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I thought the grid was rather tough for a week 1. But it was nice to have an easy meta. Happy Birthday, little one!

Fun puzzle to celebrate a special little birthday girl

Beamed at 198. Not bad all things considered. And I stubbornly finished the grid before submitting.

Beamed up. Not saying what number, as I never go for speed or even look at the puzzle right away. Also, I finished the grid first, though very slowly, seeing as I hardly know anything about sports figures, kids animated movies or book series, cities in Sweden, etc., etc. It was a slog. But I finally got through it.

The meta was, as others state, knowable without completing the grid. And very easy with the grid completed!

Beaming up birthday wishes for the Gaffney household

Tough grid. Took me nearly 18 minutes to fill, with lots of Googling. But I am confidently awaiting beam-up.

Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Fri Feb 03, 2023 1:57 pm Can one of you explain this to me. I got my Patreon notification at 12:005 today. By that time, 6 people were already on the board.

I seem to recall someone saying on here that test solvers sometimes submit. I don't know how some of these times could possibly happen otherwise. (e.g. #750 Monster Match: 5 people solved it in the first 5 minutes, someone solved it in 1. The solution required a mostly-solved grid. Joon reported a total solve time of 4:15 which doesn't include the time required to download the puzzle and fill in the submission form. *shrug*)

But specifically for today, I knew the answer without doing the puzzle

Al Sisti wrote: ↑Fri Feb 03, 2023 2:06 pm

docison wrote: ↑Fri Feb 03, 2023 12:30 pm Yes, for the Gaffney obsessives out there, this was definitely solvable without the grid. But I've already got my #1 badge, so solve the grid I did.

My #1 came from his birthday, as a matter of fact.

By my count there's only been 90 #1 submitters in the Sidebar Era. I've resigned myself to never getting that one. Only one left for me is Week 5 Halloween (opportunities in 2025 & 2026... looks like we'll just miss the 2027 chance if he sticks to the 1,000 weeks promise)

Happy Beamed-day!

Late start, but got it, awaiting beamage… cheers to the Gaffneys and all you muggles out there!

Now I see why Matt and his wife didn't name her Esmeralda.

oldjudge wrote: ↑Fri Feb 03, 2023 11:49 pm Now I see why Matt and his wife didn't name her Esmeralda.

This is hilarious.

I suppose it was worth doing the grid just to see how much fun Matt must have had constructing it.

Well, I think I may just have been able to get this one...and if I didn't I think I'd just put away my pencil and call it meta quits. Happy Birthday to her indeed!

Has the tractor beam malfunctioned?
Feel 99.98% sure, but always nice to get confirmation that I won’t get left behind in a distant galaxy…

Berto wrote: ↑Sat Feb 04, 2023 12:53 pm Has the tractor beam malfunctioned?
Feel 99.98% sure, but always nice to get confirmation that I won’t get left behind in a distant galaxy…

Maybe recovering from all the birthday celebrating

Beamed up and in the top 500!

Me, on seeing the prompt: "Is she 2 or 3? I remember her birth announcement but how long ago was that? I better do the grid."

Me, posting here after I got beamed:

MikeM000 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 03, 2023 12:31 pm in my almost 3 years as a subscriber

D'oh! If I was Natasha Lyonne I would have been smart enough to put 2 and 2 together (literally) and answered right away.