#586 - "Periods of Reconciliation" - August 23, 2019

[BrianMac]

This answer to this week 4 puzzle is a ’90s political rival of 55-Across.

Good luck!

[sharkicicles]

Holy cats, #9 on the board.

[Hector]

Wow, amazing meta.

[TMart]

Brilliant - beam me up!

[FrankieHeck]

Do you ever look at a finished grid and the title and the answer descriptor and just feel sort of hopeless? That was my first reaction. Now I finally think I may be spinning my wheels in the right direction, and I'm just going to savor this feeling as it slowly comes together over the weekend (I hope.) Unfortunately I am also desperately trying to finish Infinite Jest because a library book has become available from my holds list, and between this meta and the book, I'm afraid my neurons are going to short-circuit. If you don't hear from me again, I love y'all.

[Meg]

Holy cats, #9 on the board.

Congratulations!!

[joequavis]

Beam me up! Record high placement on the board for me too (#25)

-Matt

[sharkicicles]

Beam me up! Record high placement on the board for me too (#25)

-Matt

Congrats! I’ve been this high when catching a week 1/2 at the right time but I’m in the same boat for anything past that.

[LesY]

Beam me up, too! This one is really good. It reminds me (just a little) of another meta - but I can’t say where or when for fear of spoiling.

Gunning for top 50...come on leaderboard update!

[BarbaraK]

Beam me up, please. I'll be in Ten Forward waiting for the leaderboard update. I usually prefer to wait til I see my name before announcing that the mission is complete, just in case, but I don't see any way I could be wrong on this one.

My highest ever leaderboard spot was #4. I took a screen shot because I'm sure I'll never see that again.

[Cindy]

Aha!

[sharkicicles]

Beam me up, please. I'll be in Ten Forward waiting for the leaderboard update. I usually prefer to wait til I see my name before announcing that the mission is complete, just in case, but I don't see any way I could be wrong on this one.

My highest ever leaderboard spot was #4. I took a screen shot because I'm sure I'll never see that again.

I hear ya, I was 110% sure but I didn’t post here until I saw it. Didn’t want to jinx it.

[Toby]

One major insight, and then it all fell into place. Leaderboard not updated yet, but I'm sure.

[LesY]

There it is, and there we are! BarbaraK you edged me by 4 minutes.

[BarbaraK]

Beam me up, too! This one is really good. It reminds me (just a little) of another meta - but I can’t say where or when for fear of spoiling.

Gunning for top 50...come on leaderboard update!

Well inside the top 50!

[Meg]

Done. With some nudges. Not very easy. At all.

[ChrisKochmanski]

Do any of you do the variety cryptic in Harper's? By Richard E, Maltby, Jr.? (Love that name!) Good one in the September 2019 edition. But sadly, so far I'm 44-D on this weekend's Week 4 MGWCC. Here's the 44-D clue: Confused, in the main (2,3)

I've finished the grid, but still only chasing rabbit holes ...

[FrankieHeck]

I've been semi-confidently charging down a rabbit hole, but it has gotten so narrow that I don't think I can follow it much farther, and I found nothing sensical. Trying to decide if I should try to back out and look for a new hole -- would be challenging, as I'm in pretty deep -- or keep scraping at the walls here. At least I can put the puzzle juice to good use tonight.

[hcbirker]

In a deep black hole. Nothing I've tried has led to anything. Count me as still staring. (Heidi)

[markhr]

Beam me up. I went down a lot of rabbit holes before I figured this one out.
I still don't know how some of these people can solve the week 4s so quickly.