#616 - "A Quiet Place"
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2020 2:12 pm
This week's contest answer is 14 letters long.
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#616 - "A Quiet Place"
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Re: #616 - "A Quiet Place"
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2020 2:13 pm
Since it's 2:12pm EDT and no one had yet created this thread, is it possible others are having the same luck as I am, i.e., none?
Re: #616 - "A Quiet Place"
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2020 2:15 pm
Still looking at it. Have an idea but it's not panning out. Lot's of time to work on this one. I and my fellow Californians are not going anywhere!
Re: #616 - "A Quiet Place"
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2020 2:19 pm
I see FrankieHeck is on the board, and running the table this week! I myself am striking out so far . . .
Re: #616 - "A Quiet Place"
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2020 2:24 pm
I couldn't solve it while staring at it. While I went to go microwave leftover pizza, my brain finished the job. I love it when brain does that. 
Re: #616 - "A Quiet Place"
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2020 2:30 pm
submitted and awaiting the update, but pretty confident.
Edit: board updated, got it.
Edit: board updated, got it.
Re: #616 - "A Quiet Place"
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2020 2:33 pm
I have some dumb ideas, but nothing is working here or on the WSJ. I did get the pgwcc, which was a nice break from the other two.
Re: #616 - "A Quiet Place"
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2020 2:39 pm
Everything I think to post sounds like a spoiler, so I’ll just say that I solved it.
Re: #616 - "A Quiet Place"
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2020 3:02 pm
Re: #616 - "A Quiet Place"
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2020 3:17 pm
Beam me up!
Also, since I complained a while back about how I always seemed to submit just after an update and had to wait a while, I wanted to note that my last few submissions have been processed within a few minutes. I don't know if I've just had luckier timing or if Matt has been going through them more often, but I appreciate it!
Also, since I complained a while back about how I always seemed to submit just after an update and had to wait a while, I wanted to note that my last few submissions have been processed within a few minutes. I don't know if I've just had luckier timing or if Matt has been going through them more often, but I appreciate it!
Re: #616 - "A Quiet Place"
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2020 3:41 pm
Perhaps Matt is stuck at home, like the rest of us.Laura M wrote: ↑Fri Mar 20, 2020 3:17 pm Beam me up!
Also, since I complained a while back about how I always seemed to submit just after an update and had to wait a while, I wanted to note that my last few submissions have been processed within a few minutes. I don't know if I've just had luckier timing or if Matt has been going through them more often, but I appreciate it!
Re: #616 - "A Quiet Place"
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2020 5:04 pm
Lost in space. I have a few ideas but they are getting me nowhere.
Re: #616 - "A Quiet Place"
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2020 5:26 pm
AHA I just got it. I saw a piece of it early on and dismissed the train of thought too quickly. Very clever construction.
Re: #616 - "A Quiet Place"
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2020 8:58 pm
I have what must be the first step (or insight, as Matt would say) and what I think is the answer, but I’m missing a step in between. Guess I’ll sleep on it.
Re: #616 - "A Quiet Place"
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2020 10:31 pm
I got nothin’.
And I’ve been staring for quite some time.
Sleep on it?
And I’ve been staring for quite some time.
Sleep on it?
Re: #616 - "A Quiet Place"
Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2020 10:25 am
I think there may be more than one justifiable answer to this one.
Re: #616 - "A Quiet Place"
Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2020 11:56 am
Solved. Agree more than one possibility.
Re: #616 - "A Quiet Place"
Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2020 12:33 pm
Got it! Can't make heads or tails of the WSJ yet, though. 
Re: #616 - "A Quiet Place"
Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2020 1:17 pm
I’m seeing what I’m supposed to see, but have no idea what to do with it!!
Re: #616 - "A Quiet Place"
Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2020 6:02 pm