Re: "These Go To Eleven" - March 13, 2020
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2020 12:07 am
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"These Go To Eleven" - March 13, 2020
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Re: "These Go To Eleven" - March 13, 2020
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2020 12:08 am
Nanoo Nanoo.
Picture yourself with a mug on a river
With meta-themed fields, and word crossed skies.
Somebody clues you, you answer quite slowly
Matt Gaffney's kaleidoscope grid.
Picture yourself with a mug on a river
With meta-themed fields, and word crossed skies.
Somebody clues you, you answer quite slowly
Matt Gaffney's kaleidoscope grid.
Re: "These Go To Eleven" - March 13, 2020
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2020 12:12 am
Did anyone consider ANNA (GO TO HIM), with eleven letters in the title?
Bueller?
Bueller...?
Bueller?
Bueller...?
Re: "These Go To Eleven" - March 13, 2020
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2020 12:13 am
Another great puzzle by Matt! Having said that, starting the puzzle I was hoping it was “I am the Walrus”.
Re: "These Go To Eleven" - March 13, 2020
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2020 12:28 am
Before I noticed all the NA's leading to my submission of Hey Jude, I took note of 58d, KITE, and thought for a second "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite" might be found the grid. A red herring perhaps?
Re: "These Go To Eleven" - March 13, 2020
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2020 12:56 am
Very nice solution! Worked all weekend, so didn’t get much time to look ... a weak excuse for missing this song! Got stuck on going to 11A (ATL - Atlanta) and saw PAN AM, BOA(C), thought it was airlines... couldn’t see 11. Then stuck on AN instead of NA but there were only 6 in theme answers and way more than 11 elsewhere. At 11:56, put AN and NA together for an ANNA (GO TO HIM) Hail Mary. Brain blanks out the obvious sometimes. Best band ever! I should've put Beatles on shuffle while I worked!
Re: "These Go To Eleven" - March 13, 2020
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2020 1:13 am
Wow! Kudos on noticing the atomic number of sodium. I never saw that.DBMiller wrote: ↑Mon Mar 16, 2020 12:01 am So the answer I submitted was, "Hey Jude".
This is due to all the "na"s in the long answers. Let's all sing along...
Na, na, na, na-na-na na
Na-na-na na, hey Jude
So what does this have to do with the title of, "These Go To Eleven"?
I saw two connections:
1) The # of "na"s in the chorus is 11.
2) 11 is the atomic number of sodium. Whose symbol is "Na".
I thought some of the pre-deadline comments about the Apple debut clues in the grid bordered on spoiler territory… Hey Jude was the first single released on Apple Records and I thought that might have been an intentional extra nudge from Matt...
https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/ ... e-records/
Re: "These Go To Eleven" - March 13, 2020
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2020 1:43 am
I considered it, but rejected it because it seemed too sloppy. You could find several ANNAs in the puzzle (if you included anagramming adjacent or consecutive letters), but there was no consistency to how to find them, no clue pointing in that direction, and it didn't make sense to have one ANNA right there in plain sight.
So I held off until I found the much more elegant Hey Jude.
Re: "These Go To Eleven" - March 13, 2020
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2020 7:15 am
Yep I thought of that but there aren't 11 of them.steveb wrote: ↑Mon Mar 16, 2020 1:43 amI considered it, but rejected it because it seemed too sloppy. You could find several ANNAs in the puzzle (if you included anagramming adjacent or consecutive letters), but there was no consistency to how to find them, no clue pointing in that direction, and it didn't make sense to have one ANNA right there in plain sight.
So I held off until I found the much more elegant Hey Jude.
Re: "These Go To Eleven" - March 13, 2020
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2020 7:39 am
Loved this one, saw the NA's (although technically there was a Red Herring NA 34A which made it 12 but that was a NA "NAT" in a "theme" answer). I also saw the NA for sodium; one of the first things I saw after I saw NA but then I'd have been drummed out of my profession if I did not. Did anyone else take for a confirmation that "Hey Jude" was, at the time, one of the longest songs every on the Top Charts with the prolonged chorus of NAs taking it to 7 minutes and 11 seconds? That was the pretty little bow on the package for me.
Re: "These Go To Eleven" - March 13, 2020
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2020 7:47 am
Na na na na.
Na na na na
Hey hey good-bye
Only 8 Na's. It’s hard to push a song out of your head. Even if it’s not by the Beatles.
Na na na na
Hey hey good-bye
Only 8 Na's. It’s hard to push a song out of your head. Even if it’s not by the Beatles.
