93. Person of Letters

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These computer users don't know how good they have it!

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Puzzle #89 and #90 drawing winners to come! I also plan on doing a third year of Summer of Solves, which means I hope some puzzly inspiration continues to strike me this summer!

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Puzzle #92 answer: ZEPHYR

Correct entries: 53

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@BrennerTJ blew me away with these graphics!

Explanation: Six clues contain the word "wind" in part of them. The initial letters of these spell out NOT YET, indicating that's not quite the mechanism! Rather, six other entries in the grid are those "windy" words with the "wind" blown away and replaced by a different letter. These replaced letters spell out ZEPHYR in top-bottom order, the meta answer.

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This is a Level 1. Seriously.

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93. Person of Letters

The answer to the meta is a former winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Deadline is Saturday, May 18 at 1 pm ET.

Good luck, and may all your solves be beautiful!

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Got it. Thanks, Mikey.
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Fun--thanks Mikey!
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:crossed_swords: :rabbit: :cat: Pun and done. An award-worthy effort - thanks Mikey!
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Pun and done! (Stolen from KayW above. I like it!)

Mikey, I’d trade my Tigers for your Cubs right now. Suddenly the bullpen can’t stop blowing leads.
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Pun and done! I like it, too. Thanks, Mikey.
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Pun and done.
Almost made a hash of it…
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Pun and done! Thank you for 1A; it was especially needed today.
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hoover wrote: ↑Sat May 11, 2024 3:20 pm Pun and done! Thank you for 1A; it was especially needed today.
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MikeyG wrote: ↑Sat May 11, 2024 1:00 pm
Puzzle #92 answer: ZEPHYR

Correct entries: 53

Explanation: Six clues contain the word "wind" in part of them. The initial letters of these spell out NOT YET, indicating that's not quite the mechanism! Rather, six other entries in the grid are those "windy" words with the "wind" blown away and replaced by a different letter. These replaced letters spell out ZEPHYR in top-bottom order, the meta answer.
I enjoyed this puzzle - the trap and the actual mechanism - but I propose to you a new rule for assigning difficulty ratings: if your puzzle has a FAKE ANSWER, it is a level 5/5.
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MikeyG wrote: ↑Sat May 11, 2024 4:05 pm
hoover wrote: ↑Sat May 11, 2024 3:20 pm Pun and done! Thank you for 1A; it was especially needed today.
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Solved! Fun one, Mikey. :D
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I got a little sidetracked and didn't see it right away but... well, I saw it right away but I didn't see the answer right away... but that was me being side-tracked. It's there. Right there.

Good one. Not really a Level 1, though. More like a Level 1 + epsilon for an arbitrarily small positive value of epsilon.
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Fun; once I finally believed you really were not trying to complicate things. Thanks for the puzzle.

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ChrisKochmanski wrote: ↑Sat May 11, 2024 2:16 pm Pun and done! (Stolen from KayW above. I like it!)

Mikey, I’d trade my Tigers for your Cubs right now. Suddenly the bullpen can’t stop blowing leads.
Actually, I in turn stole it from someone a few weeks ago, lemme see...
ChrisKochmanski wrote: ↑Sat Apr 13, 2024 2:22 pm Pun and done!

(Yes, that’s feeble. Mikey, you need to come up with a catchphrase for us to use when we solve a Pun of a Kind. I think it should be a pun.)
why how bout that! I stole it from YOU! :D puzzle 91. I liked it, too!
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Pun And Done

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Pun & done...thanks for another fun meta Mikey.
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Pun and done. Thanks for the puzzle, Mikey!
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Punned and done’d yesterday .. quick and neat. Thanks!
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Pun and done. And fun, as usual. It took me longer than it should have and of course there was a head slap!
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