#77 - "Matters of Taste"
Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2020 2:42 pm
Emailed out today.
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#77 - "Matters of Taste"
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Re: #77 Matters of Taste
Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2020 2:42 pm
solved
Re: #77 Matters of Taste
Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2020 3:05 pm
And also solved. A bit tricky, imo.
Re: #77 Matters of Taste
Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2020 6:57 pm
Ditto
Re: #77 Matters of Taste
Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2020 7:33 pm
Submitted.
Re: #77 Matters of Taste
Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2020 7:50 pm
Submitted-confirmed
Re: #77 Matters of Taste
Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2020 8:55 pm
Ruh roh. I jumped the gun. Peter told me I was warm, so I revisited the puzzle, saw what I needed to, and resubmitted. Now confirmed correct.
Hey, I kinda like the idea of a mini meta. Really focuses your attention. Wouldn't mind seeing more.
Re: #77 Matters of Taste
Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2020 10:47 pm
Just submitted, now worried I might have jumped the gun as it seemed self-contained, but did I miss something.
Did ask PGW if my solution was the answer or not.
Postscript - got it. Didn't jump the gun. Phew.
Re: #77 - "Matters of Taste"
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2020 4:15 pm
I'm afraid I've given up on this one, it's just beyond me! I have an answer but it's so much less than a 100% click that I'm not going to embarrass myself by sending it in. I enjoyed the grid and really like the idea of a mini-meta puzzle though!
Re: #77 - "Matters of Taste"
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2020 11:31 pm
I peek at this each day and so far I got nada, but I will try to look again before the deadline.
Re: #77 - "Matters of Taste"
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2020 11:50 pm
Submitted with confidence. Surprised to get an email from Peter late tonight: "No, sorry." Wonder what I missed.....
Re: #77 - "Matters of Taste"
Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2020 4:35 pm
Ditto. Can't find a starting point.Beth Tyrpin wrote: ↑Fri Sep 18, 2020 11:31 pm I peek at this each day and so far I got nada, but I will try to look again before the deadline.
Re: #77 - "Matters of Taste"
Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2020 5:49 pm
I've sent in a guess based on a version of the first idea that came to mind. Not nearly 100%, and unlike Laura I'm alway fine with embarrassing myself. 
Edit: "Sorry, no."
Edit: "Sorry, no."
Re: #77 - "Matters of Taste"
Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2020 5:57 pm
Had the right idea, but whiffed with my answer... well, more like my foul tip was held by the catcher. Whatever; a K is still a K. Even though my second answer was verified as correct, my new streak starts tomorrow (or with the next puzzle).
Re: #77 - "Matters of Taste"
Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2020 3:55 pm
Need a nudge. I have no clue.
Re: #77 - "Matters of Taste"
Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2020 4:15 pm
Re: #77 - "Matters of Taste"
Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2020 5:35 pm
Didn't click the "with proper names" box in the anagram solver.
I also really wanted SWEET SALT SOUR BITTER UMAMI to play some role & was reluctant to give that up.
Edit: it's really super impressive how clean the grid is, especially the long, paired downs, given the constraint from the center across stack.
I also really wanted SWEET SALT SOUR BITTER UMAMI to play some role & was reluctant to give that up.
Edit: it's really super impressive how clean the grid is, especially the long, paired downs, given the constraint from the center across stack.
Re: #77 - "Matters of Taste"
Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2020 9:30 pm
Nope, never would have gotten this, sorry PGW! Anagrams are not my thing. (Of course I still tried to anagram practically everything this puzzle--using an online generator--but never really with the right context...) I did think that the full celebrity names were significant, but I always included the down entry NINA AGDAL with the across three. And like Hector I was completely convinced that sweet/salty/sour/bitter/umami played a part somehow!