Stepping Down

Say it ain't so!

Great puzzle, Will! I'm certainly going to miss you and Pandora's Blocks. Best of luck, and don't be a stranger!

Last week's meta was particularly epic BTW.

Will-Thanks for all the wonderful puzzles you have provided over the years. As Mel Brooks said "May the Schwartz be with you".

That took a while to see! Thanks Will, for all your contributions to my life. I stopped using your mug to wash the dog, by the way. Hope to see you on Zoom from time to time.

Miss you already, Will

I'm bad at goodbyes, but a stickler for gratitude. So I'll try to let my thanks - for ALL you've brought us - rule this bittersweet day.

Thanks for all the great puzzles you've created for us, Will! All best wishes!

Will, thanks so much for an amazing run of puzzles. You'll be missed! Best of luck in the future.

So long and thanks for all the fi…ne puzzles. Wish you well in your future endeavors. Will!

Thanks, Will, and best wishes!

Awaiting my mug. Happy trails!

A nice way to end. I have enjoyed your puzzles.

How appropriate. Thanks for the great puzzles.

Thank you for all of the work you've put in to create these beautiful puzzles! Seeing your email was a highlight of many Sunday mornings!

Perfect send-off. Bittersweet for sure. Best of luck in whatever is next and I hope we see more from you in this space someday!

Ditto all the nice notes below, Will. Knock ‘em dead in your post-grad endeavors!

And ... we are done.

Sorry to see this end, it's been a solid ride. Not able to get 100% of them, but that's why they're interesting and challenging, and you learn from what you can't finish.

Thank you so much, Will, for all the great puzzles over the last several years. All the best as you start your next adventures, and I hope they include metas once in a while!

100 fun puzzles even if I wasn't able to solve the metas. I'm sure going to miss them!

Thanks for all the great puzzles, Will! All the best!

Great title and message for your final puzzle Will...thanks for all the great metas over the last several years and for the important work you did in creating the Crosswords for Cancer project! All the best in your future.

Great puzzle! These have been some of my favorite Sunday moments for a long time, even if I don't usually figure out the metas. Thank you and good luck with whatever great things you do next!

Nice one! Thanks for all the puzzles, Will!

Thanks for your awesome puzzles over these years, and all the best in your future endeavors. We appreciate you, Will. :D

Enjoyed the puzzles. Best wishes for the future.

Very nicely done. Stared for a bit before the HEL trio popped out, then saw OFT and guessed it from there, which made spotting the others easy (not that it would have been hard, once I was looking for them). Thanks again for all your hard work!

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Thanks for everything, Will, Emma, and Dani. The many hours you put in in order to give us years of fun is so appreciated. I was always blown away by the clever meta mechanisms that still had smooth grids. Having the opportunity to work with you as a guest constructor was such an amazing experience and I learned so much. I hope you'll keep us informed about any future projects in any field!

So sorry it’s the end of the line, Will. Best to you and yours!

Thanks for all your amazing puzzles over the years!

Wahh!!!!! Bittersweet to solve the final puzzle. Thank you so much for all the enjoyment you've provided over the years.

Lovely way to go out! (Although hopefully you will be back again, one day! ;-))

nooooo. Sundays won’t be as wonderful. Best wishes in coming endeavors, and PLEASE, let us see your work again from time to time!

Thanks for the great ride! Here's to a terrific future for you, Will!

Thanks for all the great puzzles. I'll miss doing this one every week :(

Thanks for the great puzzles and also the terrific podcasts. Best of luck with future endeavors.

Thanks for all the awesome times you gave us with your puzzles! Hope life goes well after school. If you change your mind, we are here!

Thank you so much for all the fun (and used brain cells)!

How appropriate! I wish it weren't true. We are going to miss you, Will!

I had to look VERY hard to find it because I was sure it was going to be I AM NO LONGER (as in ASOFTODAY "I am no longer" AT THE HELM, Then I looked for word ladders (Title and LOFTS). I was delighted when my eye was drawn to the multiple letters (very CROWDED!) and I got the answer. Unfortunately that is my only delight today; we will miss you Professor, your mechanisms brought joy and amazement, so much so I'll forgive you for FORM ONE LINE on which I never got further than the first strand. Good luck my friend, and don't be a stranger.

Thank you, I've enjoyed your puzzles so much!

So long, and thanks for all the puzzles!

I had the right concept but needed a fresh look to find the step-downs. A most fitting end to your run. Thank you for the enjoyment you've provided to me and many others with your metas.

Thanks for the great puzzles, Will - see you around the grids!

Sad that your wonderful metas will be no more but grateful for all the fun they gave me! Thanks, Will, and all the best to you.

Will--you have brought so much joy into the meta-verse in your century of puzzles and this finale is as elegantly smooth as it is apt. I just have to ask: did the title idea come first and inspire the whole mechanism? Best wishes for all your future holds!

I had never heard of the group Couch so listened to “Poems” on YouTube. Very catchy tune! Thanks for the puzzles, Will! Please keep us Muggles updated on your future endeavors, which hopefully include some meta puzzles (to solve and create)! Cheers!

This was the saddest I've ever been to solve a meta. I honestly just teared up while reading the comments... I think you are one of the best meta constructors out there. Many of your puzzles are in my top 10 all-time favorites. Thanks for all the fun over the years!

What a lovely way to finish it off. Thanks you for it all!

I would've never thought a meta puzzle would make me teary-eyed but here we are... Thank you Will, this was an amazing run.