Title: “Don’t Look Up”
Prompt: This week’s contest answer is a 15-letter phrase.
Answer: DOWN FOR THE COUNT
Correct entries: 153 overall, of which 32 were solo solves

Solvers and I shed blood, sweat and tears for these metas, and rarely moreso than last week. I don’t know if any meta I’ve written here has taken more time and energy than this one did. Read my writeup of it here:

https://crosswordfiend.com/2022/05/10/mgwcc-727/

The same tale, told in diagrams by Gridmaster T:

Remarkable comment from solver (and meta-constructor) MikeyG at the Muggles Forum:

Back on track with a Week 2 now after the weird 4-1-5 schedule of the last three weeks. And thanks for playing — Year 15 begins in a few weeks, and then we’ve got 5 more after that. I’m looking forward to it and I hope you are as well.

THIS WEEK’S INSTRUCTIONS:

This week’s contest answer is something you might do while solving a meta.