#684 - "Seeing Double"
- Joe Ross
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Brain was disengaged on the meta & needed a mechanic to put it into gear. Despite my poor efforts, I look forward to more from Malaika! Entertaining grid!
Whole blood, platelets, or plasma: Donate 4 in 2024
PLATELET ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ENORMOUS ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ:
๐ฐ๐ฌ% ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ,
๐ฏ๐ฌ% ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ฐ,
๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ & ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐บ๐ฎ. ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฅ๐!
PLATELET ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ENORMOUS ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ:
๐ฐ๐ฌ% ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ,
๐ฏ๐ฌ% ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ฐ,
๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ & ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐บ๐ฎ. ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฅ๐!
- Joe Ross
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- sharkicicles
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Doh, totally forgot about this one after a hectic weekend until seeing joonโs post. Ah, well, my streak was only 1 anyways.
- ajk
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Tried looking for double letters even though I suspected (correctly) that it would be fruitless.
Got temporarily hung up on a couple of rabbit holes:
(1) The clue for 13D ANTFARM ('Home where everything is on display') seemed like a second viable clue for 16A OPENCONCEPT -- which it crossed. But that eventually got filed in the 'this can't be a coincidence but actually it is' bin.
(2) The clue for 65A SHESALLTHAT ('Nineties romantic comedy that adapted "Pygmalion"') would also seem to apply to PRETTYWOMAN which came out in 1990, is *the same number of letters* and is explicitly called out as bearing a 'resemblance to Pygmalion myths' on its Wikipedia page. That one was harder to get away from, but eventually the fact that it was a week 2 puzzle convinced me that things would not be that complicated.
Floundered about for 24 hours looking at various repeated letter combinations. Eventually started looking at anagrams and noticed that the ONCE in 16A was almost an anagram of the OPENC that starts the entry, except for that pesky P which...<cue light bulb>...is repeated right after the ONCE.
Took about 30 seconds after that.
Got temporarily hung up on a couple of rabbit holes:
(1) The clue for 13D ANTFARM ('Home where everything is on display') seemed like a second viable clue for 16A OPENCONCEPT -- which it crossed. But that eventually got filed in the 'this can't be a coincidence but actually it is' bin.
(2) The clue for 65A SHESALLTHAT ('Nineties romantic comedy that adapted "Pygmalion"') would also seem to apply to PRETTYWOMAN which came out in 1990, is *the same number of letters* and is explicitly called out as bearing a 'resemblance to Pygmalion myths' on its Wikipedia page. That one was harder to get away from, but eventually the fact that it was a week 2 puzzle convinced me that things would not be that complicated.
Floundered about for 24 hours looking at various repeated letter combinations. Eventually started looking at anagrams and noticed that the ONCE in 16A was almost an anagram of the OPENC that starts the entry, except for that pesky P which...<cue light bulb>...is repeated right after the ONCE.
Took about 30 seconds after that.
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