XWord Muggles Forum

lbray53 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 26, 2023 11:30 am The cat has escaped. A couple of weeks ago actually. I was feeling pretty proud of my quick solve until I remembered that I had the honor of being a test solver.

Love's more beautiful the second time around.....

Solved, after I was told to look at the grid carefully. Thanks, @DrTom! Loved the clues!

Cat is loose, and grateful that zero algebra was involved!

Well I am claiming a reSOUNDing success:

1 hector
2 benchen71
3 woozy
4 Seamus OL
5 Jeremy Smith
6 Berto
7 Meg
8 JM
9 Qmark
10 boharr
11 JHSeeman
12 Cindy Weatherman
13 DIS
14 Madhatter5
15 Whimsy
16 MatthewL
17 lbray53
18 Pair O Ducks
19 heidi
20 Tyrpmom
21 Cap'n Rick
22 PuzNewbie
23 kurtalert
24 Gutman
25 Sharkicicled
26 markhr
27 Carolyn
28 Shae
29 Bird Lives
30 CPJohnson
31 HeadinHome

Thirty one on the first day . Thank you solvers!!!

HeadinHome wrote: ↑Wed Jul 26, 2023 9:25 pm Cat is loose, and grateful that zero algebra was involved!

Probably never see algebra from me. I am still slogging through the MOAT.

Stared at this off and on all day today, could NOT get a toehold. Until I did… phew! Good one, DrT!

I'll take algebra over sound-based puzzles any day. I am so bad at these.

Cat's gone - thanks for the puzzle!

DrTom wrote: ↑Wed Jul 26, 2023 10:05 pm

HeadinHome wrote: ↑Wed Jul 26, 2023 9:25 pm Cat is loose, and grateful that zero algebra was involved!

Probably never see algebra from me. I am still slogging through the MOAT.

I've had two people very patiently try to explain it to me, and even with the answers in front of me I don't get it. Did I miss an important week of school that I don't know about? I mean, I'm a smart girl. How am I so ignorant of (and terrorized by) this very common bit of high school math??

Finally let the cat out of the bag - took me a long time to see it, but I got there in the end. Thanks, Dr. Tom!

HeadinHome wrote: ↑Thu Jul 27, 2023 5:40 pm

DrTom wrote: ↑Wed Jul 26, 2023 10:05 pm

HeadinHome wrote: ↑Wed Jul 26, 2023 9:25 pm Cat is loose, and grateful that zero algebra was involved!

Probably never see algebra from me. I am still slogging through the MOAT.

I've had two people very patiently try to explain it to me, and even with the answers in front of me I don't get it. Did I miss an important week of school that I don't know about? I mean, I'm a smart girl. How am I so ignorant of (and terrorized by) this very common bit of high school math??

Right there with you. I folded my hand and will wait for the reveal. I slogged through, even finally doing the math (there are sites that I like to call "Places to relearn what you once learned but was so long ago that it is new again") and still cannot get it. It has hit the "number of nudges without seeing anything" limit.

Well then; seven more to add to the ranks:

32 rjy
33 ConManAU
34 andeux
35 Alex Sisti
36 Schmel
37 wowitsme
38 Mwoychick

Cat is out!! Finally saw what I was supposed to see after looking at the grid a million times! Sheeeesh! Fun one, though!

I saw the comments about looking at the grid, opened the puzzle back up to look at the grid, and was smacked in the face with a giant clue. I took hold of it like a kitten with a bit of yarn and away I went!

And still it grows:

39 Ergcat
40 hoover
41 Jaclyn
42 Flora Wynn

NUDGES:

1A (always a position of importance) is a nudge clue!

Clue 49D is also a nudge!

The title, along with the meta prompt, are trying to get you to get your message across more clearly

That would be particularly important if you were a pilot or someone giving military coordinates wouldn't it?

The cat was nudged out of the bag. Excellent meta, Dr Tom. Chef's kiss !!!

Nudged out of the bag (after missing the obvious. Again.) Fun puzzle and meta. Thanks Dr Tom!

Dow Jones wrote: ↑Sat Jul 29, 2023 1:43 am The cat was nudged out of the bag. Excellent meta, Dr Tom. Chef's kiss !!!

Ohhh, I remember that puzzle! Thanks for the MWAH!

Leaderboard grow's, but first let me apologize to some solvers who I have not mentioned yet. Apparently Crosshare has a different update schedule than I do so some tings they have I do not. Anyway, my apologies and here is the updated list:

43 Laura M
44 Darth
45 Dow Jones
46 KayW
47 rdavey1287
48 Philip Chow
49 merlinnimue
50 edestlin
51 Chris Kochmanski

#'s 49-51 solved a while back but Crossshare seemed to be holding onto the fata