"For Good Measure" - September 20, 2019

A place to discuss the weekly Wall Street Journal Crossword Puzzle Contest, starting every Thursday around 4:00 p.m. Eastern time. Please do not post any answers or hints before the contest deadline which is midnight Sunday Eastern time.
Locked
Olaf
Posts: 56
Joined: Fri Sep 20, 2019 7:12 pm

#201

Post by Olaf »

juliet wrote: Mon Sep 23, 2019 8:26 pm
Olaf wrote: Mon Sep 23, 2019 7:57 pm Anyone else check their spam folder every week, you know, in case the mug- winning email went there by mistake?
Thanks for the reminder--just checked (again). . .
It is important to check several times, just in case.
User avatar
hcbirker
Posts: 1986
Joined: Thu Apr 11, 2019 7:24 pm
Location: Studio City, CA

#202

Post by hcbirker »

Olaf wrote: Mon Sep 23, 2019 7:57 pm Anyone else check their spam folder every week, you know, in case the mug- winning email went there by mistake?
Always! (Heidi)
Heidi
User avatar
BethA
Posts: 624
Joined: Tue Apr 09, 2019 6:44 pm
Location: Beaver, PA

#203

Post by BethA »

hcbirker wrote: Mon Sep 23, 2019 8:57 pm
Olaf wrote: Mon Sep 23, 2019 7:57 pm Anyone else check their spam folder every week, you know, in case the mug- winning email went there by mistake?
Always! (Heidi)
Yes!
User avatar
Hector
Posts: 1297
Joined: Thu Apr 11, 2019 8:15 pm
Location: San Francisco
Contact:

#204

Post by Hector »

I don't care about the mug.

I don't care about the mug.

I don't care about the mug.

I don't care about the mug.

I don't care about the mug.

*checks spam folder*
User avatar
lacangah
Posts: 184
Joined: Tue May 28, 2019 12:58 am
Location: Claremont, CA

#205

Post by lacangah »

I'm still learning to calibrate my 'out of place clue' radar; I could've sworn that 'TRANSVAAL' and/or 'ELWES' was going to play a role in the meta.

Good meta - have a good week while waiting for Thursday :-)
LesY
Posts: 678
Joined: Tue Apr 09, 2019 4:21 pm

#206

Post by LesY »

Olaf wrote: Mon Sep 23, 2019 8:46 pm
juliet wrote: Mon Sep 23, 2019 8:26 pm
Olaf wrote: Mon Sep 23, 2019 7:57 pm Anyone else check their spam folder every week, you know, in case the mug- winning email went there by mistake?
Thanks for the reminder--just checked (again). . .
It is important to check several times, just in case.
I see what you did there. :)
User avatar
Joe Ross
Moderator
Posts: 5004
Joined: Fri Apr 12, 2019 4:46 am
Location: Cincinnati

#207

Post by Joe Ross »

Is it fair to assume that emailing your answer is best? Using the online solver's Submit form leaves open the possibilty of misspeeling your email address. There's no SPAM folder catchall for that.
Whole blood, platelets, or plasma: Donate 4 in 2024

PLATELET 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝗿𝗲.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘀 ENORMOUS 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲:
𝟰𝟬% 𝗽𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰,
𝟯𝟬% 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰,
𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿 & 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗺𝗮. 𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘 𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗘!
User avatar
KayW
Moderator
Posts: 3133
Joined: Wed Apr 10, 2019 12:10 am
Location: Chicago

#208

Post by KayW »

Olaf wrote: Mon Sep 23, 2019 8:46 pm
juliet wrote: Mon Sep 23, 2019 8:26 pm
Olaf wrote: Mon Sep 23, 2019 7:57 pm Anyone else check their spam folder every week, you know, in case the mug- winning email went there by mistake?
Thanks for the reminder--just checked (again). . .
It is important to check several times, just in case.
I'm from Chicago - early and often, just like voting ;)
Contest Crosswords Combating Cancer (CCCC) is a bundle of 16 metapuzzles created to help raise money for cancer-related charities. It is available at CrosswordsForCancer.com.
MikeMillerwsj
Posts: 286
Joined: Tue Apr 09, 2019 2:46 pm

#209

Post by MikeMillerwsj »

Another popular one--we had 1416 entries, approximately 75% correct.

So many units of measurements to guess from.  For some reason two had a lot of support: METER (36, plus 2 SQUARE METER), and HECTARE (32).  Also the four hidden words (ACRE, DYNE, GRAM, LITER), and CARAT *6), YARD (5), FOOT (4), HOUR (4), and many others.

Congrats to this week's winner: John Cassidy of Staten Island, NY!
Tom Wilson
Posts: 390
Joined: Thu Apr 11, 2019 8:07 pm
Location: South Williamsport, PA

#210

Post by Tom Wilson »

Joe Ross wrote: Tue Sep 24, 2019 9:05 am Is it fair to assume that emailing your answer is best? Using the online solver's Submit form leaves open the possibilty of misspeeling your email address. There's no SPAM folder catchall for that.
"Misspeeling." :lol: Well-played.
User avatar
BethA
Posts: 624
Joined: Tue Apr 09, 2019 6:44 pm
Location: Beaver, PA

#211

Post by BethA »

I really enjoyed the puzzle! I like the multiple step puzzles, like this, where everything follows very logically. If I were forced to come up with a gripe, it would be that PINT is a measure of volume, and LITER within poLITEReply, was already used. Thought it might be nice if it were a measurement of some completely different quantity, like time, brightness, loudness, or resistance, capacitance, voltage, power, angle magnitude (the engineers would love it!).

