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Bonus meta from todayโ€™s q and a. If anyone wants to comment.
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Cindy wrote: โ†‘Thu Sep 10, 2020 7:59 pm Bonus meta from todayโ€™s q and a. If anyone wants to comment.
Find the PDF & Excel clues & grid forms HERE.
Whole blood, platelets, or plasma: Donate 4 in 2024

PLATELET ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ.
๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ENORMOUS ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ:
๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฌ% ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ,
๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ% ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ,
๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ & ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฎ. ๐—ฃ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—”๐—ฆ๐—˜ ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—”๐—ฅ๐—˜!
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#3

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Iโ€™m pretty sure I see enough to know that this involves something Iโ€™m not good at.
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#4

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Joe Ross wrote: โ†‘Thu Sep 10, 2020 8:13 pm
Cindy wrote: โ†‘Thu Sep 10, 2020 7:59 pm Bonus meta from todayโ€™s q and a. If anyone wants to comment.
Find the PDF & Excel clues & grid forms HERE.
Thanks joe.
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Oh my, I solved it! Thanks for the special puzzle, Mike!
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In the Q&A they mentioned sending in the answer but it was quick and I did not get the address

also when I first did this, it was not clear that there was a meta
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wsjplusteam@wsj.com

Fun one! I like it when you're not done after the first step.
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Hector wrote: โ†‘Thu Sep 10, 2020 9:38 pm wsjplusteam@wsj.com

Fun one! I like it when you're not done after the first step.
I hate it when you arenโ€™t done after the first step.
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TPS wrote: โ†‘Thu Sep 10, 2020 10:23 pm
Hector wrote: โ†‘Thu Sep 10, 2020 9:38 pm wsjplusteam@wsj.com

Fun one! I like it when you're not done after the first step.
I hate it when you arenโ€™t done after the first step.
No, you're gonna love it. For me it was a great aha moment. Worth working for it.
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ChrisKochmanski wrote: โ†‘Fri Sep 11, 2020 8:45 am
TPS wrote: โ†‘Thu Sep 10, 2020 10:23 pm
Hector wrote: โ†‘Thu Sep 10, 2020 9:38 pm wsjplusteam@wsj.com

Fun one! I like it when you're not done after the first step.
I hate it when you arenโ€™t done after the first step.
No, you're gonna love it. For me it was a great aha moment. Worth working for it.
Well the difference is that I am horrible at these. After this weeks Gaffney debacle for the Friday contest - I donโ€™t think I am going to even attempt this one.
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#11

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Lovely! and solved.
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Not easy at all! But the mechanism is elegant!
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Hector wrote: โ†‘Thu Sep 10, 2020 9:38 pm wsjplusteam@wsj.com

Fun one! I like it when you're not done after the first step.
when is the deadline?
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Bob cruise director wrote: โ†‘Fri Sep 11, 2020 11:23 am
Hector wrote: โ†‘Thu Sep 10, 2020 9:38 pm wsjplusteam@wsj.com

Fun one! I like it when you're not done after the first step.
when is the deadline?
next thursday
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#15

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Cindy wrote: โ†‘Fri Sep 11, 2020 11:26 am
Bob cruise director wrote: โ†‘Fri Sep 11, 2020 11:23 am
Hector wrote: โ†‘Thu Sep 10, 2020 9:38 pm wsjplusteam@wsj.com

Fun one! I like it when you're not done after the first step.
when is the deadline?
next thursday
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Whole blood, platelets, or plasma: Donate 4 in 2024

PLATELET ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ.
๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ENORMOUS ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ:
๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฌ% ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ,
๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ% ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ,
๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ & ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฎ. ๐—ฃ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—”๐—ฆ๐—˜ ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—”๐—ฅ๐—˜!
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Bravo! Nice mix of straightforwardness and the needed AHA moment.

First time I've used the Joe Ross Excel format...pretty nice! Different when you're used to actual made-for-crosswords apps but much easier for me than printing a paper copy. So thanks for that!

Ok, so now that the Friday noon hole has been filled by the Gaffney delay....
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Got it. Tough.
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Very cool! Loved it.

TPS, you can get this, if you haven't, already.
Whole blood, platelets, or plasma: Donate 4 in 2024

PLATELET ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ.
๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ENORMOUS ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ:
๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฌ% ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ,
๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ% ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ,
๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ & ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฎ. ๐—ฃ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—”๐—ฆ๐—˜ ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—”๐—ฅ๐—˜!
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#19

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This was not so easy (both grid and meta), but somehow I got it anyway. As MikeM000 said, this was a nice replacement for the missing MGWCC Friday meta.
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TPS wrote: โ†‘Fri Sep 11, 2020 10:08 am
ChrisKochmanski wrote: โ†‘Fri Sep 11, 2020 8:45 am
TPS wrote: โ†‘Thu Sep 10, 2020 10:23 pm

I hate it when you arenโ€™t done after the first step.
No, you're gonna love it. For me it was a great aha moment. Worth working for it.
Well the difference is that I am horrible at these. After this weeks Gaffney debacle for the Friday contest - I donโ€™t think I am going to even attempt this one.
You can solve this, Todd. The Basics.
Whole blood, platelets, or plasma: Donate 4 in 2024

PLATELET ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ.
๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ENORMOUS ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ:
๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฌ% ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ,
๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ% ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ,
๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ & ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฎ. ๐—ฃ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—”๐—ฆ๐—˜ ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—”๐—ฅ๐—˜!
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