Postcards From the Edge
◆ · Di Wendy Walker · Pubblicato quasi 2 anni fa
Meta Prompt
The meta answer is where I am currently spending my vacation.
“Where’s Wendy?” That’s the question posed in this week’s puzzle, which marks my debut as an MMM constructor!
Here’s the back-story: Peter Abide asked me to write the clues for a future puzzle he was creating. I declined, explaining that I’d be away that week on vacation. He idly commented that [name of vacation destination] could actually be a pretty good meta. I took his idea and ran with it . . . and here it is.
I’ll be posting a leaderboard and hints (yes, I made sure I will have a good internet connection). Here’s hoping you enjoy this puzzle as much as I did learning the basics of constructing.
Thank you so much to Abide, for his patience with this rookie; to my test solvers, Al Sisti, Cap’n Rick Kennedy, and Boharr, for their feedback; and indeed to all my Muggle friends for your love, good cheer, and support.
Yes, of course there will be a prize for a randomly selected solver. Odds are good it will bear the meta answer.
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Classifica (aggiornata ogni ora)
- kymike solved quasi 2 anni fa
- Hector solved quasi 2 anni fa
- SewYoung solved quasi 2 anni fa
- I K Snamhcok solved quasi 2 anni fa
- Abide solved quasi 2 anni fa
- Schmeel solved quasi 2 anni fa
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- Hector 3s · quasi 2 anni faWe had great times there back in our right coast days, including a proposal at the Avalon Pier. Enjoy it while some of it is above water!
- Wendy Walker costruttore · quasi 2 anni faThanks, Hector!
- SewYoung 7s · quasi 2 anni faGreat Puzzle! Thanks Wendy! Have a great time on your vacation.
- Wendy Walker costruttore · quasi 2 anni faThanks! So far so good. Weather is gorgeous today.
- I K Snamhcok 3s · quasi 2 anni faSomehow I guessed the answer even before setting pencil to paper. Probably because a son and DIL, who live in NC, were just the other talking about an upcoming vacation there. Congrats, Wendy. I’m impressed with how well you made this work.
- Wendy Walker costruttore · quasi 2 anni faThanks so much!
- Abide 14s · quasi 2 anni faCongrats!
- Wendy Walker costruttore · quasi 2 anni faThanks for everything, Peter!
- Schmeel 20:05 · quasi 2 anni faGreat puzzle - thanks! I was familiar with 'Kitty Hawk'. Google helped with the rest.
- Wendy Walker costruttore · quasi 2 anni faSo glad you enjoyed it, Schmeel!
- ajk 15:57 · quasi 2 anni faGood work, thanks! Guessed it from the preamble and 41A, but still fun to see it come together.
- Wendy Walker costruttore · quasi 2 anni faThanks for solving, Alan!
- Bird Lives 3s · quasi 2 anni faGreat MMMMaiden Voyage. I do think I detect the Abidinal influence.The Realist (does anyone else remember that publication?) had a cartoon depiciting what I just learned is now called a cryobank. Standards of propriety were never a concern of The Realist, but here they prevent me from further description.
- Wendy Walker costruttore · quasi 2 anni faI have a friend who is the medical director of one in Boston ...
- Bird Lives 3s · quasi 2 anni faBTW, I'm disappointed that Ernie didn't make the cut.
- Hector 3s · quasi 2 anni faErnie and Tyra are not sufficiently singular, I guess
- Bird Lives 3s · quasi 2 anni faI had thought that we were looking for plurals.
- Wendy Walker costruttore · quasi 2 anni faWho?
- Bird Lives 3s · quasi 2 anni faHaha. Even you would know Mr. Cub. Plus it's easy letters.
- HeadinHome 🤓4:20 · quasi 2 anni faClean fill and a fun one to figure out! Thanks for a delightful Monday puzzle. Enjoy those dunes and this glorious NC weather (it’s a perfect day here in Charlotte, anyway). We spend many a summer beach week along those barrier islands, from Duck/Corolla down to Hatteras, and more recently have been going to Beaufort NC in the fall, often including a boat trip to Cape Lookout, which is a beauty. If you get tired of the beach scene and traffic, Manteo is a great little walking village across the sound… and there’s a wonderful book shop there too!
- Wendy Walker costruttore · quasi 2 anni faWe had lunch in Manteo today at the marina!
- DIS 🤓5:51 · quasi 2 anni faTerrific debut! Please do more!
- Wendy Walker costruttore · quasi 2 anni faThanks! I intend to!
- Meg 7s · quasi 2 anni fa26a was a new word for me. Obviously, I need to do more line-dancing. Nice MMM debut. I’m so impressed with you!
- Wendy Walker costruttore · quasi 2 anni faMeg, thank you!
- BarbaraK 3s · quasi 2 anni faI was tempted to guess, but what fun would that be? Much better to enjoy the puzzle. Well done!
- Wendy Walker costruttore · quasi 2 anni faThought of you when we drove past the Manteo Airport today!
- BarbaraK 3s · quasi 2 anni faOh, and hope you don’t have to make an unplanned return for the cat this year:)
- Wendy Walker costruttore · quasi 2 anni faThis year we are avoiding the mistake of taking the cat to the cat sitter; this year the obliging cat sitter is coming to the cat.
- Laura M 🤓11:10 · quasi 2 anni faExcellent puzzle! Hope you're having a fun vacation!
- Wendy Walker costruttore · quasi 2 anni faThank you, Laura!
