Pack Up Your Troubles
■ · Di Wendy Walker · Pubblicato quasi 2 anni fa
Meta Prompt
The meta answer is something you'd find at an airport or a golf course.
"Where do constructors get their ideas for metas?" Well, I got the idea for this puzzle when I drove past the Kennett Square Golf & Country Club on my way home from running errands (in the photo: "a testy opener, Number 1 begins the descent into the golf course. A severely sloping fairway steers a well-placed tee shot away from the left-hand fairway bunker, 245 yards from the tee, and onto a level spot on the short grass"). I THINK I put my groceries in the fridge before firing up Crosshare, but I'm not entirely sure. Here's hoping you find this a pleasant SSSolve. Nudges at noon! And a relevant prize will go to a randomly selected solver!
Pronto per iniziare?
per salvare progressi e statistiche sui cruciverba
Questo è un concorso/meta puzzle. Per inviare la tua risposta, prima finisci di risolvere la griglia (o rivelala se rimani bloccato o risolvi offline).
Classifica (aggiornata ogni ora)
- Cindy Weatherman solved quasi 2 anni fa
- benchen71 solved quasi 2 anni fa
- Hector solved quasi 2 anni fa
- Meg solved quasi 2 anni fa
- Abide solved quasi 2 anni fa
- JM solved quasi 2 anni fa
- boharr solved quasi 2 anni fa
- Pair O Ducks solved quasi 2 anni fa
- lbray53 solved quasi 2 anni fa
- whimsy solved quasi 2 anni fa
- Qmark solved quasi 2 anni fa
- kymike solved quasi 2 anni fa
- heidi solved quasi 2 anni fa
- I K Snamhcok solved quasi 2 anni fa
- Berto solved quasi 2 anni fa
- KayW solved quasi 2 anni fa
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- Laura M solved quasi 2 anni fa
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- Bird Lives solved quasi 2 anni fa
- Carolyn solved quasi 2 anni fa
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Commenti
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- benchen71 3s · quasi 2 anni faTook me a while to realise RAG was more than just part of the sound-alike hint!
- Hector 2s · quasi 2 anni faEnjoyed the cluing very much, and thank you for omitting the many BAGs that would less suit a pleasant late spring Sunday morning.
- Wendy Walker costruttore · quasi 2 anni faCrosshare gave me some very rude suggestions indeed. Nope, not in my puzzle!
- boharr 3s · quasi 2 anni faI had to try somethings that came to mind, but then was reminded of your vacation! Nice one.
- Wendy Walker costruttore · quasi 2 anni faI am embarrassed that somebody else recognized that similarity!
- boharr 3s · quasi 2 anni faNo need. Both puzzles were quite clever.
- Qmark 3s · quasi 2 anni faEnjoyed this one very much...thanks Wendy!
- Wendy Walker costruttore · quasi 2 anni faYou are very welcome!
- whimsy 11:06 · quasi 2 anni faEventually able to roll down the _____way, once I stopped trying to stuff that shirt and suit into some kind of carry-on. :) Very nice, Wendy! Thank you!
- Wendy Walker costruttore · quasi 2 anni faThanks for the kind words!
- kymike 3s · quasi 2 anni faI have a lot of ICET bags at home. Apparently, that was a ruse. My dry cleaning comes home in a shirt bag. That must have been a ruse as well. Fun Sunday meta. Thanks Wendy!
- Wendy Walker costruttore · quasi 2 anni faTea and Money are two themers that I really wanted to get in there but I just couldn't figure it out how!
- KayW 🤓6:26 · quasi 2 anni faVery clever, Wendy! This OLD BAG enjoyed it very much. I'm impressed at how quickly you've taken to constructing these. Even down to finding inspirations in your daily routine.
- Wendy Walker costruttore · quasi 2 anni faThank you, Kay! I am really enjoying being a rookie constructor!
- Laura M 🤓5:51 · quasi 2 anni faVery enjoyable Sunday solve, thanks!
- Wendy Walker costruttore · quasi 2 anni faThanks for solving, Laura!
- ReB 4s · quasi 2 anni faI had the metanism in mind, but I just didn't have the patience to figure out the common word. Didn't help that I was working first with the long entries.The nudge gave me that common word (BAG), and then it was just finding the remaining grid entries that would spell out the answer. Very clever that the answer keys the metanism in reverse: "bag" DROP (to get back to the grid entries). Pleasant diversion, but alas - it's back to my to-do list.
- Wendy Walker costruttore · quasi 2 anni faThanks for solving, Bob!
