XWord Muggles Forum

Colin wrote: ↑Mon Mar 09, 2020 8:21 pm Oh boy (again). Saw RAP and got completely tied up in hip-hop... aka EMCEE. Not a fan of the genre, but saw a few names in the grid (with help of Mr G, also in grid!) and settled for HAMMER, as in MC HAMMER. Knew it had to be wrong, but no time left. Earlier, I blew past the obvious in the theme answers because only Rate of Progress, File a Return and (at a push) Went Out on a Date seemed to fit the theme, so I gave up.

yourpalsal wrote: ↑Mon Mar 09, 2020 1:16 pm I am an idiot. I got the right answer, but I thought it was just about animals and springtime. Only on returning to the muggleboard today did I realize that all the animals mentioned actually hop. That makes the puzzle ever so much more elegant.

SarasotaSun wrote: ↑Mon Mar 09, 2020 9:32 am I thought it was refreshing that we DIDN'T have to read dozens of responses about going down "rabbit holes" this week. I can only wish that would continue.

Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Mon Mar 09, 2020 8:38 pm

Colin wrote: ↑Mon Mar 09, 2020 8:21 pm Earlier, I blew past the obvious in the theme answers because only Rate of Progress, File a Return and (at a push) Went Out on a Date seemed to fit the theme, so I gave up.

Colin
As a general rule (not guaranteed as nothing is a sure thing) when you are looking for a word of the same length as the long answers, focus on those. and look for something that bridges the multiword answers. The one that got most of us going was Arab British which was a strange combination and the long answer of rabbit (with an extra letter) jumped out. Personally I saw F(p)rog right above that.

This kind of format is common for Mike Shenk puzzles.

Good luck

MikeMillerwsj wrote: ↑Tue Mar 10, 2020 11:03 am Hello and congrats to the many of you who completed this delightful contest. We had a pretty big turnout: 1826 entries, about 93% hopping successfully to the correct answer.

The biggest rabbit hole was, indeed, RABBIT with 49. Also GRAINS and ASHORE (huh? to both) with 5 each, ANIMAL (2) and a few others.

Congrats to this week's winner: George Schane of Redondo Beach, CA.

Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Mon Mar 09, 2020 8:38 pm

Colin wrote: ↑Mon Mar 09, 2020 8:21 pm Oh boy (again). Saw RAP and got completely tied up in hip-hop... aka EMCEE. Not a fan of the genre, but saw a few names in the grid (with help of Mr G, also in grid!) and settled for HAMMER, as in MC HAMMER. Knew it had to be wrong, but no time left. Earlier, I blew past the obvious in the theme answers because only Rate of Progress, File a Return and (at a push) Went Out on a Date seemed to fit the theme, so I gave up.

Colin
As a general rule (not guaranteed as nothing is a sure thing) when you are looking for a word of the same length as the long answers, focus on those. and look for something that bridges the multiword answers. The one that got most of us going was Arab British which was a strange combination and the long answer of rabbit (with an extra letter) jumped out. Personally I saw F(p)rog right above that.

This kind of format is common for Mike Shenk puzzles.

Good luck

DBMiller wrote: ↑Tue Mar 10, 2020 12:11 pm

MikeMillerwsj wrote: ↑Tue Mar 10, 2020 11:03 am Hello and congrats to the many of you who completed this delightful contest. We had a pretty big turnout: 1826 entries, about 93% hopping successfully to the correct answer.

The biggest rabbit hole was, indeed, RABBIT with 49. Also GRAINS and ASHORE (huh? to both) with 5 each, ANIMAL (2) and a few others.

Congrats to this week's winner: George Schane of Redondo Beach, CA.

GRAINS is one letter off from SPRING, where P=A and then reordered. RATEOFPROGRESS is where the P comes from, and should be the source of the P. But it does contain "RAT", which *is* an animal (Not a hopping one), and could be the source of confusion.

ASHORE beats the $#!+ out of me, unless new players see everyone here saying they are ashore, and think that's us saying the answer???

Streroto wrote: ↑Tue Mar 10, 2020 12:57 pm

Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Mon Mar 09, 2020 8:38 pm

Colin wrote: ↑Mon Mar 09, 2020 8:21 pm Oh boy (again). Saw RAP and got completely tied up in hip-hop... aka EMCEE. Not a fan of the genre, but saw a few names in the grid (with help of Mr G, also in grid!) and settled for HAMMER, as in MC HAMMER. Knew it had to be wrong, but no time left. Earlier, I blew past the obvious in the theme answers because only Rate of Progress, File a Return and (at a push) Went Out on a Date seemed to fit the theme, so I gave up.

Colin
As a general rule (not guaranteed as nothing is a sure thing) when you are looking for a word of the same length as the long answers, focus on those. and look for something that bridges the multiword answers. The one that got most of us going was Arab British which was a strange combination and the long answer of rabbit (with an extra letter) jumped out. Personally I saw F(p)rog right above that.

This kind of format is common for Mike Shenk puzzles.

Good luck

Thanks Bob, if I’m not mistaken I think you mean when looking for a word with the same length as the number of long answers, right?

asechres wrote: ↑Tue Mar 10, 2020 12:25 am

SarasotaSun wrote: ↑Mon Mar 09, 2020 9:32 am I thought it was refreshing that we DIDN'T have to read dozens of responses about going down "rabbit holes" this week. I can only wish that would continue.

I'd be happy with reduced frequency of posts from those explaining why they didn't submit solution Friday night. Don't worry, we know all muggles are smarties, so there's no need to make excuses for a Sunday submission. A correct submission is just as good on Saturday or Sunday as it is on Friday.

Tom Shea wrote: ↑Tue Mar 10, 2020 2:00 pm

asechres wrote: ↑Tue Mar 10, 2020 12:25 am

SarasotaSun wrote: ↑Mon Mar 09, 2020 9:32 am I thought it was refreshing that we DIDN'T have to read dozens of responses about going down "rabbit holes" this week. I can only wish that would continue.

I'd be happy with reduced frequency of posts from those explaining why they didn't submit solution Friday night. Don't worry, we know all muggles are smarties, so there's no need to make excuses for a Sunday submission. A correct submission is just as good on Saturday or Sunday as it is on Friday.

Don't worry. You're *not* required to read them on this FREE message board that others have so graciously allowed us to comment on a subject most of us have a lot of good-natured FUN with.

Tom Shea wrote: ↑Tue Mar 10, 2020 3:39 pm ..and don't forget to tip your servers.




(Ed.: Original concept shamelessly stolen from Scott Adams/Dogbert answers fan mail. Secondary concept shamelessly stolen from Jackie Mason, who undoubtedly stole it from someone long dead.)

Al Sisti wrote: ↑Wed Mar 11, 2020 11:35 am

Tom Shea wrote: ↑Tue Mar 10, 2020 3:39 pm ..and don't forget to tip your servers.




(Ed.: Original concept shamelessly stolen from Scott Adams/Dogbert answers fan mail. Secondary concept shamelessly stolen from Jackie Mason, who undoubtedly stole it from someone long dead.)

Jackie Mason steal a joke? I'm shocked... shocked, I tell you!