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.
TPS wrote: ↑Fri Jul 03, 2020 9:46 am
This one is a KAS 1 Billion for me.
I stand by this. Someone was nice enough to drive by and put a bullet in this turtle - who had been flipped on his shell and baking in the Florida sun - by giving me the correct answer and method.
And I can with 100% certainty say if I had all the resources in the world (except for other people) and a billion years I never would have solved this - I never would have gotten the first step but even more importantly even if I had just been given the next part as a jumping off point - I wouldn’t have been able to solve it from there.
I’m shocked people think this one was easy but that TALLY was hard - this was significantly more difficult at both stages.
One man's ceiling is another man's floor....it really depends on how your are wired and,probably more importantly, what you happen to see or think the mechanism might be. Sometimes it jumps right up at you, sometimes - easy or not- it does not. I got the ADOBE a few weeks back which everyone thought was VERY difficult, but I have whiffed on ones that people list as being child's play.
BUT - I think you underestimate yourself because you have proven to be a rather consistent solver. You just got caught in a whirlpool (or maybe a frigidaire) and could not see shore. Come on fellow Floridian, don't be so hard on yourself!
NUDGES!I am always willing to give nudges where needed; metas should be about fun, not frustration. Send me what you have done so far because often you are closer than you think!
tonyrobots wrote: ↑Fri Jul 03, 2020 3:10 pm
Aha! With a sudden bolt from 12D (or was it 53D?), I have found myself on shore! I really liked this one, it’s put a big smile on my face.
I think I will pour myself a nice birthday Reverend May’s hard cider (at an appropriate hour, of course.)
Thank goodness you did not get hit by a hammer from another God - I wouldn't want you to be Thor afterwards. Reverend May's Hard Cider - hmmm, not familiar. Apple based, grain based, flavor profile....enlightening me please.
NUDGES!I am always willing to give nudges where needed; metas should be about fun, not frustration. Send me what you have done so far because often you are closer than you think!
Ashore. The meta answer came to me in the middle of a five-hour hike in near-90-degree temperatures. A new solving technique, perhaps? Heat stroke or bust! Yay, me!
Joepickett wrote: ↑Fri Jul 03, 2020 5:52 am
I was 7 for 9 since starting these. Guess I'm going to be 7 for 10. No clue.
It’s only Friday. You have lots of time yet. Keep the grid around and take a peek from time to time. Sleep on it. Let it percolate in your unconscious. That aha moment may well hit you.
Here’s a vote for sleeping on it. I took a long look at the completed grid just before bed and the answer came to me as I woke this morning.
Well, I finally saw something. It fits but that's the best I can say about it. Further study is required! I'm in MaineMarge's garden harvesting for now.
TPS wrote: ↑Fri Jul 03, 2020 9:46 am
This one is a KAS 1 Billion for me.
I stand by this. Someone was nice enough to drive by and put a bullet in this turtle - who had been flipped on his shell and baking in the Florida sun - by giving me the correct answer and method.
And I can with 100% certainty say if I had all the resources in the world (except for other people) and a billion years I never would have solved this - I never would have gotten the first step but even more importantly even if I had just been given the next part as a jumping off point - I wouldn’t have been able to solve it from there.
I’m shocked people think this one was easy but that TALLY was hard - this was significantly more difficult at both stages.
I find them all KAS 5 until, on rare occasions, I see the key. This one, though, is still higher than level 1.
For nudges, feel free to PM me. I won't have a clue how to help you, but you might shove me ashore.
Landfall. I have all that garden Meta mulling ( but not the bad fuzzy garden mullein) to thank for pointing me to the far distant shore- the correct one, 14a. That would be nice.
I loved this! Great fun, not wacky for me. Interesting route to the beach.
Nice job, Matt.
Marion and I are definitely on shore - back to the more normal routine where she captained and I rowed from the back. Regardless, we're there and it's good to be D/D.............
Tom Shea wrote: ↑Fri Jul 03, 2020 4:37 pm
After a couple of quick weeks, I am back replenishing Isaac's tip jar. Got the grid, but am mystified hunting the elusive rabbit.
Only one thing to do in this situation:
Bombay Sapphire, with a Churchill dose of vermouth (whatever sticks to the ice when you drain it). Two large Spanish olives.
I've been working on this one and the first meta from "Grids For Good" since yesterday. I got them both within two minutes of each other. Anyone else ever experience something like that?
