94. Garden of Wildflowers

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94. Garden of Wildflowers

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PDF and PUZ

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I guess the cat didn't think those flowers were best buds!

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Hello hello! We start the third inaugural Summer of Solves, which means a puzzle every Saturday until Labor Day. Look at this graphic that doesn't change:

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Wow!

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Puzzle #93 answer: TONI MORRISON

Correct entries: 78, a real Level 1!

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@BrennerTJ gets a noble prize (not the Nobel Prize but this one is just as good) for her graphics!

Explanation: Eight entries contain a permutation of the letters I, N, O, and T; the most notable permutation not present is TONI, a nod to TONI MORRISON, the winner of the 1993 (numeric tie-in!) Nobel Prize for Literature and the answer to the meta.

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This might trend toward Level 2.5, but I presume it'll track more like Level 2.

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94. Garden of Wildflowers

The answer to the meta is a 4-word pun on a title, only changing its first word.

Deadline is Saturday, June 1 at 1 pm ET.

Good luck, and may all your solves be beautiful!

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Summer of Solves already?? For all of us?? You shouldn't have! (Thanks for a great kickoff puzzle!)
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:crossed_swords: :rabbit: :bouquet: Yay! for a fabulous start to the summer of solves!
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Fun one, Mikey! Thanks for the puzzle.
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Fun one. Thanks, Mikey.
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Enjoyed your puzzle...thanks Mikey!
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Fun puzzle! Now back to slogging at the Gaffney...
Check out "The MOAT MEOW Mashup Pack" here. US$10 for 14 metas that don't always abide by the "rules" of the game: asymmetry, 2-letter words, uncrossed letters, who knows. And this time there's a mega-meta! :shock:
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Pun & done. Thanks Mikey!
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I enjoyed this one, Mikey. Thanks! Looking forward to the Summer of Solves.
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Grid done and four “things” found, but the title pun thing so far is eluding me. I think i must be missing some of the (garden) path, or maybe just not a natural punner! (If anyone wants to help me find the scent, feel free!)

UPDATE - wait a sec… i see that i have a bit more work to do. No nudges yet

UPDATED AGAIN: of course now I see it. Was in too big a hurry.

This was fun!
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I've got seven "things" and was looking to figure out an eighth, but now it seems like I have too many???
If anyone wants to message me, I'd like to ask some specific questions before getting too generous of a nudge.

UPDATE: I found what I was missing and then Boom! There it was. Elicited a big groan from me as I figured it out. Nice!
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Well now, that was a pleasant walk in the fields! I was afraid I had pollen on hard times and doubt was ready to sepal through me, but I figured I saw where the mechanism stemmed from. I may put WIldflowers on my bouquet list.

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Pun and done!

Came to it late. Traveling.

Fun! Thanks, Mikey!
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WHERE ARE THE NUDGES
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hoover wrote: ↑Sat Jun 01, 2024 2:19 am WHERE ARE THE NUDGES
WHY AM I UP AT 2 AM.

1. The word "wild" in the title is a bit of a clue.

2. The eight silly themers can all...shuffle around to something.

3. LOAM GRID becomes something, for instance, that ends in a precious metal.

4. And that metal is GOLD.

5. Anna, would you like a Graham cracker?

Now off to dream about the Cubs (though, right now, those are nightmares).
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In under the wire! Very late start, traveling this week, but caught onto your delightful metanism nudgelessly…. Fun one, Mikey!
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