My name is Ben Chenoweth, and I'm currently a teacher at Donvale Christian College, in Melbourne, Australia. I've worked overseas with Wycliffe Bible Translators, and in Australia as a secondary and tertiary teacher. (I was the Educational Designer / eLearning Coordinator at Melbourne School of Theology for four years, and taught at Eastern College for some of that time.)
My main interests are music, writing, theology and various combinations of those. I have a number of other interests, including reading, crosswords (especially cryptics and metas), and computer games. I also enjoy programming. My About Me website (https://www.ephesusscroll.com/about) was put together as an HTML/CSS demonstration for my Year 10 Computing class. Another interesting programming project is my EPUB Metadata Editor (an open-source project on GitHub).
Surprise! This is part two of a two-part benchen71 meta extravaganza! If you've done part one (https://crosshare.org/crosswords/OC34ZhU1fERZwyLrb2i5/inner-system-meta) then you may know what to expect. That said, the metanism is different, even if…
This puzzle was originally created as a themed crossword. But then I realised it could also work as a meta, with minimal editing required. So here it is! The answer to the meta is next in the system. Answer & explanation: https://www.xword-muggles…
Some people can study with music playing and others can't. Me, I like listening to music while I work on something else; I find it helps me think. (I listened to Dua Lipa's "Future Nostalgia" as I constructed this puzzle - "Love Again" is a bop!) If…
If you can complete the grid, and I've tried to make that as straight-forward as possible, I think you will find this meta on the easy side. The answer to the meta is a three word phrase. Answer & explanation: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic…
This puzzle is dedicated to the many outrageous costumes worn by Lady Gaga over the years. The answer to the meta is a 10 letter word. Answer & explanation: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=131716#p131716
There are some very funny first world problems memes out there: "I have three monitors connected to my computer, and I can't find my mouse cursor!" (see https://www.boredpanda.com/first-world-problems-twitter/ for some more). You will face your own…
Age is just a number, they say. True, but we still like to celebrate birthdays! It's nice to enjoy those sort of milestones when they occur. Anyhoo, on with the meta, the answer to which is a number. If your meta answer is not accepted: Despite the…
Look, I couldn't help myself: I hear people pronouncing 52 across wrongly and it grates a little! That was definitely the seed for this meta puzzle. Hopefully, you will be linguistically flexible enough to find your way to the answer, which is a 5…
Don't let the scary physics equations put you off! OK, so a little knowledge of physics might come in handy. Hopefully, you'll be able to work through the required prerequisites, put together the experimental data in the right way, and make an…
In the Roman world mirrors would have been made from bronze, tin or silver, highly polished to reflect light. However, they would not have given the perfect reflections of mirrors of today. Hence, Paul's words in 1 Cor. 13:12: "For now we see through…