MGWCC #766 — “Happy Birthday to Her”
- Joe Ross
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MGWCC #766 — “Happy Birthday to Her”
MGWCC #766 — Friday, September 3rd, 2023 — “Happy Birthday to Her”
THIS WEEK’S INSTRUCTIONS:
This puzzle’s contest answer is how many years old my daughter turns today, as illustrated in *each* of the four theme entries (i.e. don’t add them up!)
Solve well, and be not led astray by words intended to deceive.
--Matt
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THIS WEEK’S INSTRUCTIONS:
This puzzle’s contest answer is how many years old my daughter turns today, as illustrated in *each* of the four theme entries (i.e. don’t add them up!)
Solve well, and be not led astray by words intended to deceive.
--Matt
WANT TO SUBSCRIBE TO MY CROSSWORD CONTEST?:
MGWCC is available only to subscribers at my Patreon page.
A subscription costs $3/month.
- Al Sisti
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This may be your best chance to get the #1 solver medal...
- Joe Ross
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1. spotter......... 02/03 - 12:01
2. josephwnelson 02/03 - 12:01
3. Lily 💯......... 02/03 - 12:01
4. Hector.......... 02/03 - 12:01
5. Neville ㉌...... 02/03 - 12:01
6. Joe Ross ㉕.... 02/03 - 12:02
🎂🎈🥳💗
2. josephwnelson 02/03 - 12:01
3. Lily 💯......... 02/03 - 12:01
4. Hector.......... 02/03 - 12:01
5. Neville ㉌...... 02/03 - 12:01
6. Joe Ross ㉕.... 02/03 - 12:02
🎂🎈🥳💗
- ajk
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Beamed. Finished the grid rather than jumping at the temptation to submit right away.
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Check out this very cool project by many of your favorite muggles to raise money to fight cancer. You get a fun puzzle bundle and good causes get $. Win-win: Crosswords for Cancer
- ricky
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Beamed up!
(I did not finish the grid.)
(I did not finish the grid.)
Check out the meta challenge at Lexicon Devil
Latest puzzle: "This Place Looks Familiar," March 7, 2024
Deadline: Tuesday, March 12, 2024, 12 PM EST
Latest puzzle: "This Place Looks Familiar," March 7, 2024
Deadline: Tuesday, March 12, 2024, 12 PM EST
- jhseeman
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Beamed up at 25, took the time to solve the grid.
- MajordomoTom
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I also wanted to finish the grid, so not in the first 50, but well placed here, well placed here.
"Lots of planets have a North", the Ninth Doctor.
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Yes, for the Gaffney obsessives out there, this was definitely solvable without the grid. But I've already got my #1 badge, so solve the grid I did.
- ky-mike
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Printed the puzzle. looked at the leaderboard and decided that since I wasn't going to be first, I would complete the grid prior to submitting.
Waiting on an update.
Waiting on an update.
- MikeM000
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I do believe this is the first time in my almost 3 years as a subscriber to get one of these:
- MikeyG
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This one takes the cake!
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- DCBilly
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On the board at #64. Happy birthday.
- hcbirker
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Beamed. Happy birthday young one!
Heidi
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Beamed up. Happy Birthday! ![🎈](//cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/twitter/twemoji@latest/assets/svg/1f388.svg)
Cindy Heisler
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- woozy
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The way me week is going I'll be surprised if I get this. (Anyone else find the grid really tough?)
Happy Birthday.
Happy Birthday.
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".
- Bob cruise director
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Can one of you explain this to me. I got my Patreon notification at 12:005 today. By that time, 6 people were already on the board.
Bob Stevens
Cruise Director
Cruise Director
- Joe Ross
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Easily:Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Fri Feb 03, 2023 1:57 pm Can one of you explain this to me. I got my Patreon notification at 12:005 today. By that time, 6 people were already on the board.
- Matt posted the meta prompt several minutes before noon ET on his site.
- The answer can be quickly found without the crossword puzzle.
- As soon as the entry form was available on Matt's site, several people entered correctly.
- Al Sisti
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My #1 came from his birthday, as a matter of fact.
- Wendy Walker
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Very cute! Happy Birthday, sweet girl!
Good luck, fellow Muggles!