#688 - "Heart of the Matter"
- Hector
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- Joe
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I'M
STUMPED
ON
A
WEEK
ONE
STUMPED
ON
A
WEEK
ONE
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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- MikeyG
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I was like, "Oh, sure, I'll blitz through a Week 1 no problem."
It's summer - and pride cometh before the fall. I know I should wait for the people to reply who were beamed up first but...too bad, haha. Definitely will need to chew on this one for a while.
It's summer - and pride cometh before the fall. I know I should wait for the people to reply who were beamed up first but...too bad, haha. Definitely will need to chew on this one for a while.
- Cindy
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And I even figured out the first step before I finished the grid! Then stuck.
15 correct and 6 incorrect 45 minutes in.
15 correct and 6 incorrect 45 minutes in.
- ajk
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As one of the incorrect answers, I can say that mine's a little artificial because I did it before the correction. More details after Tuesday. But agree that this seems hard for a Week 1 (not that I know the real answer).
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- hcbirker
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Oh thank goodness!! I thought I was going to be alone in being stumped on a Week 1. My misery loves this company!!
- KayW
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Do I get extra credit? I found the typo before Matt published it. But still no meta answer. Hmmm. Will ponder some more after online bridge...
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- MikeM000
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And that's the heart of the matter, isn't it? Week 1 shouldn't involve a 2nd step!
- Streroto
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Me too! (Beam me up)
- Wendy Walker
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I know less about cable TV channels than I do about circa-2000 pop tunes.
Good luck, fellow Muggles!
- ajk
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The pro move is to notice the typo, misinterpret it as intentional, use it to generate a half-way plausible (but in retrospect clearly wrong) answer, and submit it.
Check out this very cool project by many of your favorite muggles to raise money to fight cancer. You get a fun puzzle bundle and good causes get $. Win-win: Crosswords for Cancer
- Toby
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I'm often disappointed when week one is too easy. Not a problem this week. I got the obvious first step as I did the grid. I have followed a plausible path (and google) to an extremely obscure and now defunct channel, so I'm assuming it's not that.
- RPardoe
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- Amanda Hugginkiss
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I would normally have trouble with this kind of meta, but I got it.
- sharkicicles
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Wow, this might be the first week 1 I don’t get. Step 1 seems obvious then… nothing.
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Beam me up! This required more thought than I was expecting for a week 1.
- RPardoe
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Post and solve at play perhaps, but my original thought which I couldn't make work did in fact work once I altered by thinking (point of view).
Solved and submitted.