#683 - "First Taste"
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Hector
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stmv
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Beamed up at #21. I thought I was fast, but clearly completing the grid before thinking about the meta answer is too slow for a week 1 like this. Doing the grid wasn't entirely straightforward, so I lost time there.
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ajk
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Beam me up. Think this is the first time I've ever had a list update occur just as I submitted. <submit><refresh>there I am!
Agree that the grid was tougher than a normal week 1, at least for me.
Agree that the grid was tougher than a normal week 1, at least for me.
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docison
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Grid a bit tougher, but meta not so much. Exercise ran past noon and there are 40 peeople on the board before me!
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sharkicicles
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Woohoo, I beat Jangler! (which means he hasn't gotten around to looking at the puzzle yet.)
Definitely a 1/5.
Definitely a 1/5.
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Meg
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Me too about the grid. Perfect week one. Happy fourth everyone! 
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ricky
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Got the answer in under 2 minutes, by far the fastest I've ever solved one of these. If I hadn't forgotten the puzzle was coming out until 12:23, I could've been in the top ten... ish...
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Hector
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This is a nice construction, with a lot of entries crossing three or four themers. They're not all perfect, of course, but it's impressive nonetheless.
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ky-mike
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MamaE
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First time ever getting the answer before finishing the grid! Beam me up!
- Just puzzling it out here in Delmarva 
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architect
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Late start, but just 4:45 to finish the puzzle and simultaneously get the meta.
You know it's easy when over 100 people have gotten it in before you and it's not even 1 pm.
You know it's easy when over 100 people have gotten it in before you and it's not even 1 pm.
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Bird Lives
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I got to this late and still might have beenin the top 100 except that I spent too much time trying to think of other examples. Not many and not easy except for the one that's also in the NPR Will Shortz Sunday on-air puzzle.
Jay
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