I'll eat some 14-A in the hopes that some inspiration comes to me! I'll be chewing on this one (and the 14-A) for a bit. Wish me luck!
MEOW #98 Rock the Boat
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MikeyG
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Great puzzle so far, and it looks like even the meta will make me smile! Can't wait!
I'll eat some 14-A in the hopes that some inspiration comes to me! I'll be chewing on this one (and the 14-A) for a bit. Wish me luck!
I'll eat some 14-A in the hopes that some inspiration comes to me! I'll be chewing on this one (and the 14-A) for a bit. Wish me luck!
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TeamDoubleTow
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We needed all three nudges! What a great puzzle! Thanks Claudia!
Team DoubleTow=Ali (who posts here) & Alex
with occasional assistance from son
with occasional assistance from son
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whimsy
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Solver update --
BarbaraK
Abide
Tom Shea
edestlin
TeamDoubleTow
Happy to have this many enjoying it!
BarbaraK
Abide
Tom Shea
edestlin
TeamDoubleTow
Happy to have this many enjoying it!
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I didn't say this before but this was a really cool mechanism. Thanks for the puzzle.
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And now let's welcome -
ryj
Magistra
Reveal tomorrow!
(Yeah, right -- like it's a big secret!
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ryj
Magistra
Reveal tomorrow!
(Yeah, right -- like it's a big secret!
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MikeyG
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Second nudge needed: a lot of that was well hidden! Very nice! And the reveal made me 
- well done!!
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Wow. I didn’t even see the rocks. I found the boats and noticed that the letters to their left spelled out NAUSEA.
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I also missed the rocks but managed to guess the answer. I feel bad that I missed the eloquence of this puzzle.
My avatar proves that it is sometimes better to be lucky than good!
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whimsy
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My own brother tried it out and he didn't see the rocks either. Good thing this isn't literal or we'd have had a lot of beached watercraft! Fortunately, all got there safely. 
Hey, like the ads for all the lotteries that want to suck your $$$ -- (cheery announcer): "So many ways to play!!
The spoilers mentioned a bit of a backstory where one of the first versions of this puzzle dealt only with the rocks, no boats. But my entries were a little too ambiguous and DrTom and Josh had some suggestions that led to this one. In the earlier version The title was going to be: Between a Rock and a Hard Place. I won't tell you what the answer was going to be just in case I find an appropriate way to use it someday!
Hey, like the ads for all the lotteries that want to suck your $$$ -- (cheery announcer): "So many ways to play!!
The spoilers mentioned a bit of a backstory where one of the first versions of this puzzle dealt only with the rocks, no boats. But my entries were a little too ambiguous and DrTom and Josh had some suggestions that led to this one. In the earlier version The title was going to be: Between a Rock and a Hard Place. I won't tell you what the answer was going to be just in case I find an appropriate way to use it someday!