December Results
10 Dec
Contest Puzzle 11 is now closed and the results are in. Only 13 (!) solvers figured out the meta, the toughest of the year. You can see the full write-up and solution here. Thanks for participating, and for all the great feedback! Also, special thanks to Matt Gaffney, who continues to blog about the puzzles at Crossword Fiend.
As a reminder, there is a “mega-meta” hidden in the contest puzzles. Each puzzle has a clue related to the mega-meta, a rock-and-roll hit from the past 40 years. If you think you know the mega-meta, send in your guess using the mega-meta form at the right of the page. Seven Nine solvers have already guessed the mega-meta and have earned bonus points for guessing it early. Bonus points are still available for those that guess the mega-meta before the last puzzle of the year is released on New Year’s Eve.
Check out the 2013 Crossword Construction Contest. The deadline for submissions is December 20.
There’s a bonus non-musical meta puzzle that’s still posted. You can check it out here.
The final 2013 puzzle (the mega-meta) will be published at noon on Tuesday, December 31. Want to try it? If you sign up in the box at the bottom right corner of this page, you’ll get an email when it’s ready.