wrong with that at all! Cool to find the "Glory"-"Cold Mountain" connection, as well as the serendipitious fact that both "NCIS" and "Cold Case" debuted on the same network in 2003!
HeadinHome 🤓5:01 · 2023-01-19T02:39:57.651Z
Loved this one! A classic mechanism — love the ones with an alternate (and often humorous) answer to the same clue. Thanks!
Very fun! Disappointed that 31D isn't AMEW, though - a missed dad joke. ;)
Xavier Shay 🤓47:44 · 2023-01-23T07:35:12.639Z
Hello, I'm new :) Really enjoyed all the puns, but ... no idea how to get to the meta answer, even trying to decipher the comments here. Can someone ELI5 please?
Laura M 🤓19:15 · 2023-10-04T20:02:38.526Z
Weirdly, it appears that I abandoned this one without finishing it, no idea what happened. It was good! And not too difficult!