MGWCC #793 — "Consider the Alternative"
- Wendy Walker
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MGWCC #793 — "Consider the Alternative"
This week's contest answer is an eight-letter adjective.
Beamed up!
Beamed up!
Good luck, fellow Muggles!
- ajk
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Me too.
Thought for a second I'd fallen into the Week 2 pit of despair, but eventually saw it.
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- Joe Ross
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- MikeyG
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Yeah, my first thought was, "Not another wild Week 2," ugh. But I persevered! Beamed up but still musing on one thing.
What's my alternative today? Coffee, crosswords, cats, and Cubbies! (Wait, that's my regular.)
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What's my alternative today? Coffee, crosswords, cats, and Cubbies! (Wait, that's my regular.)
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This one also took a fair amount of thought, but inspiration finally struck and now I'm safely beamed up at #26. Right at the end the metanism didn't work quite the way I was expecting it to, but the first alternative I tried did work, so all is well.
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5th on the board. Noticed the first thing I needed to notice right away, but it took me a bit of time to figure out what to do with that. Seems I was in good company.
- MikeyG
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That's kind of where I was as well. Fun puzzle overall, though!
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Sending positive thoughts - you've got this!!
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- Meg
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Beamed, but I have a serious question which I hope Matt will answer next week.
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- boharr
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- MMe
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I think there's more than one solving path for this one, so I'll be curious to read people's experiences.
- jhseeman
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Awaiting beam up... and @mikeyg Nice beating Jangler.
Now back to digging holes for the WSJ....
Now back to digging holes for the WSJ....
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- woozy
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Oh, please tell me he's not doing what I think he's doing...
If he's doing what I think he's doing there's at least a couple hundred (and I'm not exaggerating) dead ends. Please tell me he's not doing with I'm almost certain he is doing.
I think there's more than one solving path for this one, so I'll be curious to read people's experiences.
If he's doing what I think he's doing there's at least a couple hundred (and I'm not exaggerating) dead ends. Please tell me he's not doing with I'm almost certain he is doing.
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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Beamed. I needed a course correction. I had gathered way too much information and could not figure out what to keep.
My avatar proves that it is sometimes better to be lucky than good!