Drink You Under The Table (Meta)
◆ · Di benchen71 · Pubblicato più di 2 anni fa
Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is an alcoholic drink (but not a cocktail)
Occasionally I come up with an idea for a meta which should probably be left in that notebook of ideas. But, no, I had some time; I wanted to construct a meta; so I forced it into a grid, and here we are! There are some rough spots in this grid, let me get that off my chest right at the outset. But I've tried to compensate you with some fun cluing. Alternatively, just reveal the grid and get stuck into the meta, the answer to which is an alcoholic drink (but not a cocktail). Answer & explanation: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=117128#p117128
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- Laura M 🤓14:16 · più di 2 anni faI usually don't love forced grid fill, but I literally laughed out loud at 6D :-)
- benchen71 costruttore · più di 2 anni faIt made me smile, too, so I left it in! ;-)
- whimsy 15:41 · più di 2 anni faMe too!
- HeadinHome 🤓3:04 · più di 2 anni fame too .. totally forgive the rule breaking when clue are so funny.
- Darth 🤓14:11 · più di 2 anni faElementary, my dear benchen71. At least you DID warn us about the grid! lol
- dplass 6:57 · più di 2 anni faAt first I was like, what the heck? But now, I really like this meta, despite the horrid fill. (Maybe I like it because I got it?)
- benchen71 costruttore · più di 2 anni faThat always helps!
- Meg 2s · più di 2 anni faIt occurred to me while solving that I am not bothered by 2-letter entries anymore. I kinda like the wacky clueing, too. Evolution is the slow grinding away of rigidity…….or a lowering of standards. Glass half full imo.
- boharr 3s · più di 2 anni faLook! No grid needed.
- Ergcat 16:26 · più di 2 anni faLove me a clever Periodic Table puzzle! Thank you, Ben!
- rjy 2s · più di 2 anni faStumbled a bit on this since I thought Rutherfordium was RU, giving me IOS WINE which is a wine that does exist out there - but only if you have the internet to search for it. Regrouped and crorf’ed my way to the finish line
- rjy 2s · più di 2 anni fa... and just now realized that my RU/RF error had me miss the red herring that was so cleverly planted... very diabolical, that!
- Carolyn 3s · più di 2 anni faVery nice! Thanks
- whimsy 15:41 · più di 2 anni faThis is my kind of grid! -- literally, the kind I tend to make because of my inadequacies. But I think they can be plenty fun! Thanks, Ben!
- Tom Wilson 🤓9:25 · più di 2 anni faSuch a fun solve, even if it DID take me a while. On to Happy Hour, with the swagger of success.
- Qmark 6s · più di 2 anni faAs a former chemistry professor, I always enjoy a good periodic puzzle. After finding the "cocktail" answer, I'll admit it I had to let things sit for awhile before seeing the path to the real answer. Thanks Ben!
- markhr 🤓6:20 · più di 2 anni faFaked me out for a bit, then I finally caught on. Nice one, Ben.
- Bbaack 27:51 · più di 2 anni faI loved finding both answers. Make mine a double!
- lbray53 3s · più di 2 anni faGreat puzzle even though I fell into the trap. You led us there but clearly told us not to submit that cocktail.I tried hightlighting every single element symbol, and when that was too confusing to figure out every two-letter symbol. I even tried highlighting just the symbols in the themers. I finally considered the title more literally.Very nice.
- Cindy Heisler 2s · più di 2 anni faI has no problem with the grid and I loved your clues. It did take me a bit to get the meta, though. Nice one, Ben!!
- SJMcK 12:14 · più di 2 anni fa
- benchen71 costruttore · più di 2 anni fa:?
- I K Snamhcok 1s · più di 2 anni faN’ice! (Sorry, I was really staring for a pun there.) I was in RED ‘ERRING land for quite some time before getting the aha. Thanks, Ben!
- DrTom 25:03 · più di 2 anni faDOH - VERY clever misdirection. I looked all over the place for letters and finally it hit me - look where he told you. I had a problem because of the fact that I know about CHERRY HEERING a liquor, RED HERRING BEER and of course the RED HERRING COCKTAIL. I did not find the H for HERRING because I was trying to use the black square as a space. Why I did not tumble to the fact that you were literally telling us that the answer we got was wrong I'll never know, obviously too task oriented. Thanks for the workout.
