#658 - "Hidden Power"

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#658 - "Hidden Power"

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This week’s contest answer is one of the seven continents.
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Beamed aboard. Solved the grid as fast as I could as soon as I got it, got the meta like 10 seconds after solving, and still only 25th. :) :)
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Beam me up! You have a 14.29% chance if you're unsure!
Less cross words, more crosswords.

Solve my latest "Pun of a Kind" Meta!: 89. That's Not Right!
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ajk wrote: Fri Jan 08, 2021 12:18 pm Beamed aboard. Solved the grid as fast as I could as soon as I got it, got the meta like 10 seconds after solving, and still only 25th. :) :)
I don't know how e.a. does it!
Less cross words, more crosswords.

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Beamed!
I can be found in Sheridan, NY, veejaying. (8)
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Solved.
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Beam me up!

Thought I moved fast, but I won't even be in the top 40.
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Done. I am liking the pace this month - perhaps week 5 won't be completely hopeless.
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Upbeamed. And I didn't even have to look at a map!

Even when they're obvious, I like the phrases Matt comes up with for the long entries.
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Cindy wrote: Fri Jan 08, 2021 12:21 pmSolved.
... and still BEAMING, I'm sure, from your MMMM 2020 Grand Prize. Congrats, Cindy!
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Bird Lives wrote: Fri Jan 08, 2021 12:22 pm
Even when they're obvious, I like the phrases Matt comes up with for the long entries.
Agree. Like names for emo bands.
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Beam me up. Awaiting update.

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#13

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Beam me up! Got to the puzzle first thing (usually I don't, 9 AM isn't the best time to take a work break) and still only hit #66. I'll never be a speed solver but I'm O.K. with that :-)
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The title seems a little strange. Is there a cleverness I'm missing? (Spoiler tags or PM if so, please.)
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Beam me up

Stay well
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Hector wrote: Fri Jan 08, 2021 12:41 pm The title seems a little strange. Is there a cleverness I'm missing? (Spoiler tags or PM if so, please.)
I didn't get it either. Maybe we should suggest alternatives. Mine would be. . .
All Caps
or
Inner City

They're obvious, but this meta wasn't going to stump anyone anyway.
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Wonder Twins, engage!

On the beach with the rest of you ... submitted, not yet on the board, but ... really, no question here of the answer.
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Joe Ross wrote: Fri Jan 08, 2021 1:08 pm Image

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#20

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solved - easier than the usual week 2...
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