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Re: MGWCC #814 — “You’ve Got to Stand for Something”

Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2024 5:39 pm
by Joe Ross
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Re: MGWCC #814 — “You’ve Got to Stand for Something”

Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2024 6:09 pm
by HoldThatThought
Similarly ASS got circled as part of "As soon" in ASAP. I needed a nudge to get set straight
In other words, you're saying that you couldn't solve this until you got off your ass?

Re: MGWCC #814 — “You’ve Got to Stand for Something”

Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2024 7:30 pm
by woozy
I seem to be the only person who thought it might be the words in the acronyms, looked for something to do with them, and simply did not recognize or see *any* of them.

I think the exports in the photography slot is an error but if Matt acknowledged it as an "oopsie" that's more than fair. It didn't make the puzzle unsolvable or the answer wrong. I also don't think it opens the goo God option. Being crosses of the acronyms they are for is certainly very strong and noticeable beyond "anywhere in the grid"

Re: MGWCC #814 — “You’ve Got to Stand for Something”

Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2024 7:53 pm
by benchen71
I would have been perfectly happy if the mechanism had used any of the crosses for a specific acronym, as per JPEG with EXPORTS crossing on the P. However, the fact that all of the others utilised the actual starting letter made EXPORTS stick out like a sore thumb!

Re: MGWCC #814 — “You’ve Got to Stand for Something”

Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2024 11:41 am
by Bird Lives
I still don't get the title. But once I had the letters thanks to a couple of nudges (more like pushes that came to shoves), I thought of the title and saw FLOORMAT, i.e., something for standing. Wrong answer but a perfect anagram.
Over on Fiend (https://crosswordfiend.com/2024/01/09/m ... ore-156585), I wondered out loud if the anagram might have been intentional. Matt then said that it wasn't.

Re: MGWCC #814 — “You’ve Got to Stand for Something”

Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2024 12:30 pm
by woozy
Bird Lives wrote: Wed Jan 10, 2024 11:41 am I still don't get the title.
I assumed and still assume it just mean the letters of an acronym stand for words.