"Bar Code" by AJK and Wendy Walker
- Wendy Walker
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- Location: Unionville, PA
"Bar Code" by AJK and Wendy Walker
Greetings, Muggles!
This meta puzzle was inspired by a rabbit hole that Wendy went down while trying to solve a Gaffney WSJ puzzle a few weeks ago. She thought it would make a nifty metanism for a future puzzle, and mentioned it to Alan, who within hours had devised two ideas for putting it into play, complete with themers. We hope you enjoy solving it as much as we did creating it.
Thank you to @Abide for test solving and to @Joe Ross for his formatting wizardry.
Cheers!
Bar Code crosshare
Bar Code PUZ
Bar Code PDF
Bar Code spreadsheet
This meta puzzle was inspired by a rabbit hole that Wendy went down while trying to solve a Gaffney WSJ puzzle a few weeks ago. She thought it would make a nifty metanism for a future puzzle, and mentioned it to Alan, who within hours had devised two ideas for putting it into play, complete with themers. We hope you enjoy solving it as much as we did creating it.
Thank you to @Abide for test solving and to @Joe Ross for his formatting wizardry.
Cheers!
Bar Code crosshare
Bar Code PUZ
Bar Code PDF
Bar Code spreadsheet
Good luck, fellow Muggles!
- jhseeman
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Great way to start the week off..... fun one thanks to both of you....
- SamKat9
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OTC, fun puzzle, thank you!
Shannon
PS: If you want help with a meta, PM what you have so I can help without spoiling too much. I've received lots of help in the beginning and I love to pay it forward!
PS: If you want help with a meta, PM what you have so I can help without spoiling too much. I've received lots of help in the beginning and I love to pay it forward!
- boharr
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- hcbirker
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- Meg
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- BarbaraK
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Off the couch with significant help from google. Good one!
If you want help with a meta, feel free to PM me. The more specific you are about what you have and what you want, the more likely I can help without spoiling.
(And if I help you win a mug, I’ll be especially delighted.)
(And if I help you win a mug, I’ll be especially delighted.)
- woozy
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Haven't got it but I'm 87% of the way there (I just know it) and I just want to say: See folks? *THIS* is a what a meta is supposed to be! This is the perfect thought process a meta should have!
... of course, maybe I should wait until I actually solve it before I make such declarations.
EDIT: Of the couch of course! Perfect quintessential example of what a meta can and should be.
... of course, maybe I should wait until I actually solve it before I make such declarations.
EDIT: Of the couch of course! Perfect quintessential example of what a meta can and should be.
Last edited by woozy on Mon Oct 02, 2023 4:40 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Stinky Pinkies!
My Entry to the May 2024 CrossHare Midi Contest
Not a meta, but, yeesh!, that was tough to create.
My Entry to the May 2024 CrossHare Midi Contest
Not a meta, but, yeesh!, that was tough to create.
- MarkWoychick
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Off the couch - very fun - well conceived and executed. Thanks, Wendy and Alan!
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- ChrisKochmanski
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- Eric Porter
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OTC! Nice puzzle.
I didn't quite understand my answer until I looked through the comments on Crosshare because I'd actually done it slightly wrong. Finding out the correct mechanism gives me a greater appreciation of it. I probably would have noticed it if I'd printed the puzzle out.
I didn't quite understand my answer until I looked through the comments on Crosshare because I'd actually done it slightly wrong. Finding out the correct mechanism gives me a greater appreciation of it. I probably would have noticed it if I'd printed the puzzle out.
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- whimsy
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Off the couch since earlier this AM, but didn't really have a clear picture regarding the meta at first; it was a bit grainy.
- lbray53
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My avatar proves that it is sometimes better to be lucky than good!
- lbray53
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OTC. Great meta. Hard. Then easy. Then hard. Finally the aha moment!
My avatar proves that it is sometimes better to be lucky than good!
- Anita
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- Wendy Walker
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- Location: Unionville, PA
Tuesday morning leaderboard, in, uh, order of appearance:
[TS] Abide
JHSeeman
SamKat9
Pair O Ducks
whimsy
boharr
JM
Ergcat
Meg
heidi
MatthewL
Laura M
BarbaraK
Mwoychick
I K Snamhcok
Berto
Carolyn
Eric Porter
woozy
Philip Chow
Tyrpmom
lbray53
dannyvee
Anita and Steve
And now here are some nudges:
[TS] Abide
JHSeeman
SamKat9
Pair O Ducks
whimsy
boharr
JM
Ergcat
Meg
heidi
MatthewL
Laura M
BarbaraK
Mwoychick
I K Snamhcok
Berto
Carolyn
Eric Porter
woozy
Philip Chow
Tyrpmom
lbray53
dannyvee
Anita and Steve
And now here are some nudges:
Good luck, fellow Muggles!
- rjy
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Clever concept and really well executed, with a fun aha, so in my wheelhouse - and evidently Alan's too! Still pretty amazed by the output and creativity of Wendy's rookie season... Thanks W&A!
Last edited by rjy on Tue Oct 03, 2023 11:39 am, edited 1 time in total.
Ray