"Front-End Alignment"
- TeamDoubleTow
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I think I have solved. Was about to give up on this one when the potential mechanism came to me at work. Who says nothing good happens at work?
And wow... the sheer numbers of puns is clearly an accomplishment! But in all transparency, a few groans were uttered when filling it the grid.
Editing to correct, auto correct
And wow... the sheer numbers of puns is clearly an accomplishment! But in all transparency, a few groans were uttered when filling it the grid.
Editing to correct, auto correct
Team DoubleTow=Ali who posts here, Alex & Maya the hound(with occasional assistance from son)
- DrTom
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Well now, I see someone is trying on the punster hat themselves - auto correct indeed, I LIKE IT!TeamDoubleTow wrote: ↑Thu Feb 24, 2022 2:46 pm I think I have solved. Was about to give up on this one when the potential mechanism came to me at work. Who says nothing good happens at work?
And wow... the sheer numbers of puns is clearly an accomplishment! But in all transparency, a few groans were uttered when filling it the grid.
Editing to correct, auto correct
NUDGES!I am always willing to give nudges where needed; metas should be about fun, not frustration. Send me what you have done so far because often you are closer than you think!
- DrTom
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I'll see if I can't sneaker in a call later....I mean my humor may be lacking but my phone has sole. (said the punmeister to the spicy punking - which is usually released around November)HunterX wrote: ↑Wed Feb 23, 2022 10:51 pmI'd say your logic is "logically illogical," and in a good way. Which is to say, I get it completely.DrTom wrote: ↑Wed Feb 23, 2022 9:18 pmOh heck, you may be new at it but trying to make sense of my logic has baffled many people for many years. You are in good company there, just as you are here.
As my wife once commented, "had chaos theory not already been a physics term, it probably would be co-opted to describe your thinking" - gotta love her, she puts up with me.
And as for the mechanism, once I saw it, it was a 100%'er for me.
As for your wife's comment on chaos theory... I will only answer under the Cone of Silence. But if you Get Smart, and solve Maxwell's equation, then 99 times out of a hundred, I'll 86 my comments.
NUDGES!I am always willing to give nudges where needed; metas should be about fun, not frustration. Send me what you have done so far because often you are closer than you think!
- DrTom
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Does that mean you can't try punning until after 8 O'Clock (you'd be Chock full of Nuts to try earlier unless you were Maxwell Smart, and then you'd be in the Hunter's camp) and right about now you are cursing yourself for setting me up!HeadinHome wrote: ↑Thu Feb 24, 2022 8:06 am Got it! Thanks to a Tuesday night zoom-room private message from Tamara. I would join in the punning now but I’m haven’t finished my first mug of coffee.
Now starting MEOW.
NUDGES!I am always willing to give nudges where needed; metas should be about fun, not frustration. Send me what you have done so far because often you are closer than you think!
- DrTom
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Coming up to the end of another day and several more solvers:
30 HunterX
31 minimuggle
32 Dplass
33 Laura M
34 Wendy Walker
35 ship4u
36 BarbaraK
37 Headinhome
38 Bird Lives
39 dot
40 TeamDoubleTow
I will post another nudge tomorrow for those still hanging around on the couch.
30 HunterX
31 minimuggle
32 Dplass
33 Laura M
34 Wendy Walker
35 ship4u
36 BarbaraK
37 Headinhome
38 Bird Lives
39 dot
40 TeamDoubleTow
I will post another nudge tomorrow for those still hanging around on the couch.
NUDGES!I am always willing to give nudges where needed; metas should be about fun, not frustration. Send me what you have done so far because often you are closer than you think!
- rjy
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- Joe Ross
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It gets annoying having to speel check "spell check."DrTom wrote: ↑Thu Feb 24, 2022 10:05 pmWell now, I see someone is trying on the punster hat themselves - auto correct indeed, I LIKE IT!TeamDoubleTow wrote: ↑Thu Feb 24, 2022 2:46 pm I think I have solved. Was about to give up on this one when the potential mechanism came to me at work. Who says nothing good happens at work?
And wow... the sheer numbers of puns is clearly an accomplishment! But in all transparency, a few groans were uttered when filling it the grid.
