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Re: "Two for One" - July 23, 2021
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2021 3:53 am
by mntlblok
mntlblok wrote: ↑Tue Jul 27, 2021 7:44 pm
HunterX wrote: ↑Tue Jul 27, 2021 6:18 pm
escapeartist wrote: ↑Tue Jul 27, 2021 3:56 pm
I'm not even gonna say what I think your avatar looks like.
Oh my... Shades of Safety Sam from the movie "The Groove Tube"?
Found and watched said lecture. Can't seem to orient things properly to see them in that light.
Fixed - with a Bart Simpson look-alike who posed for me recently. Mini-season began about 4 hours ago. Shall wait until daylight, however.
Re: "Two for One" - July 23, 2021
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2021 7:52 am
by SReh26
DBMiller wrote: ↑Mon Jul 26, 2021 2:20 pm
My first trip over the two for one was putting PLEA in where POPE should go. Made me go "Hmmm" when I figured out PLEA wasn't right, but ended up being the down in POPE. Forgot about it while I finished the grid and then didn't know where to go with the meta.
I returned to that "Hmmm" moment, and also associated CARD/CIRCUS with clown, BAND/WOMAN with Queen, and RED/DYE with Easter. I then went into a deep dive looking for more. CAR/GAS finally hit me, as did FORMAL/ORB, and that's finally when I noticed the e.g. connection in the clues.
Got PARAGON after that, but still hadn't made the connection with "SET A GOOD EXAMPLE".
Finally, it dawned on me - A paragon being a good (if not best) example of something, and the "e.g." connection to that answer as well. Dang, wish I had noticed that sooner!
Anyone remember the song, Things that make you go, Hmmmm?
Re: "Two for One" - July 23, 2021
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2021 11:44 am
by pjc
Schmeel wrote: ↑Tue Jul 27, 2021 2:47 am
escapeartist wrote: ↑Tue Jul 27, 2021 12:16 am
pjc wrote: ↑Mon Jul 26, 2021 4:58 pm
I finally had the 'aha' about other answers in the grid pairing up with the example clues (and didn't get them all correct initially; there are at least FOUR 'mantle' answers in the grid).
My first find was "COATS" - slapped my forehead when I realized it should be "YANKEE"
And mine was TALLIS!
TALLIS was one of mine, too! In fact, YANKEE was the LAST one I found
Re: "Two for One" - July 23, 2021
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2021 9:41 pm
by TheCatt
hcbirker wrote: ↑Mon Jul 26, 2021 12:09 am
Was stuck for a few minutes until I saw the crossings. Then it was obvious.
My spouse had originally put 2-Down as GAS, then I realized later it was incorrect, and thought "Wow, sure is weird that 12-Across is GAS," and then it all just clicked.