"Food Group" July 28, 2023
- Steve_S
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Count me in for the SLOE group who had to backsolve that clue. I too tried getting something out of Melon.
- ky-mike
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I was on the WSJ puzzle page at 4:00 (eastern) on Thursday and the puzzle wasn't yet available. While waiting, I clicked on this link - https://www.wsj.com/public/resources/do ... tguide.pdf out of curiosity. When the puzzle became available a couple of minutes later, I had no problem locating the fruits in the theme answers. Funny how that works sometimes.
- Yoda66
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I think the gin drinkers had an advantage in quickly identifying Sloe
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- Abide
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Another solid @mikeB analysis.
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To your point, check out 36D in today's WSJ puzzle.
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Yes but was the last one I found. The most obvious one was ORANGE. Like many metas, once you find one, the rest follow like dominoes.
I'm expecting some people to complain that this was too easy and 58-A was unnecessary.
- HunterX
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I wondered whether it was really necessary. But once you see it, you can't unsee it. So it's hard to know how you might have done without it.Bill Bovard wrote: ↑Mon Jul 31, 2023 11:18 amYes but was the last one I found. The most obvious one was ORANGE. Like many metas, once you find one, the rest follow like dominoes.
I'm expecting some people to complain that this was too easy and 58-A was unnecessary.
Perhaps it was necessary because it was so hard to find fruit names that combine with other words to create the themers.
- Deb F
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Yep. Like others, got the S_W_E_T. Knew it had to be SWEET. SAMMALONE was the back solve for me too.
Congratulations on a good solving-weekend, Muggles. Have a great week.
Congratulations on a good solving-weekend, Muggles. Have a great week.
- Kas
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I was sloe on the uptake,sharkicicles wrote: ↑Mon Jul 31, 2023 2:44 amThere are Indianan transplants here in the city that have Indiana outline t shirts
Show of hands who had to backsolve SLOE. Not in my list of fruits brain databank until this puzzle.
Admitting it here.
"Is that you you spell 'Malon?!
...that looks really queer..."
I thought Gaffney had lost it!
(Heh--that would be great!)
But oh, I knew better
than to fall for that bait...
So I pondered and vexed,
and I struggled some more,
'Til the A-Ha occurred
and I paddled to shore.
So now I can bask
on that fine sunny coast...
...All I need is that mug,
to raise for a toast.
- clonefitz
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Hand raisesharkicicles wrote: ↑Mon Jul 31, 2023 2:44 amThere are Indianan transplants here in the city that have Indiana outline t shirts
Show of hands who had to backsolve SLOE. Not in my list of fruits brain databank until this puzzle.
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sharkicicles wrote: ↑Mon Jul 31, 2023 2:44 amThere are Indianan transplants here in the city that have Indiana outline t shirts
Show of hands who had to backsolve SLOE. Not in my list of fruits brain databank until this puzzle.
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Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Mon Jul 31, 2023 2:08 pmsharkicicles wrote: ↑Mon Jul 31, 2023 2:44 amThere are Indianan transplants here in the city that have Indiana outline t shirts
Show of hands who had to backsolve SLOE. Not in my list of fruits brain databank until this puzzle.
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- pjc
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And after last week breaking me, my streak is now at 1!
And, yes, count me in on the SLOE/MELON back solve party.
And, yes, count me in on the SLOE/MELON back solve party.
- mheberlingx100
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I did too.Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Mon Jul 31, 2023 2:08 pmsharkicicles wrote: ↑Mon Jul 31, 2023 2:44 amThere are Indianan transplants here in the city that have Indiana outline t shirts
Show of hands who had to backsolve SLOE. Not in my list of fruits brain databank until this puzzle.
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Will it be easier to ask which of you didn't? :)mheberlingx100 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 31, 2023 3:34 pmI did too.Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Mon Jul 31, 2023 2:08 pmsharkicicles wrote: ↑Mon Jul 31, 2023 2:44 am
There are Indianan transplants here in the city that have Indiana outline t shirts :)
Show of hands who had to backsolve SLOE. Not in my list of fruits brain databank until this puzzle.
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- woozy
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It was absolutely necessary. Not to make it easier but the puzzle just plain wouldn't make any sense without it. Why would you look for fruit? Why would you delete fruit? A puzzle may be harder if you leave it to the solver to just arbitrarily try any possible trick they can think of for no reason but that make a puzzle more pointless in my opinion.Bill Bovard wrote: ↑Mon Jul 31, 2023 11:18 am
I'm expecting some people to complain that this was too easy and 58-A was unnecessary.
Although if they had just to entry fruitless without an mention of a meta that'd be fair. It'd make the puzzle harder but it would be debatable whether for fun and enjoyment it would be less aesthetic.
Funny story. I was all set to enter Par for the course for the CrossHare midi contest for April but I mistakenly thought midi meant 7x 7 and not 11 x 11. Oops. Well.... Here's a complex but **small** meta on the subject of golf.
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- The XWord Rabbit
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ALOE proved to be a bit of a hiccup in the solving process, but not so seriously as to impede the onslaught of Muggles off the boat.
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