MGWCC #767 — “Team Exercises”

[Joe Ross]

MGWCC #767 — Saturday, February 11th, 2023 — “Team Exercises”

Dear Solver,

Time does indeed fly, everyone agrees. How are we on MGWCC #767? Speaking of which…

THIS WEEK’S INSTRUCTIONS:

No instructions give here since there are no-instructions options this week.

Two quick notes on MGWCC #767
1) The date is wrong on the PDF; should read February 11th, not 10th.

2) Forgot to mention that due to the delayed post, the deadline for submitting entries this week is Wednesday, February 15th, at Noon ET.

Keep calm and carry on,

Matt


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[boharr]

Well, nobody's going to get a badge for solving on my birthday! lol

[Wendy Walker]

How did you get the adorable photo, Joe? The email I received contained no such cuteness. THAT BOW! Given her provenance she is probably counting those circles in preparation for creating some completely new type of puzzle.

[Joe Ross]

How did you get the adorable photo, Joe? The email I received contained no such cuteness. THAT BOW! Given her provenance she is probably counting those circles in preparation for creating some completely new type of puzzle.

Matt's xwordcontest site. "Rage-deflecting," indeed!

Matt's xwordcontest site will always give first notice of delays to puzzles. Further, it will pre-post the meta clue and title up to 30 minutes before the puzzle is made available on Matt's Patreon site. Matt's Patreon site will provide the puzzle files between 2 to 5 minutes before email.

[Joe Ross]

Well, nobody's going to get a badge for solving on my birthday! lol

🥳🎂🎈🍷🍻🥃🎉

[oldjudge]

Matt's son needs a new press agent--Ada gets all the print.

[Joe Ross]

New instructions. See Post #1.

[Abide]

Submitted at 11:04-- let's see if I'm top 5.

EDIT: (in at #3, which I think is my best!)

And at 1pm EST, I have a guest puzzle on MikeyG's site https://punofakind.blogspot.com/ in homage to last week's Souper Bowl meta.

Crosshare link here: viewtopic.php?t=2053

[docison]

Submitted at 11:04-- let's see if I'm top 5.

You sure were, Peter! I submitted at 12:09 and snuck into the top 5 - you had several minutes to spare! I am truly in some elite company here.

[MikeyG]

Submitted at 11:04-- let's see if I'm top 5.

EDIT: (in at #3, which I think is my best!)

And at 1pm EST, I have a guest puzzle on MikeyG's site https://punofakind.blogspot.com/ in homage to last week's Souper Bowl meta.

It's a good one!!

And I think I have this one? We will see shortly!

[oldjudge]

I didn't get my puzzle till 12:04 so I'll take #6. Good muggle showing.

[markhr]

Just missed the top ten. Enjoyed this blast from the past.

[AaronT]

On the board at #22. Woot!

[woozy]

Well, I'm whiffing this one

Assuming I got it, my advice is to not overthink it.

Yeah. over thinking it.... No worries on that front.

(Seriously though, what the heck? This is a week 2????)

[ColinM]

Assuming I got it, my advice is to not overthink it.

[Wendy Walker]

Absurdly proud of myself for solving a sports-related puzzle!

[ajk]

Assuming I got it, my advice is to not overthink it.

Beamed at #49, and definitely agree.

[Joe]

Am I doomed if I know next to nothing about sports?

[MikeyG]

Assuming I got it, my advice is to not overthink it.

Definitely one in which I had a big "Huhhhh?" moment there for several minutes.

[Katiedid]

Yikes. No chance of overthinking because I can't even find a second thing to think about (after themers). I'll have to put it away for a while. I guess it's supposed to be on the easy side since it came with no-instructions and downs-only versions.

UPDATE: Oh, gosh. Any thinking is overthinking. I believe I have it now.