A Midsummer Nightâs Dream and
Loveâs Labourâs Lost. And they may then notice that the initial letters of those titles spell out MORTAL.
That probably sounds involved. There are conventions and types of meta, though: so itâs not so mad as it may appear. Indie setters also provide this kind of thing, such as Pete Mullerâs Muller Monthly Music Meta â and Pete is behind the Postâs series.
Here, the solver
does know the nature of the meta each time. Having solved a weekâs worth of puzzles, they then identify some word or other from each of Monday to Fridayâs grids and assemble these for a clue to a word that is hidden snaking through Saturdayâs. Itâs a new kind of diversion and I spoke to Pete about it.