Anyway, I sent in the comment with my answer that I appreciated another “science-y” themed meta! 🧪 😀
User avatar
Colin
Posts: 546
Joined: Sat Apr 13, 2019 11:57 pm

#212

Post by Colin »

BethA wrote: Tue Sep 24, 2019 1:44 pm Anyway, I sent in the comment with my answer that I appreciated another “science-y” themed meta! 🧪 😀
Yes!! Go scientists!
One world. One planet. One future.
User avatar
FrankieHeck
Posts: 839
Joined: Tue Apr 09, 2019 8:57 pm
Location: West Virginia

#213

Post by FrankieHeck »

Colin wrote: Tue Sep 24, 2019 2:56 pm
BethA wrote: Tue Sep 24, 2019 1:44 pm Anyway, I sent in the comment with my answer that I appreciated another “science-y” themed meta! 🧪 😀
Yes!! Go scientists!
I have a much better chance with science themes than with movies, or music, or pop culture, or sports. Or airports. :D
User avatar
asechres
Posts: 13
Joined: Sun Jul 21, 2019 8:50 pm

#214

Post by asechres »

Eric Porter wrote: Mon Sep 23, 2019 12:48 am We did have at least 100 on shore. Bob Cruise Director missed my post on Thursday and didn't include me in the report. I wouldn't have said anything except for the fact that the count was at 99.

I found it funny that someone did use the work 'pint' in their post.

I'm curious if anyone solved it by seeing area, force, mass, and volume clues and unscrambling. (I did solve it the expected way.)
I solved it that way, using the clues. I never even saw the units of measure embedded in the long answers.
GlennG
Posts: 88
Joined: Thu Aug 08, 2019 12:48 am

#215

Post by GlennG »

Bob cruise director wrote: Sat Sep 21, 2019 12:07 pm First a warm welcome to our newest muggle - Olaf. Great Scandinavian name and if you have never been to any of the Scandinavian countries put it at the top of your bucket list. Super friendly and a wonderful place to visit. Don't worry about the language as everyone speaks English well.
Very crosswordable name, too. (gotta point that out, given the venue :lol: )
User avatar
Julie O
Posts: 102
Joined: Sat Apr 20, 2019 7:36 am
Location: Clarendon Hills, IL

#216

Post by Julie O »

BethA wrote: Tue Sep 24, 2019 1:44 pm I really enjoyed the puzzle! I like the multiple step puzzles, like this, where everything follows very logically.
Yes, me too!
Olaf
Posts: 56
Joined: Fri Sep 20, 2019 7:12 pm

#217

Post by Olaf »

BethA wrote: Tue Sep 24, 2019 1:44 pm I really enjoyed the puzzle! I like the multiple step puzzles, like this, where everything follows very logically. If I were forced to come up with a gripe, it would be that PINT is a measure of volume, and LITER within poLITEReply, was already used. Thought it might be nice if it were a measurement of some completely different quantity, like time, brightness, loudness, or resistance, capacitance, voltage, power, angle magnitude (the engineers would love it!).

Anyway, I sent in the comment with my answer that I appreciated another “science-y” themed meta! 🧪 😀
Yes - I like the science ones too, but if I don’t get them, it makes me feel worse. I also was looking for a goth type of unit of measurement, like length or something. I bet that’s why there were several entries for meter. I was questioning if another unit of volume could be correct, but everything else fit.

I didn’t think gig or mol would be real rabbit holes, as some muggles found. None of the other answers were abbreviations, so I think that would provide direction.

Anyway, ready for Friday! (I am old school and wait for my paper to arrive)
User avatar
Bob cruise director
Cruise Director
Posts: 4515
Joined: Thu Apr 11, 2019 2:38 pm
Location: Any golf course within 500 miles of Littleton MA

#218

Post by Bob cruise director »

Olaf wrote: Tue Sep 24, 2019 8:09 pm
BethA wrote: Tue Sep 24, 2019 1:44 pm I really enjoyed the puzzle! I like the multiple step puzzles, like this, where everything follows very logically. If I were forced to come up with a gripe, it would be that PINT is a measure of volume, and LITER within poLITEReply, was already used. Thought it might be nice if it were a measurement of some completely different quantity, like time, brightness, loudness, or resistance, capacitance, voltage, power, angle magnitude (the engineers would love it!).

Anyway, I sent in the comment with my answer that I appreciated another “science-y” themed meta! 🧪 😀
Yes - I like the science ones too, but if I don’t get them, it makes me feel worse. I also was looking for a goth type of unit of measurement, like length or something. I bet that’s why there were several entries for meter. I was questioning if another unit of volume could be correct, but everything else fit.

I didn’t think gig or mol would be real rabbit holes, as some muggles found. None of the other answers were abbreviations, so I think that would provide direction.

Anyway, ready for Friday! (I am old school and wait for my paper to arrive)
The answer had to be a measurement that a nontechnical person would know (good tip for the future). That eliminated mol. And gig is too much a slang word.
Bob Stevens
Cruise Director
Ffrohbose
Posts: 46
Joined: Tue Apr 09, 2019 12:57 pm
Location: North Carolina

#219

Post by Ffrohbose »

On shore...
Locked