See Intro for Instructions
◆ · Por Cory Calhoun · Publicado hace 4 meses
Meta Prompt
Hint: Look for a 5-letter place associated with metal alloy.
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- Cory Calhoun constructor · hace 4 mesesThe meta answer is THIRD. (Hint: Find a 5-letter place associated with metal alloy.)First, let's discuss that hint: it was intentionally a bit of a misdirect! In this case, "place" doesn't mean "location" but "award ranking." And "third place" is associated with winning a bronze (which is a metal alloy!) medal. That said, the key to solving has nothing to do with metal alloy.Recall the puzzle's title, "See Intro for Instructions." There are 5 long Across answers. From top to bottom, the first 4 start with with a directional word--UP, LEFT, DOWN, and RIGHT. Each of those are followed by a homophone of a number (e.g., TO = 2, FORE / FOR = 4).In other words, you're meant "see" those answers' "intros," providing a set of directional instructions.Together, those form 4 instructions (UP 2, LEFT 4, DOWN 4, RIGHT 4) telling you how to move... but where to start moving from? Well, the fifth answer is EPICENTER (with the clue "Starting point for outward movement, often"). Start in the (epi)center of the filled grid, which is the letter T. Follow the first instruction--"UP 2"--and you end up on the letter H. Keep following the rest of the instructions like that, and you'll find the letters in the word THIRD, which is the puzzle's meta answer.
- Sendhil Revuluri 🤓2:45 · hace 4 mesesVery clever! (Goes without saying that it was too clever for me…)
- Cory Calhoun constructor · hace 4 mesesThanks--this was my attempt at aping puzzles that have done the whole "follow secret instructions to get an answer" angle, but in a meta form. Cheers!
- Meg 15s · hace 3 mesesSaw the directions. Missed the homophones. Nice one, Cory.
- Cory Calhoun constructor · hace 3 mesesThanks Meg!
- rjy 🤓12:29 · hace 3 meseswow - that's some diabolical misdirection! I sat on THIRD for quite some time without bothering to try typing it in. Fiendish!
- Cory Calhoun constructor · hace 3 mesesThanks! One fact I haven't mentioned is that this meta and several others I've posted were part of a 6-part contest where 6 metas' answers all pointed to a "mega meta" answer. It's why the meta answer here is sort of odd, and I came up with the hint to help mask what was really going on. Cheers!
- DrTom 19s · hace alrededor de 2 mesesWell I got what I was supposed to do, but I started at the epicenter of EPICENTER and got E, then I went UP TWO from to the epicenter of UPTOSPEED and got nothing. I also tried doing it from the absolute epicenter without moving from the letter found but rather from the epicenter and got nothing. Best I ever came up with was a close spelling of EERIE or AERIE and I thought, "hmm coins, bronze...it would not have been a winner but would have been close...not right but close!