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Duck Out

Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 7:54 am
by schmidzy
Happy Sunday, Muggles!

As I hope you are all aware by now, we've got a "new kid on the block" here on the forum! Phil (@pchow13) is serving up delightful biweekly metas over on his own channel, "Phil's Crossword Corner", and it looks like he's just finished adding his catalog of older puzzles. If you're not one of his solvers already, what are you waiting for? Go give Phil a follow!

I reached out to Phil a couple weeks ago to see if he'd like to write something together, and this puzzle is the result of that connection. Phil told me this is his first ever crossword constructing collab, but I'm certain it won't be his last! Anyways, onto the puzzle, the answer to which is something you might duck out of.

Thank you to @Cap'n Rick for keeping the SSS running smoothly (pun intended!), to @Joe Ross for the tech help, and to @Abide, @FrankieHeck, and Christina Bodensiek for test solving and feedback.

Please submit your answers on Crosshare or PM one of us. Nudges forthcoming today at noon, and the answer will be revealed on Saturday. Happy solving!



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Re: Duck Out

Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 8:38 am
by benchen71
Sssolved! Well done on a fun collab, too. :D

Re: Duck Out

Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 8:41 am
by ky-mike
Sssolved. Great collab work. Nice way to start the meta week.

Re: Duck Out

Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 9:11 am
by Schmeel
Sssolved- thanks for the puzzle!

Re: Duck Out

Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 10:04 am
by pchow13
schmidzy wrote: Sun Apr 28, 2024 7:54 am Happy Sunday, Muggles!

As I hope you are all aware by now, we've got a "new kid on the block" here on the forum! Phil (@pchow13) is serving up delightful biweekly metas over on his own channel, "Phil's Crossword Corner", and it looks like he's just finished adding his catalog of older puzzles. If you're not one of his solvers already, what are you waiting for? Go give Phil a follow!

I reached out to Phil a couple weeks ago to see if he'd like to write something together, and this puzzle is the result of that connection. Phil told me this is his first ever crossword constructing collab, but I'm certain it won't be his last! Anyways, onto the puzzle, the answer to which is something you might duck out of.

Thank you to @Cap'n Rick for keeping the SSS running smoothly (pun intended!), to @Joe Ross for the tech help, and to @Abide, @FrankieHeck, and Christina Bodensiek for test solving and feedback.

Please submit your answers on Crosshare or PM one of us. Nudges forthcoming today at noon, and the answer will be revealed on Saturday. Happy solving!
Hope y'all enjoy the puzzle... @schmidzy🦆🦆 was SO MUCH FUN to work with and I look forward to constructing together again :mrgreen:

Re: Duck Out

Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 10:18 am
by damefox
Nice one Lydia and Phil!

Re: Duck Out

Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 10:20 am
by boharr
SSSolved. Excellent puzzle. Thank you Lydia and Phil.

Re: Duck Out

Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 10:27 am
by MatthewL
Sssolved. Nice collaboration. Thanks for the puzzle!

Re: Duck Out

Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 10:42 am
by whimsy
Aren't we lucky ducksss for getting to sssolve this!
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Thanks, guyssss!

Re: Duck Out

Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 10:51 am
by KayW
:crossed_swords: :rabbit: :snake: SSSolved.

As for this duo's debut meta:
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Thanks!

Re: Duck Out

Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 11:07 am
by hcbirker
Sssolved! That was fun!

Re: Duck Out

Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 11:12 am
by MarkWoychick
SSSolved - thank you both!

Re: Duck Out

Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 11:43 am
by Darth
Sssolved. Cool collab!
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Re: Duck Out

Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 11:52 am
by Wendy Walker
SSS, NNN! Fun puzzle; thanks!

Re: Duck Out

Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 12:01 pm
by woozy
Fun and cute and not painfully (but playfully) obvious.

Re: Duck Out

Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 12:04 pm
by schmidzy
Thanks everyone for the kind words so far! How about some noonday nudges:

1. Huh, I could have sworn there were some ducks around here somewhere! Looks like they all ducked out.
2. You'll need to put four ducks back in their proper place.
3. Gee, these ducky entries all "pair" nicely with another clue!
4. Sure enough, we're doing alternate entries again. Mr. G is your friend, in case some of these aren't familiar.

Re: Duck Out

Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 12:13 pm
by ChrisKochmanski
SSSolved!

As they say: It takes two. Quite nice!

Re: Duck Out

Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 12:29 pm
by ajk
Solved without nudges. Just the right difficulty level for an SSS, and fun mechanism. Super jealous of the 41D clue. :lol:
Thanks. :)

Re: Duck Out

Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 1:40 pm
by Qmark
SSSolved! Thanks folks! (no nudges needed)

Re: Duck Out

Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 1:47 pm
by rjy
Nnnudgelesss sssolve, fun one, thanks!