"Downsides" - August 23, 2020
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"Downsides" - August 23, 2020
Thanks to Chris for bringing this new weekly puzzle to my attention! Grid was straightforward enough but yet to make any in-roads on a path to the meta solution... This has been given a 4/10 difficulty, or on par with Matt's Week 2's (the last of which I managed, but yet to get anywhere with the treasure hunting Week 3). Smooth solving all
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Nice puzzle, which I was overthinking quite a bit. Needed a solid nudge to get on the Will train. Thank you Will!
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I enjoyed looking up and learning about the lesser-known sites, which was necessary because I had a couple of Naticks and needed to verify their spellings.
At first glance before beginning the puzzle, I predicted that the meta mechanism would be easy to identify but all I've found so far is alphabet soup. I have to grade some math projects today, but I'll come back to it this evening during the intermissions of the Bruins-Lightning game.
At first glance before beginning the puzzle, I predicted that the meta mechanism would be easy to identify but all I've found so far is alphabet soup. I have to grade some math projects today, but I'll come back to it this evening during the intermissions of the Bruins-Lightning game.
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Hi folks!
Sounds like this one ended up being a bit trickier than anticipated (which of my puzzles haven't been harder than anticipated?).
Glad some people are catching on! As always, don't hesitate to ask if you need a hint!
Sounds like this one ended up being a bit trickier than anticipated (which of my puzzles haven't been harder than anticipated?).
Glad some people are catching on! As always, don't hesitate to ask if you need a hint!
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The puzzle is solved in my house. I am not completely responsible for that. But I had fun!
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Too much reliance on Wikipedia led me astray on the first step . . . be careful out there!
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Dinosaurs on the train? Okay, I’m there.
Clever puzzle. I concur with the suggestions to not overthink it.
Either Will is incredibly fast replying to submissions, or I’ve had very lucky timing the two weeks I’ve been playing.
Clever puzzle. I concur with the suggestions to not overthink it.
Either Will is incredibly fast replying to submissions, or I’ve had very lucky timing the two weeks I’ve been playing.
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Will is fast. Can confirm.
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I turn into a couch potato on Sunday as I try to watch the email account as closely as possible. But during the rest of the week, my response times vary widely.
Contest Crosswords Combating Cancer (CCCC) is a bundle of 16 metapuzzles created to help raise money for cancer-related charities. It is available at CrosswordsForCancer.com.
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Got it! Though I needed the nudge from Will. And also some perspective from my wife Lynne, who’s a retired ... oh, wait, I shouldn’t say because it could maybe give a hint (though not likely). Like some others here, I was initially overthinking. Fun puzzle!
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This one was very impressively constructed....good to have a creator tell you in the instructions "go ahead and google stuff!" And the stuff I googled was very enjoyably educational and led me directly to the solution.