#623 - "Questionable Humor"

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#623 - "Questionable Humor"

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Week 2 of 5 from Matt Gaffney asks us to find a two-word phrase.

Have fun and good luck!
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#2

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Fun one. Lots of Muggles on the board already.
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I'm onshore! Can't believe I'm the first.
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Fun one. Happy Friday!
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#5

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Matt is two for two this weekend on fun and excellent puzzles. I wish I could make one as good as either of these and he does them week after week, sometimes twice a week!
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Beam me up!

Fun! And Iโ€™m pleased it was one I could get quickly, because Iโ€™m expending many, many grey cells on Mattโ€™s other meta, over at WSJCC, this weekend. Only rabbit holes there, so far.
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Beam me up! Now back to WSJCC....

Stay well, all
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Beam me up! Wasn't all that hard, but I thought it was a lot of fun!
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Beam me up! Fun one indeed!
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Beam me up. Very fun puzzle. I always enjoy the ones I can actually do.
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Solved
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Beam me up! Now what am I going to do all weekend?
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Speedy! Now back to Al's puzzle, which continues to kick my butt.
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#15

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This is a really well-pitched week 2. Bravo.
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Fun one! At least I'm batting .333 this week... I still see absolutely nothing on either WSJCC or MMMM. My poor brain needed this win!
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That was a quick one. No frigging clue on the WSJ though.
Happy to give nudges. If you notice I've solved, please tell me about avenues you've explored so I can nudge you in the right direction and not off a cliff.
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#18

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Really enjoyed this one! Now, back to WSJCC.
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Solved. I predict there will be a few more wrong answers than usual for a Week 2. Fun puzzle though. Now onto my project of trying to work through all of the PGW metas. A few of those early ones are deadly (#5 for example).
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Really loved this one! Just finished the grid on WSJ though, and am still completely nowhere on MMMM... gonna be a long weekend.
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