#644 - "Think Drink"

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Haven’t submitted, seems like there are two possibilities? Or maybe I’m slightly overthinking it. Apologies if this is a spoiler!

Edit: was overthinking. Submitted and on the board. Back to WSJ!
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does 29D make you think this is tooo easy?

EDIT: on at #274, so it's that easy.
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Oh my gosh, thank goodness it's a Week 1 and a Friday. I still need to go back and figure out how I solved Al's puzzle (and yes, I read all the nudges and I know what I'm looking for. My brain may be legit broken), and then look at the WSJ and Peter's again.

In this week 1 (which I REALLY hope I got right, haha) there was an answer that made no sense to me. I actually had to start typing it into the google search bar before I realized how to parse it. And there really weren't any tricky answers at all, so....Is it Miller Time yet?
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Beam me up.
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Beam me up, always nice to start the new puzzling month with something more low-key!
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Fastest I've ever solved a MGWCC - 4:04 - which partially makes up for being totally stumped for a solid 24 hours and counting on the WSJ this week
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Solved! Good week 1.
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tonyrobots wrote: Fri Oct 02, 2020 3:52 pm Haven’t submitted, seems like there are two possibilities?
There are definitely two good answers, especially if you were a mall rat in the 70s-80s.
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Abide wrote: Sat Oct 03, 2020 10:51 am
tonyrobots wrote: Fri Oct 02, 2020 3:52 pm Haven’t submitted, seems like there are two possibilities?
There are definitely two good answers, especially if you were a mall rat in the 70s-80s.
HA!
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This was probably the easiest meta I've ever solved. I'm sure by Week 5 I'll be grateful.
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Abide wrote: Sat Oct 03, 2020 10:51 am
tonyrobots wrote: Fri Oct 02, 2020 3:52 pm Haven’t submitted, seems like there are two possibilities?
There are definitely two good answers, especially if you were a mall rat in the 70s-80s.
that's true, had long forgotten that "drink".
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