Re: "Just A Step More" - October 23, 2020
Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2020 5:34 pm
Since no one has posted about the specific rabbit hole I spent two days in, I'll share. I noticed that OREM and OREO share all letters but 1, and the differences (M & O) are one letter apart alphabetically. Maybe going from M-N-O is an extra "step"? OREM felt like a deliberate addition to the grid, so I thought I was onto something. When I also noticed that USA/USC, INN/NIL, HPS/SPF also fit this pattern, I was SURE it could not be a coincidence. I figured the next step would emerge later. Well after a long time searching for more (or a pattern out of what I had) I came up empty. It was a coincidence after all...
Like others, TPS (Todd) gave me a push down the right path. It didn't take me long from there - I had already spent some time on Earth, Heart, Chin, Lust, Doc, Eerie, Erie, etc. I had even seen MARS in REAMS, but I thought Matt had posted that he was moving away from that mechanism, so I dismissed it. In any case I thought it was a dead end because I didn't see much that fit the pattern in the PENN answer until I knew there needed to be something there.
Another DNF for me, but looking forward to Thursday!
Like others, TPS (Todd) gave me a push down the right path. It didn't take me long from there - I had already spent some time on Earth, Heart, Chin, Lust, Doc, Eerie, Erie, etc. I had even seen MARS in REAMS, but I thought Matt had posted that he was moving away from that mechanism, so I dismissed it. In any case I thought it was a dead end because I didn't see much that fit the pattern in the PENN answer until I knew there needed to be something there.
Another DNF for me, but looking forward to Thursday!