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MGWCC #746 - “Our Retorter Is on the Scene”

Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2022 11:56 am
by Joe Ross
MGWCC #746 — Friday, September 16th, 2022 — “Our Retorter Is on the Scene”

THIS WEEK’S INSTRUCTIONS:

This week’s contest answer is a 5-letter word.



Solve well, and be not led astray by words intended to deceive.



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Re: MGWCC #746 - “Our Retorter Is on the Scene”

Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2022 12:17 pm
by docison
#5 on the board.

Always a good sign when I recognize all of the other names on the leaderboard with me!

Re: MGWCC #746 - “Our Retorter Is on the Scene”

Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2022 1:26 pm
by MikeM000
#29...not too shabby...

Re: MGWCC #746 - “Our Retorter Is on the Scene”

Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2022 1:51 pm
by ChrisKochmanski
Beam me up!

Re: MGWCC #746 - “Our Retorter Is on the Scene”

Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2022 2:00 pm
by Laura M
Expecting to beam up soon. Love going from "I'll never get this" to "Oh, I see!" within 10 seconds, this is why I do metas :-)

Edit: #79

Re: MGWCC #746 - “Our Retorter Is on the Scene”

Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2022 2:04 pm
by Wendy Walker
Boy, I made that MUCH tougher than it had to be (as my Tai Chi teacher tells me regularly)!

Re: MGWCC #746 - “Our Retorter Is on the Scene”

Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2022 2:29 pm
by Bird Lives
Beamed up simultaneous with Laura M.
New Yorkers have a variant of this answer -- more than five letters and logically puzzlng. But then again, these are the folks who stand on line.

Re: MGWCC #746 - “Our Retorter Is on the Scene”

Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2022 2:39 pm
by Meg
Transported. Happy Friday!!

Re: MGWCC #746 - “Our Retorter Is on the Scene”

Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2022 2:45 pm
by Cindy
Solved

Re: MGWCC #746 - “Our Retorter Is on the Scene”

Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2022 3:14 pm
by boharr
Beamed.

Re: MGWCC #746 - “Our Retorter Is on the Scene”

Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2022 3:27 pm
by sharkicicles
Relatively easy given this is a five week month. Now back to getting my butt kicked by the WSJ.

Re: MGWCC #746 - “Our Retorter Is on the Scene”

Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2022 3:42 pm
by mattythewsjpuzzler
Beam me up!

Re: MGWCC #746 - “Our Retorter Is on the Scene”

Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2022 3:44 pm
by mattythewsjpuzzler
Bird Lives wrote: Fri Sep 16, 2022 2:29 pm Beamed up simultaneous with Laura M.
New Yorkers have a variant of this answer -- more than five letters and logically puzzlng. But then again, these are the folks who stand on line.
I grew up in Long Island and my wife and I have had a 26 year feud over that term!!

Re: MGWCC #746 - “Our Retorter Is on the Scene”

Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2022 4:19 pm
by Joe Ross
Beamed adjacent. Awaiting update.

112. Joe Ross 09/16 - 16:14

Re: MGWCC #746 - “Our Retorter Is on the Scene”

Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2022 4:22 pm
by hcbirker
Beam me up. That was cute!

Re: MGWCC #746 - “Our Retorter Is on the Scene”

Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2022 4:57 pm
by Jeremy Smith
I got a very late start but I beamed up at #119. Fun one! Back to the WSJ.

Re: MGWCC #746 - “Our Retorter Is on the Scene”

Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2022 5:13 pm
by KayW
:alien: :flying_saucer: Beaming up... :fingers_crossed:

EDIT: confirmed.

Re: MGWCC #746 - “Our Retorter Is on the Scene”

Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2022 5:25 pm
by Katiedid
Beamed up.
Fun and easier (for me) than the WSJ - now I'll go back to work on that one.

Re: MGWCC #746 - “Our Retorter Is on the Scene”

Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2022 5:54 pm
by SJMcK
Stuck in the transporter buffer waiting on the leaderboard update

Edit: Beamed up at #129

Re: MGWCC #746 - “Our Retorter Is on the Scene”

Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2022 6:20 pm
by Joe Ross
Pondering more of that authentic Manhattan gibberish.