Hi, my name is Rick. I was born and raised in central Pennsylvania and graduated from Penn State. After grad school at UMass Amherst, I moved to Nahant, Massachusetts (smallest town in the state). I worked as a Systems Analyst and Project Manager for the Division of Fisheries & Wildlife.
My wife and I own a boat - a 26' Seaswirl Striper WA - and we fish recreationally and commercially for striped bass and bluefish in and around Boston Harbor. The fishbones avatar is also my boat logo, and "WI-FI" is short for "Wicked Fishah!" - my boat name. I'm thinking about getting a Captain's license someday and possibly running small fishing charters.
I've been doing crosswords for many years now, and I used to construct them for our (now defunct) town newsletter - "Nahant Harbor Review". The meta puzzles take crosswords to a whole new level, and I began constructing them in January 2022. So far I've been having a lot of fun with them.
Below are the metas that I've published to date:
The Odd Couple
◆ · By guest constructor Ben Chenoweth & Cap'n Rick · Published 2024-04-17T04:01:26.928Z
This is my entry for Crosshare's March Midi Contest. Good luck solving the mystery, er, meta!
Hint 1: As Sherlock Holmes would say, finding the weapon and location is elementary. The killer, however, not so much...
Hint 2: According to 34A, the…