Editing to correct, auto correct
- DrTom
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Well I for one have never spiel checked, I just go on and on and on and on and on....and on.Joe Ross wrote: ↑Fri Feb 25, 2022 4:36 amIt gets annoying having to speel check "spell check."DrTom wrote: ↑Thu Feb 24, 2022 10:05 pmWell now, I see someone is trying on the punster hat themselves - auto correct indeed, I LIKE IT!TeamDoubleTow wrote: ↑Thu Feb 24, 2022 2:46 pm I think I have solved. Was about to give up on this one when the potential mechanism came to me at work. Who says nothing good happens at work?
And wow... the sheer numbers of puns is clearly an accomplishment! But in all transparency, a few groans were uttered when filling it the grid.
Editing to correct, auto correct
NUDGES!I am always willing to give nudges where needed; metas should be about fun, not frustration. Send me what you have done so far because often you are closer than you think!
- DrTom
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Friday Nudges
Not sure if there are any puzzlers still trying to struggle through the MMM but if there are:
Not sure if there are any puzzlers still trying to struggle through the MMM but if there are:
NUDGES!I am always willing to give nudges where needed; metas should be about fun, not frustration. Send me what you have done so far because often you are closer than you think!
- HeadinHome
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Not a’tall, not a’tall. I tee it up, you smack it out there.DrTom wrote: ↑Thu Feb 24, 2022 10:13 pmDoes that mean you can't try punning until after 8 O'Clock (you'd be Chock full of Nuts to try earlier unless you were Maxwell Smart, and then you'd be in the Hunter's camp) and right about now you are cursing yourself for setting me up!HeadinHome wrote: ↑Thu Feb 24, 2022 8:06 am Got it! Thanks to a Tuesday night zoom-room private message from Tamara. I would join in the punning now but I’m haven’t finished my first mug of coffee.
Now starting MEOW.
The other Wendy.
- HunterX
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It's never too early to pun. So, @HeadinHome, you missed it by that much...DrTom wrote: ↑Thu Feb 24, 2022 10:13 pmDoes that mean you can't try punning until after 8 O'Clock (you'd be Chock full of Nuts to try earlier unless you were Maxwell Smart, and then you'd be in the Hunter's camp) and right about now you are cursing yourself for setting me up!HeadinHome wrote: ↑Thu Feb 24, 2022 8:06 am Got it! Thanks to a Tuesday night zoom-room private message from Tamara. I would join in the punning now but I’m haven’t finished my first mug of coffee.
Now starting MEOW.
Thanks @DrTom for the plug on my camp! It's got roaring campfires, beer on tap, and tether ball!
Okay... Would you believe a Bic lighter, rainwater in a hat, and a lint ball caught on a fishing rod...?
- cbarbee002
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Finally de-couched after a deeeeeeeeeep rabbit hole - - wow, really made this way too difficult. Had to remind myself that the good Doctor intended this to play easy . . . .
- DrTom
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Well, we are down to a trickle now. Either everyone has solved or they are at home cursing Patrick Berry and/or Matt Gaffney. It was a pretty good turn out all in all:
41 rjy
42 Cap'n Rick
43 auee89
44 johnaldape
45 cbarbee002
46 Naptown Kid
47 Snood
47 solvers and lots of fun. I will do the reveal tomorrow in case some folks are looking to rest their weary pencils and wander over to the MMM from WSJ or MC. I do apologize that this one was more difficult to see/solve than I intended. I guess all of them are easy if you actually built the darn thing.
41 rjy
42 Cap'n Rick
43 auee89
44 johnaldape
45 cbarbee002
46 Naptown Kid
47 Snood
47 solvers and lots of fun. I will do the reveal tomorrow in case some folks are looking to rest their weary pencils and wander over to the MMM from WSJ or MC. I do apologize that this one was more difficult to see/solve than I intended. I guess all of them are easy if you actually built the darn thing.
NUDGES!I am always willing to give nudges where needed; metas should be about fun, not frustration. Send me what you have done so far because often you are closer than you think!
- DrTom
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Its all in the advertising Hunter:HunterX wrote: ↑Fri Feb 25, 2022 2:18 pmIt's never too early to pun. So, @HeadinHome, you missed it by that much...DrTom wrote: ↑Thu Feb 24, 2022 10:13 pmDoes that mean you can't try punning until after 8 O'Clock (you'd be Chock full of Nuts to try earlier unless you were Maxwell Smart, and then you'd be in the Hunter's camp) and right about now you are cursing yourself for setting me up!HeadinHome wrote: ↑Thu Feb 24, 2022 8:06 am Got it! Thanks to a Tuesday night zoom-room private message from Tamara. I would join in the punning now but I’m haven’t finished my first mug of coffee.
