"One if by Land..."

Nice one! Hit me right away, smooth puzzle and solve!

Nice idea and construction, Cap'n. Thanks.

Looked on both sides, looked right, looked under, looked around, and finally looked left. Nicely done!

Spent a while circling first letters of grid entries tenuously linked to ‘land’ and the second letters of those related to ‘sea’ - then saw “PA” and “UL” next to ‘C’… aha! Thanks Cap’n Rick!

lol took me a few beats, even though I test solved this one. So I got the fun aha both times around. Thanks :)

Nice one, Cap! Gotta confess though -- I just guessed based on the title and SEA and LANTERNS, and the fact that I happened to watch National Treasure last night. Didn't see the mechanism until reading the comments. Still, a solve is a solve. Thanks for the puzzle!

Thanks, Cap’n! Enjoyed it!

Wow!! Very clever construction. Thanks!

Late start today, but fun solve without nudges. Thanks, Cap'n!

I saw LANTERNS and REDNOSES that should have been REDCOATS and knew what the answer had to be. (Are there other Easter eggs?) Like othatthers, my first stab was looking for the letters after C, but since that was not always two. . .

Great one... thanks Capn

Very nice ride, Cap'n!

Poetic, Cap’n, thanks! Would there now be Uber and texting involved?

Rick is such a good cap’n he found a way to work the seven seas into this one…

LISTEN, my children, and you shall hear

Of the recent meta by our Captain dear,

On the eleventh of August, in twenty four;

We went to the website we all adore

For a puzzle inspired by tales of yore.

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He used as an idea those famous quotes,

About lanterns aloft if they came in boats

One, if by land, and two, if by sea,

What better a nudge could there ever be!

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Fun puzzle Cap’n, I followed a minor rabbit to a tea party and a revolution until I saw PA and UL and that they were both “by C”. Fun fill and so many Eggs my basket overflowed. Let’s see if I got them all: Treaty, Rednoses (I know that you could not use Redcoats, given the Mx, but I thought you might have used LOBSTERS being from New England, Patriotic chant, Church official (Old North no doubt), Enjoyed a British Tradition, Signal lights, Hamilton and 1776, Boston Nickname, Longfellow, Revolutionist, Easy gait for a horse…and probably some I missed.

To do all that and keep the fill VERY tight, a usual Rick masterpiece.

Very nice! I'm embarrassed to say that I didn't think of the Cs until I caved and looked at the hints...

I remembered most of the grid, and the metanism, from our group solve, so I wasn't sure if I should even chime in here.

Guessed twice (midnight ride of Paul revere and Boston Tea Party ) before guessing correctly. I was taking the pairs on each side of the Cs and coming up with nothing (had that much even before nudges… so nudges didn’t help, just confirmed it was indeed about those Cs). Just happened to see the 2 BEFORE the Cs a while after submitting the correct guess… OHHHH sure NOW it’s easy! (Is the S missing?)

Wow. First meta is was ever able to solve. Thank you.

I also didn't see the mechanism until reading the comments, but got it based on all the references to it.

"The metas are coming!"... and here's to you keeping 'em coming, Capn Rick--your ideas and New England themes are awesome!