Making a State-ment
- Darth
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OTC. In traveling mode and solved yesterday, but didn't get back to Crosshare until this morning. Nice puz! =)
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Off the couch with a THUD! After I Got a big push from @Woozy ! Thanks for the mental workout!
- HeadinHome
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I’ll take just a little more nudge if anyone wants to shoot me one. I see lots of potential rabbit trails that I’m not up to chasing if it’s going to lead no where. It’s an intriguing title!
UPDATE - finally! got there with some private tutoring. One or two of the things I should have noticed do ring a bell, but otherwise I’m not sure I would have had the familiarity to get this without help. Great mechanism though!
UPDATE - finally! got there with some private tutoring. One or two of the things I should have noticed do ring a bell, but otherwise I’m not sure I would have had the familiarity to get this without help. Great mechanism though!
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The other Wendy.
- KayW
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Nudged off the pair-o-ducksical couch - well done!
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- schmidzy
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Five more solvers have left the couch on day 2:
Darth
Anita and Steve
Ergcat
KayW
HeadinHome
Which means, I think some Wednesday nudges are in order:
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Darth
Anita and Steve
Ergcat
KayW
HeadinHome
Which means, I think some Wednesday nudges are in order:
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- Eric Porter
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OTC with the nudges. I went down the rabbit hole from nudge 1 and needed nudge 2. I probably shouldn't have looked at 3 & 4.
Thanks for the puzzle.
Thanks for the puzzle.
- rjy
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Finally off the couch, on a Wednesday no less! Thanks for the puzzle and the nudges! Great idea and execution @schmidzy!
Ray
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OTC with the help of the nudges. Wonderful puzzle and I wish I had seen the mechanism earlier
- Wendy Walker
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- benchen71
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Off the couch, but only with nudge assistance!
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- Cap'n Rick
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Finally OTC! Great mechanism, @schmidzy!
- ky-mike
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- BarbaraK
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Off the couch. Needed google but no nudges.
Nicely done!
Nicely done!
If you want help with a meta, feel free to PM me. The more specific you are about what you have and what you want, the more likely I can help without spoiling.
(And if I help you win a mug, I’ll be especially delighted.)
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- DrTom
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DUH, made an early error of assumption and followed that assumption to a dead end. The nudges showed me the error of my ways. Off the couch FINALLY!! The puzzle was just ducky!
NUDGES!I am always willing to give nudges where needed; metas should be about fun, not frustration. Send me what you have done so far because often you are closer than you think!
- edestlin
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This one has been eluding me all week and I just found my way there. I owe some credit to @woozy's comment about wishing they'd tried harder. Thanks for the puzzle, @schmidzy!
- Jeremy Smith
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Took until Saturday morning but finally got it. Elegant construction and mechanism of solution.
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- schmidzy
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26 more solvers join the leaderboard:
LindaPRmaven
benchen71
Eric Porter
Berto
Sharkicicles
JHSeeman
rjy
bhamren
LarsCaine
LB800
DCBilly
Dave C
minimuggle
SJMcK
Jaclyn
Kulea
Capn Rick
Mike D
kurtalert
BarbaraK
Dow Jones
DrTom
dannyvee
edestlin
Jeremy Smith
Prog
... Reveal to follow!
LindaPRmaven
benchen71
Eric Porter
Berto
Sharkicicles
JHSeeman
rjy
bhamren
LarsCaine
LB800
DCBilly
Dave C
minimuggle
SJMcK
Jaclyn
Kulea
Capn Rick
Mike D
kurtalert
BarbaraK
Dow Jones
DrTom
dannyvee
edestlin
Jeremy Smith
Prog
... Reveal to follow!
- schmidzy
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The contest answer is RHODE ISLAND
Four state mottos appeared in the themers:
EUREKA -- CA
FRIENDSHIP -- TX
INDUSTRY -- UT
FORWARD -- WI
Four three-letter words used these state abbreviations with an added letter (and as it turns out, each was very nearby to its paired themer!):
C(H)A
T(O)X
(P)UT
WI(E)
= HOPE, the state motto of RHODE ISLAND
Thanks to everyone who solved for sticking with what turned out to be quite a tricky puzzle, and thank you for all the kind words! I enjoyed reading many state motto fun facts from all of you in the comments on Crosshare.
Four state mottos appeared in the themers:
EUREKA -- CA
FRIENDSHIP -- TX
INDUSTRY -- UT
FORWARD -- WI
Four three-letter words used these state abbreviations with an added letter (and as it turns out, each was very nearby to its paired themer!):
C(H)A
T(O)X
(P)UT
WI(E)
= HOPE, the state motto of RHODE ISLAND
Thanks to everyone who solved for sticking with what turned out to be quite a tricky puzzle, and thank you for all the kind words! I enjoyed reading many state motto fun facts from all of you in the comments on Crosshare.