"Look Inside" - April, 3, 2020

[TPS]

Ok - I need a check. Because if I figured this out I'm gonna lose it. But I found an 11 word.

[Meg]

Wow - I'm amazed at how fast so many people are getting it. I must just be a moron!

You are not a moron, believe me. Some of us don’t see it for days.......

[Eric Porter]

I'm on shore and submitted!

My second idea worked. It's a 100%er, which I hope we can all agree on this week.

[ky-mike]

Ashore. Time for a bourbon or margarita before taking on tomorrow’s puzzle.

[TPS]

Ok - I need a check. Because if I figured this out I'm gonna lose it. But I found an 11 word.

Nope

[Dplass]

Wow - I'm amazed at how fast so many people are getting it. I must just be a moron!

You're not a moron. It often takes me hours, days sometimes infinity, to get it.

This week, I have no idea, which is typical for me.

[BarbaraK]

I'm claiming my 6 foot spot on the beach. I expect it will not be quite as crowded this week though. Very clever and fun, but a bit tricky and different. We haven't seen anything at all like this in quite a while, which means our newer muggles may never have.

[Wendy Walker]

Wow - I'm amazed at how fast so many people are getting it. I must just be a moron!

TPS, you are SO not a moron. The only reason I got the meta so quickly was that I noticed something while I was doing the grid that led directly to the correct strategy.

[SewYoung]

I thought I saw something for a minute there, but couldn't make anything of it. Still hanging with Isaac. A glass of cabernet, please.

[Hector]

Went very enjoyably (week 2-ish, MG-wise), after wasting much of the day (instead of doing the puzzle) working with four separate heating firms to diagnose a broken furnace. I'll celebrate this fun meta sitting in front of the . . . oh, yeah, we're out of firewood, too.

As a Californian, I need to know: approximately how many Manhattan cocktails does your body require to prevent freezing solid with extended exposure to temps in the 50s?

[Nycerjohnnie]

Don't even know where to start...

[TPS]

Don't even know where to start...

I've been staring at it for 2+ hours - Not even a clue. Normally - I have at least a red herring to chase down. I was doing origami looking for an answer.

[boharr]

Went very enjoyably (week 2-ish, MG-wise), after wasting much of the day (instead of doing the puzzle) working with four separate heating firms to diagnose a broken furnace. I'll celebrate this fun meta sitting in front of the . . . oh, yeah, we're out of firewood, too.

As a Californian, I need to know: approximately how many Manhattan cocktails does your body require to prevent freezing solid with extended exposure to temps in the 50s?

Four. That’s a 100%er as they like to say here. (Just kidding).

[Tom Shea]

Finished grid. Have an answer that is a real hail-mary, but "nothing" to support it.

[Bob cruise director]

Don't even know where to start...

I've been staring at it for 2+ hours - Not even a clue. Normally - I have at least a red herring to chase down. I was doing origami looking for an answer.

Not to spout too many platitudes but one of the constants is "what is the constructor trying to get me to do with the title"

[RPardoe]

A few wrong paths led me astray before I found the proper AHA.

[MajordomoTom]

Grid, done.

Smithwicks from Isaac, and a chair on the lido deck with TPS and a few others, waiting to discover what's "inside".

I started these just this past November, so I'm one of the noobs who are going to dig around in the dirt for a while.

[Al Sisti]

Ashore. Time for a bourbon or margarita before taking on tomorrow’s puzzle.

Haha... you accidentally typed "or"... haha!

[hcbirker]

Wow! Great meta. Count me on shore Bob!

[TPS]

Not to spout too many platitudes but one of the constants is "what is the constructor trying to get me to do with the title"

I appreciate the advice and that is how I always start. I just think Shenk gives crappy directions. At least with Gaffney I can at least sorta figure out what he wants us to do even if I can't solve it. Whit Shenk even when I see the solution I'm like - I NEVER had a chance.