"Alternatives" - May 31, 2019
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after the deadline passes, will someone explain (here or another thread, i don't know?) what this "other" word was that you all found? or, if it's not against the rules, send me a private message about it.
i already finished the puzzle and submitted my entry, so you're not spoiling anything for me. i'm just curious, since i don't see the mystery other word.
i already finished the puzzle and submitted my entry, so you're not spoiling anything for me. i'm just curious, since i don't see the mystery other word.
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On the correct shore at long last!
After setting the puzzle aside all day I was finally able to able to abandon one very dead end rabbit hole. So glad I held off on submitting the shore I first thought I was heading towards.
Another brilliant puzzle and meta.
After setting the puzzle aside all day I was finally able to able to abandon one very dead end rabbit hole. So glad I held off on submitting the shore I first thought I was heading towards.
Another brilliant puzzle and meta.
Contest Crosswords Combating Cancer (CCCC) is a bundle of 16 metapuzzles created to help raise money for cancer-related charities. It is available at CrosswordsForCancer.com.
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Yikes! Still with Isaac. I work so hard and seem to make these so difficult. There must be another rabbit around here somewhere...
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Made it to the very crowded beach. A classic Shenk with a bit of Gaffney thrown in, I think. Once again, I'm amazed.
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Found the grid a little tougher than normal, and the light didn't come on the meta until Saturday morning. Finally, I got it! Good puzzle. Best of luck to all Muggles.
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- Bob cruise director
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Good Sunday afternoon fellow muggles
We have had a slow but steady growth in both the ship's bar and the tiki bar on the shore, We have 14 keeping Isaac in business and 71 on the shore.
New to the ship's bar are
Deb
Stuart
ALS
Cynthia J
NoMajNoMug
Candy B
bee
and Jeff S
While making their way to shore re
EricP
Kris
Matthew
Anne
James W
Bill T
Paul
Patrick
Beth C
Kay
and Susan F
some of the shore party were hiding on the WSJ comments page and I missed them yesterday
Those of us with Isaac have just over 10 hours to find an alternative.
We have had a slow but steady growth in both the ship's bar and the tiki bar on the shore, We have 14 keeping Isaac in business and 71 on the shore.
New to the ship's bar are
Deb
Stuart
ALS
Cynthia J
NoMajNoMug
Candy B
bee
and Jeff S
While making their way to shore re
EricP
Kris
Matthew
Anne
James W
Bill T
Paul
Patrick
Beth C
Kay
and Susan F
some of the shore party were hiding on the WSJ comments page and I missed them yesterday
Those of us with Isaac have just over 10 hours to find an alternative.
Bob Stevens
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Done and done. My mistake was stupid user error, and one I am embarrassed to say, I have done before.
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There is a cryptic message in this grid, which hasn't helped one bit in solving META, but is diabolically annoying.
Upper left: FIND
Middle: HARES
Lower right: DONE
All the hares I find are Phantoms and Holograms. Barring a last minute AHA! moment, I remain with Isaac awaiting tomorrow's DOH! moment.
Upper left: FIND
Middle: HARES
Lower right: DONE
All the hares I find are Phantoms and Holograms. Barring a last minute AHA! moment, I remain with Isaac awaiting tomorrow's DOH! moment.
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Still on board.. A bit frustrated. Seems like it should be obvious. I'll have another negroni and see what transpires.
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Our final count is 16 on the ship and 72 on the shore. Good luck to those who figured this out
New to the ship's bar are MatthewB and Special Ed
Making it to shore are FrankH and Orsys
New to the ship's bar are MatthewB and Special Ed
Making it to shore are FrankH and Orsys
Bob Stevens
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The word (non-word) I first spelled out was NACKOD, the letters in the grid words that were different from the letters in the nationalities associated with the long answers. Since NACKOD was nonsense I then spelled out the letters in the nationalities than were different from the grid words, hence, KOREAN, the contest answer.oliviazink wrote: ↑Sun Jun 02, 2019 12:11 am after the deadline passes, will someone explain (here or another thread, i don't know?) what this "other" word was that you all found? or, if it's not against the rules, send me a private message about it.
i already finished the puzzle and submitted my entry, so you're not spoiling anything for me. i'm just curious, since i don't see the mystery other word.
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The answer from Monday's pdf
The contest answer is Korean. Six answers in the grid are one letter changes from the nationalities of the six longest Across answers
Socrates= Greek/Green
Livingstone= Scot/Scat
Ertegun=Turk/Tuck
Pulaski= Pole/Polk
Kierkegaard=Dand/Done
Sibelius=Finn/Find
The changed letters spell the contest answer
The contest answer is Korean. Six answers in the grid are one letter changes from the nationalities of the six longest Across answers
Socrates= Greek/Green
Livingstone= Scot/Scat
Ertegun=Turk/Tuck
Pulaski= Pole/Polk
Kierkegaard=Dand/Done
Sibelius=Finn/Find
The changed letters spell the contest answer
Bob Stevens
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I was totally led astray by the title. After getting nowhere for a long while, decided to do the first step without considering the title. I was sleeping on a boat when I suddenly woke up in the middle of the night realizing what else I needed to do (which is a commonly used scheme for a second step) and quickly went looking for the grid and found the words. Earlier I thought 1A answer was important but didn't know what I needed to "find". I'll have to wait for another time to go through the comments to understand what the title is referring to.
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Think of the title as two words: alter natives. Then I think it makes sense with this puzzle. That was one of the first things I thought of when I saw it.FrankH wrote: ↑Mon Jun 03, 2019 1:58 am I was totally led astray by the title. After getting nowhere for a long while, decided to do the first step without considering the title. I was sleeping on a boat when I suddenly woke up in the middle of the night realizing what else I needed to do (which is a commonly used scheme for a second step) and quickly went looking for the grid and found the words. Earlier I thought 1A answer was important but didn't know what I needed to "find". I'll have to wait for another time to go through the comments to understand what the title is referring to.
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Rats! Nuts! Etc! Forgot to submit my correct answer. This one reminded me of the recent “Light Switches” meta. So what to do with the weird word letters NACKROD we first landed on? Maybe send them to play in Tompkins Square Park in Alphabet City?
I got a huge kick out of 23d Tyler-Taylor go-between. 50 years ago a college prof had thrown us this irrelevant aside in a geology class (!)
“ Polk the Taylor and he’ll Fillmore orders.” I have never had occasion to use this til now but never forgot it. I bet some of you have memorized the complete presidential sequence..
I also liked the Find/Finn and Done/Dane locations in the grid. Sometimes a nudge.
I got a huge kick out of 23d Tyler-Taylor go-between. 50 years ago a college prof had thrown us this irrelevant aside in a geology class (!)
“ Polk the Taylor and he’ll Fillmore orders.” I have never had occasion to use this til now but never forgot it. I bet some of you have memorized the complete presidential sequence..
I also liked the Find/Finn and Done/Dane locations in the grid. Sometimes a nudge.