Loved this! Since I'm still working on WSJ, this helped my mood!
MARR71 4s · 2022-06-05T21:47:11.809Z
OMG I actually got it right with no hints! Hard to believe.
I K Snamhcok 2s · 2022-06-06T02:54:19.084Z
Stared off and on all day ‘til I finally saw what I needed to. Fun!
Katiedid 🤓8:19 · 2022-06-06T03:29:00.527Z
Yay! It makes me happy to have solved this challenging one, since I needed a nudge on the WSJ.
Louis D 10s · 2022-06-06T17:52:01.230Z
Another good one! Had to sleep on it, but had a very satisfying aha moment in the end.
Burakodrama 4s · 2022-06-07T05:00:09.844Z
The second puzzle this year where a "challenging" one falls faster than some easy/medium ones, I should go buy a lottery ticket this week! Everything I tried worked to a tee, except for a slight detour where I looked for mini 5x5, 4x4 grids in the puzzle to no avail. You can also spell BROOM with 24-D and 23-A, two 3-letter answers so I'm very glad I didn't fall down that rabbit hole.
Very nice mechanism and love how everything comes together in the end. I'm curious as to how this was initially more challenging than the current version.
There were a LOT of numbers in the grid and the clues. Including the word TWO crossing FOURSQUARE. Several paragraphs of my emails to Will last week were variations on "you gotta get rid of these red herrings, you are way underestimating how hard this is." Also the title was different.
schmidzy 🤓14:12 · 2022-06-07T10:48:36.813Z
Nice one! Interestingly, the eight pairs of double letters in the across answers anagram to LONGNESS. Don't ask how I got down that rabbit hole!
Qmark 4s · 2022-06-07T13:18:47.111Z
Went down some rabbit holes for a few days, but finally saw the light!
Joe 🤓7:30 · 2022-06-08T00:21:31.635Z
Well, it took a hint but I made it. Thank you!
Meta World Peace 3s · 2022-06-08T01:03:14.926Z
Fun lineup of games this week, Will. My family always/only brings Boggle out at Thanksgiving... some half-conscious association with "gobble"?
Darth 🤓6:27 · 2022-06-08T17:15:32.061Z
Cool concept! So many rabbit trails for me.
THC 🤓5:24 · 2022-06-09T03:20:39.068Z
Took awhile to size this one up!
KayW 🤓8:22 · 2022-06-10T18:36:25.568Z
Excellent meta! The key clues were TOO well-phrased - they did not "stand out" at all.