Crossword #41 - What Next? by Alex Eaton-Salners
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In today’s puzzle, how ‘bout that 43D!:) I loved it but did wonder if any non-pilots have a clue what VFR is.
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I see, therefore I fly?
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PLATELET 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝗿𝗲.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘀 ENORMOUS 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲:
𝟰𝟬% 𝗽𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰,
𝟯𝟬% 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰,
𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿 & 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗺𝗮. 𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘 𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗘!
PLATELET 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝗿𝗲.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘀 ENORMOUS 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲:
𝟰𝟬% 𝗽𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰,
𝟯𝟬% 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰,
𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿 & 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗺𝗮. 𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘 𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗘!
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I avoid running into things by looking where I’m going
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VFR brought back fond memories of my Dad studying for his instrument rating! Our coffee table was always piled high with Jeppsen updates.
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What Next? by Alex Eaton-Salners
Crossword #41
What card game is hinted at by this puzzle?
Rules:
-a free subscription to Year 14 of Fireball Crosswords
-digital copies of the puzzles from -signed copies of -Fireball Crosswords baseball cap
-Fireball Crosswords lanyard
-Fireball Crosswords bottle opener and keychain with light.
On Sunday evening, I'll send out the solution and the winner's name.
About the author:
Alex Eaton-Salners grew up outside Washington, D.C. Like the Tidal Basin, his neighborhood had cherry blossom trees. He enjoyed seeing them when walking to school.
--Peter Gordon (xwords@optonline.net)
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Crossword #41
What card game is hinted at by this puzzle?
Rules:
- Email me (at the address below) the word no later than 6 p.m. (Eastern time) on Sunday, November 13.
- You can enter only once, so be sure before hitting the "Send" button.
-a free subscription to Year 14 of Fireball Crosswords
-digital copies of the puzzles from -signed copies of -Fireball Crosswords baseball cap
-Fireball Crosswords lanyard
-Fireball Crosswords bottle opener and keychain with light.
On Sunday evening, I'll send out the solution and the winner's name.
About the author:
Alex Eaton-Salners grew up outside Washington, D.C. Like the Tidal Basin, his neighborhood had cherry blossom trees. He enjoyed seeing them when walking to school.
--Peter Gordon (xwords@optonline.net)
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Submitted my answer to Peter. Tight puzzle, I thought.
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A really fun puzzle! And, thankfully, the meta was a lot easier than "Half and Half."
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Hmm, have enough to be confident I know the answer, but there's one thing I'm not seeing. I'll probably slap my forehead when I figure it out - as I did with my second to last thing.
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Solved. Tough grid for me.
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It's Fireball. It's supposed to be hard:)
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Looked for a Chin dynasty in China? - nope. Shinva, an Indian God? - nope. Googled anything else that looked like it could possibly be a word, but no.
Tried to convince myself that the thigh bone is next to the shin bone, but there’s that knee in between.
Finally thought of googling for numbers in other languages and found that shin is 300 in Hebrew, and “next” is tav at 400. Reading a bit further, I learned that Hebrew uses letters for numbers, found the alphabet, and saw shin, tav right in a row!
The middle four themers, I saw right away. I don’t want to discuss how long I tried to figure out what was next after an orang (yeti?) before I noticed the E to make it orange
If you want help with a meta, feel free to PM me. The more specific you are about what you have and what you want, the more likely I can help without spoiling.
(And if I help you win a mug, I’ll be especially delighted.)
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