#684 - "Seeing Double"
- Jeremy Smith
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Beam me up! Like others have said, grid was challenging—but only because I’m 20A!
- Bob cruise director
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Fought my way through the grid as I am on another planet from the constructor. Even when I had an answer I had to google it to find out what it meant.
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Now on to the meta
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Got the meta with ease - awaiting confirmationBob cruise director wrote: ↑Fri Jul 09, 2021 2:49 pm Fought my way through the grid as I am on another planet from the constructor. Even when I had an answer I had to google it to find out what it meant.
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- MajordomoTom
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I've transported a cutesy take on the answer, hopefully Matt understands and approves my beaming up.
"Lots of planets have a North", the Ninth Doctor.
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so ... well aged?Jeremy Smith wrote: ↑Fri Jul 09, 2021 2:41 pm Beam me up! Like others have said, grid was challenging—but only because I’m 20A!
"Lots of planets have a North", the Ninth Doctor.
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Hey @Bob cruise director , what planet is that in your avatar? Or is it the moon? What is the string of dots? Cabana Boy wants to know. He likes you a lot and he is naturally curious.Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Fri Jul 09, 2021 2:49 pm Fought my way through the grid as I am on another planet from the constructor. Even when I had an answer I had to google it to find out what it meant.
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- BrianMac
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Not to answer for @Bob cruise director (though I will ), but I believe that is a time lapse of the International Space Station traversing the Sun. Very cool photograph!Meg wrote: ↑Fri Jul 09, 2021 3:21 pmHey @Bob cruise director , what planet is that in your avatar? Or is it the moon? What is the string of dots? Cabana Boy wants to know. He likes you a lot and he is naturally curious.Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Fri Jul 09, 2021 2:49 pm Fought my way through the grid as I am on another planet from the constructor. Even when I had an answer I had to google it to find out what it meant.
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- Bob cruise director
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That is the International Space Station crossing in front of the sun. It crosses in under a second. The two dots in the lower left are sun spots.Meg wrote: ↑Fri Jul 09, 2021 3:21 pmHey @Bob cruise director , what planet is that in your avatar? Or is it the moon? What is the string of dots? Cabana Boy wants to know. He likes you a lot and he is naturally curious.Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Fri Jul 09, 2021 2:49 pm Fought my way through the grid as I am on another planet from the constructor. Even when I had an answer I had to google it to find out what it meant.
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Absolutely correct but since the transit takes less than a second, I take a movie at 50 frames/second and clip out frames, overlay them in Photoshop and voilaBrianMac wrote: ↑Fri Jul 09, 2021 3:29 pmNot to answer for @Bob cruise director (though I will ), but I believe that is a time lapse of the International Space Station traversing the Sun. Very cool photograph!Meg wrote: ↑Fri Jul 09, 2021 3:21 pmHey @Bob cruise director , what planet is that in your avatar? Or is it the moon? What is the string of dots? Cabana Boy wants to know. He likes you a lot and he is naturally curious.Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Fri Jul 09, 2021 2:49 pm Fought my way through the grid as I am on another planet from the constructor. Even when I had an answer I had to google it to find out what it meant.
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- Wendy Walker
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I am determined to work the word "nutshelling" into my conversation this week. I was ready to enter "I'M CUT" as in "the knife blade slipped and sliced my finger and now there's blood all over this walnut!"
Good luck, fellow Muggles!
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That took longer than I'd care to admit. Yeesh! But I am safely beamed up.
Now back to the WSJ. Still waiting for the clouds to part.
Now back to the WSJ. Still waiting for the clouds to part.
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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Beam me up. Fun and clever puzzle but agree that several
of the answers were about more like blanco than repesado tequila. Grid: 30 minutes. Meta: 2 minutes.
of the answers were about more like blanco than repesado tequila. Grid: 30 minutes. Meta: 2 minutes.
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I had an answer that even when I googled it, I still couldn’t figure out what it meant. Took some contortions to finally have it make sense.Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Fri Jul 09, 2021 2:49 pm Fought my way through the grid as I am on another planet from the constructor. Even when I had an answer I had to google it to find out what it meant.
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Beam me up!
If it weren’t for crossword puzzles by younger constructors, I might not know ANYTHING about contemporary culture.
If it weren’t for crossword puzzles by younger constructors, I might not know ANYTHING about contemporary culture.