33. Eight Is Enough
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33. Eight Is Enough
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1. Puzzle #32 recap
Puzzle #32 answer: DIVIDEND
Correct entries: 24 - Still a toughie, but several persevered!
Here was the plan of attack. It is a Week 5, so keep that in mind!
a) The four starred entries each contain a key word toward the end of them: FLAGS, CATCH, STEPS, AREA.
b) In line with the title, each of these words is linked to another item (place or title) that contains a number:
6 Flags
Catch-22
The 39 Steps (arguably the hardest of the four, hence the Hitchcock clue elsewhere in the grid; in retrospect, I should've placed one for all four of these)
Area 51
c) The title itself doesn't clue us into the number, but it does use the phrase "two-factor." Each of these numbers contains two main factors, other than 1 and itself. (Sometimes, we math nerds refer to these as "pseudoprimes")
6 = 2 x 3
22 = 2 x 11
39 = 3 x 13
51 = 3 x 17
d) We then need to go to the grid that contains that number and read off the letter. I desperately wanted all of these to be in the same order (either smaller first or larger first), but due to the 3 being the higher factor in one and the lower factor in two, it was not to be.
Once we spell out the letters in the right order, we get DIVIDEND, our meta answer; note that in each of these situations, the larger number (i.e., 51) would be the dividend, 3 might be the divisor, and 17 would be the quotient. So the final answer does relate, as it should!
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2. Leaderboard of Destiny
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3. It's now time for a much-deserved Week 1 meta to kick off the 8th month of the year! You've got this!
33. Eight Is Enough
The answer to the meta is 8 letters long.
Good luck, and may all your solves be beautiful!
Mikey G
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1. Puzzle #32 recap
Puzzle #32 answer: DIVIDEND
Correct entries: 24 - Still a toughie, but several persevered!
Here was the plan of attack. It is a Week 5, so keep that in mind!
a) The four starred entries each contain a key word toward the end of them: FLAGS, CATCH, STEPS, AREA.
b) In line with the title, each of these words is linked to another item (place or title) that contains a number:
6 Flags
Catch-22
The 39 Steps (arguably the hardest of the four, hence the Hitchcock clue elsewhere in the grid; in retrospect, I should've placed one for all four of these)
Area 51
c) The title itself doesn't clue us into the number, but it does use the phrase "two-factor." Each of these numbers contains two main factors, other than 1 and itself. (Sometimes, we math nerds refer to these as "pseudoprimes")
6 = 2 x 3
22 = 2 x 11
39 = 3 x 13
51 = 3 x 17
d) We then need to go to the grid that contains that number and read off the letter. I desperately wanted all of these to be in the same order (either smaller first or larger first), but due to the 3 being the higher factor in one and the lower factor in two, it was not to be.
Once we spell out the letters in the right order, we get DIVIDEND, our meta answer; note that in each of these situations, the larger number (i.e., 51) would be the dividend, 3 might be the divisor, and 17 would be the quotient. So the final answer does relate, as it should!
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2. Leaderboard of Destiny
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3. It's now time for a much-deserved Week 1 meta to kick off the 8th month of the year! You've got this!
33. Eight Is Enough
The answer to the meta is 8 letters long.
Good luck, and may all your solves be beautiful!
Mikey G
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still snickering at 54 down (among others). Thanks Mikey!
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Solved. Lots of fun!
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Solved -- Thanks, Mikey!
Eight wasn't enough for these guys doing figure eights --
(Besides, it made me feel cooler to post this.)
Eight wasn't enough for these guys doing figure eights --
(Besides, it made me feel cooler to post this.)
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Solved. I was confused until I figured out what you were doing.
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Hopefully, this one didn't make you turn into your profile picture!
I think we're close to 60 (!!) solves on this one, which is an all-time record by far! Good to see all the traffic on this one!!