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I got it, but only after some struggles where I tried a bunch of things before the fog cleared and there it was. The grid was indeed trickier than usual.
Sleeping on a puzzle DOES help, or at least it did this time. I had decided what the answer almost had to be yesterday but it was a guess based on deduction. Then this AM I awoke with a "hey wait a minute" and a quick trip through the puzzle with a highlighter (and a correction to my grid when I ended up without an acceptable plural) and I am "beaming" or rather beaming up. Funny how the final step for Muggles is to leave the ship (our beloved Love Boat) and for Puggles (my word because with Matt we are going for a Pen/Pencil and taking more than one letter seemed like a rude designation - Hmm, maybe Penguins though?) it is returning to our beloved Starship Enterprise.
No confirmation yet but I'm 100% I'm rematerializing in the transporter room.
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!
Question - when I look at the Leader Board some names have a 10 icon and some a 100 icon. Jangler for instance has a 10 icon but that cannot mean his current "streak" because surely he has more than 10? It is probably explained somewhere I just never saw 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!
DrTom wrote: ↑Sat Oct 17, 2020 10:39 am
Question - when I look at the Leader Board some names have a 10 icon and some a 100 icon. Jangler for instance has a 10 icon but that cannot mean his current "streak" because surely he has more than 10? It is probably explained somewhere I just never saw it?
There are 10, 50 and 100 icons. I do believe that they represent streaks. Jangler's streak is above 10 and below 50, so he gets the "10" icon.
DrTom wrote: ↑Sat Oct 17, 2020 10:39 am
Question - when I look at the Leader Board some names have a 10 icon and some a 100 icon. Jangler for instance has a 10 icon but that cannot mean his current "streak" because surely he has more than 10? It is probably explained somewhere I just never saw it?
There are 10, 50 and 100 icons. I do believe that they represent streaks. Jangler's streak is above 10 and below 50, so he gets the "10" icon.
AH, OK, now I see. I doubt I'll ever have one of those, maybe a 10 but I wouldn't keep it long.
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!