#636 - "Team Meta"
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Beam me up! Week 5 made more sense after reading the intended solving path (still would never have gotten there myself).
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- hcbirker
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- TMart
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Beam me up. Whoo hoo! #206! I took a beer break waiting for the puzzle to come.
- MajordomoTom
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submitted, nice week one.
EDIT: already on the board at #222 - got lucky, he must have been at his keyboard at that moment.
EDIT: already on the board at #222 - got lucky, he must have been at his keyboard at that moment.
"Lots of planets have a North", the Ninth Doctor.
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- Anita
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Knew what the mechanism would be before entering anything. And got the meta before 1/4 of the grid was filled!
- ChrisKochmanski
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No, it's the Cleveland Spiders. In 1899, the worst record in Major League Baseball history (20-134): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland_Spiders
You know, if the Cleveland Indians change their name (which, dare I say, they should), how about bringing back the Spiders? A team with that name would probably sell a ton of merchandise (hats, jerseys, pennants, etc.).
Oh, I got the meta BTW.
- oldjudge
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Spiders is good, but Naps (named for Nap Lajoie, 1903-1914) is neat too, especially if they look like they are sleeping in the field.
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Like others, I figured out the mechanism before finishing the grid. Nice week 1!
- DrTom
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OK, I'll give it a try...
A crossword META walks into a bar 30 minutes after it closed..."sorry I'm late, says the puzzle!", "Not to worry", says the bartender, "you're my first Patreon of the day"
EDIT: I'm "ashore" now back to WSJCC which is eluding me like a rabbit running for its warren. I guess he is looking for warren peace?
NUDGES!I am always willing to give nudges where needed; metas should be about fun, not frustration. Send me what you have done so far because often you are closer than you think!
- DrTom
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Funny story, I got the answer before I even had the answer because I made a wrong guess on something I did not know when answering clues. Then when I went back I thought "hey didn't I enter that already?"If you got the answer you know what I am talking about, if not I'll explain after Noon on Tuesday.
NUDGES!I am always willing to give nudges where needed; metas should be about fun, not frustration. Send me what you have done so far because often you are closer than you think!
- bhamren
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I put this aside for a couple of days. I had all the team names listed in a spreadsheet at first and went back and forth. Now I look at it today and it became like a week 1. At first it was a week 4 or 5 in my mind, but once I saw the answer I was embarassed it took to long.
- Meg
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That's a common experience. Often followed by a forehead slap.bhamren wrote: ↑Mon Aug 10, 2020 9:58 am I put this aside for a couple of days. I had all the team names listed in a spreadsheet at first and went back and forth. Now I look at it today and it became like a week 1. At first it was a week 4 or 5 in my mind, but once I saw the answer I was embarassed it took to long.
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- rexthree
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- DrTom
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I mentioned that I had the answer before I had the answer, and it just goes to show how very little i know about baseball I'm afraid. When I got to 8D I already had 1A (EPITATH), 17A (SPAREDNOEXPENSE) and 28A (AHAS) filled in. I looked at the clue and thought, sounds like baseball players to me, so since I had P_D_ _ S I filled in PADRES. I had to go back and fix it when I got 15 and 23A, but then later on it hit me "wait didn't I see PADRES" so the anagram was even easier. Hey, I'll take dumb luck and I'm certain I do not have a MONOPOLY (groan) on that.
NUDGES!I am always willing to give nudges where needed; metas should be about fun, not frustration. Send me what you have done so far because often you are closer than you think!