The answer to the meta is a 2024 folk/Americana album suggested by what the four themers need
What do you do when you're too sick to go to work, but not sick enough to be in bed all day? If you're anything like me you decide to construct a meta crossword. The answer to the meta is the title of a 2024 folk/Americana album suggested by what the four themers need. Answer, explanation, and music video: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=175522#p175522
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DrTom solved 2024-06-07T22:42:34.363Z
woozy solved 2024-08-07T07:33:46.171Z
LarsCaine solved 2024-08-07T13:38:55.847Z
Pair O Ducks solved 2024-08-07T14:44:27.053Z
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JM solved 2024-08-07T19:22:09.394Z
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Berto solved 2024-08-07T23:30:01.241Z
DCBilly solved 2024-08-07T23:52:56.027Z
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Tyrpmom solved 2024-08-08T03:38:59.670Z
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boharr solved 2024-08-08T14:00:37.843Z
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Lovely tribute, Ben. At first the MMMM made me think of Crash Test Dummies. Once I saw PETE, the rest clicked into place.
Meg 3s · 2024-08-07T16:08:05.491Z
While solving the grid I kept muttering to myself that with all these random music clues it felt just like the M4. Some sleuthing involved for sure, but a lovely aha moment.
I had no idea that 1) Pete Muller was a musician and 2) that Pete Muller's first name was Pete. I did think 43A was MMMM but it could also be MMM. I searched I saw the MMMM in the diagonal so I google American and MMMM and found that Michael Martin Murphy (who?) goes by MMM but i) I didn't like it was only 3 Ms not four (after all there had to be a reason the grid was 16x 16) and ii) his last album was in 2023 and iii) It's title was relevent.
When I was told the name wasn't MMMM I found PETE but didn't connect PETE with anything (after all, there are many Pete's in the world and most of them are people I don't know). I googled "2024 Americana Album "PETE"" and saw a hit for Pete Muller's "More Time" and thought "well, that's a coincidence he has the same name as the puzzle constructor and the title fitting the theme makes it 100%er".
hoover 5s · 2024-08-08T16:17:57.229Z
I saw Pete and MMMM shortly after seeing the four themers, but I also had no clue that Pete was anyone other than just another Muggle creating metas.
HeadinHome 🤓3:18 · 2024-08-08T00:18:08.060Z
Shoved here by Meg… I was completely unaware of Pete Muller other than that he does a meta series (which I don’t do because I don’t know music & artists at all, so…. Next puzzle will be more my thing I’m sure! ( :
ELSavage 🤓12:52 · 2024-08-08T02:11:02.204Z
Definitely not my wheelhouse, but persistence, and re-focusing on the central clue got me to the right Google search.
Tyrpmom 4s · 2024-08-08T03:42:48.488Z
Nice tribute. I’m glad I solve the MMMM or I don’t think I would have gotten the meta.
boharr 3s · 2024-08-08T14:25:24.991Z
The grid was impossible so I cheated and revealed it. Then it took just one Google search to get to Pete.
DCBilly 3s · 2024-08-08T17:00:51.233Z
This was like the magician who draws my attention so much to one tricky, apparently important thing that I don't pay attention to two other actually important things (which I did see, but just forgot about, duh). I knew enough about the hidden features that it was easy to find the album name once I had found the features.
KayW 🤓8:20 · 2024-08-08T17:20:49.301Z
What a great meta - and tribute, and plug for his album! I hope you let Pete know about this one!
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