"Color Code" - July 24, 2020
- pddigi
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Dom usually greets me with a Thursday morning text saying "HMD", for Happy Meta Day!
Inspired by last week's puzzle, he texted me "How you -kle". It was initially lost on me, but to be fair, he sent it at 5:00 am eastern, which is 4:00 am here in Nashville, so he woke me up with that text, and decoding a text from my out-of-town son at that hour is not in the top 50 responses that ran through my mind!
Inspired by last week's puzzle, he texted me "How you -kle". It was initially lost on me, but to be fair, he sent it at 5:00 am eastern, which is 4:00 am here in Nashville, so he woke me up with that text, and decoding a text from my out-of-town son at that hour is not in the top 50 responses that ran through my mind!
- Scott M
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Grid was tougher than usual. Not a clue on the meta, and no ideas how to get past square one.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
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- BarbaraK
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Wow! How do they keep coming up with all these clever ideas?!
Took a bit to figure out just what I was meant to do. But only one empty rabbit hole before snatching the bunny.
Took a bit to figure out just what I was meant to do. But only one empty rabbit hole before snatching the bunny.
- C=64
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Success! Afternoon mai tais at the C=64 household. (Later -- it's only 3:15pm.)
I was temporarily stuck after step 1 of the meta, but putting down the puzzle and looking at it again with fresh eyes made everything clear.
I was temporarily stuck after step 1 of the meta, but putting down the puzzle and looking at it again with fresh eyes made everything clear.
- cbarbee002
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World order is restored - - Al back on page 1!
- C=64
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Are the WSJ puzzle ratings in this discussion based on the KAS scale or how much we liked the puzzle? I ask because this one has a rating of 4, which doesn't seem like an appropriate KAS number this early in the game.
- Joe Ross
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You might be viewing on a phone. On a larger screen, it says that the rating is for the difficulty of the puzzle.
The current rating of 4 is from a very small sample of 2 muggles.
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!
PLATELET 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝗿𝗲.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘀 ENORMOUS 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲:
𝟰𝟬% 𝗽𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰,
𝟯𝟬% 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰,
𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿 & 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗺𝗮. 𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘 𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗘!
- C=64
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Thanks for the clarification. I would think that folks would need to take more than a couple of hours before declaring a puzzle beyond their capabilities.
- Hector
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On many browsers, you need to do a "hard refresh" to see the current rating (as opposed to the rating when you first loaded the forum page). On PC browsers, that's CTRL-F5. Right now the rating is 3.5 based on 9 reviews.
- TPS
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I've never solved a puzzle on my own that I didn't solve within the first 3 hours - never. I've spent 48+ hours in and was no point closer. So I can generally tell within the first 2-3 hours whether its beyond me.
- Wendy Walker
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If you both solve this week's meta it'll be interesting to see his text NEXT Thursday!pddigi wrote: ↑Thu Jul 23, 2020 5:40 pm Dom usually greets me with a Thursday morning text saying "HMD", for Happy Meta Day!
Inspired by last week's puzzle, he texted me "How you -kle". It was initially lost on me, but to be fair, he sent it at 5:00 am eastern, which is 4:00 am here in Nashville, so he woke me up with that text, and decoding a text from my out-of-town son at that hour is not in the top 50 responses that ran through my mind!
Good luck, fellow Muggles!
- Amanda Hugginkiss
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That was one of those perfect metas that I feel totally clueless about at first, but then the lightbulb goes on. I love that feeling!
- TPS
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Onshore with a shove - this puzzle was the combination of what I initially though the puzzle would be when I saw the title and then the first rabbit hole I went down. As happens to me so often - I couldn't make the connection on my own and then like someone says one word. But without that word I NEVER would have made it home.
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According to Mr. G there are 12478 five-letter words. So I got that goin' for me, which is nice.
- oldjudge
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- KayW
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Completed the grid without too much difficulty, but so far nothing on the meta. Hoping for post-enlightenment. I think this is one I will need to sleep on...
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.
- Streroto
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Easy grid done by 4:15. Then nada. Meta no clue. Hope not another weekend like last one. Ugh. I see something that almost can’t be a coincidence yet cannot take it further. Need to sleep on it I guess.
Stay well all
Stay well all
- TPS
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When I first read this I thought it meant you finished the grid in 4 minutes 15 seconds - and I was like "Holy F'ing Sh*t" I'm always ecstatic when I finish them in under 20 minutes but I'm happy anytime less than 30 minutes and thought I was pretty decent at solving grids - but I need to reevaluate that if people are solving these in under 5 minutes!! But then my brain started working.
- FrankieHeck
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On shore thanks to my husband, who picked up my puzzle and finished solving the meta as I was washing some dishes.