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MGWCC #793 — "Consider the Alternative"

Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2023 12:54 pm
by Wendy Walker
This week's contest answer is an eight-letter adjective.

Beamed up!

Re: MGWCC #793: "Consider the Alternative"

Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2023 12:55 pm
by ajk
Me too. :) Thought for a second I'd fallen into the Week 2 pit of despair, but eventually saw it.

Re: MGWCC #793 — "Consider the Alternative"

Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2023 1:08 pm
by Joe Ross
A new PDF was issued. Several clues were changed.

Re: MGWCC #793 — "Consider the Alternative"

Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2023 1:08 pm
by MikeyG
Yeah, my first thought was, "Not another wild Week 2," ugh. But I persevered! Beamed up but still musing on one thing.

What's my alternative today? Coffee, crosswords, cats, and Cubbies! (Wait, that's my regular.)

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Re: MGWCC #793 — "Consider the Alternative"

Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2023 1:14 pm
by ChrisKochmanski
Beamed!

Re: MGWCC #793 — "Consider the Alternative"

Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2023 1:19 pm
by ky-mike
OTB #32

Now, back to chasing the elusive WSJ rabbit.

Re: MGWCC #793 — "Consider the Alternative"

Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2023 1:20 pm
by stmv
This one also took a fair amount of thought, but inspiration finally struck and now I'm safely beamed up at #26. Right at the end the metanism didn't work quite the way I was expecting it to, but the first alternative I tried did work, so all is well.

Re: MGWCC #793 — "Consider the Alternative"

Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2023 1:28 pm
by DCBilly
Beamed up!

Re: MGWCC #793 — "Consider the Alternative"

Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2023 1:29 pm
by docison
5th on the board. Noticed the first thing I needed to notice right away, but it took me a bit of time to figure out what to do with that. Seems I was in good company.

Re: MGWCC #793 — "Consider the Alternative"

Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2023 1:51 pm
by MikeyG
docison wrote: Fri Aug 11, 2023 1:29 pm 5th on the board. Noticed the first thing I needed to notice right away, but it took me a bit of time to figure out what to do with that. Seems I was in good company.
That's kind of where I was as well. Fun puzzle overall, though!

Re: MGWCC #793 — "Consider the Alternative"

Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2023 1:51 pm
by MikeyG
ky-mike wrote: Fri Aug 11, 2023 1:19 pm OTB #32

Now, back to chasing the elusive WSJ rabbit.
Sending positive thoughts - you've got this!!

Re: MGWCC #793 — "Consider the Alternative"

Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2023 2:07 pm
by Katiedid
Beamed up. That was fun!
No such luck with WSJ so far.

Re: MGWCC #793 — "Consider the Alternative"

Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2023 2:26 pm
by Meg
Beamed, but I have a serious question which I hope Matt will answer next week.

Re: MGWCC #793 — "Consider the Alternative"

Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2023 2:29 pm
by boharr
Beamed.

Re: MGWCC #793 — "Consider the Alternative"

Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2023 2:52 pm
by MMe
I think there's more than one solving path for this one, so I'll be curious to read people's experiences.

Re: MGWCC #793 — "Consider the Alternative"

Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2023 3:04 pm
by jhseeman
Awaiting beam up... and @mikeyg Nice beating Jangler.

Now back to digging holes for the WSJ....

Re: MGWCC #793 — "Consider the Alternative"

Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2023 3:09 pm
by markhr
Beamed up. Still no idea about the WSJ, though.

Re: MGWCC #793 — "Consider the Alternative"

Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2023 3:10 pm
by woozy
Oh, please tell me he's not doing what I think he's doing...
I think there's more than one solving path for this one, so I'll be curious to read people's experiences.

If he's doing what I think he's doing there's at least a couple hundred (and I'm not exaggerating) dead ends. Please tell me he's not doing with I'm almost certain he is doing.

Re: MGWCC #793 — "Consider the Alternative"

Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2023 4:09 pm
by Dr.Buttbeard
Beamed up!

Re: MGWCC #793 — "Consider the Alternative"

Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2023 4:15 pm
by lbray53
Beamed. I needed a course correction. I had gathered way too much information and could not figure out what to keep.