Madhatter5 constructed a number of cryptic crosswords back in the day which I very much enjoyed solving. However, he rarely (if ever?) included them in his MEOW series, probably because cryptics are not to everyone's taste - and they aren't usually metas, either. Well, allow me to rectify that! The answer to the meta is a girl's name. Answer & explanation: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=144324#p144323
Check out "The MOAT Mini Pack of Marching Bands" here: https://www.ephesusscroll.com/about/interest4.html. US$5 gets you 7 Marching Bands which, hard enough on their own, now contain metas too. And once again there's a mega-meta!
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Tabla de clasificación (actualizada cada hora)
kieranjboyd solved 2023-10-04T05:20:06.202Z
SamKat9 solved 2023-10-04T06:57:02.010Z
Darrell solved 2023-10-04T12:41:35.389Z
Pair O Ducks solved 2023-10-04T13:36:51.514Z
I K Snamhcok solved 2023-10-04T14:59:53.937Z
Hector solved 2023-10-04T15:50:41.585Z
Cindy Heisler solved 2023-10-04T17:11:10.130Z
boharr solved 2023-10-04T17:34:56.806Z
Cindy Weatherman solved 2023-10-04T17:37:09.372Z
Meg solved 2023-10-04T17:37:23.402Z
Darth solved 2023-10-04T17:45:26.861Z
dannyvee solved 2023-10-04T18:52:17.874Z
Laura M solved 2023-10-04T19:11:50.458Z
JM solved 2023-10-04T20:47:32.423Z
DrTom solved 2023-10-04T21:15:37.774Z
Ergcat solved 2023-10-04T21:37:00.510Z
LB800 solved 2023-10-04T21:53:52.024Z
Carolyn solved 2023-10-04T23:15:14.835Z
CPJohnson solved 2023-10-05T00:01:31.039Z
Gutman solved 2023-10-05T00:48:01.704Z
Mwoychick solved 2023-10-05T01:41:07.780Z
Tyrpmom solved 2023-10-05T03:03:34.437Z
Berto solved 2023-10-05T04:23:17.981Z
rjy solved 2023-10-05T06:03:52.607Z
nnnnnng solved 2023-10-05T17:20:09.138Z
hoover solved 2023-10-05T17:49:09.120Z
whimsy solved 2023-10-05T17:50:13.909Z
woozy solved 2023-10-05T19:47:36.632Z
SeamusOL solved 2023-10-06T06:07:36.618Z
alex solved 2023-10-06T09:33:19.248Z
BarbaraK solved 2023-10-06T10:16:29.820Z
DCBilly solved 2023-10-06T10:50:52.631Z
lbray53 solved 2023-10-06T12:43:54.321Z
MatthewL solved 2023-10-06T13:52:36.500Z
KayW solved 2023-10-06T19:59:01.391Z
DIS solved 2023-10-06T23:27:11.262Z
badgey solved 2023-10-06T23:48:20.211Z
ReB solved 2023-10-07T02:16:07.607Z
Katiedid solved 2023-10-08T02:56:54.233Z
MrTheHan solved 2023-10-08T16:35:33.797Z
Jaclyn solved 2023-10-09T01:40:43.691Z
jbird solved 2023-10-09T15:57:53.546Z
kurtalert solved 2023-10-10T18:57:51.469Z
merlinnimue solved 2023-10-10T21:00:43.033Z
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I will include an explanation for all clues when I post the answer next week!
SamKat9 24:01 · 2023-10-04T15:15:00.592Z
Thank you! :)
I K Snamhcok 🤓25:21 · 2023-10-04T15:00:58.162Z
I’m a cryptics doer, Ben, so this was in my wheelhouse. Thanks!
Hector 20:28 · 2023-10-04T15:55:25.519Z
A Sunday morning constant for many years was hunting down the hidden NINAs in Al Hirshfeld's drawings in the NYTimes
Cindy Heisler 2s · 2023-10-04T17:13:30.103Z
I almost didn't attempt this because it was cryptic. I am not usually very good at those. But, to my surprise, I filled in the grid fairly quickly. This was a fun one. Hopefully, I am climbing my way out of the meta slump that I have been in. Thanks, Ben!
Nice! I love cryptics, so I hope there will be more coming. The trick will be finding a unique metanism. ;) Thanks, Ben!
Meg 2s · 2023-10-04T17:38:08.786Z
So well-hidden! I’m impressed!
Laura M 🤓33:52 · 2023-10-04T19:14:30.152Z
I actually did the cryptic (in 34 minutes) without help, and understood it, a first for me! The meta took even longer but eventually I saw it, very nice "hidden in plain sight" mechanism.
YEESH! I know it always surprises folks but I am NOT good at these at all. I had to reveal at least a third. The solve was easy because that is an old Hatter trick.
Ergcat 28:30 · 2023-10-04T21:38:28.944Z
Finally! Read between the lines….
Fun to do a cryptic puzzle ( can’t believe I said that) and clever meta tie-in! Thanks, Ben!
Ergcat 28:30 · 2023-10-05T18:33:48.692Z
I also realized later that the meta prompt is (sort of) a cryptic hint to the answer. Word for "girl" in Spanish is NINA. And you had a couple of Spanish word clues in the grid. My guess is you already know that and it was intended hint. Clever!
Nice to be challenged slightly differently -- Thanks, Ben! Quite a trick to get that whole message into the grid so adroitly.
KayW 19:31 · 2023-10-06T19:59:45.943Z
Very well constructed!
ReB 3s · 2023-10-07T02:20:24.425Z
Enjoyed the cryptic cluing, Got all but the uncrossed squares for 3D and 26D, which unfortunately kept me from seeing the cryptic message without nudging. Ingenious idea.
i am certainly not the expert here, but i think cryptic hardliners would cry foul at 1d (no way to disambiguate) and definitely 26d (indirect anagrams are a huge no-no in the community i was in... to them i say "get gud"... to which they say to me "bruh, we're already leagues above you, get out and stop ruining our vibe"... to which i say, "... yeah, ok"). but it was still a good puzzle (no surprise there), with some fun and novel ideas for clues (maybe some which could use a little refinement, but thats personal taste), and of course a genius well-crafted meta
I don't normally get my puzzles checked by anyone - just create and publish, that's my motto! - but I should probably have had my cryptic clues edited by someone familiar with the genre. If there's a next time, I'll keep you in mind! ;-)