LadyBird wrote: ↑Mon Oct 10, 2022 8:23 am
KAS 5 for me. But here is the rabbit warren (not just hole) that I thoroughly enjoyed exploring--although I am now worried about the integrity of the stern garden!
Here is what I found in my search for "alternatives":
** Alternative president = Hoover; as an alternative to 13D Floor cleaner/MOP; giving an M
** " day of week = Sunday; " to 57D List closing/ETC; giving an E
** " month = March; " to 19A Walk with a hitch (in the Army)/LIMP; giving an L
** " play = Tempest; " to 54A Rage (raging storm)/IRE; giving an I
** " NE state = Vermont; " to 46A Cheese go-with/MAC; giving an M
** " Ivy school = Brown; " to 22A "Back to the Future surname/MCFLY; giving an M
No matter how I order these letters, I get gibberish (although MELIM is a Brazilian trio). So, I had some tiny "aha" moments coming up with the alternatives, but not the big "aha".
My meta solving buddy, Acarl, went this route. I could hardly follow but was proud to have such a smart and insightful partner. We had two deviations to the above.
I was proud to come up with the alternative to Macbeth in As You Like It for
29D “I guess that works” YEAH OK, yielding a Y, I guess.
The other deviation to the above was the alternative to Connecticut.
21D “Amazing Grace” word
Change wretch to ME which is the abbreviation for MAINE!
We were sure we were on the right path but just couldn’t see what the next step could be. *sigh*
The Sunday zoom made us realize that one of our first hunches, alternatives with same letter count, was the correct path. We totally over complicated this one!