Re: "These Go To Eleven" - March 13, 2020
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2020 8:23 am
Our final, final shore count was 158 with a couple of 11th hour entries.
Good luck winning the mug as there will be long odds.
Good luck winning the mug as there will be long odds.
Re: "These Go To Eleven" - March 13, 2020
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Re: "These Go To Eleven" March 13, 2020
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2020 8:57 am
**sob**Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Sat Mar 14, 2020 11:50 am Good morning Muggles
A couple of things first before our roll call. Welcome to our newest muggles: Notbitter, UTHfan, CPKdad and VincentM
Happy Pi Day (we had apple last night), however in the WSJ today there is a debate as to whether we should celebrate Pi Day or Tau Day. I will let you decide.
Also the WSJ Saturday crossword is extremely clever for those who want something to amuse them.
And thanks for posting the links to the slack key guitar links. It was new to me but very enjoyable.
We have 3 muggles keeping Isaac company for now and 120 on the shore. And apologies to anyone I have missed.
On the ship are Geoduck, Tom S and Fishmagik
And on the crowded shore are:
Vincent
Frankie
joequavis
Al
Wendy
Mark L
David K
Mike H
higgysue
alan H
Hector
Jim and Anita
Cindy
Chris
Toby
azdataboy
damefox
meg
Brian M
Julie O
streroto
oldjudge
Heidi
spotter
tim1217
Drysdale
Tony S
Frank
dplass
Janet
Beth T
STL-D
CPKdad
Tmart
billkatz
ky-mike
DBMiller
Trey and Marion
WBYonder
Ed S
Jacksull
Jeffrey
JimJim
Erik
MatthewB
OGuyDave
RDaleHall
Omnibus
joes
Softie
Eric P
Bird Lives
Lacangah
burd
Tom Wi
PeterLee1a
sharkicicles
CallMeShane
DrTom
boharr
Wdunbar
Paul D (still looking for Dom?)
Scott M
MajordomoTom
Glyn
CynthiaJ
LittleGood
Kay
Ann
femullen
mary F
Josh
Inca
scooby
David R
cashk
howardl
maprasad
Kas
michaelm
Laura M
Beth A
SusieG
commodore
yourpalsal
anjhinz
Homer
Deb F
Jenirvin
Kris
Doug C
Bill S
Tina
Rad26
Janet P
Nlobb
Natalie
Jackie88
Juliet
MaineMarge
tonyrobots
Doug M
pookie
Rexthree
LaceyK
Beth C
Jud
leslie
Les Y
Your humble cruise director who grossly overthought this for 36 hours
the Thurman8er
Guy L
ImOnToo
eagle1279
Matthew M
Ksoav
seans
Limerick
UTHfan
Notbitter
Stay safe.
Nope, I said I was on the shore not too long after I expressed my puzzlement...
**sob**
(This is becoming a pattern!)
Re: "These Go To Eleven" - March 13, 2020
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2020 9:01 am
OK! You're forgiven!Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Sun Mar 15, 2020 11:51 am Good Sunday morning muggles
Fortunately the coronavirus does not affect the Love Boat nor virtual beaches so we are safe. We have 3 on the ship and 146 on the shore - closing in on our record of 150 which was set February 20 and tied last week
First we welcome our three newest muggles: Michael S and James S on the WSJ web site and Head Scratcher here
Joining the mob on the shore since yesterday are
Steveb
Lucas
Patty
Barbara K who I missed yesterday and has joined Cindy in my bold (do not forget) lettering
Diane
Jeremy
Devilbunny
Mary CC
Ann P
Burak
Susan G
diplomat
John B
Bill T
Scott R
Barry
Susan F
Olaf
Michael S
James S
Head scratcher
phofer
Libbypibby
our clam Geoduck
Susan H
and Hidden in 3D. By the way Sara - what you experienced in your fund raiser is normal. You are lucky that people did not hand you stuff the day of the event.
anyway stay safe. This virus may be a boon to MGWCC since there is no sports to watch on TV and we can't go anywhere.
I will accept two 12-packs of Charmin as atonement.
Re: "These Go To Eleven" - March 13, 2020
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2020 9:03 am
i got stuck on the anagram for SPINAL TAP in banana split ... [well the P but maybe that was part of the answer] so i wasted time looking for spinal tap song titles and characters and stars names in the other clues. or even other famous movies re rock n roll. i thought the answer re nanana was weak
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