"Tie Game" August 18, 2023
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Sad to say that I'm staying on the ship again this week. Three in a row. Harrumph!
Sara
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Definitely on the ship with Issac, but for the second time in recent memory, i need to thank @HunterX for his avatar!
JustAQuickThought
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Me too. At sea, yet again.Hidden in 3D wrote: ↑Sun Aug 20, 2023 9:30 pm Sad to say that I'm staying on the ship again this week. Three in a row. Harrumph!
- Bob cruise director
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Good evening muggles
Our final count is 21 on the ship with Isaac and 128 on the shore. Reflective of how challenging the meta was this week.
Good luck to those who submitted winning the mug.
Our final count is 21 on the ship with Isaac and 128 on the shore. Reflective of how challenging the meta was this week.
Good luck to those who submitted winning the mug.
Bob Stevens
Cruise Director
Cruise Director
- HunterX
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Glad to be of service! Care for a game of 34A? The stakes are quite high. Just ask that pesky James Bond fellow. If you can find the body, that is.
- Colin
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Happily, on boat,
Tied up, ready to move home.
No game, this moving!
Tied up, ready to move home.
No game, this moving!
One world. One planet. One future.
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Ashore -- late submission after a weekend of moving my daughter back to college. I think I earned a gift from Isaac more than once this weekend.
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Had to work a little harder than usual for whatever reason, but I ended up straggling onto the beach with just over an hour to spare.
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Three weeks in a row for me. It may or may not be a record.WSJosh wrote: ↑Sun Aug 20, 2023 9:52 pmMe too. At sea, yet again.Hidden in 3D wrote: ↑Sun Aug 20, 2023 9:30 pm Sad to say that I'm staying on the ship again this week. Three in a row. Harrumph!
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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I just got there. With less than an hour to spare. Tough one. A lot of rabbit holes this week. Circled back to one of my first thoughts which ended up being the right path.
- KscX
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Shoot. Giving it one last shot at 11:45, I noticed the four four-letter entries...and stacked them, hoping they'd spell a word in column. I spent WAY too much time dealing with the four clues that had "game" in the clue.
- woozy
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Oh, "tie".
That's cute. Utter red herring.
Counting letters is something I almost never do. Never would have gotten this.
That's cute. Utter red herring.
Counting letters is something I almost never do. Never would have gotten this.
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".
- escapeartist
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Nope.
I have only been doing these WSJ metas since late 2020, but they have become very difficult this year.
I gotta go, Isaac asked for another bucket of ice.
I have only been doing these WSJ metas since late 2020, but they have become very difficult this year.
I gotta go, Isaac asked for another bucket of ice.
* 2022 WSJ Mug Winner - I bask in its Glory *
- Kas
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There once was a man from Pawtucket
Whose Meta skills drowned in a bucket.
On the ship he did stay,
In utter dismay,
And all he could say was, “Oh hi, Isaac—yes, it’s me again.”
Whose Meta skills drowned in a bucket.
On the ship he did stay,
In utter dismay,
And all he could say was, “Oh hi, Isaac—yes, it’s me again.”
- MajordomoTom
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I found the four four letter words, was trying to stack them or make a cube.
then noticed that they started with F and ended with K ... did you notice that "FOLK" is embedded in the word Norfolk?
I thought that was too much of a stretch, put the puzzle aside, and later went "DOH - tie them together" and the answer presented itself.
Lesson: if you force something and aren't satisfied with it, don't submit that idea, it's probably wrong.
then noticed that they started with F and ended with K ... did you notice that "FOLK" is embedded in the word Norfolk?
I thought that was too much of a stretch, put the puzzle aside, and later went "DOH - tie them together" and the answer presented itself.
Lesson: if you force something and aren't satisfied with it, don't submit that idea, it's probably wrong.
"Lots of planets have a North", the Ninth Doctor.
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There once was a man from Pawtucket
Whose Meta skills drowned in a bucket.
On the ship he did stay,
In utter dismay,
Again he'd made a muck of it.
"Lots of planets have a North", the Ninth Doctor.
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Wow! Was I off. I submitted “even”. I took 12 down (evident) when I saw the e-v-e-n embedded. I thought 55d “lip” being “right under your nose” was a clue back to 12 down. I subtracted the “i” from Liz, the “d” from Ida and the “t” from PTA (LIP) to change “evident” to “even”.
Talk about overthinking!!
Congrats to those who REALLY solved!
Talk about overthinking!!
Congrats to those who REALLY solved!
“I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year’s fashions”. Lillian Hellman