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This week's contest answer is a many-times winner of the U.S. Open tennis tournament.

About as week 1 as they get.

I guessed incorrectly, yet still lost to e.a. & L.L., who also guessed incorrectly.

Got it.

on the leaderboard after some ineffectual thrashing around until the clouds parted

Got it after a few overly-complicated attempts.

When I signed up with MGWCC, the first week 1 I got was the "SOS" puzzle from April or so. I didn't submit a response because it never dawned on me it was as easy as just answering "SOS". This is a good week 1 puzzle - easy, but no so obvious that it almost seems like it's not right. This one did have some paths to go down, too...

Beam me up! First time submitting an answer within an hour of release and in at #99.

Beam me up! Made the top 100, barely :-)

Done and dusted! What am I gonna occupy my mind with now that I’ve done both of my metas? (Obvious answer: expand my routine to include more metas!)

Thought this was a nice one, though perhaps a little heavy on the hints.

Happy weekend, everyone!

Got it. Sometimes I think week 1 and week 5 are the only difficult levels MG actually gets. Everything in the middle is kind of a crapshoot. But to be fair, I'm not sure I could accurately assess what differentiates a week 2 from a week 4 either.

Week 1, but still fun. Not who I would have guessed from the prompt.

Got it!

A week 1 for sure. Thanks, Matt.

solved

Done and done.

Fun puzzle, but from the time I completed the grids, it actually took me longer to solve this one than last week’s week four. I almost guessed when I saw the title and it’s a good thing I didn’t. I bet my guess would have been the same as Joe’s and probably EA’s.

Struggling with a week 1. Poor me

Beam me up! That was quick!

Beam me up!

This one came easily for me -- almost instantly after completing the grid and re-reading the title and prompt.