"One False Note" - May 22, 2020
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Maybe I missed it but I have not seen anyone mention the “middle C”. My beautiful Lisa who was a music major told me that all scales start at middle C. And there it was smack in the middle of the puzzle, the middle “sea”. That was the a-ha moment for us that pointed us to musical notes.
- BarbaraK
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Wow! Looks like that's the second highest number of submissions and the third highest number of correct answers.MikeMillerwsj wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2020 1:51 pm This was a holiday weekend blockbuster. We had 2587 entries, with about 86% correct. Reba McEntire (25) and Garth Brooks (21) led the wrong answers, Willie Nelson and BB King each had 3, and several others had one or two.
Great to see our friend Peter Gordon's byline on a contest puzzle. Peter publishes the WSJ crossword anthologies (available on Amazon) and his own brilliant subscription series, Fireball Crosswords.
Congrats to this week's winner: Rick Ciampa of Walpole, MA!
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What do you like about the Travis McGee mysteries? And the detective?sanmilton wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2020 2:22 pmLadyBird, I'm right there with you. I am saving "'Y' Is for Yesterday" until tomorrow, at least. On the other hand, I finally read (Sunday was a week ago) the last of John D. MacDonald's Travis McGee mysteries, "The Lonely Silver Rain." (Hmm, wonder if that rain was a lonely as I am!)LadyBird wrote: ↑Sun May 24, 2020 2:14 pmI have read them all--through X. I haven't been able to bring myself to read Y, because I'm so sad that we won't learn how things wrap up for Kinsey.flyingMoose wrote: ↑Sun May 24, 2020 1:32 pm
All but Z (is for Zero). From a quote from her daughter, "... as far as we in the family are concerned, the alphabet now ends at Y."
I never noticed that bit with the client's name! Maybe if I had been doing metas then....
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Actually, that middle "sea" was one of my rabbit holes. I was trying to treat the other long answers as lines of the musical staff.zacmoretz wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2020 10:27 pm Maybe I missed it but I have not seen anyone mention the “middle C”. My beautiful Lisa who was a music major told me that all scales start at middle C. And there it was smack in the middle of the puzzle, the middle “sea”. That was the a-ha moment for us that pointed us to musical notes.
Other rabbit holes included that a singer intersected with the first/top long answer--with the letter K. Which brought to mind KD Lang (or is it Lange because I need 7 letters!). I finally noticed all of the past tense answers (ED) and some of the answers beginning with B and D. And then it finally clicked.
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I have, over time, been able to develop a term for the odd look of feigned interest (or complete look of disinterest) that comes over people as the intricacies of solving and the AHA are explained - METAGLAZING.Wendy Walker wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2020 12:34 pm Friends, I did my best as a Muggle Ambassador at a small Memorial Day picnic. The local radio station was playing the Top 100 hits of all time. "Hey Jude" was ranked somewhere in the teens and so of course I explained the "na-na-na-na" meta. Little interest was shown. I think Dearest Partner was behind me making "warding off" gestures.
It is much the same look I get from the cats when I try to explain why they can either not have more treats right now or why coughing up a hairball on the couch is considered undesirable.
NUDGES!I am always willing to give nudges where needed; metas should be about fun, not frustration. Send me what you have done so far because often you are closer than you think!
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I was introduced to MacDonald and McGee by a close friend, and it was easy to take to him immediately. I admired the way he modeled masculinity, with his pragmatic approach to interpersonal relationships, including sexual ones, and his subliminal sensitivities. I was engaged by his philosophical musings and always eager for another scene of Travis sparring with his friend Meyer. Of course, it's easy to love his unconventional life-style, and we have to give him credit as the forerunner of many a Florida detective, including those created by Elmore Leonard, Carl Hiaasen, James W. Hall, and others. MacDonald as a stylist is very nearly flawless, his prose always lucid and never self-consciously literary, always superbly in support of his story-telling. If I sound as if I regret having read his last adventure, I do, but only because it was the last.LadyBird wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2020 11:27 pmWhat do you like about the Travis McGee mysteries? And the detective?sanmilton wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2020 2:22 pmLadyBird, I'm right there with you. I am saving "'Y' Is for Yesterday" until tomorrow, at least. On the other hand, I finally read (Sunday was a week ago) the last of John D. MacDonald's Travis McGee mysteries, "The Lonely Silver Rain." (Hmm, wonder if that rain was a lonely as I am!)