#695 - "Spider Dream"

[Dannyvee]

OK, I'm going to take the plunge for a solo solve. If nothing else, I'll get the "same wrong answer submitted by someone else" badge.

Unbelievably (to me, anyway), no one has submitted a wrong answer yet. And still, I have nothing.

Oh, Al, just wait til the next leaderboard update; I may be the first. (We're number one!)

Looks like you were right, Wendy. Er, wrong...Ha!

[Orsys]

Anyone willing to nudge? I have limited time and can't find a starting point.

[Laura M]

Submitted something that was almost certainly wrong because I had to stop the hamster wheel in my brain :-) It was a nice aha for step one but I couldn't get any farther.

Edit: Other comments (I don't read before submitting) suggest that there's a possibility I could have the right answer after all. I guess I'm in transporter limbo...

Edit 2: And I'm on the board, huh. All I'll say is I'm really glad I didn't spend the entire weekend trying to find a better answer!

[ChrisKochmanski]

I must say, I feel sort of ridiculous about my MGWCC streak because I’ve gotten nudges in at least a quarter of my solves. A reasonable guesstimate is 30 percent. I’m very glad that Matt distinguishes solo from group.

[HeadinHome]

I have an answer that makes perfect sense to me but
1) it doesn’t have much confirmation [] that I can see and
2) there are two ways I could submit it ([]).

If that second point makes sense to anyone who has solved and you can help me decide which way to write it, I’d love a pm!!

[too-specific solving strategies redacted]

Thanks whoever edited the post for possible spoiler (I can see it mighta been too specific) - and thanks for several muggle messages helping me with my quandary. Still mulling this one over and will pull the trigger soon I think.

[MikeyG]

Man alive, I'm getting slammed on these lately (nothing yet - but no nudges; I want to try to see if inspiration strikes). I breathed a sigh of relief realizing the next Friday is October 1 and not September 30.

[BarbaraK]

I appreciated having the leaderboard available this week. After much staring, I finally noticed something yesterday, but I wanted to sleep on it before submitting. Seeing 107 submissions and not a single one incorrect gave me enough confidence that I do have the answer; if I were just part way there, someone else would have submitted that too. I hope. Now just waiting for an update to be really sure

[BrennerTJ]

Beamed up. What everybody else already said.

[HeadinHome]

I appreciated having the leaderboard available this week. After much staring, I finally noticed something yesterday, but I wanted to sleep on it before submitting. Seeing 107 submissions and not a single one incorrect gave me enough confidence that I do have the answer; if I were just part way there, someone else would have submitted that too. I hope. Now just waiting for an update to be really sure

I wonder if he’s accepting some “close enough” ones ?

(Submitted what I had and confirmed by other muggles that it will pass muster. Not on the official board yet, but confident.)

[Streroto]

Hmmmm. I have an idea but it’s not a solid click. Other than that however I have nothing. Will obsess a bit more I guess.

[ricky]

Beamed up at #44. This one has many red herrings (as usual, he grumbled). I don't think I'd have solved this one nearly as quickly if I hadn't stuck my printed copy in my pocket and pulled it out to look at it a little later without access to the screenful of (totally misguided) notes back on my laptop. At some point a few minutes later the lightbulb came on and I had the answer about ten seconds after that.

[hcbirker]

Beamed up with help from Meg. Not sure how I feel about this one.

[Cinny]

Beamed up. Spent some time exploring a few rabbit holes -- as usual!

[MamaE]

OK - thanks to our cruise director and a passed along hint I believe I have it. Awaiting leader board update for confirmation. Hitting myself in the head for not having thought of the "thing to do".

[CrossedPurposes]

I'm sure I'm missing something glaringly obvious, but I'm not seeing a starting point. A gentle nudge would be appreciated!

[Guffman]

Well, the Chiefs lost another game and I've been stuck finding a path into this one. Any nudge would help my glum afternoon.

[Prozach]

I am in need of a little nudge to start me off, as I got nothing.

[MikeyG]

I'm going for the only thing I have (as opposed to all the possible solutions I don't have).

[Thurman8er]

I don't even have a toe hold on this one.

On the other hand, I know a lot more about Sir Paul's Twitter account than I did last week.

[NoFeetMcGee]

OK, starting to get desperate. If I could confirm in PMs with someone that the most basic starting place I'm coming from is at least on the right path, that'd be awesome.