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Re: Fifth Wheels by Mark Woychick
Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2023 3:38 pm
by Schmeel
Solved.
Good puzzle - thanks!
Re: Fifth Wheels by Mark Woychick
Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2023 5:34 pm
by MMe
This was the toughest for me, and fittingly last alphabetically by author. Enjoyed every minute of curing cancer. Great work, constructors!!
Re: Fifth Wheels by Mark Woychick
Posted: Mon May 01, 2023 8:03 am
by boharr
Looking just as good as when I test solved. Thanks, Mark.
Re: Fifth Wheels by Mark Woychick
Posted: Tue May 02, 2023 1:09 pm
by damefox
I really liked this one! It's definitely tricky though. One of those where I just stared and stared and all of a sudden it jumped out at me. Very cool puzzle!
Re: Fifth Wheels by Mark Woychick
Posted: Thu May 04, 2023 6:35 am
by benchen71
Wow, even with a number of nudges from the constructor I couldn't get this one, and so finally caved and looked at the answer.
Only click this if you have solved. While I don't tell you what the correct method is, I do tell you what not to do! I just couldn't get past all the double letters in the grid! I was pairing up DOOMSCROLLS and DOODADS to get "O" as the fifth letter; PANEER and ESTEE to get "E". But when that didn't go anywhere - certainly not 9 letters worth - I was at a loss. Ah well, I guess you can't get them all!
Re: Fifth Wheels by Mark Woychick
Posted: Thu May 04, 2023 4:59 pm
by MarkWoychick
Thanks for supporting CCCC. Here are some nudges that may help - let me know if you need more/different.
The title phrase refers to an odd number.
When you have a couple + 1, sometimes the +1 is referred to as a third wheel. Sometimes the +1 is referred to as a fifth wheel.
In this case, we have a fifth wheel, so that changes the number of couples involved.
Couples don’t always stand right next to each other
You'll need to find a couple of couples per theme entry to identify the fifth wheel.
Re: Fifth Wheels by Mark Woychick
Posted: Thu May 04, 2023 10:51 pm
by BarbaraK
What a lovely way to end my alphabetical journey through these puzzles. That took me much longer to see than it should have.
Re: Fifth Wheels by Mark Woychick
Posted: Sun May 07, 2023 4:33 pm
by DrTom
A very typical Mark Woychick; clean fill and straightforward mechanism, BUT deftly hidden so that it was a S.A.D.
I am so enjoying all of these, I hope that Will does more compilations like this in the future.
Re: Fifth Wheels by Mark Woychick
Posted: Tue May 09, 2023 3:02 pm
by Wendy Walker
Terrific puzzle, Mark! Thanks!
Re: Fifth Wheels by Mark Woychick
Posted: Fri May 12, 2023 12:54 pm
by Bird Lives
I did this one a while ago but forgot to comment here. Very nice puzzle, very "clean." I especially like the way the apparently unpaired, fifth-wheelish themer is accounted for.
Re: Fifth Wheels by Mark Woychick
Posted: Fri May 12, 2023 3:31 pm
by KayW
Excellent puzzle, Mark. I had a tough time getting started on this and needed the nudges so thanks for posting them!
Re: Fifth Wheels by Mark Woychick
Posted: Fri May 12, 2023 4:19 pm
by rjy
Finally! Got it nudgelessly, was quicksanded in a rabbit-hole that was compelling, tho disconnected from the theme… nice one, Mark!
Re: Fifth Wheels by Mark Woychick
Posted: Sat May 13, 2023 3:13 pm
by ChrisKochmanski
Got it!
Nudgelessly. Though another post above, not a spoiler, somehow put a useful idea in my head.
And so my CCCC journey ends. (I worked alphabetically.)
Hey, CCCC team, do this again soon. It was great! And next time I promise to double my gift to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society!
Re: Fifth Wheels by Mark Woychick
Posted: Sat May 13, 2023 11:39 pm
by whimsy
Started this one a bit tentatively because of others mentioning "tricky," and was glad to see the presence of ace-in-the-hole nudges. But it turned out that the meta surprisingly rolled right off my brain. Just as DrTom says, very Mark-like, with all the goodness that implies, and I liked it a lot!
Thank you Mark!
(Only 2 more to go. )
Re: Fifth Wheels by Mark Woychick
Posted: Wed May 17, 2023 5:34 pm
by ajk
Got, after an kindly bonus nudge-for-dummies from Mark. Fun stuff, thanks!
Re: Fifth Wheels by Mark Woychick
Posted: Sat May 20, 2023 8:47 am
by lbray53
I got to this one last because I printed them all out and solved in alphabetical order. Nice puzzle. It made for a great finish.
It took me some time to see it even thought I noticed some things in common in the grid.
Re: Fifth Wheels by Mark Woychick
Posted: Wed May 24, 2023 5:27 pm
by ReB
Needed the nudges to get me out of my stupor. Once I figured out what to focus on, the answer emerged. Nicely done.
Re: Fifth Wheels by Mark Woychick
Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2023 7:46 pm
by TeamDoubleTow
We are going out of order so this isn't our last. This was fun and we were grateful for the nudges! Thanks so much @MarkWoychick !