#615 - "Transcendental Meditation"

[Hector]

Instructions: What is the answer to the question in this puzzle? (Hint: Z = 26)

[Hector]

Might have been better to omit the hint; week 1-ish as it is.

[Laura M]

Fun one from Peter Gordon! A little easy but it evens out the week 1 that was more like a week 2.

Back to WSJCC which, on the other hand, I still haven't gotten...

[TMart]

Easier than a week 2, but I learned a new term, so there's that.

Also, I love that Peter Gordon is #1 on the leaderboard this week!

[joequavis]

9-D
Fun one. Without the hint would have made this quite a bit more challenging, but probably still get-able?

[damefox]

Got it. The hint was probably not necessary; I'm not even sure it would've been much more challenging without it. Maybe would've been a week 1.5 instead of a week 1. But an enjoyable puzzle in any case!

[billkatz]

This was a fun one. Being very familiar with the transformation in the hint, I didn't really need it.

[oldjudge]

Solved. I was wondering how Peter Gordon solved it so quickly till I saw Matt’s second email.

[ChrisKochmanski]

Beam me up!

[sharkicicles]

On da board!

[Dogged Puzzler]

Om. . . Thanks for the fun puzzle.

[hcbirker]

Beam me up! Fun one!

[Jeremy Smith]

Got it!

[DrTom]

I dunno, I may be wasting my money on these. I am consistently getting the WSJCC but MGWCC, not so much. Last week I was close, this week I am almost SURE I know the answer from things that point to what I believe to be true, but easy, nope! As for the "transformation" in the hint, I see what billkatz means but I sure am neither familiar with it nor know what to do with it. GRRR

[oldjudge]

DrTom-I’m sure you will get this one. Think positive.

[BarbaraK]

I dunno, I may be wasting my money on these. I am consistently getting the WSJCC but MGWCC, not so much. Last week I was close, this week I am almost SURE I know the answer from things that point to what I believe to be true, but easy, nope! As for the "transformation" in the hint, I see what billkatz means but I sure am neither familiar with it nor know what to do with it. GRRR

You might be trying to over complicate this one. It really is just what it asks for.

It is conceivable that someone’s never heard of the answer in which case a little googling would be required.

[sharkicicles]

I dunno, I may be wasting my money on these. I am consistently getting the WSJCC but MGWCC, not so much. Last week I was close, this week I am almost SURE I know the answer from things that point to what I believe to be true, but easy, nope! As for the "transformation" in the hint, I see what billkatz means but I sure am neither familiar with it nor know what to do with it. GRRR

I know I’m more “on the wavelength” with some constructors rather than others. Usually I’m better at the MGWCC than WSJ, and more often than not when I get the WSJ it’s a Gaffney puzzle. On the other hand, I love PGW’s fill and clues but almost never crack his metas.

This week definitely has a different feel since it’s a Peter Gordon puzzle. I love Fireball, so not complaining, but this puzzle isn’t super-representative of most MG metas IMO.

[Meg]

It’s always lovely when I don’t have to obsess all weekend. I agree the hint was a bit unnecessary.

[tonyrobots]

Along with the WSJ, another easy one! Definitely agree the hint was unnecessary. Cute though, I enjoyed it. Always fun to get a different constructor in there, much as I love Matt's work. Guess it's time to go back to reality... or perhaps I should do the PGW first?

Stay safe and well, everyone!

[Geoduck]

Got it! Boy, did I overthink it, though.