MGWCC #832 — “Name-Dropping”

[woozy]

Well.... that was weird.

Not a bloody clue, and not a bloody idea how there can be a clue. Of course, I know the names of more vegetarian New Zealand glass-blowers than I do American athletes who have won many medals at the Summer Olympics.

[LesY]

Solved / beamed.

YMMV but seems more like a week 3 if you’re not paying attention. (I was not paying attention. )

[woozy]

Okay. Got this by spying in on a Discord. (Well, I got the mechanism... not the answer)

That anyone would rate this as anything less than a week 5 is utterly astonishing to me.

[HeadinHome]

Awaiting beam. Yeah .. several required googling for me, but one of them was what came to mind immediately from the clue. (Hope that’s vague enough not to be a spoiler .). Spent a good bit of time scratching my head in “almost-got-it, but huh??” land, then SMH.

[hcbirker]

Took a bit of looking but I'm on the board! Fun when I figured it out. Solid week two.

[ChrisKochmanski]

Beamed!

Good one!

[KayW]

Beamed.

[Katiedid]

Yikes. Week 2? I don't see it yet.

[Bob cruise director]

Got it. More than a little tricky. But very Gaffneyesque.

[benchen71]

Awaiting the beam... [Tricky one, but my daughter helped!]

... and I'm beamed at #111.

[MajordomoTom]

Happy, happy
Joy, joy

[woozy]

Beamed.

... but one of them was what came to mind immediately from the clue. (Hope that’s vague enough not to be a spoiler .).....

I think if I had gotten any of them I would have gotten the entire puzzle (and indeed that's what I stole from discord... exactly one of them). But they were all either way too obscure or way too subtly hidden.

I'd never have gotten any in a million years. If it weren't for my streak I wouldn't have submitted at all.

[Joe]

Is this athlete super well-known?? Because I found the thing, but can't make it work.

[MikeyG]

Yikes. Week 2?

Several seem to agree it is! I'd say more 2.5 or so. (Of course, I thought some of mine that initially ended up being Level 7s were Level 3s, so who knows, haha.)

[GGX]

I’m not seeing it and I don’t have much time this weekend to puzzle over it. Would some kind muggle send me a nudge in DMs?

[Laura M]

Awaiting beamup, at last! So SAD, at least for me.

[Joe]

Thanks to those that reached out. I figured out what I was doing wrong. D'OH!! Looking forward to being beamed.

[lbray53]

Beamed.

[Sfreedman67]

Would somebody be willing to give me a little nudge in the right direction? I've been staring at the filled-in grid for a day now.

Edit: Got helped. Great puzzle!

[ship4u]

Beamed. Phew, we were all over the place on this one until we finally put it together correctly.