Thinking Inside the Box: WSJ, 01/01/21
- ChrisKochmanski
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Thinking Inside the Box: WSJ, 01/01/21
A good New Year's Day for variety cryptics! See the thread on Neville Fogarty's "Happy New Year" puzzle -- and now this typically involving and fun HEX creation: https://www.wsj.com/articles/thinking-i ... 1609105978 Who needs football!
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The middle box was a nice finish to this puzzle! I had to think a bit to figure out the mini crossword.
- Meg
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With the early WSJ metas, I completely forgot to check the Saturday variety. Yay!
OK. Have the grid and the interior. Fun!
OK. Have the grid and the interior. Fun!
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- Richard B.
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A nice way to start off the new year. The inside box was satisfying.
- RPardoe
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Figured it was cryptic time as the acrostic was a few weeks ago.
Nice to be rewarded with a satisfying cryptic with a nice twist.
Nice to be rewarded with a satisfying cryptic with a nice twist.
- KayW
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Just solved puzzle and inside box. Another masterpiece! But I’m still trying to parse wordplay on 20 down... (and not asking for nudge - yet; still )
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- Al Sisti
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Finished the cryptic clues. The inner box did not jump out at me. Will have to look at it later when I have more time.
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I finished and think I have the middle square but it seems clunky ??? Maybe I’m not right... will look again...
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- Dannyvee
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Got the inside box but can’t figure out 11a
Anyone have a hint that they can pm me or put behind a spoiler block?
Anyone have a hint that they can pm me or put behind a spoiler block?
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- BethA
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Got it! (Both parts)
Am I back up on the cryptic horse? DNF the last several, felt like they had too many unknowns for my skill level, unable to get a foothold. Looks like I will keep trying. Good start to 2021!
Happy New Year!
Am I back up on the cryptic horse? DNF the last several, felt like they had too many unknowns for my skill level, unable to get a foothold. Looks like I will keep trying. Good start to 2021!
Happy New Year!
- Hector
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- BarbaraK
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Thank you! I had that answer but I didn't understand it.
And I was coming here to ask about 4D, but I just figured it out. (I initially got the last letter by solving the middle part and seeing what had to go there.)
I gather this is an easy cryptic. I'm grateful for that as I'm very new to these. This is the third one I've ever done (and the first two were multi-week efforts.) But the guys on the Fill Me In podcast talked a bunch about how they worked, and apparently enough stuck with me to make this doable.
- Annabelle
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This was a lot of fun. My admiration for the creativity of HEX grows by the puzzle. Loved the clues crammed into the puzzle introduction about solving the box!