- DrTom 4s · quasi 2 anni faOK, I "intuited" the answer, now I have to go back and see why it is the answer....and now I see it. I was killed trying to make the outer edges spell OUTER BANKS or KILL DEVIL. I even thought I got close at times, but I was looking for something more devious. I see an Abide hand, but I see a Cap'n Rick hand more. Did he assist with this at all? Excellent puzzle, and certainly WAY better than my first. Be proud Missy, be very proud.
- Wendy Walker costruttore · quasi 2 anni fa"Sound" work, Dr. Tom!
- DrTom 4s · quasi 2 anni faI was banking on that!
- benchen71 2s · quasi 2 anni faThat was quite tricky for this Aussie solver (as you will see from the number of submissions!) But I got there in the end. Congrats on your move into meta constructing!
- Wendy Walker costruttore · quasi 2 anni faThanks, Ben!
- whimsy 🤓12:54 · quasi 2 anni faSARDINECAN and SATURNALIA (and not primary features of the meta!? :)) had me digging in from the edges. Such things I found there! Eventually gave it the old back solve approach and immediately came to my senses. And was delighted. Thanks, Wendy; congratulations once again; and enjoy your time away!
- Wendy Walker costruttore · quasi 2 anni faSo glad you solved! Yes, I had some fun fill in there, didn't I!
- Teamdoubletow 3s · quasi 2 anni faWe needed a day to see this one! Very clever and now I want to go! Great debut!
- Wendy Walker costruttore · quasi 2 anni faThanks! We do not have ideal beach weather this week but we're still having a great time!
- Tyrpmom 3s · quasi 2 anni faThanks, Wendy.
- Wendy Walker costruttore · quasi 2 anni faYou are very welcome! Thanks for solving.
- KayW 🤓7:33 · quasi 2 anni faWell done Wendy - fantastic meta and construction! Enjoy the rest of your vacation
- Wendy Walker costruttore · quasi 2 anni faSo glad you solved, Kay! Not great beach weather here but we are having fun anyway.
- hoover 6s · quasi 2 anni faEnjoy your vacation in Outer Cheese! Uh, Outer Watch! Outer Chocolate! Uh... what else goes with Swiss?
- Wendy Walker costruttore · quasi 2 anni faHaha! Glad you solved!
- Mwoychick 10:32 · quasi 2 anni faThanks for the puzzle, Wendy, and I hope you have a great time! Like Dr. Tom, I was thinking Outer Banks for some reason but couldn't figure out how to get there. I was making it much too complicated!
- Wendy Walker costruttore · quasi 2 anni faGood job, Mark! Glad you solved!
- rjy 2s · quasi 2 anni faWent to school in Dayton, where they certainly want to claim the legacy of the Wright Brothers away from NC - so I always think either that or Kitty Hawk. Outer Banks just never hit me. Further, I got way too fixated on WEST and LEFT and (W)RIGHT as directions, and could not get off the mechanical metanism train. But a great AHA! when the pieces finally fell into place. Kudos!
- Wendy Walker costruttore · quasi 2 anni faAt Hatteras Lighthouse today we saw an Ohio tag that claimed to be the birthplace of flight!
- ReB 4s · quasi 2 anni faI expect would have gotten there sooner if I'd googled Kitty Hawk - which I knew was on a beach somewhere - and learned it was on the Outer Banks. But your second nudge revved up my mental propellers, and it was just a minute or so before I took off in flight. Thanks.
- Wendy Walker costruttore · quasi 2 anni faSo glad you solved, Bob!
- Carolyn 5s · quasi 2 anni faVery nice! I did need the nudges though. Can't believe I didn't see it before. Keep up the great work!
- Wendy Walker costruttore · quasi 2 anni faThanks, Carolyn!
- Richard 25:35 · quasi 2 anni faVery nice meta.
- Wendy Walker costruttore · quasi 2 anni faThank you so much!
- imontoo 4s · quasi 2 anni faNudged off the couch. Great MMM debut, Wendy! Enjoy your vacation!
- Wendy Walker costruttore · quasi 2 anni faSo glad you solved! Thanks!
- michaelm 🤓3:51 · quasi 2 anni faAdd this one to the mechanism memory bank. Great job, Wendy. Thanks!
- Wendy Walker costruttore · quasi 2 anni faThanks very much! Glad you enjoyed it!
- Jim23809 🤓9:30 · quasi 2 anni faTBH, I just made a lot of guesses based on 41A, and finally hit paydirt. After trying Dayton, Ohio, North Carolina, and KittyHawk, I tried to remember what they called that area of NC where Kitty Hawk is located. (And I didn't think that first one would work, because seriously who in the world would vacation in Dayton? I have to go there for work every year and can't wait to get out afterwards.)
- Wendy Walker costruttore · quasi 2 anni faHaha! At Hatteras Lighthouse we saw an Ohio license plate that claimed THEY were the "first in flight." Pffft!
- Jim23809 🤓9:30 · quasi 2 anni faAnd now that I've gotten it right and had some time to look back at it, I see how you created it. Well done.
- Wendy Walker costruttore · quasi 2 anni faThanks, Jim! It was Peter Abide's idea originally but I had fun with it!
- PuzNewbie 27:38 · quasi 2 anni faI need some help from a friendly muggle to change what I thought was the (W)right Bank to the Outer Banks (I thought for sure that you were on the Right Bank in Paris, lol!). Fun puzzle!
- Wendy Walker costruttore · quasi 2 anni faThanks, Newbie! Glad you enjoyed it! You are not the only solver who spotted that mechanism.
- Qmark 3s · quasi 2 anni faGot to this one late...but got it without nudges...thanks Wendy!
- Wendy Walker costruttore · quasi 2 anni faWell done, Qmark! Thanks for solving!