Well, that great idea I had didn’t wind up working out after all. Fortunately we have a guest puzzle to keep things rolling! I’ll do a full update on last week’s puz tomorrow, but for now see the solution graphic above by Gridmaster T.

GUEST CONSTRUCTOR META:

Today’s meta is by longtime MGWCC solver Peter Gwinn. Peter is a comedy writer and playwright who used to write for The Colbert Report and now writes for Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me on NPR. He lives in Chicago with his wife and two kids.

Thanks, Peter! On to the meta…

THIS WEEK’S INSTRUCTIONS:

This week’s contest answer is an 11-letter phrase.

NOTE: Due to the late post, the deadline for this puzzle is Noon ET on Thursday, February 2nd.

Solve well, and be not led astray by words intended to deceive.