"What Goes Up..."
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@Cap'n Rick, you are on a roll! I have loved every one of your metas
Thanks
@Bob cruise director and I have jumped down off the couch — made a crash landing August 2015 Presque Isle balloon festival
We watched as it came lower and lower and just made it past our woods. Chaser truck was there in a minute to help.
Thanks
@Bob cruise director and I have jumped down off the couch — made a crash landing August 2015 Presque Isle balloon festival
We watched as it came lower and lower and just made it past our woods. Chaser truck was there in a minute to help.
- Cap'n Rick
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Leaderboard
Hey, what's up, everybody? We're off to a great start with 43 solvers including testers:
Abide (TS)
Al Sisti (TS)
boharr (TS)
whimsy (TS)
MarkWoychick (TS)
benchen71
FrankieHeck
KayW
Pair O Ducks
Meg
Cindy Weatherman
ky-mike
DrTom
Hector
markhr
heidi
Bird Lives
Laura M
ajk
MatthewL
Schmeel
hoover
Cindy Heisler
whimsy
DIS
Wendy Walker
woozy
Berto
JM
oldjudge
CPJohnson
HeadinHome
SJMcK
AaronT
Gutman
frostyjhammer
Bob cruise director
MaineMarge
Tyrpmom
rvkal
BrennerTJ
Carolyn
ChrisKochmanski
Please let me know if I've missed anyone.
PS - Thanks for sharing that balloon photo, @MaineMarge. I guess it's true what they say about things that go "up".
Hey, what's up, everybody? We're off to a great start with 43 solvers including testers:
Abide (TS)
Al Sisti (TS)
boharr (TS)
whimsy (TS)
MarkWoychick (TS)
benchen71
FrankieHeck
KayW
Pair O Ducks
Meg
Cindy Weatherman
ky-mike
DrTom
Hector
markhr
heidi
Bird Lives
Laura M
ajk
MatthewL
Schmeel
hoover
Cindy Heisler
whimsy
DIS
Wendy Walker
woozy
Berto
JM
oldjudge
CPJohnson
HeadinHome
SJMcK
AaronT
Gutman
frostyjhammer
Bob cruise director
MaineMarge
Tyrpmom
rvkal
BrennerTJ
Carolyn
ChrisKochmanski
Please let me know if I've missed anyone.
PS - Thanks for sharing that balloon photo, @MaineMarge. I guess it's true what they say about things that go "up".
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- ChrisKochmanski
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- lbray53
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Off the Couch!
I loved this one and I learned something new. Again.
I loved this one and I learned something new. Again.
My avatar proves that it is sometimes better to be lucky than good!
- Bob cruise director
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@Cap'n Rick
Great meta. @MaineMarge and I enjoyed solving it. This morning I explained the mechanism to her and she was in awe that anyone could think of such a cool and tight idea and then implement it.
Thanks
Great meta. @MaineMarge and I enjoyed solving it. This morning I explained the mechanism to her and she was in awe that anyone could think of such a cool and tight idea and then implement it.
Thanks
Bob Stevens
Cruise Director
Cruise Director
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Thought I had it. Found a perfect solution and jumped off the couch. But it was incorrect. Oh well. I really enjoyed the puzzle anyway
- Cap'n Rick
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You had half of the perfect solution, @minimuggle. Just sent you a PM.minimuggle wrote: ↑Tue May 30, 2023 4:50 pm Thought I had it. Found a perfect solution and jumped off the couch. But it was incorrect. Oh well. I really enjoyed the puzzle anyway
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Off the couch.... I misread the instructions. When I saw "there are two answers". I figured I could just submit one. I tried both of them but not together. Thanks to Cap'n Rick for setting me straight. Finally got the "Correct" answer.
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Thanks, @minimuggle. Yes, I'd like solvers to submit both answers either via Crosshare or PM.minimuggle wrote: ↑Tue May 30, 2023 6:45 pm Off the couch.... I misread the instructions. When I saw "there are two answers". I figured I could just submit one. I tried both of them but not together. Thanks to Cap'n Rick for setting me straight. Finally got the "Correct" answer.
Thank you!
- cbarbee002
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Ok, finally OTC. Had the right track early on, but was misapplying the metanism. Great meta as usual!
- Cap'n Rick
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Leaderboard Update:
Things are definitely looking up around here with another 13 solvers bringing our total to 56:
lbray53
PuzNewbie
Andrew Bradburn
david
Anita and Steve
Tom Wilson
Bbaack
minimuggle
Naptown Kid
Snood
andeux
BarbaraK
cbarbee002
Time for the Wednesday Nudges.
Things are definitely looking up around here with another 13 solvers bringing our total to 56:
lbray53
PuzNewbie
Andrew Bradburn
david
Anita and Steve
Tom Wilson
Bbaack
minimuggle
Naptown Kid
Snood
andeux
BarbaraK
cbarbee002
Time for the Wednesday Nudges.
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Wednesday Nudges
- rjy
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FINALLY off the couch... nudges confirmed the path I was on, just had some confounding mismatches. Really nice one, Cap'n!
Ray
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I had to be nudged off the couch, but finally got there. I had the first step, but did not know what to do with the words I had.
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Off the couch Cap’n.
Very nice up and down.
In Dublin, so a pint going down for all MMMers this evening!
Very nice up and down.
In Dublin, so a pint going down for all MMMers this evening!
- woozy
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Figured out the meta on Monday. Now to just figure out the first nudge...
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.
- Eric Porter
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Finally OTC with the hints. I wasn't getting the second step, but I should have thought of that. Nice puzzle!
- Cap'n Rick
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Ah, that was the inspirational moment I mentioned on the Tuesday Muggle Zoom, @woozy.
- KayW
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Nudge 2 was a new one on me. Thanks for the vocabulary lesson!
Contest Crosswords Combating Cancer (CCCC) is a bundle of 16 metapuzzles created to help raise money for cancer-related charities. It is available at CrosswordsForCancer.com.
- jhseeman
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OTC, out of the harbor, I was heading down right path, kept fishing.....and fishing.....and realizing that they call it fishing instead of catching for a reason....thanks Cap'n.