Have A Good Show!
- schmidzy
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Have A Good Show!
Quack Quack!
This dastardly duo of ducks is taking the main stage to bring you a puzzle which we hope will delight and maybe deceive. This one might play a little choppier than you are accustomed to here at the SSS (your Cap’n tried his darnedest to spare you, so direct any and all complaints towards our own humble pond), but we hope some “instant gratification” nudges will ease your discomfort.
Many thanks to @Cap'n Rick for his thoughtful edits, @boharr for test solving, and @Joe Ross for compiling such a helpful document to make creating files a breeze. Special thanks as well to everyone's favorite Aussie, @benchen71, for fact-checking 40A: in his own words, “I, personally was unaware of the word and its usage ... It certainly sounds Aussie though! "
Enough chatter: on to the puzzle, the answer to which is something you need for a good show (in theater). Send in your answers on Crosshare or DM them to yours truly. Reveal on Saturday.
Have A Good Show!
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- lbray53
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Sssolved!! Fun one.
My avatar proves that it is sometimes better to be lucky than good!
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It has been brought to my attention that the clue for 13A is incorrect: the author of "The Right Stuff" is Tom, not Thomas. (Not to be confused with the similarly named author of "Look Homeward, Angel"). The Crosshare clue has been fixed.
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Rookie editor.
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Sssolved, but needed the nudges. Very clever puzzle. Thanks for the fun!
Matthew
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Very speedy solve sans nudges. One of the puzzles where I was hoping I had the wrong mechanism so that I could use it myself.
Fun stuff, thanks.
Fun stuff, thanks.
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Perfect Sunday puzzle level of difficulty! No nudges needed. Fun!
The other Wendy.
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Got it with the nudges because we were impatient, but we shouldn't have needed them.
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SSSolved, No Nudges Needed. A good show, indeed! Brava!
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Sssolved! That was pretty quick. Used only one nudge and it only confirmed something we'd already thought of. Nice metanism!
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Sssolved!
No nudges needed. Excellent puzzle!
No nudges needed. Excellent puzzle!
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