#45 - "Good News, You're in the Right Place"
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#45 - "Good News, You're in the Right Place"
(The actual #45 this time.)
The answer to the metapuzzle is a book of the Gospel.
The answer to the metapuzzle is a book of the Gospel.
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Can someone explain 61A to me? I don't get it. Or I have a letter wrong, but the down ones all look good.
- ky-mike
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I sent you a PM
- ky-mike
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Completed grid and submitted an answer. Time will tell.
Nope. Back to the puzzle.
Nope. Back to the puzzle.
- Hector
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Hmm. There is a dead-obvious, one-step answer that I think cannot be squared with this being a pgw meta... But I'm not seeing anything else yet.
- FrankieHeck
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I have some ideas and/or steps, but I haven't yet figured out how to put it together to come up with the answer. Not in a hurry, though. I'm not opposed to taking this one into the weekend with me, if need be.
- Toby
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I have what I think is step one, but no idea where to go from there. I'm determined not to submit anymore unless I'm at least 90% sure, so I might need to let it go this week.
Enjoyed the grid though! I was only completely stumped on one square (36A/26D); I managed to eventually work out everything else.
Enjoyed the grid though! I was only completely stumped on one square (36A/26D); I managed to eventually work out everything else.
- Hector
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pgw took the very kind step of soliciting my one-step answer and confirming that that's not the mechanism. Which is cool, because thinking, no, it can't be that easy, can it? is a much less pleasant place to be than, wtf, I can't see anything yet.
- Cindy
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I'm 42% sure I know the answer but not the mechanism.
Actually, more like 22% sure...
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When you write "Nope" - did you get a response from pgw saying your solution was wrong?
- ky-mike
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Yes
- Toby
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Something was pointed out to me, which looks interesting but too much of a slog to pursue.
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I had an idea, but my confidence level is nowhere near 100%. PGW meta answers are almost always 100%, often with some nice confirming pings. I can think of one exception from very near the beginning, but otherwise when I've felt less than 100%, I've been wrong. So I'm resisting submitting my wrong answer, but it's a struggle!
- TMart
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- Al Sisti
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Sent Peter my answer, with an explanation as to how I arrived at it. Was it right? Dunno... tick tick tick.
(Later) Confirmed...such an elegant construction.
(Later) Confirmed...such an elegant construction.
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- Hector
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I am actually at 95% now, having previously had some pretty interesting incorrect ideas. Pretty sure pgw is about to create a spam filter for my emails.
Edit: And pgw confirms what was my nth answer, for n large. Quite a feat of construction, and definitely pgwesque.
Edit: And pgw confirms what was my nth answer, for n large. Quite a feat of construction, and definitely pgwesque.
- Meg
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I’ve sent in my answer. Feels pretty good. I got the trick first. Super construction!
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- joequavis
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Wow, I actually got a PGW (I know I say that every time I get one). There are some of his that rank up with my favorite metas, and this is definitely one of them.
Was so excited to get it, I posted here first. I'll submit my entry now...
Was so excited to get it, I posted here first. I'll submit my entry now...