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LAST WEEK’S RESULTS:
Simply answer the riddle in the grid, and you got last week’s meta! It was:
WHAT GREEK LETTER
BECOMES A FOOD IF
YOU CHANGE ANY OF
ITS THREE LETTERS?
Limiting their searches to three-letter Greek letters, 579 solvers found contest answer PHI, which becomes three common-in-crosswords foods: AHI tuna if you replace the P, Hawaiian POI paste if you replace the H, and PHO soup if you replace the I.
docison says:
Been stuck in an airport with my kids for 10 hours! At least I had the meta to look forward to!
The key is to use them as a resource, like Amanda Hugginkiss did:
My 8-year-old son was so excited to help solve this one!
tabstop submitted the actual letter, and writes:
We’ll see whether Matt checked that the input system can handle an actual PHI as input
It couldn’t — you came up as a “?” (but got credit anyway).
Mitha N says:
…Now I want Phish Food ice cream.
Similarly, Johnstonteacher:
You could also add -LLYCHEESESTEAK
And finally, JrMan writes:
Another riddle: Why was I so excited to figure out the third food (after getting ahi and poi)? Because it was a “pho” to finish!
This week’s winner, whose name was chosen at random from the 579 correct entries received, is Rob Carhart of Odenton, Md. In addition to a MGWCC pen, pencil, and notepad set, Rob will also receive a 1-year subscription to Matt Gaffney’s Daily Crossword.
THIS WEEK’S INSTRUCTIONS:
This week’s contest answer is a two-word group.
Solve well, and be not led astray by words intended to deceive.