#699 - “Nothing Will Change”

[Joe Ross]

MGWCC #699 — Friday, October 22nd, 2021 — TENTH MONTH, PUZZLE #4 — “Nothing Will Change”


THIS WEEK’S INSTRUCTIONS: This week’s six-letter contest answer describes what you must often do to solve a meta.

Solve well, and be not led astray by words intended to deceive.

[KayW]

Woohoo! Number 11

[sharkicicles]

Much easier than last week. Now to see if I’m on the board… yep, 14 not too far behind Kay.

[LesY]

Lucky 13. Glad I saw it early because big weekend ahead with the PB8 launch!

[Meg]

I'm on. That was a fun one to solve!

[Cindy]

solved

[Streroto]

Very pleased to get a week 4 and for the second day in a row Matt has made me laugh out loud. You’ll know why when you see it.

Stay well all.

[Joe Ross]

[architect]

I was a little slow this week, but I'm in and confirmed.

[higgysue]

On the board at #44. That’s good for me! (And I didn’t start it right away.)

[stmv]

I'm on the board at #50. I tried various approaches before the right one suddenly leaped out at me. Even so, I had some trouble figuring out some of the components of it, I had to do some googling to verify some things. It's nice to get it on my own after needing a nudge to get last week's; I guess this means that (at least for me) this week's really was easier than last week's, as Matt indicated.

[MikeM000]

Oh hey! A week 4 that I believe I have solved correctly by 5pm on Friday afternoon. I can get behind this!

Edit: Beamed at #63!

[Laura M]

Beam me up! (Update pending, but no real doubt.)

Edit: On the board! I found this more difficult than last week's, but I seem to be in the minority.

[markhr]

Beamed up. This was the week-3 level I was expecting last week. Fun puzzle.

[ChrisKochmanski]

Beam me up!

#75

For me, this was a hard-fought solve, though very fun.

[Wendy Walker]

Very satisfying! #85!

[HeadinHome]

AHA! Finally saw it. I was working too hard. I also needed some googling on some that I suspected but wasn’t sure about. And I was amused by the one in particular that Streroto was likely referring to, above. .

Will post my number when confirmed… but I am sure as can be. (Might get listed right below that OTHER Wendy… she’s the last one on the board right now.)

UPDATE - yes, there at #87… two below the original Wendy.

[Katiedid]

Beam me up! #32

[Joe]

Satisfying solo solve! After only getting a vague sense of something or other yesterday, it all became clear today. Not on the board yet, but this is a 100%-er.

[Al Sisti]

I am absolutely kicking myself over this one. I had the trick within an hour, and spent the next two days trying to take it another step further.