- ReB 5s · più di 2 anni faI identified early on two possible mechanisms based on the title phrase "Under The [Periodic] Table". The in-grid mechanism led to the RED HERRING. The second mechanism worked after I got a technical update from the author to fill in the hole in my solution.I enjoyed the cluing, especially 22A, which reminded me of the classic prize question: "Who is buried in Grant's Tomb?"
- ChrisCross 🤓8:00 · più di 2 anni faSo glad you decided not to just leave this as an idea. The theme entries were clever. I was so proud of myself for thinking of the mechanism only to get RED HERRING. But, I was convinced and loved that mechanism so much that I couldn't let go. After a while it finally dawned on me to actually use the periodic table. Normally, I wouldn't like metas that don't rely much at all on the grid. But in this case the RED HERRING was actually more of a clue I was in the right direction, so I found this to be a really rewarding meta. I feel like you have a knack for creating metas that gently lead one's cognition in the right direction.
- benchen71 costruttore · più di 2 anni faThanks so much! I really enjoy creating (and solving!) metas. And there are lots more to come!
- ChrisCross 🤓8:00 · più di 2 anni faIncluding in a separate comment because it's a slightly long anecdote. Your RED HERRING gave me a flashback to when I was working on a digital treasure hunt puzzle. Toward the end was a crude bitmap image with some riddles. I noticed under one of the pieces of clipart that the pixels were weirdly asymmetric. After flipping the image and interpreting it as Morse code, I got "rubeum allec" - latin for red herring. :/ I was much more annoyed with that one.
- HeadinHome 🤓3:04 · più di 2 anni faIce wine? is that a thing? I was of course stuck on the red herring RED HERRING for days . The idea of looking up the actual table came to me in my sleep I think. That was pretty clever, Ben!
- benchen71 costruttore · più di 2 anni faIce wine is delicious! You have to pick and crush the grapes when they are somewhat frozen. It makes the juice sweeter because there's less water than usual.
- woozy 14:17 · più di 2 anni faIt's a big thing in Newfoundland and Ontario. It's not bad but it's funny the guy from Ontario singing its praises was trying very hard to convince himself that ice wine was as big a thing world-wide as the other wine (you know, not-ice...) and pretending the concept that those of us from lower latitudes not having ever heard of it simply was inconceivable. He didn't go as far as insisting one must refer to non-ice wine as hot wine because the world interprets "wine" as equally likely to refer to ice wine but he almost went that far.Going wine tasting in Newfoundland was ... interesting... (Still have some of that cloudberry and choke apple dessert wine in the basement somewhere ...)
- Mwoychick 🤓19:24 · più di 2 anni faThanks, Ben - I finally got it with a pointer to a particular periodic table
- benchen71 costruttore · più di 2 anni faYes, that is a serious problem with this puzzle. Check out the answer reveal for my discussion on this.
- Teamdoubletow 6s · più di 2 anni fa4th times a charm... We were doing everything right except someone was really careless looking at the periodic table and came up with iOS wine ... Apple wine that's a thing... Right? Thanks for the fun puzzle.
- woozy 14:17 · più di 2 anni faNo fair. I never heard of the thing I was supposed to fall for! :)I usually use this periodic table: https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/periodic-table/So ILA WINE, anyone?
- KayW 7:57 · più di 2 anni faLOL. I needed the nudges to find the REAL answer. But loved the RED HERRING. I had no idea that was actually a cocktail! Thanks Ben
- Dave C 2s · più di 2 anni faI needed the last nudge. I saw the five elements and looked at the elements numerically below (and above), but failed to look at the actual table - doh.
- kymike 3s · più di 2 anni faSo, a meta that can be solved without filling in one item on the grid. Not a fan. I don't think that this really meets the definition of a meta puzzle as the answer does not come from within. However, brilliant puzzle!
- benchen71 costruttore · più di 2 anni faI would argue that with meta puzzles there are no hard and fast rules! Glad you still enjoyed it, though. :D