Those of you with long memories will perhaps have an advantage solving this one, given that this is a companion meta to one that ran in 2023. While I've scheduled this one as a "week 4", it may prove to be a little easier than that. And there's a hint in the grid, so be on the look out! The answer to the meta is 15-letters long. Answer & explanation: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=180333#p180333
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markhr solved 2024-09-24T07:29:06.723Z
Danny K Bernstein solved 2024-09-24T09:03:12.620Z
Gutman solved 2024-09-24T12:42:31.663Z
Pair O Ducks solved 2024-09-24T12:59:44.514Z
LarsCaine solved 2024-09-24T13:05:34.593Z
Hector solved 2024-09-24T13:16:33.284Z
Alex Sisti solved 2024-09-24T14:10:33.179Z
DIS solved 2024-09-24T14:27:03.627Z
Tom Wilson solved 2024-09-24T14:30:05.275Z
JM solved 2024-09-24T14:42:15.296Z
Tyrpmom solved 2024-09-24T15:32:33.298Z
HeadinHome solved 2024-09-24T16:58:45.546Z
DrTom solved 2024-09-24T17:00:57.559Z
MatthewL solved 2024-09-24T17:08:14.886Z
Mr Tex solved 2024-09-24T17:18:32.907Z
hoover solved 2024-09-24T17:34:33.038Z
Darth solved 2024-09-24T18:02:48.864Z
Cindy Weatherman solved 2024-09-24T18:07:53.050Z
Meg solved 2024-09-24T18:09:10.269Z
Carolyn solved 2024-09-24T18:20:19.671Z
boharr solved 2024-09-24T18:24:05.841Z
Johnny Luau solved 2024-09-24T18:25:10.799Z
Berto solved 2024-09-24T18:49:11.094Z
whimsy solved 2024-09-24T18:59:08.577Z
edestlin solved 2024-09-24T19:26:09.372Z
I K Snamhcok solved 2024-09-24T19:51:28.037Z
Dave C solved 2024-09-24T19:58:57.728Z
heidi solved 2024-09-24T20:13:48.521Z
KayW solved 2024-09-24T20:51:41.468Z
Brandon Lee solved 2024-09-24T21:49:37.371Z
woozy solved 2024-09-24T22:30:42.165Z
Capn Rick solved 2024-09-24T22:54:39.010Z
Tim solved 2024-09-25T00:01:30.442Z
CPJohnson solved 2024-09-25T00:21:39.320Z
Laura M solved 2024-09-25T01:35:33.215Z
rjy solved 2024-09-25T05:10:27.364Z
Avlan solved 2024-09-25T08:06:55.763Z
DCBilly solved 2024-09-25T14:22:18.122Z
Qmark solved 2024-09-25T15:50:41.788Z
Steve M solved 2024-09-26T01:44:08.286Z
Cindy Heisler solved 2024-09-26T15:01:50.500Z
lukadisgre solved 2024-09-26T16:50:40.078Z
ajk solved 2024-09-27T00:15:44.659Z
Botaku solved 2024-09-27T09:08:51.637Z
Kulea solved 2024-09-28T07:49:17.272Z
kurtalert solved 2024-09-28T15:08:36.048Z
Sharkicicles solved 2024-09-28T17:01:36.074Z
axmszr solved 2024-09-30T08:39:10.658Z
omnilynx solved 2024-09-30T19:29:18.470Z
lbray53 solved 2024-10-01T13:09:05.605Z
Jaclyn solved 2024-10-02T18:21:56.423Z
Tyler Johnston solved 2024-10-03T18:34:38.704Z
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“Superfluousness” itself seems a bit too many letters! (Superfluity?) This was a good challenge and a real head scratcher for a while. “Beautify” bothered me (thinking shouldn’t that be BEATIFY? Why wouldn’t he say “make more attractive”, not blessed?). 37A and 43A also seemed just not quite right, then the clue at 69A made it all make sense!
MatthewL 🤓8:55 · 2024-09-24T17:09:30.341Z
Woof. That was not easy. But, kept plugging away and finally got it. Thanks for the puzzle, Ben!
hoover 2s · 2024-09-24T17:37:47.852Z
The one that got me was 37A because I tried to fill in STYES before realizing that the crossing entries didn't work. So I was primed for BEAUTIFY/BEATIFY when I got there.
Lol. Well, I knew I needed the U in there, so I was thinking: Does a BOY mark a channel? I'd never heard of the word BEATIFY before, so I learned something. :D Fun puz, Ben!
Well THAT was fun!! STYLE was my first inroad, but probably because I was looking for something like that. Enjoyed finding the double meanings, very well hidden and quite appropriate. I think ESSE is South African though, not that it really matters. Maybe South Africa is considered Indonesia in Australia, I mean you guys have different names for everything.
Thanks Ben
HeadinHome 🤓1:42 · 2024-09-24T17:06:51.459Z
…also, now going back and doing the companion puzzle… which apparently I missed, or I would see the puzzle completed in Crosshare when I click on it (I assume).
Dave C 4s · 2024-09-24T20:00:33.102Z
Fun. The cross that got me started was buoy/beautify and then right away I was looking for superfluous...
Wow, did I love this one, Ben! Saw the mechanism early on, and loved the search for the 15 letters, especially the AB/FAB one. And of course reading the story of 11D on Wikipedia. Still have to look up and watch the commercial, but definitely will. Thanks again Ben!
Steve M 42:53 · 2024-09-26T01:50:27.293Z
Great puzzle. I really liked that you had “one too many” columns for a 15 x 15 and suspected that we needed to “get rid of” one letter from each row. I actually tried to guess at an answer by doing this before finding the right mechanism to get the letters. Thanks!
lukadisgre 🤓8:05 · 2024-09-26T16:53:08.936Z
Anther great one Ben! Weirdly enough, I initially thought PUP was the alternative to PUPA if you stretch the clue really hard, but eventually I got it.
Clever. Needed all the nudges. I saw the extra S thing in VITESE/VITESSE right away, but I got too fixated on double letters or double SSs. Then I got fixated on just removing Ss and nothing else (and alot of words appear). As soon as I started doing the correct thing (thanks nudge 4) I saw SUPE and knew it would be SUPERFLUOUS, and then once I got to the last 4 rows it only took a couple of beats to see the N and realize what the last 4 letters were. Fun one, even though I couldn't figure it out.
whimsy 16:09 · 2024-09-27T17:24:01.345Z
Hadn't realized that the effected Down remained a word too -- very nice -- Thanks, Ben!