#698 - "Thing Are Looking Up"

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#698 - "Thing Are Looking Up"

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MGWCC #698 — Friday, October 15th, 2021 — TENTH MONTH, PUZZLE #3 — “Things Are Looking Up”


THIS WEEK’S INSTRUCTIONS:

This week’s contest answer is a 10-letter word.
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Woo-hoo, number 2! (And oh, now I see that I've not gotten a first solve, so close!)
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#3

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In at #4. A little early but Guinness me!
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#4

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Solved
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#5

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#6! I'll beam up after Captain Kirk stops trembling. He had quite the experience yesterday!
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#6

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#12 for me, and happy to have gotten it at all!
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Looks like a typical week 3. On the bright side, there are only 35000 ten letter words to review.
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#8

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Solved and submitted
(and confirmed on the leaderboard).
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This one made me smile. More like a 3.5, in my opinion. Great puzzle, though!
Less cross words, more crosswords.

Solve my latest "Pun of a Kind" Meta!: 89. That's Not Right!
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Submitted. Enjoying theme month!
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Is this still page 1? Ironically there are 10 posts before me! Enjoyable and very logical puzzle!
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#12

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Beam me up. Finally! Needed a bit of help and STILL stared for quite some time before seeing the way. Good one!
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#13

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Got there with a nudge from @RPardoe. Much appreciated!
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I'm just going to say Oh My God! Words cannot describe how in awe I am of this puzzle. It reminds me a bit of another multi, multi, multi step one a few years back, but this was brilliant. Not confirmed but really 100%. Oh, and I did not get there alone. Interestingly in the odd twist of Meta fate I gave someone my musings and they were able to solve using that, then I had to ask them what I had said!!! Who said there is no Karma....


Anyway, this is what I often feel will occur on a Monday evening ...
Going to reach the water.jpg
NUDGES!I am always willing to give nudges where needed; metas should be about fun, not frustration. Send me what you have done so far because often you are closer than you think!
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#15

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Would love to join forces with anyone else who is yet to solve, or will also happily bounce some ideas if you have already beamed!
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Enjoying a beverage at the Ten Forward. Only with the helpful nudge I got is there any way I would have gotten here. As others have said, wow.
Happy to give nudges. If you notice I've solved, please tell me about avenues you've explored so I can nudge you in the right direction and not off a cliff.
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Finally got it. That was hard until it wasn't.
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Interesting. Done!
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Got the idea (with a hint from Meg) while washing up our dinner dishes. And Mark says we need a new dishwasher -- pfft!
Good luck, fellow Muggles!
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#20

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I was so close and just needed the slightest of nudges to get over the edge.

Done (waiting on confirmation)

Edit- confirmed
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