Oh. I didn't think of that abbreviation. Google helped with the MS part but I didn't know where the AD came from. My non athletic bias hurts my solving ability sometimes...
Thanks.
Oh. I didn't think of that abbreviation. Google helped with the MS part but I didn't know where the AD came from. My non athletic bias hurts my solving ability sometimes...
Ditto for me, I had FELOPZD written down because it was the only 7-letter row on the chart, but never thought to match up those letters with the clues. I finally decided that after 2020, things will look fopzled. Or polzfed. My optometrist will certainly wonder why I start crying when she asks me to read the 20/25 line at my next exam.Cinny wrote: ↑Sun Feb 14, 2021 4:06 pm This was tough for me. I got all the way up to the line 20/25 on the eye chart (without nudges), but couldn't for the life of me figure how to get those letters to change to something that made sense. Very good puzzle even if I did become extremely frustrated. I'm going to have to write down the mechanism used - I'm sure it will come in handy in the future!!
Chriscbarbee002 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 14, 2021 2:53 pm Last update of those off the couch:
Wendy Walker
Frank H
Beth Tyrpin
Naptown Kid
DrTom
AND, for anyone still working on it, here is the solution:
T
My thanks to those who stuck with it to the end, and my apologies to those who spent too much time chasing the wrong rabbits. I can say that I had a great time getting it to work.
If it wasn't for that Z I'd still be floundering!Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Sun Feb 14, 2021 8:34 pmChriscbarbee002 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 14, 2021 2:53 pm Last update of those off the couch:
Wendy Walker
Frank H
Beth Tyrpin
Naptown Kid
DrTom
AND, for anyone still working on it, here is the solution:
T
My thanks to those who stuck with it to the end, and my apologies to those who spent too much time chasing the wrong rabbits. I can say that I had a great time getting it to work.
Like any meta you get, you feel good about. I got the first step with a slight push in the right direction. Then was dead in the water for a couple of days. I figured that it had to do with the FELOPZD line but the question was what to do with that piece of information. I have all sorts of wrong paths I went down and then for some unknown reason started looking at the clues especially the Z in 15A. From there it was just finding the right clues. I read through the clues more than once to find the "O" clue and finally went to the grid to find an L since I had UNC?EAR.
Good mental challenge for those of us who are covid/snow bound
I, too, thought the Z was significant. I even underlined it! But that was as far as I got...boharr wrote: ↑Sun Feb 14, 2021 8:55 pmIf it wasn't for that Z I'd still be floundering!Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Sun Feb 14, 2021 8:34 pmChriscbarbee002 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 14, 2021 2:53 pm Last update of those off the couch:
Wendy Walker
Frank H
Beth Tyrpin
Naptown Kid
DrTom
AND, for anyone still working on it, here is the solution:
T
My thanks to those who stuck with it to the end, and my apologies to those who spent too much time chasing the wrong rabbits. I can say that I had a great time getting it to work.
Like any meta you get, you feel good about. I got the first step with a slight push in the right direction. Then was dead in the water for a couple of days. I figured that it had to do with the FELOPZD line but the question was what to do with that piece of information. I have all sorts of wrong paths I went down and then for some unknown reason started looking at the clues especially the Z in 15A. From there it was just finding the right clues. I read through the clues more than once to find the "O" clue and finally went to the grid to find an L since I had UNC?EAR.
Good mental challenge for those of us who are covid/snow bound