MGWCC #801 — “Sounds like Someone I Know”
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MGWCC #801 — “Sounds like Someone I Know”
MGWCC #801 — Friday, October 6th, 2023 — “Sounds like Someone I Know”
THIS WEEK’S INSTRUCTIONS:
This week’s contest answer is a famous athlete.
Solve well, and be not led astray by words intended to deceive.
–Matt
I’m writing a weekly crossword for Merriam-Webster’s website. It’s a puzzle type called “The Missing Letter” that I created especially for the site: 25 entries in the grid are defined using their M-W dictionary definition, and these each begin with a different letter of the alphabet. The only one not represented each week is “The Missing Letter,” and you can enter to win a $25 gift certificate at their site. Check it out here.
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THIS WEEK’S INSTRUCTIONS:
This week’s contest answer is a famous athlete.
Solve well, and be not led astray by words intended to deceive.
–Matt
I’m writing a weekly crossword for Merriam-Webster’s website. It’s a puzzle type called “The Missing Letter” that I created especially for the site: 25 entries in the grid are defined using their M-W dictionary definition, and these each begin with a different letter of the alphabet. The only one not represented each week is “The Missing Letter,” and you can enter to win a $25 gift certificate at their site. Check it out here.
WANT TO SUBSCRIBE TO MY CROSSWORD CONTEST?:
MGWCC is available only to subscribers at my Patreon page.
A subscription costs $3/month.
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Last 20% of MGWCC begins now! Not that hard but maybe a week 1.5 for a few specific reasons? Enjoyed as always - just submitted.
- Dr.Buttbeard
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- MikeyG
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On the board at 15! Might have taken a chance, but I wanted to see everything in its entirety, and I appreciated this one! Yeah, 1.25 or 1.5.
Hope we're having a great October!
Someone I know:
Hope we're having a great October!
Someone I know:
- Wendy Walker
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Hilarious, and I LOVED the in-joke! Don't worry, non-sports fans: if I've heard of this famous athlete, 65D you have, too.
Good luck, fellow Muggles!
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Me waking up and realizing it's a week one: Oh, good, after last month I need something easy.
Me on reading the the prompt: Oh, ####!
And on completing the grid: Huh???
Okay, a bit of googling I have a good guess but... what the heck is the deal with ....?
EDIT: Okay, submitted my guess that feels very right. If I'm wrong I'll have the rare experience of utterly blowing a week one (I don't *think* I've ever done that before).
I suppose I can't claim I've solved it as I don't understand it but... my marriage can't take another weekend with my obsessing and stressing. So a quick submit.
EDIT 2: And there I am at #36. Now, just a weekend trying to figure out what is the hilarity and the in-joke of which Wendy refers.
Me on reading the the prompt: Oh, ####!
And on completing the grid: Huh???
Okay, a bit of googling I have a good guess but... what the heck is the deal with ....?
EDIT: Okay, submitted my guess that feels very right. If I'm wrong I'll have the rare experience of utterly blowing a week one (I don't *think* I've ever done that before).
I suppose I can't claim I've solved it as I don't understand it but... my marriage can't take another weekend with my obsessing and stressing. So a quick submit.
EDIT 2: And there I am at #36. Now, just a weekend trying to figure out what is the hilarity and the in-joke of which Wendy refers.
Last edited by woozy on Fri Oct 06, 2023 12:58 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Beamed after a kindly nudge that I was indeed pursuing the correct path. I feel like there's a snag that will temporarily delay more than a few people. Nothing wrong with it, just trickier than a normal week 1.
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Sports AND numbers in parentheses! Definitely not my kind of a week 1.
I'm pretty sure I know the answer, but I'm not in a rush to be at the top of the board, so I think I'll sit here and keep stewing until it clicks.
Edit: Gave in and took a small nudge to find the step I skipped, thank you @SamKat9!
I'm pretty sure I know the answer, but I'm not in a rush to be at the top of the board, so I think I'll sit here and keep stewing until it clicks.
Edit: Gave in and took a small nudge to find the step I skipped, thank you @SamKat9!
Last edited by schmidzy on Fri Oct 06, 2023 2:04 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Figured what the answer would be, but it took me a little time to figure out how I was supposed to get there. Awaiting the beam.
Edit: #56
Edit: #56
Shannon
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Beamed at #60. Sent it in without verifying and was hoping I didn't break my streak!
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In the same boat with others in that I have an answer, but don't get how to be sure. I agree that numbers in parentheses is rare for a week 1.
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Beamed!
I get how to get it, but it took me a while.
Nice!
I get how to get it, but it took me a while.
Nice!
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But great timing. You should get a bonus point.
Jay
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Never mind, I see it now. Makes sense.
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- woozy
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Hmm. The first part of the puzzle is easier than a week one but the second part of the puzzle I'd put as a week 3+ as it involves some arbitrary WAGging.
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My Entry to the May 2024 CrossHare Midi Contest
Not a meta, but, yeesh!, that was tough to create.
My Entry to the May 2024 CrossHare Midi Contest
Not a meta, but, yeesh!, that was tough to create.
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Beamed.
Contest Crosswords Combating Cancer (CCCC) is a bundle of 16 metapuzzles created to help raise money for cancer-related charities. It is available at CrosswordsForCancer.com.
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Found the snag, got un-snagged with some assistance, found the answer, and I think I also found the "inside joke" referenced previously.