"Happy Together" - February 25, 2022

[Wendy Walker]

. . . an exceedingly juicy and tasty slab of baked salmon and big sheet pan of roasted broccolini/tomatoes/feta/lemon… !)

Wow, the Wendys think alike! This was my supper last night: salmon with roasted cauliflower and asparagus, seasoned with cumin and garam masala!

[jmorgie7]

WOW! 3 in a row. earliest ever been ashore. calls for maybe a blanc de noir to celebrate. ironically a total mess up at the start showed me the way. ps ,,, and I did the Wordle [4 moves] AND the Worldle [2 moves!] before breakfast!

[Kris Zacharias]

On shore. Need a second cup of coffee.

[Barney]

I actually solved this. Had the right path, just one wrong step tripping me up.

So since I personally solved it, rating it a 1 on the Kas 1-5 scale.

[Puzzle mom]

I don’t see it
I’m blinded by white fur

[Joepickett]

No offense but Gaffney...bleh. I'm out

What does this even mean?

Anyway

My solving partner says this is easy

BUT

I am not seeing it

So put me at the ship’s bar with Isaac, Bob

If I have him to myself won’t be the first time.

Discouraging, though, when all signs seem to be flashing GO.

I can never solve a Gaffney meta is what it means. His brain goes left and mine goes right.

Ok I take it back. I turned my brain left and saw the answer just now.

Ashore.

[Zagman49]

Happily on shore.

[Lyman]

Ashore, and I feel what Matt hoped I'd feel when I solved the puzzle. But it's definitely not what I feel when I look at the news.

[ship4u]

Ashore. She just makes it all too concise and too clear.

...that Johanna's not here.

Blonde on Blonde, 1966.

[Dapperdan]

On shore, call me a cab-ernet please!

[SJMcK]

Did I solve this one?

Ashore did!

[MaineMarge]

Still with Isaac and not too happy about it.
But here are two looking happy together

2018 in our 50th year together

[Acarl]

having a REALLY bad day. Can't solve either the NYT meta OR the Wordle. (Wordle - I've got the last 2 letters and can't even find a guess for the first three! Any hints out there?)

[Bob cruise director]

Since Matt Gaffney delayed the MGWCC coming out, I don't feel bad about this. Our Friday status will come out later this afternoon as I have been tied up this morning.

And for you in warm sunny climes, this was taken a few seconds ago. My front yard from my study. 48hours ago it was in the 60's and now this.

12 inches and counting

[woozy]

I guess this is what I get for complaining about last weeks.

There must be something here...... I had many excuses for not getting to it in a timely manner (wife wanted to play bird game; cat walked on the keyboard and my puzzle was all Bs) but the truth is I'm just overlooking something.

With apologies, but I blame @Inca.

One nice thing about cats is you can always blame things on cats. And if they aren't responsible for this thing there are always other things they are responsible for so there's no defamation involved. And indirectly they are always responsible for everything anyway.

[Joe Ross]

I guess this is what I get for complaining about last weeks.

There must be something here...... I had many excuses for not getting to it in a timely manner (wife wanted to play bird game; cat walked on the keyboard and my puzzle was all Bs) but the truth is I'm just overlooking something.

With apologies, but I blame @Inca.

One nice thing about cats is you can always blame things on cats. And if they aren't responsible for this thing there are always other things they are responsible for so there's no defamation involved. And indirectly they are always responsible for everything anyway.

When I found this image on a search, the words "the dog ate my homework" were associated. I assume the cat was typing out its excuse for not having its work finished. I was disappointed that the image didn't show that.

[turbotron]

Well, the grid was easy enough and I definitely see the basis for the meta mechanism, but.. I just don't see how to put things together [happily].

Hoping that another look after my coffee sets in will get me off the boat (although Isaac is great company in the meantime).

[woozy]

Dope slap for me.....

So I'm ashore and I'll have a Painkiller.

[ship4u]

Paddled my way happily to shore, (my answer was confirmed by a muggle friend, just to make sure I wasn't deluding myself)!!! Very clever puzzle, as we have come to expect from Mr. Gaffney (who I hope feels better soon).
Thanks to muggles teaching me how to approach the metas, I think I am beginning to get the hang of it.

I'll be happy to give nudges to anyone who needs a bit of help.

[Barney]

having a REALLY bad day. Can't solve either the NYT meta OR the Wordle. (Wordle - I've got the last 2 letters and can't even find a guess for the first three! Any hints out there?)

Click on Board Index. There’s a Wordle forum.