"Measure Twice, Solve Once" December 13, 2024

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"Measure Twice, Solve Once" December 13, 2024

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This week's contest is titled Measure Twice, Solve Once by Matt Gaffney

The answer to this week's contest crossword is a five letter adjective.


Measure Twice, Solve Once Excel Spreadsheet
SAVE to your drive.
OPEN from your drive.
ALLOW permissions.

Good luck with the grid and the meta
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Ashore! Fun one!

Image

You should! You know the drill.

(I "saw" this pun somewhere.)
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Safely ashore. And at the risk of committing a POE, how about that Sofronio Vasquez (from Utica) winning the Voice??
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Ashore.

woof! great puzzle
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Got it. Tricky!
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On shore. Interesting and unusual that the grid includes the answer to today's Wordle. , as it is not a word one sees everyday.
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On the beach! And it’s cold!! We’re all wearing hoodies over our speedos.
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Solved
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Ashore
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Ashore!
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Ashore. Just from the title I figured it was a Gaffney. Fun one.
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Stumbled into it after noticing something. And with help of Discord. On shore.
Happy to give nudges. If you notice I've solved, please tell me about avenues you've explored so I can nudge you in the right direction and not off a cliff.
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Solved with some nudges. Not really feeling it though.
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Ashore with Discord nudges
If I’ve solved and you need a nudge, you can PM me. Happy to pay it forward. ;)
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Ashore.
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Ashore after finally seeing what the smart kids on Discord had seen.
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On shore!
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Ashore. Can't say that I love this one. But maybe that's because it took me an hour of staring to finally see it. Oh well, beer me.
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Ashore4us! Page one!!! I'll have a double Smiddick's please!

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Ashore (and Page 1!) thanks to Discord. Bourbon tasting at the neighbor's tonight. Don't think I'd ever see it on my own.
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