MGWCC #805 — “You Built This City”
- boharr
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Beamed. My streak has hit 100. I'm contemplating not submitting for one week and purposely ending it. Thanksgiving might be a good time to ease the stress. Plus, it would give Jangler a chance to catch up. LOL
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- ky-mike
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Just missed update by two minutes. Seems like a week one to me.
Edit-#80
Edit-#80
- Wendy Walker
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Got it, but it was a struggle!
Last flowers of the season: monkshood, marigolds, mums.
Last flowers of the season: monkshood, marigolds, mums.
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Good luck, fellow Muggles!
- BarbaraK
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WSJ easy? It certainly wasn't for me. And I noticed several people who thought they'd solved it quickly, later realized they'd missed something and were on the wrong shore.
MGWCC was not as easy as week 1s often are, but beamed up without too much fuss.
If you want help with a meta, feel free to PM me. The more specific you are about what you have and what you want, the more likely I can help without spoiling.
(And if I help you win a mug, I’ll be especially delighted.)
(And if I help you win a mug, I’ll be especially delighted.)
- MajordomoTom
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done, back to the WSJ, still lost at sea there
edit: on at #98, built that one just fine
edit: on at #98, built that one just fine
"Lots of planets have a North", the Ninth Doctor.
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- rjy
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Downs-only, no-instructions, foolishly submitted without peeking but clearly seemed a solid click. Awaiting tractor beam…
Ray
- woozy
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Got it, thanks to @schmidzy
Hardest. Week. One. EVER!
Straightforward and elegant but damned near impossible to see. A week 2.5 at least but 3 would be .... well, I've had easier times with week 3s but I guess this is a little too straightforward to be a week 3.
Very. very. VERY. hard puzzle
Um... you're kidding. RIght? You HAVE to be kidding.
EDIT: Beamed at #121. (Is it my imagination but do I frequently beam at #121?)
Hardest. Week. One. EVER!
Straightforward and elegant but damned near impossible to see. A week 2.5 at least but 3 would be .... well, I've had easier times with week 3s but I guess this is a little too straightforward to be a week 3.
Very. very. VERY. hard puzzle
Um... you're kidding. RIght? You HAVE to be kidding.
EDIT: Beamed at #121. (Is it my imagination but do I frequently beam at #121?)
Last edited by woozy on Fri Nov 03, 2023 9:34 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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".
- rjy
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Nope! Sometimes something you try works, many many times it doesn’t. It was a blind squirrel kinda daywoozy wrote: ↑Fri Nov 03, 2023 6:00 pm Got it, thanks to @schmidzy
Hardest. Week. One. EVER!
Straightforward and elegant but damned near impossible to see. A week 2.5 at least but 3 would be .... well, I've had easier times with week 3s but I guess this is a little too straightforward to be a week 3.
Very. very. VERY. hard puzzle
Um... you're kidding. RIght? You HAVE to be kidding.
Ray
- benchen71
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Awaiting the beam... [Definitely tricky for a week 1!]
... and I'm beamed at #137.
... and I'm beamed at #137.
Last edited by benchen71 on Fri Nov 03, 2023 8:07 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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- Jeremy Smith
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Beamed. A bit on the tough side for a week 1, but very fair. Didn't seem inelegant at all.
- HeadinHome
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I got it I think. There was an alternate for one of the letters that had me stumped .. then I found the other option, that works. Submitting.
The other Wendy.
- KayW
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Submitted and as confident as I ever am. Agree it seems more like a week 2, but well done.
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- hcbirker
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Okay had to refocus my brain that this was not a week one. Awaiting beamage. I needed some dilithium crystals from @BarbaraK
Heidi
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Getting dinner ready with my wife tonight, I found myself singing "We built this city on rock and roll..." and wondered aloud "Why is that song stuck in my head?"
Oh yeah... thanks Matt Gaffney!
Oh yeah... thanks Matt Gaffney!
- Bird Lives
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Beamed up. Funny how it makes things difficult when you have a couple of mistakes in the grid in crucial places so that you get letters that make no sense.
If I was #125 at quarter past six, this is certainly not a genuine Week One. No badge for me this week, but I'm betting that Matt will post my comment.
If I was #125 at quarter past six, this is certainly not a genuine Week One. No badge for me this week, but I'm betting that Matt will post my comment.
Jay
- SamKat9
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Got a chance to do this one and awaiting the beam!
I'm going to be doing puzzles more sporadically...I had my son on Monday, and it turns out having a newborn and a toddler is an exercise in controlling (or embracing) chaos. Who knew? I hope everyone has a good weekend!
Diego on his birthday
I'm going to be doing puzzles more sporadically...I had my son on Monday, and it turns out having a newborn and a toddler is an exercise in controlling (or embracing) chaos. Who knew? I hope everyone has a good weekend!
Diego on his birthday
Shannon
PS: If you want help with a meta, PM what you have so I can help without spoiling too much. I've received lots of help in the beginning and I love to pay it forward!
PS: If you want help with a meta, PM what you have so I can help without spoiling too much. I've received lots of help in the beginning and I love to pay it forward!
- rjy
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SO excited for you, enjoy the adventure… congrats!SamKat9 wrote: ↑Fri Nov 03, 2023 11:21 pm Got a chance to do this one and awaiting the beam!
I'm going to be doing puzzles more sporadically...I had my son on Monday, and it turns out having a newborn and a toddler is an exercise in controlling (or embracing) chaos. Who knew? I hope everyone has a good weekend!
Ray
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I know exactly what you are referring to, but you can rule one of them out (for an elegant reason and a less elegant reason lol).HeadinHome wrote: ↑Fri Nov 03, 2023 7:46 pm I got it I think. There was an alternate for one of the letters that had me stumped .. then I found the other option, that works. Submitting.