Re: "Connect Four" May 5, 2023
Posted: Sun May 07, 2023 10:27 pm
Ashore!
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"Connect Four" May 5, 2023
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Re: "Connect Four" May 5, 2023
Posted: Sun May 07, 2023 10:28 pm
Count me on the ship. I’ve looked at this off and on all weekend and I’ve got nothing. I’m either going to kick myself when I see the answer or it’s going to be an I never would’ve gotten that kind of situation. Couple more hours and we’ll see…
Re: "Connect Four" May 5, 2023
Posted: Sun May 07, 2023 10:36 pm
OTB. On The Beach
Re: "Connect Four" May 5, 2023
Posted: Sun May 07, 2023 10:59 pm
Ashore with lots of help.
Re: "Connect Four" May 5, 2023
Posted: Sun May 07, 2023 11:21 pm
Not gonna happen. So sad: I had been doing well.
Re: "Connect Four" May 5, 2023
Posted: Sun May 07, 2023 11:26 pm
Same here. Even the rabbit holes were not as creative as in past weeks. And I thought I was alone...
Re: "Connect Four" May 5, 2023
Posted: Sun May 07, 2023 11:33 pm
Hangin' out with Isaac on the ship.
Re: "Connect Four" May 5, 2023
Posted: Sun May 07, 2023 11:59 pm
Threw a Hail Mary, so we'll see if I "connected".
Re: "Connect Four" May 5, 2023
Posted: Mon May 08, 2023 12:02 am
My hail Mary was submitted exactly at midnight. Probably would not be accepted.
Re: "Connect Four" May 5, 2023
Posted: Mon May 08, 2023 12:02 am
Re: "Connect Four" May 5, 2023
Posted: Mon May 08, 2023 12:07 am
Now I'm glad of my last second wrong submission. It's fitting that I submitted Woody Woodpecker. Get it? ...
Re: "Connect Four" May 5, 2023
Posted: Mon May 08, 2023 12:16 am
Here's an illustrative version of the solution:
Re: "Connect Four" May 5, 2023
Posted: Mon May 08, 2023 12:18 am
A quickly disregarded red herring for me was ETTA above James Polk. I thought ETTA-JAMES-POLK might be the kind of connect four Matt was looking for. For all you budding setters, this might be a good basis for an interesting meta.
Re: "Connect Four" May 5, 2023
Posted: Mon May 08, 2023 12:21 am
Whoa whoa whoa… would Mighty Mouse count? GHTY are right next to each other too!
Re: "Connect Four" May 5, 2023
Posted: Mon May 08, 2023 12:21 am
Huh? Can the solution be explained another way? I still don't see it. I got the four-letter words/group, but how does that get to FLINTSTONE?
Re: "Connect Four" May 5, 2023
Posted: Mon May 08, 2023 12:23 am
Re: "Connect Four" May 5, 2023
Posted: Mon May 08, 2023 12:23 am
Great job Ben! And lest we forget, a tip of the hat to Alan Reed, the original voice of Fred Flintstone.
Re: "Connect Four" May 5, 2023
Posted: Mon May 08, 2023 12:24 am
Because it has to be a separate “word” in the answer to be consistent with the others.MileHighSolver wrote: ↑Mon May 08, 2023 12:21 am Whoa whoa whoa… why would Mighty Mouse count? GHTY are right next to each other too!
Re: "Connect Four" May 5, 2023
Posted: Mon May 08, 2023 12:27 am
Re: "Connect Four" May 5, 2023
Posted: Mon May 08, 2023 12:28 am
The H isn't connected to T. The theme entry letters are adjacent, and in order.MileHighSolver wrote: ↑Mon May 08, 2023 12:21 am Whoa whoa whoa… why would Mighty Mouse count? GHTY are right next to each other too!