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Re: #646 - "Rising Force"

Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2020 7:23 pm
by DrTom
I figured I was right but now it's confirmed - safely back aboard the Enterprise!

Re: #646 - "Rising Force"

Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2020 1:58 am
by DrTom
Dplass wrote: Fri Oct 16, 2020 3:49 pm I think that's the third 1A in three weeks. Matt's certainly got a sense of humor.
I guess I am brain dead, what do you mean his "third 1A" in three weeks?

Re: #646 - "Rising Force"

Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2020 6:43 am
by lbray53
Beam me up. This one was fun. I had to solve the meta before I could finish the grid.

Re: #646 - "Rising Force"

Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2020 8:02 am
by Dplass
DrTom wrote: Sun Oct 18, 2020 1:58 am
Dplass wrote: Fri Oct 16, 2020 3:49 pm I think that's the third 1A in three weeks. Matt's certainly got a sense of humor.
I guess I am brain dead, what do you mean his "third 1A" in three weeks?
The third time someone has used either that clue or that answer to represent those two co-workers in metas in the last 3 weeks.

Re: #646 - "Rising Force"

Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2020 6:45 pm
by Thurman8er
Worked backwards, but up me beam!

Re: #646 - "Rising Force"

Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2020 5:56 pm
by cherikee
Didn’t get to this til today, but beam me up! Nice one.

Re: #646 - "Rising Force"

Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2020 7:25 pm
by norrin2
Beam me up. Maybe my first solo week 3.

Re: #646 - "Rising Force"

Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2020 10:15 am
by DrTom
Dplass wrote: Sun Oct 18, 2020 8:02 am
DrTom wrote: Sun Oct 18, 2020 1:58 am
Dplass wrote: Fri Oct 16, 2020 3:49 pm I think that's the third 1A in three weeks. Matt's certainly got a sense of humor.
I guess I am brain dead, what do you mean his "third 1A" in three weeks?
The third time someone has used either that clue or that answer to represent those two co-workers in metas in the last 3 weeks.
Ah OK, yeas this week BOTH Mikel and Matt used it. They actually had three clues the same. Obviously DOC is a handy set of letters? Told you I was brain dead!

Re: #646 - "Rising Force"

Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2020 12:46 pm
by bhamren
I incorrectly answered Plutoniums (and in my note saying I was torn between Plutonium and Plutoniums since both are valid plural) after seeing all the PU rising up in each answer. I thought it was the obvious answer since it is definitely a “force”. Oh well. I was so convinced it was correct that I also commented it would have been interesting to have 94 clues in the puzzle also since it is the atomic number of plutonium.

Re: #646 - "Rising Force"

Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2020 12:46 pm
by Big Mac
Weirdly easy this week after struggling mightily last week. Might be my fastest solve (although I didn't do the puzzle until Monday). Maybe 7 and 7 is the celebratory drink of choice?

Re: #646 - "Rising Force"

Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2020 12:48 pm
by Bird Lives
Kicking myself for not getting this. I mean, Matt comes right out and tells you where to look.

Re: #646 - "Rising Force"

Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2020 2:07 pm
by ricky
I got this one at the last minute. I had the correct answer as a possibility at the very beginning but ruled it out because the hint specified a plural noun and the answer is also a verb. I don't quite understand why you'd specify the part of speech if doing so potentially rules out the correct answer...

Re: #646 - "Rising Force"

Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2020 3:03 pm
by Wriggler
I just solved the related puzzle below in a compilation book a few days before this week's MGWCC came out. From that I guessed the correct answer from the Rising Force title and the plural noun hint, but didn't have the nerve that E.A. has to submit before solving. :0
https://www.xwordinfo.com/Crossword?dat ... 8&g=33&d=D

Re: #646 - "Rising Force"

Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2020 10:20 pm
by MajordomoTom
Bird Lives wrote: Tue Oct 20, 2020 12:48 pm Kicking myself for not getting this. I mean, Matt comes right out and tells you where to look.
agree, I feel 110% the same here ... it literally is there in the grid.