"Think Different" August 11, 2023
- Bob cruise director
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"Think Different" August 11, 2023
This week's contest is titled "Think Different" by Matt Gaffney
The answer to this week's contest is what you might be in if you're unable to solve the puzzle (probably not what you are thinking now)
There will be no spreadsheets for WSJCCs going forward.
Tomorrow's status may be delayed as I will be tied up in the morning.
The answer to this week's contest is what you might be in if you're unable to solve the puzzle (probably not what you are thinking now)
There will be no spreadsheets for WSJCCs going forward.
Tomorrow's status may be delayed as I will be tied up in the morning.
Last edited by Bob cruise director on Thu Aug 10, 2023 4:36 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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- Joe Ross
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Ashore at 4:45 PM ET after @clonefitz who posted at 4:36 PM.
Across
1 Acquire
7 Tastes of tea
11 “___ be an honor!”
14 Intense devotion
15 Skin care name
16 However briefly
17 Contraption
18 *Sickle or scythe, say
20 *Time-tested method
22 Party person
23 It opens at 9:30 a.m. ET, M-F
24 Road hazard
26 Taste
29 *Drinks before leaving
35 Inuit wear
38 Pair of tablets, often
39 ___ Paulo
40 Hush-hush compact, briefly
41 *Phrase before a counterpoint
43 Wood shaper
44 “The Crying Game” role for Jaye Davidson
45 Versatile plant
46 Shot from a stick, often
48 *Tennis or table tennis, e.g.
51 Get ___ rap
52 Surprised cries
53 Protective ring
56 Eurasian river
59 *Avoid the spotlight?
63 *Defeat easily
66 Put on again
68 Tesla’s autonomous mode, for short
69 Boo-boo
70 College Board math class
71 They rotate at radio stations
72 “Devil Inside” band
73 John of “Fuller House”
Down
1 In the key ___ (how Pachelbel’s “Canon” is played)
2 Pub crawl purchase
3 Kipling’s “Rikki-Tikki-___”
4 Orthodontic item
5 Scratchy’s foil
6 Russian rejections
7 Napping spot
8 Faulkner’s “As ___ Dying”
9 Course number
10 Prefix with metric or phonic
11 “Was ___ harsh?”
12 Edison or Jefferson, briefly
13 Blockhead
19 Vincent’s brother
21 “Dank u ___” (Dutch for “Thanks a lot”)
24 “Who’s there?” response
25 Minotaur’s home
26 Cozy business
27 Bollywood’s home
28 “___ the Girls I’ve Loved Before”
30 Freud contemporary
31 Require tissues
32 Altus in OK, e.g.
33 Woman’s name that reverses to a man’s name
34 Caught some shuteye
36 Abundant (in)
37 Seaweed varieties
42 Where a Brit may sit
47 Play after which a Puccini opera was named
49 Relax
50 Cable station known for films, briefly
54 Vegetables often breaded
55 Skilled
56 1980s gridiron org. rebooted in 2022
57 Grating sound
58 Hearing ___
59 Square in chess and Battleship
60 Western tribe
61 1980s band with a !
62 ___ contendere
64 Polynesian paste
65 Wheat stalk part
67 Liverpool lavs
XWD-DRS.pdf
Across
1 Acquire
7 Tastes of tea
11 “___ be an honor!”
14 Intense devotion
15 Skin care name
16 However briefly
17 Contraption
18 *Sickle or scythe, say
20 *Time-tested method
22 Party person
23 It opens at 9:30 a.m. ET, M-F
24 Road hazard
26 Taste
29 *Drinks before leaving
35 Inuit wear
38 Pair of tablets, often
39 ___ Paulo
40 Hush-hush compact, briefly
41 *Phrase before a counterpoint
43 Wood shaper
44 “The Crying Game” role for Jaye Davidson
45 Versatile plant
46 Shot from a stick, often
48 *Tennis or table tennis, e.g.
51 Get ___ rap
52 Surprised cries
53 Protective ring
56 Eurasian river
59 *Avoid the spotlight?
63 *Defeat easily
66 Put on again
68 Tesla’s autonomous mode, for short
69 Boo-boo
70 College Board math class
71 They rotate at radio stations
72 “Devil Inside” band
73 John of “Fuller House”
Down
1 In the key ___ (how Pachelbel’s “Canon” is played)
2 Pub crawl purchase
3 Kipling’s “Rikki-Tikki-___”
4 Orthodontic item
5 Scratchy’s foil
6 Russian rejections
7 Napping spot
8 Faulkner’s “As ___ Dying”
9 Course number
10 Prefix with metric or phonic
11 “Was ___ harsh?”
