A place to discuss the WSJ Weekly Crossword Contest and other "meta"-style crosswords
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And help I received! Thank you all!Henry Paul wrote: ↑Sat Jan 02, 2021 8:38 pm Still stuck at the back of the boat, railing like Lear about how sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to not have a clue on this "easy" meta...
NY's resolution -- it's ok to ask for help. If anyone wants to send a DM nudge my way, I'm accepting...
Also a Thursday Next fan! Always love to get lost in a good book! Was lucky enough to see Fforde speak at a local bookstore some years ago. He is as funny in person as he is on the page.whimsy wrote: ↑Wed Dec 30, 2020 4:35 pm Gift my kids sent me -- as well as a word of warning ---
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(Anyone read his Thursday Next series -- lots of fun if you like books, and words, and noir detective fiction, and British tea cozy fiction, and alternative history, and lots of other bizarre stuff!)
On to the puzzle --
Happy New Year All!
After reading the Thursday Next series (which I loved), I tried reading Great Expectations but couldn't get through it. Now I have a hankering to reread some Fforde and try Great Expectations again.Annabelle wrote: ↑Sun Jan 03, 2021 12:48 pmAlso a Thursday Next fan! Always love to get lost in a good book! Was lucky enough to see Fforde speak at a local bookstore some years ago. He is as funny in person as he is on the page.whimsy wrote: ↑Wed Dec 30, 2020 4:35 pm Gift my kids sent me -- as well as a word of warning ---
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(Anyone read his Thursday Next series -- lots of fun if you like books, and words, and noir detective fiction, and British tea cozy fiction, and alternative history, and lots of other bizarre stuff!)
On to the puzzle --
Happy New Year All!
Good suggestion for the Brain Freeze bonus puzzle pack!BarbaraK wrote: ↑Thu Dec 31, 2020 9:18 pm For WSJ subscribers only, there's a bonus puzzle pack at https://www.wsjplus.com/offers/puzzles-winter-2020
My New Year's puzzle resolution is to broaden my horizons and do more variety puzzles, not just crosswords. This was a fun way to get started with that (so obviously not all that difficult:)
D'oh!)My husband and I did those over the long weekend. And it was his idea. Baby steps to getting him into puzzles.HunterX wrote: ↑Sun Jan 03, 2021 5:12 pmGood suggestion for the Brain Freeze bonus puzzle pack!BarbaraK wrote: ↑Thu Dec 31, 2020 9:18 pm For WSJ subscribers only, there's a bonus puzzle pack at https://www.wsjplus.com/offers/puzzles-winter-2020
My New Year's puzzle resolution is to broaden my horizons and do more variety puzzles, not just crosswords. This was a fun way to get started with that (so obviously not all that difficult:)
Or "bad suggestion" if you wanted to get anything accomplished on the Sunday afternoon before going back to work! I wast... uh... I mean... keep busy much of the day with it.
(Though I messed up one letter from puzzle #2 which made the final puzzle not work until I went back and redid it.
Baby steps can turn into leaps and bounds. Though, perhaps a warning...? I got my sister into the Friday WSJ meta-puzzle. Now she texts me all weekend for hints. She doesn't usually solve it until mid-week the following week. I haven't mentioned that there's a coveted mug at stake. Is that wrong of me? My fiancée says not to, or she'll win a mug her first time while I've submitted countless times to no avail.LadyBird wrote: ↑Sun Jan 03, 2021 6:38 pmMy husband and I did those over the long weekend. And it was his idea. Baby steps to getting him into puzzles.HunterX wrote: ↑Sun Jan 03, 2021 5:12 pmGood suggestion for the Brain Freeze bonus puzzle pack!BarbaraK wrote: ↑Thu Dec 31, 2020 9:18 pm For WSJ subscribers only, there's a bonus puzzle pack at https://www.wsjplus.com/offers/puzzles-winter-2020
My New Year's puzzle resolution is to broaden my horizons and do more variety puzzles, not just crosswords. This was a fun way to get started with that (so obviously not all that difficult:)
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