Drawing a Blank
■ · Di Cap'n Rick and Wendy Walker · Pubblicato da Wendy Walker · Pubblicato più di un anno fa
Meta Prompt
The meta answer is a 13-letter phrase.
Here's another SSS collaboration by "Wennedy" (fitting portmanteau word coined by @Al Sisti). We had lots of fun creating this puzzle (as a rookie constructor, Wendy finds that it's a great learning experience working with Rick!) and we hope you enjoy it. Nudges follow:
- Literally, how do you draw a blank? And how might that apply to the puzzle? 2.What subject do many of the clues allude to (pretty blatantly)? Do you suppose it's relevant that one of the constructors just celebrated a significant birthday? 3. Look for six clues that have something in common. 4. Check out Clark E. Tripe's post #15 on the Muggle Forum, where he asked, "Would somebody please fill me in on what's going on???!"
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- Hector 🤓7:09 · più di un anno faEnjoyted this. Thank you, Wennedy!
- Wendy Walker editore · più di un anno faYou are very welcome, Hector. Thank YOU for solving!
- Abide 4s · più di un anno faWinner gets a bottle of Prevagen?
- whimsy 🤓10:51 · più di un anno fa
- Capn Rick 🤓5:38 · più di un anno fa
- Wendy Walker editore · più di un anno faGinkgo biloba. OOO, and I can buy it with my new Medicare OTC card!
- SamKat9 🤓9:52 · più di un anno faThank you for the puzzle, it was tricky but fun!
- Wendy Walker editore · più di un anno faSo glad you enjoyed it. Thanks!
- whimsy 🤓10:51 · più di un anno faI was gonna skip posting and chalk it up to forgetfulness. Thanks Wendy and Rick!
- Wendy Walker editore · più di un anno faYou are very welcome!
- Capn Rick 🤓5:38 · più di un anno faClaudia.
- Katiedid 🤓6:16 · più di un anno faNo nudges. That was a fun one!
- Wendy Walker editore · più di un anno faWell done, you! Thanks for solving!
- boharr 3s · più di un anno faClues! Oh I remember those. Thanks for a fun puzzle.
- ajk 🤓19:07 · più di un anno faWell, that took longer than it should have. Spent a lot of time trying to literally fill in the blanks with other things. Or completing blanks by extending entries on the side, etc. Finally got around to looking at the first letters of the clues.
- Wendy Walker editore · più di un anno faWe went back and forth trying to figure out if people would be able to get the MOMENTS half of the answer or if we needed to spell it out.
- ajk 🤓19:07 · più di un anno faI think it took me like 5 seconds once I had SENIOR, so I think you called it right
- Meg 4s · più di un anno faSuch a long and windy rabbit hole I went down! Loved your clue for 48a.
- Wendy Walker editore · più di un anno faHaha, because that happens to me multiple times a day! Thanks for solving, Meg.
- Carolyn 3s · più di un anno faTricky, but a bit too close to home! I also tried to fill in blanks in the grid to form new words. Very nice!
- Wendy Walker editore · più di un anno faThanks, Carolyn! Glad you enjoyed it!
- Qmark 8s · più di un anno faVery fun...thanks Wendy & Rick!
- Wendy Walker editore · più di un anno faYou are so welcome! Thanks for solving!
- DIS 🤓8:35 · più di un anno faNice! Got it on my second guess - first was FREUDIAN SLIPS, but I should have gotten it from all the references to memory.
- Wendy Walker editore · più di un anno faWe packed a lot of them in, didn't we!
- michaelm 11:20 · più di un anno faTarget audience reached for sure, Wennedy. Now for the influx of AARP ads.
Excellent puzzle and obviously thanks for the budges, fudges, oh what are they called again?- Wendy Walker editore · più di un anno faLife insurance, burial plots, dumbed-down cell phones ... and far, far worse. So glad you solved and thanks for the kind words.
