XWord Muggles Forum

Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Mon May 11, 2020 3:20 pm

Eric Porter wrote: ↑Mon May 11, 2020 1:35 pm

yourpalsal wrote: ↑Mon May 11, 2020 12:57 pm So are we thinking it will be under 800 correct answers this week? I was so psyched that I solved a tough one and thought my odds of a mug may skyrocket this time from 1/1500 to 1/750!

Past experiences would indicate about 780 submissions to the WSJ with about 585 correct. Hopefully we will know soon

Hope that's not a nudge.

DrTom wrote: ↑Mon May 11, 2020 12:23 pm

TPS wrote: ↑Mon May 11, 2020 12:06 pm Well after having never knowingly seeing Life cereal or an Ad for Life cereal - I’ve seen an ad for Life cereal 3 times this morning on BBC America.

Yeah, life is like that.

Little known fact* there was a covert attempt some years ago to have each individual square of the cereal with a different filling. There was to be caramel, toffee, strawberry cream, mocha, vanilla, etc. and everything was going well until a popular movie spilled the beans. They never forgave Tom Hanks for saying; "Life is like a box of chocolates!"

*This is all of course prevarication, a tale spun solely as a set-up for a bad pun. I should be ashamed, I am not.

femullen wrote: ↑Mon May 11, 2020 3:32 pm When the name of a hip-hop singer crosses with that of any TV actor or actress, I'm doomed.

TPS wrote: ↑Mon May 11, 2020 3:44 pm

femullen wrote: ↑Mon May 11, 2020 3:32 pm When the name of a hip-hop singer crosses with that of any TV actor or actress, I'm doomed.

I’m of the opinion it’s bad form for a grid constructor to have any one answer that is a proper name be crossed by more than one other answer that is a proper name. Most constructors tend to abide by that but I’ve noticed this is less true of the one who construct meta puzzles - especially PGW.

DBMiller wrote: ↑Mon May 11, 2020 12:00 am There are five brands found in the clues (Not the grid!), that are confirmed to be one of the meta-related items because they also have an alternate answer in one of the long answers.

22a) Job for a SINGER = Aria/Torn Curtain
68a) Frequent openers and closers in a SUBWAY = Doors/Toaster Ovens
1d) Must-have for a MUSTANG, maybe = Oats/Premium Gasoline
55a) Useful tool when you're hitting a TARGET = Bow/Shopping Cart
6a) It has abundant LIFE = Earth/Cereal Aisle

The first letters of the original answers in order of the longer answers spells ADOBE

Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Mon May 11, 2020 3:51 pm I think that the challenge that the meta puzzles have is that they are simultaneously constructing the grid and also getting in the meta. Sooner or later you run out of options and have to resort to obscure names.

MajordomoTom wrote: ↑Mon May 11, 2020 2:58 pm so far no discussion about the other brand in the puzzle?

CHRISTIAN DIOR

MarkL wrote: ↑Mon May 11, 2020 3:43 pm

DrTom wrote: ↑Mon May 11, 2020 12:23 pm

TPS wrote: ↑Mon May 11, 2020 12:06 pm Well after having never knowingly seeing Life cereal or an Ad for Life cereal - I’ve seen an ad for Life cereal 3 times this morning on BBC America.

Yeah, life is like that.

Little known fact* there was a covert attempt some years ago to have each individual square of the cereal with a different filling. There was to be caramel, toffee, strawberry cream, mocha, vanilla, etc. and everything was going well until a popular movie spilled the beans. They never forgave Tom Hanks for saying; "Life is like a box of chocolates!"

*This is all of course prevarication, a tale spun solely as a set-up for a bad pun. I should be ashamed, I am not.

Little known fact* there was a covert attempt some years ago to have each individual square of the cereal with a different filling. There was to be caramel, toffee, stra

--- for those scoring at home

Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Mon May 11, 2020 3:16 pm

LadyBird wrote: ↑Mon May 11, 2020 3:06 pm

On an unrelated note, I went out birding on Sunday morning as my Mother's Day treat to myself. 55 species of birds, including 15 different warblers. It was worth getting caught in a downpour.

Where are you. The warblers are only very slowly coming into NE. Maybe this storm will blow them in and we will have a great fall out.

EdStrong wrote: ↑Mon May 11, 2020 4:48 pm I got the meta somehow, but am still not sure what BSIX is - “left hand row”?? Bingo? Anyone else find this one peculiar?

Nycerjohnnie wrote: ↑Mon May 11, 2020 10:36 am The comments on WSJ are pretty funny. People are...angry??

EdStrong wrote: ↑Mon May 11, 2020 4:48 pm I got the meta somehow, but am still not sure what BSIX is - “left hand row”?? Bingo? Anyone else find this one peculiar?

EdStrong wrote: ↑Mon May 11, 2020 4:48 pm I got the meta somehow, but am still not sure what BSIX is - “left hand row”?? Bingo? Anyone else find this one peculiar?

MajordomoTom wrote: ↑Mon May 11, 2020 2:58 pm so far no discussion about the other brand in the puzzle?

CHRISTIAN DIOR

flyingMoose wrote: ↑Mon May 11, 2020 5:01 pm

EdStrong wrote: ↑Mon May 11, 2020 4:48 pm I got the meta somehow, but am still not sure what BSIX is - “left hand row”?? Bingo? Anyone else find this one peculiar?

Left-end of a row, I get. Left hand row? There is no such thing (unless you turn your head sideways). I wondered if the clue was "corrected" to "left hand row" after it left MG.

Perhaps others will enlighten us.

tigerfly222 wrote: ↑Mon May 11, 2020 5:20 pm

flyingMoose wrote: ↑Mon May 11, 2020 5:01 pm

EdStrong wrote: ↑Mon May 11, 2020 4:48 pm I got the meta somehow, but am still not sure what BSIX is - “left hand row”?? Bingo? Anyone else find this one peculiar?

Left-end of a row, I get. Left hand row? There is no such thing (unless you turn your head sideways). I wondered if the clue was "corrected" to "left hand row" after it left MG.

Perhaps others will enlighten us.

I also picked up on this peculiar one, and I agree about the non-sensical "left hand row" bit. I even matched it up with OP ED COLUMN, thinking words from the clues needed to be swapped with words from the grid (since "left hand COLUMN" would have made much more sense).