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Re: MGWCC #832 — “Name-Dropping”

Posted: Fri May 10, 2024 3:22 pm
by woozy
Well.... that was weird.

Not a bloody clue, and not a bloody idea how there can be a clue. Of course, I know the names of more vegetarian New Zealand glass-blowers than I do American athletes who have won many medals at the Summer Olympics.

Re: MGWCC #832 — “Name-Dropping”

Posted: Fri May 10, 2024 3:39 pm
by LesY
Solved / beamed.

YMMV but seems more like a week 3 if you’re not paying attention. (I was not paying attention. 🤣)

Re: MGWCC #832 — “Name-Dropping”

Posted: Fri May 10, 2024 4:30 pm
by woozy
Okay. Got this by spying in on a Discord. (Well, I got the mechanism... not the answer)

That anyone would rate this as anything less than a week 5 is utterly astonishing to me.

Re: MGWCC #832 — “Name-Dropping”

Posted: Fri May 10, 2024 4:54 pm
by HeadinHome
Awaiting beam. Yeah .. several required googling for me, but one of them was what came to mind immediately from the clue. (Hope that’s vague enough not to be a spoiler .). Spent a good bit of time scratching my head in “almost-got-it, but huh??” land, then SMH.

Re: MGWCC #832 — “Name-Dropping”

Posted: Fri May 10, 2024 4:58 pm
by hcbirker
Took a bit of looking but I'm on the board! Fun when I figured it out. Solid week two.

Re: MGWCC #832 — “Name-Dropping”

Posted: Fri May 10, 2024 5:22 pm
by ChrisKochmanski
Beamed!

Good one!

Re: MGWCC #832 — “Name-Dropping”

Posted: Fri May 10, 2024 6:54 pm
by KayW
:alien: :flying_saucer: Beamed.

Re: MGWCC #832 — “Name-Dropping”

Posted: Fri May 10, 2024 8:54 pm
by Katiedid
Yikes. Week 2? I don't see it yet.

Re: MGWCC #832 — “Name-Dropping”

Posted: Fri May 10, 2024 8:57 pm
by Bob cruise director
Got it. More than a little tricky. But very Gaffneyesque.

Re: MGWCC #832 — “Name-Dropping”

Posted: Fri May 10, 2024 9:18 pm
by benchen71
Awaiting the beam... [Tricky one, but my daughter helped!]

... and I'm beamed at #111. :D

Re: MGWCC #832 — “Name-Dropping”

Posted: Fri May 10, 2024 9:20 pm
by MajordomoTom
Happy, happy
Joy, joy

Re: MGWCC #832 — “Name-Dropping”

Posted: Fri May 10, 2024 9:28 pm
by woozy
Beamed.
HeadinHome wrote: Fri May 10, 2024 4:54 pm ... but one of them was what came to mind immediately from the clue. (Hope that’s vague enough not to be a spoiler .).....
I think if I had gotten any of them I would have gotten the entire puzzle (and indeed that's what I stole from discord... exactly one of them). But they were all either way too obscure or way too subtly hidden.

I'd never have gotten any in a million years. If it weren't for my streak I wouldn't have submitted at all.

Re: MGWCC #832 — “Name-Dropping”

Posted: Fri May 10, 2024 9:51 pm
by Joe
Is this athlete super well-known?? Because I found the thing, but can't make it work.

Re: MGWCC #832 — “Name-Dropping”

Posted: Fri May 10, 2024 10:34 pm
by MikeyG
Katiedid wrote: Fri May 10, 2024 8:54 pm Yikes. Week 2?
Several seem to agree it is! I'd say more 2.5 or so. (Of course, I thought some of mine that initially ended up being Level 7s were Level 3s, so who knows, haha.)

Re: MGWCC #832 — “Name-Dropping”

Posted: Fri May 10, 2024 10:49 pm
by GGX
I’m not seeing it and I don’t have much time this weekend to puzzle over it. Would some kind muggle send me a nudge in DMs?

Re: MGWCC #832 — “Name-Dropping”

Posted: Sat May 11, 2024 2:26 am
by Laura M
Awaiting beamup, at last! So SAD, at least for me.

Re: MGWCC #832 — “Name-Dropping”

Posted: Sat May 11, 2024 6:27 am
by Joe
Thanks to those that reached out. I figured out what I was doing wrong. D'OH!! Looking forward to being beamed.

Re: MGWCC #832 — “Name-Dropping”

Posted: Sat May 11, 2024 10:56 am
by lbray53
Beamed.

Re: MGWCC #832 — “Name-Dropping”

Posted: Sat May 11, 2024 2:11 pm
by Sfreedman67
Would somebody be willing to give me a little nudge in the right direction? I've been staring at the filled-in grid for a day now.

Edit: Got helped. Great puzzle!

Re: MGWCC #832 — “Name-Dropping”

Posted: Sat May 11, 2024 4:37 pm
by ship4u
Beamed. Phew, we were all over the place on this one until we finally put it together correctly.