"Cornerstones"
- whimsy
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Started to work on this a little while ago and thought that the grid was very aesthetically pleasing. But then it became not so pretty when I reached the middle and had the lovely designer rug pulled out from under me.
I'll keep on keepin on ---
I'll keep on keepin on ---
- MarkL
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Off the couch with a little nudge for the finishing touches. Excellent (and quite beautiful) grid & meta.
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- Anita
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Solved and sent in yesterday. Waiting to find out if I'm really off the couch, since there was one thing that didn't sit right.
[EDIT: Changed something slightly and arrived at the right answer, now confirmed. Off the couch!]
[EDIT: Changed something slightly and arrived at the right answer, now confirmed. Off the couch!]
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Pretty sure I'm off the couch; this was a fun one ... even though it took me four days to decipher Brian's ingenuity!
- whimsy
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- BrianMac
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Oops, forgot about nudge Wednesday. Here are some nudges:
Hope this helps! If not, PM me and I will get you there! Thanks for solving!
Hope this helps! If not, PM me and I will get you there! Thanks for solving!
- DrTom
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Wow VERY clever! I got part one pretty quickly but it is the next steps that I am having difficulty with. Probably won't look at the nudges yet if only to see f I can actually get ANY metas completely anymore. I'm hitting about 50-70% of the mechanism each time. Regardless of whether I solve it or not I really liked it.
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!
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- joequavis
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- whimsy
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Finally got it after all four nudges.
Since I'm probably the last one off the couch is it OK if I say that:
(tiny spoiler)
I imagine you got your inspiration for this while walking around in the dark at night.
Gotta figure out how to do that rectangular box thing!
Since I'm probably the last one off the couch is it OK if I say that:
(tiny spoiler)
I imagine you got your inspiration for this while walking around in the dark at night.
Gotta figure out how to do that rectangular box thing!
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PLATELET ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ENORMOUS ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ:
๐ฐ๐ฌ% ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ,
๐ฏ๐ฌ% ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ฐ,
๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ & ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐บ๐ฎ. ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฅ๐!
PLATELET ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ENORMOUS ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ:
๐ฐ๐ฌ% ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ,
๐ฏ๐ฌ% ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ฐ,
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- DrTom
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SUPERLATIVE effort Brian, this is not only a neat mechanism but it works on so many levels that you do not even realize until you have solved. Paraphrasing Dorothy, "THINK MAN, I BELIEVE I LIKE YOURS THE BEST"
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!
- C=64
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Solved, I think! Really great mechanism; there were minimal instructions but made it clear what to do. I also appreciated the clue for 40A.
Update: Based on whimsy's spoiler above, solved!
Update: Based on whimsy's spoiler above, solved!
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When I solved I wanted to say:whimsy wrote: โThu Sep 17, 2020 10:49 pm Finally got it after all four nudges.
Since I'm probably the last one off the couch is it OK if I say that:
(tiny spoiler)
I imagine you got your inspiration for this while walking around in the dark at night.
Gotta figure out how to do that rectangular box thing!
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