Dear MGWCC solver,

I supremely hate to postpone a puzzle, especially since this is the third time in four months, but this week’s puzzle will go up tomorrow at noon instead of today. I’m at the tail-end of an extremely busy five-month work period and I’m getting nicked for one more delay. Again, I really don’t like to do this but I’m afraid it was unavoidable.

On the bright side: my busy time ends this weekend, so this won’t be happening again anytime soon. And as penance I’m going to be giving three extra stationery prizes out to three randomly chosen solvers who get the Week 5 meta (these aren’t monthly prizes; you only need to get the Week 5 to be eligible for these).

For your Friday solve, let me suggest Neville Fogarty’s excellent weekly puzzle, which drops on Fridays.

Onward and upward — I’ll see you here tomorrow for Week 5 of 5.

–Matt