"Closing Rates" - February 7, 2021

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"Closing Rates" - February 7, 2021

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Guest constructor Shmuel Schmell this week with a great debut!
Puzzle is rightly scored at 3/10 on the Complexity Scale™.

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#2

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I'm out of the box. Unconfirmed, but a no-doubter.

Great puzzle! Hope to see more from Shmuel.
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Over too soon! 🦖🦖🦖 and 🚂
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Fun one. Out.
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Nice relaxing way to start Sunday.
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Out of the box.
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#7

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Dino me!
I can be found in Sheridan, NY, veejaying. (8)
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Submitted, awaiting confirmation of what I am sure is the DINO ME
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#9

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:sauropod: Nice and easy - a fun debut from Shmuel! Hope we'll see more from him.
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Nice one! Submitted and awaiting confirmation.

Edit: Confirmed and honored to be the first Pandora's Blocks mug winner! Thanks again Will!
Last edited by Cap'n Rick on Sun Feb 07, 2021 12:29 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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#11

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Nice job! Very clean...
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Dino here.
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I'm a dino!
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🦖🚂
Nice one; I made it a bit harder (and created a fun mechanism) until I re-read the instructions.

I teach the maths, but I don't think I'd ever heard of 52A until recently when a student wrote a paper about sniper training or something like that. (I teach a course designed for Air National Guard members, so this topic is not unusual.) Classroom math vs. applied math, I suppose.
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#15

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Done - Fun grid and meta. Grid took longer than the meta.
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Dino me! Nice debut.
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#17

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Dino Me! Great job by Shmuel! Really a fun solve.
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#18

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Dino!
Nice puzzle, good clueing and fun meta!
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Thanks for all the positive feedback!
It is indeed my debut puzzle. It's nice to have a crowd of muggles who are more than willing to solve a puzzle (as opposed to my poor family members and once close friends who have had to suffer my earlier construction attempts foisted upon them).
A big thanks to Will and the Pandora's Blocks team who patiently worked with me to create the final puzzle.
I'm more than happy to receive any constructive (quite literally) criticism. Feel free to PM me - though I'm in Israel so it may take some time until I get back to you.
Thanks for solving,
Shmuel
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#20

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Schmeel wrote: Sun Feb 07, 2021 3:44 pm Thanks for all the positive feedback!
It is indeed my debut puzzle. It's nice to have a crowd of muggles who are more than willing to solve a puzzle (as opposed to my poor family members and once close friends who have had to suffer my earlier construction attempts foisted upon them).
A big thanks to Will and the Pandora's Blocks team who patiently worked with me to create the final puzzle.
I'm more than happy to receive any constructive (quite literally) criticism. Feel free to PM me - though I'm in Israel so it may take some time until I get back to you.
Thanks for solving,
Shmuel
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Congrats Schmeel!
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