I don't know why I am so bad at metas involving numbers. I wrote down the 9, 8, 10, 6, 4, 2, 1, but couldn't figure out what to do with them. Out of desperation, I told my non-meta husband the title, and slid the puzzle over to him, because he'd figured out a number puzzle in the past. He took one look and asked if I'd used "times" like "times a number." OMG, I squealed, that must be it! Maybe I just multiply the number by the grid number! I grabbed it back and started writing down the letters. "OMG!" I squealed, after I had N-O. "I thought right away that it might be 'NOW WHAT,' and I think I'm going to get it!........No....I got NOW THAW." Then about fives seconds of crickets while I realized I had to circle the letters on the grid to get the order.
Sometimes I wonder how I ever solve any of these. Great puzzle!
Downtimes
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Thoroughly enjoying your puzzles, Brian! Someday I'll solve one. Keep them coming, please! It's mine to improve my skills.
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PLATELET ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ENORMOUS ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ:
๐ฐ๐ฌ% ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ,
๐ฏ๐ฌ% ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ฐ,
๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ & ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐บ๐ฎ. ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฅ๐!
PLATELET ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ENORMOUS ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ:
๐ฐ๐ฌ% ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ,
๐ฏ๐ฌ% ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ฐ,
๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ & ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐บ๐ฎ. ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฅ๐!
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I second those sentiments.
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didn't get there, but love the mechanism and great job. Yes, keep 'em coming, we need ... MOAR!
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Wow! I saw the down numbers but I totally missed the times/multiply thing and spent a bunch of time trying to make a clock out of the grid. You totally got me, Brian, great meta! (NOW WHAT would have been my Hail Mary, that or HOW LONG.)
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I tried the clock thing, too. Also tried to backsolve HOW LONG!