12 Edison or Jefferson, briefly
13 Blockhead
19 Vincent’s brother
21 “Dank u ___” (Dutch for “Thanks a lot”)
24 “Who’s there?” response
25 Minotaur’s home
26 Cozy business
27 Bollywood’s home
28 “___ the Girls I’ve Loved Before”
30 Freud contemporary
31 Require tissues
32 Altus in OK, e.g.
33 Woman’s name that reverses to a man’s name
34 Caught some shuteye
36 Abundant (in)
37 Seaweed varieties
42 Where a Brit may sit
47 Play after which a Puccini opera was named
49 Relax
50 Cable station known for films, briefly
54 Vegetables often breaded
55 Skilled
56 1980s gridiron org. rebooted in 2022
57 Grating sound
58 Hearing ___
59 Square in chess and Battleship
60 Western tribe
61 1980s band with a !
62 ___ contendere
64 Polynesian paste
65 Wheat stalk part
67 Liverpool lavs
- Cindy
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I’m doing it on paper. But I just checked electronically and they do stop.
- Janet
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It's worse than the clues stopping -- I can't enter anything in those boxes.
- DBMiller
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You can if you go across, but it's still tough
If I'm around, I am willing to join the Muggle Zoom room at other times to lend a hand to those in need.
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I tried to print and the PDF it generates is two pages empty except for "Wall Street Journal" and "5th March 2015" at the top. WSJ clearly having some issues!
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on the beach!
I had trouble with the down clues online also, had to print it out
I had trouble with the down clues online also, had to print it out
- Janet
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Thanks! You are right, I can fill in the across and check with the pdf to see if the downs make sense. I shall proceed, full-speed ahead!
- KayW
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If you click Download PDF you will get the PDF. Or I did, at any rateElizabeyth wrote: ↑Thu Aug 10, 2023 4:37 pm I tried to print and the PDF it generates is two pages empty except for "Wall Street Journal" and "5th March 2015" at the top. WSJ clearly having some issues!
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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FWIW I was able to download the PDF from the link a few minutes after 3 and solved the puzzle on my iPad as normal. Not the meta yet thoughKayW wrote: ↑Thu Aug 10, 2023 4:42 pmIf you click Download PDF you will get the PDF. Or I did, at any rateElizabeyth wrote: ↑Thu Aug 10, 2023 4:37 pm I tried to print and the PDF it generates is two pages empty except for "Wall Street Journal" and "5th March 2015" at the top. WSJ clearly having some issues!
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Came for a status, stayed for the Page One Encroachments. Heads (and pencils) will surely roll!
As for the meta, no clue yet.
As for the meta, no clue yet.
The site is just a web page, a meeting place, a clubhouse - it's the group that's special.
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—Brian MacDonald
- woozy
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Glad to know I'm not insane..
Well, that this alone is not the sole cause of my insanity.
EDIT: they fixed it. And now that I reload I lost all my work (and I had completed the entire grid). Still, it's better this way.
EDIT2: not entirely fixed. They forgot to put it in meta mode. To whit: you can't submit. But you can check your progress. (I actually had exactly one square wrong)
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Funny story. I was all set to enter Par for the course for the CrossHare midi contest for April but I mistakenly thought midi meant 7x 7 and not 11 x 11. Oops. Well.... Here's a complex but **small** meta on the subject of golf.
- Janet
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Thanks to DB Miller's tip, I finished the grid! I prefer online rather than paper.
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Grid done - tedious but doable. Now I have to put it aside to TCB. Hope to be off the ship and on the shore at some point this weekend.
~ Jennifer/jenirvin
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I knew this was going to happen. I had just cancelled my subscription to the Wall Street Journal about a week ago and I was wondering whether they would be able to make it without my continued support. LOL!
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A general amnesty on POEs has been declared FOR THIS WEEK ONLY.
Good luck, fellow Muggles!
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Page One roster:
clonefitz
Joe Ross
Darth
chriscross
HeadinHome
BrennerTJ
oldjudge
Cindy
Meg
KayW
LesY
TMart
mheberlingx100
JordanianTomlinson
boharr
MikeyG
Dr.Buttbeard
billkatz
Miki
There's more than one way to skin a cat.
clonefitz
Joe Ross
Darth
chriscross
HeadinHome
BrennerTJ
oldjudge
Cindy
Meg
KayW
LesY
TMart
mheberlingx100
JordanianTomlinson
boharr
MikeyG
Dr.Buttbeard
billkatz
Miki
There's more than one way to skin a cat.