I needed a nudge to get to Nepal. Once there, I found "OH," emailed my thanks to the nudge provider, and submitted my answer on the MGWCC site. Then I got a reply - "you're so close." I muttered something - it may or may not have been "Nepal" - and fished the puzzle out of the recycle bin. Luckily I didn't have to wait too long to learn than my answer was accepted.
But if the answer is not "OH," shouldn't it be "E" to follow the pattern/application of the other themers? NICE minus Nepal, India, China?
MGWCC #798 — “That’s Touching”
- MarkWoychick
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I needed a nudge on this one. I quickly got the neighboring countries idea, but then threw out the original countries in the grid, thinking I didn't need them anymore. I even looked in the grid and found things like CCR for China-X-Russia and OPS for Oman-X-Saudi Arabia. But all the searching in the grid and clues didn't help complete it with my incomplete data set.
This is one of my favorite things on Sporcle: https://www.sporcle.com/games/Alcas/hin ... iterranean
It's a node map of the world that you have to fill in just based on the borders of countries. The one- and two-border countries are very helpful!
This is one of my favorite things on Sporcle: https://www.sporcle.com/games/Alcas/hin ... iterranean
It's a node map of the world that you have to fill in just based on the borders of countries. The one- and two-border countries are very helpful!
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Good to see OH was accepted - I almost submitted it but a friendly confirmer said, wait don't be so sure about Tibet as a bordering country. Oh,nice.
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That's simply genius! And you could do it on Zoom night.Bird Lives wrote: ↑Tue Sep 19, 2023 3:48 pm May I suggest that all of us who submitted the "other answer," i.e. the one-step-too-short answer, submit videos of ourselves finishing a Matt Gaffney meta and triumphantly shouting, "Nepal!"