MGWCC #817 — "Keep It Simple"
- Joe Ross
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MGWCC #817 — "Keep It Simple"
MGWCC #817 — "Keep It Simple"
Today's puzzle is Week 4 of 4 in January. Instructions:
This week's contest answer, which is 21 letters long, is what you might take to solve this meta.
Good luck!
NOTE: Due to the late posting, the deadline for this week's puzzle is noon ET on Wednesday, January 31st.
--Matt
Today's puzzle is Week 4 of 4 in January. Instructions:
This week's contest answer, which is 21 letters long, is what you might take to solve this meta.
Good luck!
NOTE: Due to the late posting, the deadline for this week's puzzle is noon ET on Wednesday, January 31st.
--Matt
- Bob cruise director
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No Hail Mary's this week with a 21 letter meta.
Bob Stevens
Cruise Director
Cruise Director
- ajk
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In at #6 after participating in the group solve / wanderings. ![Laughing :lol:](./images/smilies/icon_lol.gif)
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- MikeyG
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All I'm doing is wandering so far, haha.
![Image](https://i.chzbgr.com/full/6897305600/h53362C77/nope)
- schmidzy
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Beamed up, with some discord help to tie up loose ends. Funnily enough, I did think of a Hail Mary and it turned out to be correct!
- DCBilly
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On the board at #27, non-solo. Just drafting off of AJK's mad skills.
- DrTom
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Well either I got tremendously lucky and saw what I needed to do immediately (actually it was what I wanted to submit the minute I saw the puzzle but my OCD won't let me do that), or I have found the most amazing rabbit hole ever. I am concerned about something, particularly since this is a week 4 and should not have been as quick as it was, but I submitted anyway. I guess I will soon know if I am in or not. Given that there are very few solvers I am going to assume I am not, but I can certainly argue what I answered. Plus if it is not it I am DYING to see what is and how one got there.
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!
- boharr
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- ship4u
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Finally got it. Awaiting beamage. A week 6 grid (IMHO) had me stumped for most of the day.
Don & Cynthia
We are always happy to get to know other muggles and help in any way! PM's are always welcome. The next best thing to winning a mug is helping a fellow muggle win a mug!
We are always happy to get to know other muggles and help in any way! PM's are always welcome. The next best thing to winning a mug is helping a fellow muggle win a mug!
- woozy
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Meta? I can't even complete the grid.
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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Some brute force, a little back-solving, and I am in at #24. Tough one.
Who besides Gaffney even thinks of something like this?
Who besides Gaffney even thinks of something like this?
- lbray53
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Beamed. Figured out the first three letters early. Spent all day trying to make my guess work out. Finally saw a mechanism that seemed perfect but fell apart. Still missing something but submitted and answer accepted.
My avatar proves that it is sometimes better to be lucky than good!
- KayW
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EDIT: ...on the board!
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- ship4u
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Beamed at #43! Yippee yahoozer!
Don & Cynthia
We are always happy to get to know other muggles and help in any way! PM's are always welcome. The next best thing to winning a mug is helping a fellow muggle win a mug!
We are always happy to get to know other muggles and help in any way! PM's are always welcome. The next best thing to winning a mug is helping a fellow muggle win a mug!
- Meg
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Beamed up at #25. I’m looking forward to the full explanation.
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- SamKat9
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Awaiting beam...I have something that really feels like the answer but I only kinda sorta understand the mechanism, I think. Or I could be completely wrong, we'll see.
Edit: Beamed! Looking forward to the reveal.
Edit: Beamed! Looking forward to the reveal.
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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!
- benchen71
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Awaiting the beam... [thanks to a discord group-solve effort!]
... and I'm beamed at #54.![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif)
... and I'm beamed at #54.
![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif)
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![Shocked :shock:](./images/smilies/icon_eek.gif)
- MikeyG
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I might be at the same place as you, post-beamage. Fun one, though, nonetheless!
- HeadinHome
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What she said. Saw it quickly but had a small glitch… submitted anyway after confirming with another solver. Will be interested to learn what explains the glitch.
Hardest grid in a looong time.
The other Wendy. ![Rolling Eyes :roll:](./images/smilies/icon_rolleyes.gif)
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- woozy
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Weird got seven or eight completely unrelated rabbit holes that all go nowhere and lack consistamcy but most of seem too much for coincidence.
It's rare the I see so much that just nothing goes with nothing. Utterly lost.
It's rare the I see so much that just nothing goes with nothing. Utterly lost.
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".