"Can Ya Digit?"
- Al Sisti
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"Can Ya Digit?"
Good morning Muggles, and welcome to Muggle Meta Monday!
This week’s meta is called “Can Ya Digit?” As for a rating, I think it’s around a Week 3.3, although it should drop by Nudge Wednesday (or else what’s the point of Nudge Wednesday?). Thanks to Abide and Bird Lives for test solving; they had some useful comments that may well have kept me out of trouble. PM me your solution by 10 PM on Saturday (at least that’s what the beautiful new Meta Calendar says), and as has become the custom, I’ll post a couple snapshots of a leaderboard during the week. Feel free to PM me for nudges, but try to stick with it for a couple days first. If nothing else, there’s always Nudge Wednesday.
One correct solver will be chosen at random and will receive a copy of our Blarney Rebel Band CD “Pile High the Pennywall” (I think I wrote three of the songs, including the title track). Second place gets two copies… hahaha! No, I kid.
Can Ya Digit.puz
Can Ya Digit.pdf
The answer to this meta is a number. Good luck!
This week’s meta is called “Can Ya Digit?” As for a rating, I think it’s around a Week 3.3, although it should drop by Nudge Wednesday (or else what’s the point of Nudge Wednesday?). Thanks to Abide and Bird Lives for test solving; they had some useful comments that may well have kept me out of trouble. PM me your solution by 10 PM on Saturday (at least that’s what the beautiful new Meta Calendar says), and as has become the custom, I’ll post a couple snapshots of a leaderboard during the week. Feel free to PM me for nudges, but try to stick with it for a couple days first. If nothing else, there’s always Nudge Wednesday.
One correct solver will be chosen at random and will receive a copy of our Blarney Rebel Band CD “Pile High the Pennywall” (I think I wrote three of the songs, including the title track). Second place gets two copies… hahaha! No, I kid.
Can Ya Digit.puz
Can Ya Digit.pdf
The answer to this meta is a number. Good luck!
- Joe Ross
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20210308 MMM — Al Sisti — Can Ya Dig It — Excel form
20210308 MMM Al Sisti Can Ya Digit PDF from PUZ (larger grid)
20210308 MMM Al Sisti Can Ya Digit PDF from PUZ (larger grid)
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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘀 ENORMOUS 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲:
𝟰𝟬% 𝗽𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰,
𝟯𝟬% 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰,
𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿 & 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗺𝗮. 𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘 𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗘!
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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘀 ENORMOUS 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲:
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𝟯𝟬% 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰,
𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿 & 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗺𝗮. 𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘 𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗘!
- RPardoe
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Awaiting confirmation - if correct, either I got lucky, or Al overstates the difficulty?
And confirmed. Al thanks for the compliment (see below) but shall see how quickly (or slowly) this one falls.
And confirmed. Al thanks for the compliment (see below) but shall see how quickly (or slowly) this one falls.
Last edited by RPardoe on Mon Mar 08, 2021 10:39 am, edited 1 time in total.
- Al Sisti
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Or you're quite smart?
- Meg
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What a lovely puzzle, Al. I have fallen off the couch while making a sound I cannot describe.
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Some nollege needed for this I had to dig up, but fortunately happened on the right thing. Cool meta!
- Abide
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I dug it!
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- boharr
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- ChrisKochmanski
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Off the couch!
And happy to keep rolling around on the floor, chuckling at 1A and others. (If you ask me, the MCU is tired. Disney should now buy the rights to the Cruciverse.)
Terrific puzzle!
And happy to keep rolling around on the floor, chuckling at 1A and others. (If you ask me, the MCU is tired. Disney should now buy the rights to the Cruciverse.)
Terrific puzzle!
- Bird Lives
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I thought this was a great puzzle, even though I was kept one step away from the solution by my lack of cultural knowledge. Apparently the only others who are similarly ignorant are my older brother and a couple of hunter-gatherer tribes deep in the Amazon rainforest.
Last edited by Bird Lives on Mon Mar 08, 2021 4:25 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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The adventures of MetaMan and Captain Crossword as they try to defeat the evil Emperor Natick?ChrisKochmanski wrote: ↑Mon Mar 08, 2021 1:05 pm
(If you ask me, the MCU is tired. Disney should now buy the rights to the Cruciverse.)
- jhseeman
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stumbled getting off the couch....but off the couch I am.
Thought it was a great puzzle, but the earworms I presently have are painful.
Thought it was a great puzzle, but the earworms I presently have are painful.
- Al Sisti
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Heh heh...
- DrTom
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I believe I may have just abandoned the couch, waiting for confirmation
EDIT: Well, I was 99% of the way there I just didn't follow through. BUT I am still counting myself among the early solvers because, well because it makes my Monday better. Great puzzle as usual you sly devil.
Now officially couchless!
EDIT: Well, I was 99% of the way there I just didn't follow through. BUT I am still counting myself among the early solvers because, well because it makes my Monday better. Great puzzle as usual you sly devil.
Now officially couchless!
Last edited by DrTom on Mon Mar 08, 2021 4:09 pm, edited 1 time in total.
NUDGES!I am always willing to give nudges where needed; metas should be about fun, not frustration. Send me what you have done so far because often you are closer than you think!
- Bob cruise director
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Al did not know this but 9D hits close to home as the tartan of my ancestors. More later as it might be a spoiler
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- DrTom
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Ah yes, the storied McSocks clan - sorry Bob, couldn't resistBob cruise director wrote: ↑Mon Mar 08, 2021 2:10 pm Al did not know this but 9D hits close to home as the tartan of my ancestors. More later as it might be a spoiler
NUDGES!I am always willing to give nudges where needed; metas should be about fun, not frustration. Send me what you have done so far because often you are closer than you think!
- Bob cruise director
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Don't you have a punion to treat somewhere?DrTom wrote: ↑Mon Mar 08, 2021 2:21 pmAh yes, the storied McSocks clan - sorry Bob, couldn't resistBob cruise director wrote: ↑Mon Mar 08, 2021 2:10 pm Al did not know this but 9D hits close to home as the tartan of my ancestors. More later as it might be a spoiler
Bob Stevens
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