- Darth 10:48 · più di un anno faI got this after too many failed attempts! I found the hidden message, but the Streisand CORNERS answer had me poking at a scrambled BRAIN in the upper right of the grid! haha My overcomplicated guesses: RACK YOUR BRAIN or SCRABBLE BRIAN -- I mean, drawing a blank can be a good thing in Scrabble, right? ;) Thanks for the fun solve.
- Wendy Walker editore · più di un anno faGlad you enjoyed it, Darth! Thanks for solving!
- Laura M 🤓14:15 · più di un anno faExcellent! But a little close to home :-)
- Wendy Walker editore · più di un anno faI just turned 65 .... so, yeah, for sure! Thanks for solving, Laura!
- MatthewL 🤓7:16 · più di un anno faFinally got it, but needed that last nudge for sure. Took awhile for that flash of insight to hit. Thanks, Wendy and Rick!
- Wendy Walker editore · più di un anno faYAY! So glad you solved!
- HeadinHome 🤓1:39 · più di un anno faSENIOR … moments? Is that somewhere, or just intuited? Whatever… I intuited it, so here I am. I had at first spent time on all the entries whose clues related to memory/memorial/forget/overlook etc… and there are nearly thirteen of them! But of course they led only to (no) alphabet soup (for you!). Considered WAGging NOW LET ME THINK, and CAN’T RECOLLECT. Then I looked at the clues with blanks, and saw the phrase they made (lapses which you may wanna forget), but couldn’t think how to get to a 13-letter answer from 6 things, so i didn’t put much effort into looking for letters to string together. (When I finally did try again, SENIOR was easy to find of course.). Loved the puzzle!
- Capn Rick 🤓5:38 · più di un anno faYes, "MOMENTS" is inferred. Originally we had MOMENT in the grid where LAPSES appears, and the answer was simply SENIOR, which is spelled out by the first letters of the fill-in-the-blank clues.
- HeadinHome 🤓1:39 · 2023-09-10T23:49:14.580ZThe fact that the letter total is odd helped me give up on trying to get all the letters directly from the 6 clues/grid once I’d seen “senior.” The theme of memory is so strong, and really nothing else could go with “senior” in this vein… perfectly legit.
- woozy 13:36 · 2023-09-13T17:49:53.815ZSo moments is inferred.... and is the SENIOR also inferred or is it somehow derivable?
- Capn Rick 🤓5:38 · 2023-09-14T15:01:17.752ZSENIOR is spelled out via the first letters of the 6 symmetrically-placed fill-in-the-"blank" clues, which, when read in grid order say "Lapses which you may wanna forget". (i.e. Senior Moments).
- HeadinHome 🤓1:39 · più di un anno faALSO — they say that two of the best things for keeping aging brains in good condition is puzzle challenges and community connection. Wish I could find a pastime that combines those two things!
- Capn Rick 🤓5:38 · 2023-09-10T23:12:39.003ZSounds good! Let me know if you find such a pastime, Wendy. :)
- Wendy Walker editore · 2023-09-11T11:00:01.217ZWouldn't that be great? Especially if it was the nicest community on the internet?
- DrTom 4s · 2023-09-12T13:27:44.285ZBe careful all of you or we will start seeing infomercials for “Mugagen memory enhancement tool. Created from the collective brains of nice people, this remarkable new product will expand your knowledge and brighten your life. Be one of the first 25 to reply and we will throw in camaraderie and gentle hazing as a bonus.”
- HeadinHome 🤓1:39 · 2023-09-13T01:43:03.197ZI would buy that.
- HeadinHome 🤓1:39 · più di un anno fa(Ha ha ha ha ha)
- ReB 4s · più di un anno faNeeded the nudges to get the phrase, but then it was being reminded that the significant birthday event was Wendy turning 65 that gave me the answer (the traditional age when one becomes a senior = SENIOR MOMENTS, which turned out the be 13 letters. Definitely a bit off the beaten path for metas. Thanks
- Wendy Walker editore · più di un anno faThanks so much for solving, Bob!
