"Three Card Monte" by benchen71
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Some more solvers!
Bbaack
MaineMarge
OneCleverGorilla
Jack Sullivan
Bbaack
MaineMarge
OneCleverGorilla
Jack Sullivan
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The castle has been stormed. Fun one, thanks!
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Some more solvers to add to the list:
KayW
comp
Gutman
Nudges coming imminently...
KayW
comp
Gutman
Nudges coming imminently...
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Nudges, in order of increasing blatancy:
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But once nudged. That is cute. Three Card Monte is certainly that....
So I just plain couldn't get my meta based on "Up the Down Staircase" to work.
My challenge it to constructors is to make a meta where the meta, theme or metanism is "Up the Down Staircase".
My challenge it to constructors is to make a meta where the meta, theme or metanism is "Up the Down Staircase".
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I get that. However,
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Solved this morning , but prior to spoilers. Just a busy week and behind in my metas.
Fun puzzle, Ben. Thanks!!
Fun puzzle, Ben. Thanks!!
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Here are the final set of successful solvers:
LuxDeluxe
Carolyn
woozy
Dow Jones
Al Sisti
CPJohnson
Cinny
Jeremy Smith
Well done, everyone!
LuxDeluxe
Carolyn
woozy
Dow Jones
Al Sisti
CPJohnson
Cinny
Jeremy Smith
Well done, everyone!
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And here's the solution:
And just to close the circle, Diana in an interview expressed a desire to be "the queen of people's hearts" (see https://time.com/4913709/how-diana-became-britains-queen-of-the-heart/. So the choice to put "Lady Di" into the puzzle, and not some other deserving lady, was not entirely arbitrary.
Thanks to all who commented this week. I especially enjoyed hearing that some of you have had first-hand experience of Three Card Monte. For me, it's only ever been in movies / TV. However, I have been pickpocketed getting onto a bus in the pouring rain outside of a Palace near St. Peterburg, Russia. Maybe I will have to find some way to put that experience into a meta at some point!
And just to close the circle, Diana in an interview expressed a desire to be "the queen of people's hearts" (see https://time.com/4913709/how-diana-became-britains-queen-of-the-heart/. So the choice to put "Lady Di" into the puzzle, and not some other deserving lady, was not entirely arbitrary.
Thanks to all who commented this week. I especially enjoyed hearing that some of you have had first-hand experience of Three Card Monte. For me, it's only ever been in movies / TV. However, I have been pickpocketed getting onto a bus in the pouring rain outside of a Palace near St. Peterburg, Russia. Maybe I will have to find some way to put that experience into a meta at some point!
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!