PCC#20 "Let's Get Buzzed" (Dec. 16, 2023)
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PCC#20 "Let's Get Buzzed" (Dec. 16, 2023)
Please see below for the latest puzzle PCC#20 - "Let's Get Buzzed"
[Level 2.5] Meta prompt: The answer to the meta is the name of a Disney character
Note: the level is the intended difficulty I had in mind when I designed the puzzle, but may play differently since every solver has their own area of expertise... what one person may find easy, another may find difficult.
Have fun and keep in mind if you're ever lost at sea, google is your best friend (actually, I don't know if you'd get internet service in the middle of the ocean)
-Phil
Links courtesy of Joe Ross (thank you as always for the tech support!)
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Nudges below:
Hint #1:
Hint #2:
Hint #3:
Hint #4:
Hint #5:
Solution below - SPOILER ALERT:
Answer explanation:
[Level 2.5] Meta prompt: The answer to the meta is the name of a Disney character
Note: the level is the intended difficulty I had in mind when I designed the puzzle, but may play differently since every solver has their own area of expertise... what one person may find easy, another may find difficult.
Have fun and keep in mind if you're ever lost at sea, google is your best friend (actually, I don't know if you'd get internet service in the middle of the ocean)
-Phil
Links courtesy of Joe Ross (thank you as always for the tech support!)
crosshare
PUZ
Nudges below:
Hint #1:
Hint #2:
Hint #3:
Hint #4:
Hint #5:
Solution below - SPOILER ALERT:
Answer explanation:
Last edited by pchow13 on Tue Jan 16, 2024 11:59 am, edited 7 times in total.
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Well, I'm Buzzed. Fun and original one. Tricky.
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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Buzzing! A fun one -thanks Phil!
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Sated! Thanks Phil
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Great puzzle, thanks Phil!
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!
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Thanks Chris! i see what you did there you did it on PCC#19 too
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Fun one, Phil! Very well-constructed.
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Haha I didn't see it until Phil commented. That might be my new solve phrase format for this one. I steal only from the best.
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All done (and without nudges)! Thanks for the clever puzzle, Phil.
Matthew
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Wow, my congratulations to all those who got this, I never was going to. I looked up the rules for BUZZ and saw there were two versions, Buzz and BIZZ BUZZ. I did know there were 7 deadly sins, continents, and hills of Rome, and if I had counted OIVYRGB I'd have seen the 7 connection (I did not know there were 7 HP books) but I am not sure I would have made the "just do the 7s" connection since I was playing the wrong "game".
I spent ages circling the letters of ONLY those clues without a double letter since in the one game a "multiple" of a number is when you say "BIZZ BUZZ" and I thought (since there were so may with double letters compared to those without) that this was the Mx. Must have been difficult to construct, congrats Phil.
I spent ages circling the letters of ONLY those clues without a double letter since in the one game a "multiple" of a number is when you say "BIZZ BUZZ" and I thought (since there were so may with double letters compared to those without) that this was the Mx. Must have been difficult to construct, congrats Phil.
NUDGES!I am always willing to give nudges where needed; metas should be about fun, not frustration. Send me what you have done so far because often you are closer than you think!
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I finally turned the corner. Actually, this one had me cornered.
Instead of reading 48D clue carefully, I depended on my experience with the game where we also “buzzed” on every number that included the digit 7. So even those I had the mechanism, my application gave me 25 letters and I was not clever enough to see the answer amongst them.
Instead of reading 48D clue carefully, I depended on my experience with the game where we also “buzzed” on every number that included the digit 7. So even those I had the mechanism, my application gave me 25 letters and I was not clever enough to see the answer amongst them.
My avatar proves that it is sometimes better to be lucky than good!
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Hi Phil,
I just stumbled onto your link and your puzzles look like fun! I've D'loaded the PDFs for #20, 21, and 22, and I'm wondering if your previous ones will be uploaded to this website?
I just stumbled onto your link and your puzzles look like fun! I've D'loaded the PDFs for #20, 21, and 22, and I'm wondering if your previous ones will be uploaded to this website?
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Seattle DB wrote: ↑Sun Jan 21, 2024 3:25 pm Hi Phil,
I just stumbled onto your link and your puzzles look like fun! I've D'loaded the PDFs for #20, 21, and 22, and I'm wondering if your previous ones will be uploaded to this website?
On Phil's crosshare page, you can find puzzles going back three years. Use the "print" function to download pdfs, or click the three-dots menu to download the puz version (or just solve on crosshare).
https://crosshare.org/pchow13
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Don’t worry, yes I shall upload the archived puzzles onto the Muggles forum soon - please give me some time to format the pdfs and everything… if you prefer online solving over paper solving, then as MMe mentioned in the post above, the past puzzles are on my Crosshare page: https://crosshare.org/pchow13
Seattle DB wrote: ↑Sun Jan 21, 2024 3:25 pm Hi Phil,
I just stumbled onto your link and your puzzles look like fun! I've D'loaded the PDFs for #20, 21, and 22, and I'm wondering if your previous ones will be uploaded to this website?