Now starting MEOW.
Thanks @DrTom for the plug on my camp! It's got roaring campfires, beer on tap, and tether ball!
Okay... Would you believe a Bic lighter, rainwater in a hat, and a lint ball caught on a fishing rod...?
Visit the HunterX Camp Site featuring:
Retro signaling devices
Non-alcoholic drinks
Seminars on fly tying
Plus be sure to attend the Breakout sessions
A. Acne - rash terms to avoid
B. Escape from Alcatraz - swimming with Sharks (and Jets)
C. Top hits from the Rap world - don't knock them
NUDGES!I am always willing to give nudges where needed; metas should be about fun, not frustration. Send me what you have done so far because often you are closer than you think!
- Cinny
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Last minute solve yesterday. I needed one of the nudges to lead me away from thinking of a car manufacturer. Smooth sailing after that!
Cindy Heisler
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Awaiting confirmation, but I believe I am also off the couch just before the big reveal. I've been having too much fun with our granddaughter to look at this before now!
Sara
- DrTom
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OK, our last solver (Hidden in 3D above) made it a total of 48 solvers who drove their rental car off the lot. I know I was being a bit tricky with the “car company” not being a manufacturer and I’d like to take credit for that bit of deviousness and the great title (which as you all know in retrospect was a major nudge) but as usually when my puzzles are REALLY good, I had help. In this case it was like the old west because I had a Marshal (better yet a Grand one) and a Lawyer, helping me defend the ALAMO, which was the answer.
There were 5 answers in the puzzle that started and ended with the same letter (see figure). They spelled, in order, ALAMO which is a car company, just not the kind many of you thought. It was apparently well liked and actually played way harder than I had ever intended or expected. I thank everyone for all of the kind words, and the puns and comments. I know that the gratification is much more instantaneous having the ability to check the answer on Crosshare, but I have a lot of fun answering each of the solvers so I’ll probably keep doing it that way for a while.
So, now I'm back to being just a confused solver and waiting my turn in the queue again. Hopefully it won't be that long before I can try to get you to solve another DrTom. But in the meantime (and I KNOW many of you HAD to see this coming) ...REMEMBER THE ALAMO!
There were 5 answers in the puzzle that started and ended with the same letter (see figure). They spelled, in order, ALAMO which is a car company, just not the kind many of you thought. It was apparently well liked and actually played way harder than I had ever intended or expected. I thank everyone for all of the kind words, and the puns and comments. I know that the gratification is much more instantaneous having the ability to check the answer on Crosshare, but I have a lot of fun answering each of the solvers so I’ll probably keep doing it that way for a while.
So, now I'm back to being just a confused solver and waiting my turn in the queue again. Hopefully it won't be that long before I can try to get you to solve another DrTom. But in the meantime (and I KNOW many of you HAD to see this coming) ...REMEMBER THE ALAMO!
NUDGES!I am always willing to give nudges where needed; metas should be about fun, not frustration. Send me what you have done so far because often you are closer than you think!
- boharr
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Wow and the themed answers were all symmetric too. Very nice.DrTom wrote: ↑Sun Feb 27, 2022 4:11 pm OK, our last solver (Hidden in 3D above) made it a total of 48 solvers who drove their rental car off the lot. I know I was being a bit tricky with the “car company” not being a manufacturer and I’d like to take credit for that bit of deviousness and the great title (which as you all know in retrospect was a major nudge) but as usually when my puzzles are REALLY good, I had help. In this case it was like the old west because I had a Marshal (better yet a Grand one) and a Lawyer, helping me defend the ALAMO, which was the answer.
Front-End Alignment Colored Grid Solve.jpg
There were 5 answers in the puzzle that started and ended with the same letter (see figure). They spelled, in order, ALAMO which is a car company, just not the kind many of you thought. It was apparently well liked and actually played way harder than I had ever intended or expected. I thank everyone for all of the kind words, and the puns and comments. I know that the gratification is much more instantaneous having the ability to check the answer on Crosshare, but I have a lot of fun answering each of the solvers so I’ll probably keep doing it that way for a while.
So, now I'm back to being just a confused solver and waiting my turn in the queue again. Hopefully it won't be that long before I can try to get you to solve another DrTom. But in the meantime (and I KNOW many of you HAD to see this coming) ...REMEMBER THE ALAMO!
- HunterX
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Oh, I assumed you picked that as the answer from the start just so you could make that pun!
Great construction! And lots of good clues/answers that made me smile!