"Piece Process" May 10, 2024

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Had to get it help. I wasn't going to see this one. My meta blindness is getting worse.
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#122

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Whew - made it to shore, grid was a grind
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#123

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woozy wrote: ↑Thu May 09, 2024 8:16 pm
DannyWalter wrote: ↑Thu May 09, 2024 8:09 pm
Jeremy Smith wrote: ↑Thu May 09, 2024 7:06 pm

Would you believe?....
This conversation should be held in the cone of silence.
... and loving it!
I missed it by...quite a lot actually
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DannyWalter wrote: ↑Thu May 09, 2024 8:09 pm
Jeremy Smith wrote: ↑Thu May 09, 2024 7:06 pm
DCBilly wrote: ↑Thu May 09, 2024 6:54 pm

Sorry about that, Chief
Would you believe?....
This conversation should be held in the cone of silence.
Good thinking, 99!
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REMINDER!


Please join us for our Muggle Friday Zoom today at 4:30 pm Eastern time. We will take a close look at the "Piece Process" and try to help "piece it together" for those who may need some assistance. For those who have already solved, we will offer some comraderie and good cheer!

Click on the Muggle Zoom Room tab at the top of the page. All are welcome!
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#126

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BarbaraK wrote: ↑Thu May 09, 2024 10:44 pm
jsf56 wrote: ↑Thu May 09, 2024 9:27 pm This is (for me, anyway) the 🥴 meta I have encountered of the twenty or so of these I have done. J just registered to ask whether it is experience or was this one particularly 🥴 ?
Hello and welcome!

You ask a tricky question. It's hard to rate the difficulty of these puzzles. In any meta, even the hardest, the correct mechanism just happens to be the first thing that someone tries. And even the easiest metas just happen to land in a blind spot for some solvers. So any one person's experience can be deceiving.

...(and there are always some, and everyone's time will come to be that someone)...
Well said, Barbara!

This puzzle took a Whole World Championship Master Meta Solver a bit longer to solve than might be expected, emphasizing your point that we all take turns being frustrated.
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#127

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Ashore. Started on time, like most grid was tough. Meta took an aha but then...well you know the word. Very late posting though!
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#128

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Al Sisti wrote: ↑Thu May 09, 2024 10:10 pm Finally on shore. Sometimes you see it, sometimes you don't. Sometimes you need to just go straight to the Guinness and earn it later.
If you have a Guinness before you solve, is it a solo solve?
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#129

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boharr wrote: ↑Fri May 10, 2024 9:42 am
Al Sisti wrote: ↑Thu May 09, 2024 10:10 pm Finally on shore. Sometimes you see it, sometimes you don't. Sometimes you need to just go straight to the Guinness and earn it later.
If you have a Guinness before you solve, is it a solo solve?
Not sure, but I wouldn't Harp on it.
If I'm around, I am willing to join the Muggle Zoom room at other times to lend a hand to those in need.
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Ashore! Started the grid late last night and then gave up on it until this morning.
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boharr wrote: ↑Fri May 10, 2024 9:42 am
Al Sisti wrote: ↑Thu May 09, 2024 10:10 pm Finally on shore. Sometimes you see it, sometimes you don't. Sometimes you need to just go straight to the Guinness and earn it later.
If you have a Guinness before you solve, is it a solo solve?
I might have to addend my goto solving techniques...

SOLO Guiness.png
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#132

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Solved! Needed a hint, though.
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#133

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Solved..that took longer than it should have!
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Ashore. Tougher grid than usual.
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#135

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Well, that was an interesting life experience: first time that speaking Spanish helped me solve a meta even though it was wildly and weirdly indirect!! Mercy!!

Well, ashore with 99% confidence: despite not having a super-satisfying click I don't see how it could possibly be anything else. UPDATE: Okay...a click. But still...not a loud click.

Fourth week in a row? Something like that...
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Grids are easy...metas are hard.
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On the beach! Agree with comments on grid difficulty. But a fun satisfying solve!
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On the beach. I too have a few comments about this week's fill...
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Good Friday morning muggles

Another fun meta from Mr. Shenk

First we have several new muggles this week - @Pam wants a mug (don't we all), @jsf56 , and @emmy Welcome to all and it is always great to have more muggles.

So far we have 115 on the shore enjoying the sun and drinks from the tiki bar.

Good luck to all getting the meta.
Bob Stevens
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#139

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Wait a minute...mug...muggles...hold the phone there, Sir!! There are metas within metas!! Ach!!!!
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Grids are easy...metas are hard.
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#140

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Either I'm an idiot and can't connect the dots, or this puzzle has some incredibly misleading rabbit holes. Grid was pretty smooth, but this is definitely a frustrating meta. Usually I see something and find my way to the answer fairly quickly, or I see nothing and happily give up, content to wait until Monday to see what I was missing. I'm in limbo this week!
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