- Tyrpmom 2s · più di un anno faNo nudges needed. Fun and funny.
- Wendy Walker editore · più di un anno faThank you so much -- we had a great time putting in every reference to memory that we possibly could!
- I K Snamhcok 2s · più di un anno faVery satisfying solve! I struggled just long enough to not get frustrated. And found time for my own senior moment — a nice nap — in process. Thanks, Wennedy!
- Wendy Walker editore · più di un anno faGlad you enjoyed it! I have been a happy napper even since my college days.
- Berto 🤓2:52 · più di un anno faNeeded the nudges. Was drawing a blank, figured out the SENIOR part, and then just went with the first phrase of 13 letters that made sense. I have the big 5-0 coming up next year. I’m always telling my wife that these puzzles are keeping my brain active!! Thanks Wennedy!
- Wendy Walker editore · più di un anno faIt was our pleasure -- thanks for solving! And that is exactly what we wanted solvers to do: see the SENIOR part of the answer via the clues with blanks and infer the MOMENTS.
- JHSeeman 3s · più di un anno faNice challenge... read the blanks... jumped to Sr moments. Didn't realize the clue part until I saw the comments... nicely played
- Wendy Walker editore · più di un anno faWell done, John! Thanks for solving.
- ajk 🤓19:07 · più di un anno falol I did the reverse -- saw the clue starts and failed to read the blanks :)
- Bird Lives 8s · più di un anno faMy first hunch was that it was going to be about Scrabble. My first guess after filling the grid, finding the blanks, and reviewing the clues was FREUDIAN SLIP, even though FREUDIAN is in one of the clues. I totally missed the initial letters hint, but guessed the right answer.My mother used to tell a great senior moments joke. Too long for here, but maybe Tueday evening.
- Capn Rick 🤓5:38 · più di un anno faThanks for solving, Jay! Looking forward to hearing your mother's joke.
- Wendy Walker editore · più di un anno faWell done, Jay! Thanks for solving.
- DrTom 4s · più di un anno faNeeded the nudges because I was trying to use the letters of the”forgetful” things, then was looking for things in the corner, then was trying to draw squares that might be blank….Finally saw the blanks reference and after one attempt at using the answer letter tried the clue letter. When I only got “SENIOR” I thought”what” but then counted up the letters and decided you forgot to put the last part in
That will start to happen you know, welcome to the club!!!!- Wendy Walker editore · più di un anno faOh no! Over the hill! Thanks for solving, Dr. Tom!
- DrTom 4s · più di un anno faThe benefit is that you tend to remember the good times and forget the bad.
- Capn Rick 🤓5:38 · più di un anno faHa! Yes! That's it, we "forgot" to add the "moments" part! Thanks, DrTom!
- woozy 13:36 · più di un anno faOkay... hit reveal. Um, .... what the heck is wrong with me? How does the answer work? Why do I not understand anything about the puzzle at all?
- Capn Rick 🤓5:38 · più di un anno faSENIOR is spelled out via the first letters of the 6 symmetrically-placed fill-in-the-"blank" clues, which, when read in grid order say "Lapses which you may wanna forget". (i.e. Senior Moments).
- Capn Rick 🤓5:38 · più di un anno faOh, wait. Did I just repeat myself???
- Alvibu67 4s · più di un anno faI took the first letter of the grid entries for (several of) the memory related clues —LISA, BACH, BOBBY EWING, CORNERS, ANITA, SHE — and got 6/8 of the letters to make the word SCRABBLE. I just needed to find the R and E somewhere. You can of course draw blanks in a game of Scrabble. I didn’t see the SENIOR part from the clues until every nudge was read. Then I thought it was SENIOR MOMENT, with the blank space between the words representing the blank tile to make a 13-letter phrase. I definitely overthought this one!
- Wendy Walker editore · più di un anno faSo glad you solved! Thanks!