#666 - "Play Me or Trade Me"
- HeadinHome
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This one frustrated me for a good while, then light bulb moment was fun. Agree about a bit of backsolving needed for some of it.
Beam me up Iโm on a streak. Of two.
Beam me up Iโm on a streak. Of two.
The other Wendy.
- SusieG
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Glad to hear itโs a bit more than week one. I have no idea. Well, I have some ideas, but none worked. Maybe the February WSJ metas made me dumber.
- bhamren
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After reading comments I wondered how backfilling would work. Then lo and behold I had to backfill to verify my correct answer. I like it having more than usually hard for a week 1. All week 1's should be as non-trivial as this one.
- Joe
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I have absolutely no idea on this one yet. Have to sleep on it.
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.
- cbarbee002
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- Bob cruise director
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I have increased my lifetime streak to 2
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So glad to hear others thought it was week-2-ish. I was good and ready for a nice, soft week-1, and thought I was having a Flowers for Algernon moment. Just got it now, whew.
I'm tardy, wig askew.
- Prozach
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- MajordomoTom
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given how we spend our time in this house, a week one here.
submitted and pending confirmation.
on at #274
submitted and pending confirmation.
on at #274
Last edited by MajordomoTom on Sat Mar 06, 2021 10:04 am, edited 1 time in total.
"Lots of planets have a North", the Ninth Doctor.
- Joe
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Ohhh. There it is! Definitely did a little backsolving on this one. Confident Iโll be beamed aboard. Scotty has been notified.
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.
- mpmanning
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Aha! Another good one! I've sent my answer in and I'm going to bed in full expectation that I'll find my name on the leaderboard when I get up tomorrow. Happiness is the finished lesson of a newbie.
- KayW
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Bird Lives and Joe Ross were right when they predicted a BEAST of a puzzle for #666! This was a week one?!?!
Late night inspiration finally struck and I've submitted, but guessing I won't be confirmed til morning...
EDIT: beamed up! Matt must have had the midnight feeding
Late night inspiration finally struck and I've submitted, but guessing I won't be confirmed til morning...
EDIT: beamed up! Matt must have had the midnight feeding
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I will blame my Covid shot on Thursday for my slowness in figuring out this MGWCC. Clearly it rattled my brain and inhibited my solving ability. I did manage to finally sort things out and am now officially beamed up.
- Joe Ross
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With the dawning, in more ways than one, beam me up!
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- MikeM000
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The fresh eyes of morning were key for me...got it 20 seconds after I popped it open just now.
90% chance this thread turns into a fun and friendly freewheeler on Tuesday afternoon...
90% chance this thread turns into a fun and friendly freewheeler on Tuesday afternoon...
- lbray53
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Beam me up!!
I hope this meta was traded from a week two or three team. It was a fairly tough play for me.
I hope this meta was traded from a week two or three team. It was a fairly tough play for me.
My avatar proves that it is sometimes better to be lucky than good!
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Unlike many of you, I saw the mechanism right away, but I had to back solve a bit of it.
- SusieG
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Inspiration struck as I was trying to wake up this morning. Not as hard as I imagined and kind of fun. I also employed the โback solvingโ mentioned by many. I also enjoyed this more than a typical week 1.
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Maybe it's just me after a brutal work week, but that felt kind of week two-ish.
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Beam Me Up! Fun aha moment, and then a confirmatory google on one bit