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#634 - "Foursquare"
Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2020 11:55 am
by Hector
This week’s contest answer is a four-letter adjective.
Re: #634 - "Foursquare"
Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2020 12:27 pm
by Hector
Nice grid, decent meta, board filling quickly for a week 4, even for a 3.
Re: #634 - "Foursquare"
Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2020 12:41 pm
by Meg
Not a week 3 imho. Matt, despite his incredible constructing skills, has trouble sometimes with difficulty rating.
Re: #634 - "Foursquare"
Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2020 12:54 pm
by anjhinz
On the board! nice respite after blowing my streak last week :/
Re: #634 - "Foursquare"
Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2020 12:56 pm
by FrankieHeck
anjhinz wrote: ↑Fri Jul 24, 2020 12:54 pm
On the board! nice respite after blowing my streak last week :/
I started a new streak, too. But something tells me I'll be starting a new new one in a couple of weeks.
Re: #634 - "Foursquare"
Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2020 12:57 pm
by Cindy
Solved.
Re: #634 - "Foursquare"
Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2020 1:02 pm
by ky-mike
Solved with a bit of help from my wife.
Now back to the WSJ.
Re: #634 - "Foursquare"
Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2020 1:02 pm
by Streroto
Beam me up. Agree not week 4 but since WSJCC is killing me for the second week in a row I will take it. Back to the rabbit holes!
Re: #634 - "Foursquare"
Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2020 1:09 pm
by TMart
On the board. Matt went easy on us this week.
Re: #634 - "Foursquare"
Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2020 1:14 pm
by joequavis
Beam me up, and save me a space on the bridge with a big desk and a full pot of coffee so I can work on the WSJCC.
Definitely haven't seen this mechanism before.
Re: #634 - "Foursquare"
Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2020 1:16 pm
by spotter
It's official. I'm in a Meta Slump.
Re: #634 - "Foursquare"
Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2020 1:20 pm
by oldjudge
Solved and submitted-confirmed. I thought this was a really creative puzzle by Matt. He never ceases to amaze.
Re: #634 - "Foursquare"
Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2020 2:17 pm
by spotter
OK, made it out of the slump on a solo solve. Just took me a while to see it. Funny enough, I had a guess with no context and it turned out to be the answer! Would've been correct on a Hail Mary solve.
Re: #634 - "Foursquare"
Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2020 2:41 pm
by Dplass
Got it/beam me up. Brilliant construction.
Re: #634 - "Foursquare"
Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2020 2:56 pm
by BarbaraK
spotter wrote: ↑Fri Jul 24, 2020 2:17 pm
OK, made it out of the slump on a solo solve. Just took me a while to see it. Funny enough, I had a guess with no context and it turned out to be the answer! Would've been correct on a Hail Mary solve.
This never ever happens to me. I really expected last week to be viola - an instrument that usually plays the harmony part.
Beamed up much more quickly this week.
Re: #634 - "Foursquare"
Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2020 3:16 pm
by spotter
BarbaraK wrote: ↑Fri Jul 24, 2020 2:56 pm
spotter wrote: ↑Fri Jul 24, 2020 2:17 pm
OK, made it out of the slump on a solo solve. Just took me a while to see it. Funny enough, I had a guess with no context and it turned out to be the answer! Would've been correct on a Hail Mary solve.
This never ever happens to me. I really expected last week to be viola - an instrument that usually plays the harmony part.
Beamed up much more quickly this week.
It's definitely a first for me!
Re: #634 - "Foursquare"
Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2020 3:21 pm
by tonyrobots
Beam me up! Found this one very elegant. Nice work once again, Matt!
Re: #634 - "Foursquare"
Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2020 3:38 pm
by damefox
Got it a couple hours ago but forgot to post. It sort of seems like this one should've been harder than last week's, but I found it much easier.
Re: #634 - "Foursquare"
Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2020 3:55 pm
by JordanianTomlinson
Biscuit in the basket (channeling my inner Keith Olbermann)! Gotta crack that WSJCC code before I crack open a drink, though.
Re: #634 - "Foursquare"
Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2020 3:59 pm
by Dplass
damefox wrote: ↑Fri Jul 24, 2020 3:38 pm
Got it a couple hours ago but forgot to post. It sort of seems like this one should've been harder than last week's, but I found it much easier.
No; Matt wrote that since last week didn't have the expected % correct, he would make this week's easier.