#707 - “By the Numbers”
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#707 - “By the Numbers”
MGWCC #707 — Friday, December 17th, 2021 — “By the Numbers”
THIS WEEK’S INSTRUCTIONS: This week’s contest answer is a five-letter word.
Solve well, and be not led astray by words intended to deceive.
Join MGWCC.
THIS WEEK’S INSTRUCTIONS: This week’s contest answer is a five-letter word.
Solve well, and be not led astray by words intended to deceive.
Join MGWCC.
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Nice one.
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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On the board at #31 (that will remind me not to schedule conference calls for noon on Fridays!). I will admit that I was not 100% sure when submitting - there's some stuff going on here that either is a strange distraction, or I've missed an a-ha. But either way, I'm on the board.
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On the board -- 50 to the left of me, 50 to the right, there I am, stuck in the middle with who, I don't know.
I know Matt says that he doesn't put red herrings in his puzzles, but I see a couple of them swimming around in the grid, and one of them could have been de-herringed with a single change of letter.
I know Matt says that he doesn't put red herrings in his puzzles, but I see a couple of them swimming around in the grid, and one of them could have been de-herringed with a single change of letter.
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I like this a lot. I think I have it but I want to think it over a bit (seems pretty clear but I've got a streak to think about!)
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Went several directions before taking a lunch break. Fresh eyes allowed me to wend my way.
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PLATELET 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝗿𝗲.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘀 ENORMOUS 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲:
𝟰𝟬% 𝗽𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰,
𝟯𝟬% 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰,
𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿 & 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗺𝗮. 𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘 𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗘!
PLATELET 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝗿𝗲.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘀 ENORMOUS 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲:
𝟰𝟬% 𝗽𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰,
𝟯𝟬% 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰,
𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿 & 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗺𝗮. 𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘 𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗘!
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Beam up requested. Waiting confirmation, but really no doubt. That was fun!
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I didn’t doubt my answer, but it was wrong. Now I have to decide how much time to spend trying to find the right one.
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I’m so glad I didn’t see this before submitting. I’d have spent three days worrying and looking for something else.Beth Tyrpin wrote: ↑Fri Dec 17, 2021 5:45 pm I didn’t doubt my answer, but it was wrong. Now I have to decide how much time to spend trying to find the right one.
Sorry. And good luck if you give it another go.
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What an odd hobby we have. I had no clue about last week’s Week 2 puzzle, but this one took me a matter of seconds to figure out what was going on. Not tooting my own horn at all - hard to do that when I whiffed on last week’s! - just curious how the brain works. Last week’s “Take the first letter” is a pretty basic mechanism that’s been used before, and I never thought of it; this one is more complex and it fell right into place for me.
If you see that I’ve completed the MGWCC meta, feel free to DM me and I’ll help you out - nudges, confirmations of paths, etc.
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if I've submitted the right answer, I agree.
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Beamed up at #94.
Looks like I’m getting some fireworks to announce my liftoff cause this was my first week #3 solo solve
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Looks like I’m getting some fireworks to announce my liftoff cause this was my first week #3 solo solve
Via the Cloud Appreciation Society