A place to discuss the weekly Wall Street Journal Crossword Puzzle Contest, starting every Thursday around 4:00 p.m. Eastern time. Please do not post any answers or hints before the contest deadline which is midnight Sunday Eastern time.
A good starter puzzle IMO (and I am newish to these myself) would be something like APP DEVELOPER or KT OLSIN then maybe try a JEFFERSON AIRPLANE. I would show a new solver a PGW puzzle as a starter before this puzzle.
APP DEVELOPER was my very first solve, followed by JEFFERSON AIRPLANE! And then I soon got walloped by ADOBE, but I was hooked by then.
Trying as usual to make some bird names out of your upper cases, LadyBird.
Hmmmmm..........Why is this not working..........?
Wow, did I ever struggle with this one. I didn't even get the first step until this morning. Glad the Eagles aren't on TV down here, otherwise that might have been a higher priority. Then again, based on what I hear right now (just after 4PM ET), I really lucked out on both accounts!
Highlighters are back in the mug. Thanks for the help.
Still slogging along. I may be headed for the wrong beach, but I've spotted something I didn't see before. Whether they're mer-rabbits, sharks, or dolphins, I have yet to find out.
Edit: nudge? I'm ready to spend time on something other than this puzzle...
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Put me down as enjoying the ship and keeping Isaac company this week. Actually, I hate for my success streak to end and I would rather be on shore, but I don’t see it happening this week.
Guess I’ll move on to the extra meta for Thursday.
Wow, did I ever struggle with this one. I didn't even get the first step until this morning. Glad the Eagles aren't on TV down here, otherwise that might have been a higher priority. Then again, based on what I hear right now (just after 4PM ET), I really lucked out on both accounts!
Highlighters are back in the mug. Thanks for the help.
Stay safe, all.
TFTXWD
I watched the Eagles. It was dreadful, just a train wreck. Even wearing my lucky t-shirt didn't help.
I humbly submit a request that muggles refrain from posting what they think are “clever” comments and/or hints but which are more often than not poorly disguised spoilers... save the clever comments for after the deadline please.
Horsesense wrote: ↑Sun Sep 13, 2020 6:32 pm
Done. Clever Fun puzzle Mr. Gaffney!
I humbly submit a request that muggles refrain from posting what they think are “clever” comments and/or hints but which are more often than not poorly disguised spoilers... save the clever comments for after the deadline please.
TPS wrote: ↑Fri Sep 11, 2020 6:39 pm
Thank you to all of you who have reached out - I really appreciate it. The sheer number of you who have reached out is a testament to how nice everyone is in this community.
I have the answer and method.
So technically I am onshore but only in the sense that I know the answer - I was walked through it step by step and even with nudges at each step I had to be given the answer. I could not have independently gotten even one step in this puzzle...so I am awed at the people who could solve this one especially quickly (and also dismayed about some people’s perception of reality that found monopoly or morse code too esoteric for a meta but thought these mental gymnastic are fine).
I'm one of those who didn't get monopoly or morse code...but did get this one. I didn't have to google anything. (That's one reason. There are others but I don't think anyone would appreciate me saying anymore...as it would definitely be a spoiler)