- ReB 4s · quasi 2 anni faOr if I'd just taken the trouble to complete the title song: "Pack up your troubles...in your old kit BAG"
- Wendy Walker costruttore · quasi 2 anni faExactly!
- michaelm 🤓12:40 · quasi 2 anni faAfter stepping onto The Old Course at Saint Andrew on Friday with and then two airports Saturday, was fairly certain the answer was going to be TOURISTS! Great job again Wendy. Keep it up!
- Wendy Walker costruttore · quasi 2 anni faThank you so much, Michael!
- MatthewL 🤓8:02 · quasi 2 anni faFinally got it, with a very subtle nudge from KayW (thanks Kay!). Very clever once you see it. Until you do, though -- whooo.
- Wendy Walker costruttore · quasi 2 anni faI'm glad you solved, Matthew, and Kay's nudges are always terrific!
- Mwoychick 🤓11:06 · quasi 2 anni faGreat puzzle and satisfying meta solution - thanks, Wendy!
- Wendy Walker costruttore · quasi 2 anni faMark, that means a lot coming from such an elegant constructor like you!
- ship4u 🤓2:39 · quasi 2 anni faNice job Wendy!!!
- Wendy Walker costruttore · quasi 2 anni faThanks so much, Don! Glad you solved!
- Bird Lives 4s · quasi 2 anni faFun puzzle, but a tough one if you bring only carry-on to the airport and aren't a golfer. I'd have done better with sports clues and entries or more Doggie-in-the-Window-era references.
- Wendy Walker costruttore · quasi 2 anni faOK, I'll see what I can do for my next puzzle, Jay! Glad you solved.
- Carolyn 2s · quasi 2 anni faVery nice!
- Wendy Walker costruttore · quasi 2 anni faThank you!
- Tyrpmom 3s · quasi 2 anni faNice. Thanks.
- Wendy Walker costruttore · quasi 2 anni faGlad you enjoyed it!
- Cindy Heisler 2s · quasi 2 anni faI found all the "bags" in the grid right away - although I tried to include IceT. But I have never heard the term bag drop, so I thought I was way off. I needed some clarification from Cynthia. Very nice puzzle, Wendy. Thanks.
- Wendy Walker costruttore · quasi 2 anni faI was concerned there might be a "shirt bag" but I never thought of the ICET possibility. Glad you solved!
- Capn Rick 🤓5:51 · quasi 2 anni faNice job, Wendy! Upon finishing the grid, I quickly submitted "APRON" when I saw ONPAR, thinking there was some kind of anagramming going on. But you had a lot more going on in this one. You're definitely getting the hang of it. Keep it up!
- Wendy Walker costruttore · quasi 2 anni faRick, thanks for your generous support -- as always!
- Dow Jones 3s · quasi 2 anni faI got hung up on "onion" bag and "ale" bag, as well as "shirt" bag. But, easy to spot what letters were needed (since I was a golfer in my former life). Great construction, Wendy !!
- Wendy Walker costruttore · quasi 2 anni faThanks so much! Glad you solved!
- DrTom 4s · quasi 2 anni faThere is an old joke about leaving your significant other off at the mall before you go golfing that I think had better go unstated....Fun puzzle Wendy, you are turning into quite the metamaker!!! Enjoyed the fill and the clues.
- Wendy Walker costruttore · quasi 2 anni faThank you so much, Dr. Tom!
- HeadinHome 🤓9:24 · quasi 2 anni faFun one! I tried to guess the answer (just for fun) before doing the grid, but could NOT come up with bag drop. (did think of CARTS, though!) Thanks for the fun!
- Wendy Walker costruttore · quasi 2 anni faSo glad you solved, Other Wendy!
- ajk 10:12 · quasi 2 anni faTook me too long, but finally got there. I blame the all-day science barrage at this meeting for hogging all my brain capacity. :) Spent some time thinking the first nudge was for "Good ___" and then BOOK at 1A and maybe STEER at 57A seemed to support it. Plus the back half of 52A (overNIGHT) and 19D (layEGGS). But pretty quickly knew that wasn't solid enough and finally looked again at nudge 2 which put me on track. Never heard of a RAG bag, and thought an ONION bag might be a thing (besides slang for a soccer net), so had to backsolve a little. But fun stuff in the end. Thanks!
- Wendy Walker costruttore · quasi 2 anni faLeave it to me to NOT know soccer slang! So glad you enjoyed it, Alan!
- ajk 10:12 · quasi 2 anni faTo be fair, it’s mostly used by cliché prone TV commentators that talk too much
