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arctan(x)words puzzle 125: "Best Two Out of Three"
Posted: Fri Aug 30, 2019 2:37 am
by Laura M
Many thanks to Tina in the WSJCC thread, who noted:
I'm always glad to have a new source for crosswords (meta or not), so I'll be working my way back in the archives! This meta felt a little obscure to me but I finally got it, and I liked the grid a lot. No prize, nowhere to submit as far as I can tell, just fun! Anyone else do this one?
Re: arctan(x)words puzzle 125: "Best Two Out of Three"
Posted: Fri Aug 30, 2019 7:05 am
by Cindy
I have the grid.
Re: arctan(x)words puzzle 125: "Best Two Out of Three"
Posted: Fri Aug 30, 2019 11:42 pm
by Beth Tyrpin
I did it. I got it. Thanks for sharing.
Re: arctan(x)words puzzle 125: "Best Two Out of Three"
Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2019 2:36 pm
by Hector
I've submitted a guess, based on three items of information I needed to Google (having known a fourth). Tough one!
Re: arctan(x)words puzzle 125: "Best Two Out of Three"
Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2019 3:47 pm
by Laura M
Hector wrote: ↑Tue Sep 10, 2019 2:36 pm
I've submitted a guess, based on three items of information I needed to Google (having known a fourth). Tough one!
Oops, i didn't realize we were supposed to submit anywhere! I guess I missed the window, the solution is up. (I'll still avoid spoilers.) I knew one piece of information but when I Googled two more, it became clear(er). Eventually I got the order right but still had to Google to get the final answer, because it's not something I... encounter... a lot. Made sense though.
Re: arctan(x)words puzzle 125: "Best Two Out of Three"
Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2019 3:58 pm
by FrankieHeck
Laura M wrote: ↑Tue Sep 10, 2019 3:47 pm
Hector wrote: ↑Tue Sep 10, 2019 2:36 pm
I've submitted a guess, based on three items of information I needed to Google (having known a fourth). Tough one!
Oops, i didn't realize we were supposed to submit anywhere! I guess I missed the window, the solution is up. (I'll still avoid spoilers.) I knew one piece of information but when I Googled two more, it became clear(er). Eventually I got the order right but still had to Google to get the final answer, because it's not something I... encounter... a lot. Made sense though.
I gave it a try but then forgot to get back to it and lost it in a void. Where is the solution?
Re: arctan(x)words puzzle 125: "Best Two Out of Three"
Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2019 4:00 pm
by Hector
The solution is up? I don't see it on
http://arctanxwords.blogspot.com/
Your meta experience sounds exactly similar to mine.
Re: arctan(x)words puzzle 125: "Best Two Out of Three"
Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2019 4:16 pm
by Laura M
Whoops, sorry! I was looking at a different puzzle on the site and saw a "solution" link (which I didn't click on before I wrote the post). I guess it's not up yet, maybe I'll still send mine in!
Re: arctan(x)words puzzle 125: "Best Two Out of Three"
Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2019 4:24 pm
by Hector
Go for it! I just got a nice email confirming that my answer was correct.
Re: arctan(x)words puzzle 125: "Best Two Out of Three"
Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2019 4:32 pm
by FrankieHeck
I found my completed grid and now remember having no idea what to do with it. I look forward to seeing the solution, though. Thanks for the new source, Laura!
Re: arctan(x)words puzzle 125: "Best Two Out of Three"
Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2019 10:45 am
by Al Sisti
Wow! Excellent meta. I had the three correct TLAs, but got no further than that.
Re: arctan(x)words puzzle 125: "Best Two Out of Three"
Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2019 10:52 am
by FrankieHeck
Wow. That would have been difficult for me. Lots to look up there. But I'm impressed with the solvers. Still killing it, Hector!
Re: arctan(x)words puzzle 125: "Best Two Out of Three"
Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2019 12:05 pm
by Laura M
Hector wrote: ↑Tue Sep 10, 2019 4:24 pm
Go for it! I just got a nice email confirming that my answer was correct.
I did! Immediately after my previous post, but I didn't make it back here to say so. I also got a nice email confirming my answer and saying that he was just about to post the solution. I also realized that "order" in my previous post was an unintentional spoiler :-)
Re: arctan(x)words puzzle 125: "Best Two Out of Three"
Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2019 7:46 pm
by LesY
Not sure how I feel about this one. There’s another mechanism that gets 3/4 of the way to “DAIQUIRI” which I liked better. The intended path was clever but seemed a little clunky, at least to me.
Maybe I’ll pocket my learnings and start writing metas!
Re: arctan(x)words puzzle 125: "Best Two Out of Three"
Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2019 8:41 pm
by BarbaraK
LesY wrote: ↑Sat Sep 14, 2019 7:46 pm
Not sure how I feel about this one. There’s another mechanism that gets 3/4 of the way to “DAIQUIRI” which I liked better. The intended path was clever but seemed a little clunky, at least to me.
Maybe I’ll pocket my learnings and start writing metas!
Hope you do. I'd love to solve one of your metas!
Re: arctan(x)words puzzle 125: "Best Two Out of Three"
Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2019 9:29 pm
by LesY
Thanks Barbara!