MGWCC #745 — “Hanging by a Thread”
- boharr
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- oldjudge
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Very true. At this point I think the only “judge” that sounds good is Aaron Judge.
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I did this quickly and do not fully understand it. I must have done something right because at #157 on the board is a name very similar to mine. I'll have to parse and reparse the title and themers and hunt for an Easter egg or two. Or if you just want to PM me with the explanation, fire away.
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I see the answer, and some extra answer
Will submit but will wait to be enlightened about why i seem to have leftovers. well, one leftover.
(update: on the board; still wondering about that extra piece)
Will submit but will wait to be enlightened about why i seem to have leftovers. well, one leftover.
(update: on the board; still wondering about that extra piece)
Last edited by HeadinHome on Sat Sep 10, 2022 7:34 am, edited 1 time in total.
The other Wendy.
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Waiting for someone to beam me up. Nice puzzle. Feels good to actually solve something just at the moment. (WSJ and MEOW, I'm looking at you!)
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Submitted, but not confirmed. I included a note that suggested a possible other answer. We'll see which way the wind is blowing. Now I'm gonna give the WSJ another look. Spent about 10 minutes on it yesterday and couldn't make heads or tails of it.
Update: I picked the right one. Still no clue on WSJ
Update: I picked the right one. Still no clue on WSJ
Last edited by Joe on Fri Sep 09, 2022 8:14 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Happy to give nudges. If you notice I've solved, please tell me about avenues you've explored so I can nudge you in the right direction and not off a cliff.
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BMW'd up
Very funny meta this week
Very funny meta this week
"Lots of planets have a North", the Ninth Doctor.
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Submitted, presuming to be beamed up… back to Matt’s other challenge in the WSJ, still ain’t seeing nuttin’!
Ray
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Got to it eight hours late. The grid was tough I thought. I'm embarrassed that I didn't see it right away. But when I saw it I realized I was embarrassed I didn't see it right away.
(Noting doing too great on two others this week that should be easy.)
(Noting doing too great on two others this week that should be easy.)
So I just plain couldn't get my meta based on "Up the Down Staircase" to work.
My challenge it to constructors is to make a meta where the meta, theme or metanism is "Up the Down Staircase".
My challenge it to constructors is to make a meta where the meta, theme or metanism is "Up the Down Staircase".
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Ditto
"Lots of planets have a North", the Ninth Doctor.
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Submitted an answer and back to WSJ.
Team DoubleTow=Ali who posts here, Alex & Maya the hound(with occasional assistance from son)
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I was out all day but solved this on my phone. I didn't submit right away due to the comments about an alternative answer. Came home and printed it up but was only able to see the answer I wound up submitting. Beam me up! Seemed like an easy Week 1. I'm still mystified about why, at this point, there have been 16 incorrect submissions.
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I did the same. I hope I picked wisely, as well.Joe wrote: ↑Fri Sep 09, 2022 6:53 pm Submitted, but not confirmed. I included a note that suggested a possible other answer. We'll see which way the wind is blowing. Now I'm gonna give the WSJ another look. Spent about 10 minutes on it yesterday and couldn't make heads or tails of it.
Update: I picked the right one. Still no clue on WSJ
I have a theory regarding the 18 (currently) incorrect answers. In fact, I used that theory to decide which answer to submit. Fingers crossed!
EDIT: I picked the right one! OR Matt accepted my explanation. We will see.
My avatar proves that it is sometimes better to be lucky than good!
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Lower left corner (!) tells you that an obviously appropriate answer isn't correct. No offense to the maestro, but that's bollocks.
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Hmmmmm
We’ll see; I may have guessed wrong.
Went with the obvious with one question mark dangling
Could be fatal error
We’ll see; I may have guessed wrong.
Went with the obvious with one question mark dangling
Could be fatal error
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Answer right; looked at the puzzle wrong and had missed part of the cleverness.
Would rate as a week one, though, which is NOT a complaint!
Would rate as a week one, though, which is NOT a complaint!