Resolution
- Bird Lives
- Posts: 3114
- Joined: Tue Apr 09, 2019 6:43 pm
- Location: NYC
- Contact:
Resolution
After I completed this puzzle, I realized that it’s very similar to one of my earlier puzzles.. This near-duplication only increases my admiration for the real pros, who come up with new ideas time after time. The current puzzle and its predecessor are based on quirks of language that I had noticed long before I knew what a meta was.
This one plays a bit more difficult than some MMMs, at least a 2.0, partly because the themers don’t exactly jump out of the grid at you. I had toyed with ways of making it easier, but I’ll leave that for the Wednesday nudges.
@Abide @Al Sisti , and @Cap'n Rick test solved and made valuable suggestions. @Joe Ross set it up to give you a choice of formats.
The answer is what you might say on seeing yet another Bird Lives puzzle.
Resolution:
crosshare
PUZ
PDF
spreadsheet
This one plays a bit more difficult than some MMMs, at least a 2.0, partly because the themers don’t exactly jump out of the grid at you. I had toyed with ways of making it easier, but I’ll leave that for the Wednesday nudges.
@Abide @Al Sisti , and @Cap'n Rick test solved and made valuable suggestions. @Joe Ross set it up to give you a choice of formats.
The answer is what you might say on seeing yet another Bird Lives puzzle.
Resolution:
crosshare
PUZ
spreadsheet
Last edited by Bird Lives on Mon Nov 06, 2023 10:21 am, edited 1 time in total.
Jay
- Cinny
- Posts: 886
- Joined: Mon Sep 21, 2020 2:53 pm
- Location: Minoa, NY
- Contact:
I believe I am off the couch, but Crosshare never said my answer was correct. It just went on to let me leave a comment. I may be stuck on the couch, afterall!
Cindy Heisler
- Cindy
- Posts: 1281
- Joined: Tue Apr 09, 2019 5:39 pm
- Location: Matthews
- Bird Lives
- Posts: 3114
- Joined: Tue Apr 09, 2019 6:43 pm
- Location: NYC
- Contact:
- rjy
- Posts: 1179
- Joined: Fri Oct 08, 2021 12:52 pm
- Location: Gaithersburg, MD
Fumbled around in a rabbit hole before the light bulb clicked to eject me from the couch. Nice one all around, Jay. Elegant and well-constructed, thanks!
Ray
- Meg
- Posts: 2293
- Joined: Tue Apr 09, 2019 1:41 pm
- Location: St. Petersburg, FL
- boharr
- Moderator
- Posts: 3365
- Joined: Fri Sep 06, 2019 8:57 am
- Location: Westchester, NY
- edestlin
- Posts: 271
- Joined: Sun Apr 10, 2022 9:22 am
- Location: Michigan
- Contact:
- Bob cruise director
- Cruise Director
- Posts: 4711
- Joined: Thu Apr 11, 2019 2:38 pm
- Location: Any golf course within 500 miles of Littleton MA
Before I start working on @Bird Lives MMM, is "what I might say" consisting of a series of four letter words?
Bob Stevens
Cruise Director
Cruise Director
-
- Posts: 844
- Joined: Mon Jun 22, 2020 8:12 pm
- Location: Seneca SC
- DrTom
- Posts: 4212
- Joined: Sat Apr 20, 2019 6:46 pm
- Location: Jacksonville, FL
Off the couch quickly today, what a night "tight" puzzle Jay, well done!!!
NUDGES!I am always willing to give nudges where needed; metas should be about fun, not frustration. Send me what you have done so far because often you are closer than you think!
- woozy
- Posts: 2550
- Joined: Mon Aug 10, 2020 12:40 am
You know you do metas too often when when you are specifically asked to look for weird things and your mind just plain can't see anything as anything but normal.
Just because it's intimidating, is no reason to be intimidated.
Putting together the unput togetherable: Fugue State
Putting together the unput togetherable: Fugue State
- hcbirker
- Posts: 2221
- Joined: Thu Apr 11, 2019 7:24 pm
- Location: Studio City, CA
- CPJohnson
- Posts: 1184
- Joined: Tue Apr 09, 2019 1:38 pm
- Location: Kingsport, TN
- woozy
- Posts: 2550
- Joined: Mon Aug 10, 2020 12:40 am
Ah, got it now.
I got into a literal-minded mathematical precision track that led to a rabbit hole. (Although I think my nitpick is valid).
Good puzzle and no, the solution is very, very wrong. I do not say that when I see another Bird Lives meta.
I got into a literal-minded mathematical precision track that led to a rabbit hole. (Although I think my nitpick is valid).
Good puzzle and no, the solution is very, very wrong. I do not say that when I see another Bird Lives meta.
Just because it's intimidating, is no reason to be intimidated.
Putting together the unput togetherable: Fugue State
Putting together the unput togetherable: Fugue State
-
- Posts: 896
- Joined: Thu Dec 31, 2020 11:57 am
- Location: Atlanta, GA
Off the couch. Went down a bit of a rabbit hole, as I misunderstood the mechanism. Finally got it though. Thanks, Jay, and ditto what woozy said about the ultimate answer.
Matthew
- whimsy
- Posts: 3065
- Joined: Sun Jun 21, 2020 9:51 am
- Location: Hopkinton MA
- Eric Porter
- Posts: 528
- Joined: Sun May 05, 2019 2:19 am
- Location: Nashville, TN
Off the couch. It shouldn't be too difficult for people who do the WSJCC, which is probably most everyone.