A Thorny Subject

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#21

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We had fun with this one! Very clever! Thanks so much @Cap'n Rick ! About to (hopefully)confirm on Crosshare.
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#22

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Day 1 Leaderboard - We're off to a good start with 44 solvers including Test Solvers!

Abide (TS)
Al Sisti (TS)
boharr (TS)
Whimsy (TS)
MarkWoychick (TS)
Cinny
benchen71
Rufus T Firefly
SewYoung
Hector
Tom Wilson
FrankieHeck
BarbaraK
JM
Dannyvee
DIS
oldjudge
ChrisKochmanski
BrennerTJ
Schmeel
madhatter5
Paul S
SJMcK
HeadinHome
DebbieC
Carolyn
Gutman
woozy
Wendy Walker
Bird Lives
hcbirker
LindaPRmaven
Cindy Weatherman
Laura M
Tyrpmom
Bob cruise director
Anita
Hidden in 3D
CromsFury
Meg
Ergcat
TeamDoubleTow
LesY
Bbaack
Dow Jones

Please let me know if I missed anyone!

Edit: I missed LindaPRmaven yesterday, and I added her above. Sorry Linda!
Last edited by Cap'n Rick on Tue Jul 12, 2022 8:09 am, edited 3 times in total.
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#23

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Off the couch. That was certainly challenging!
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#24

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Off the Gothic couch. Thanks, Cap'n Rick for this fun grid and meta.
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Off the couch.

At the darkest hour of midnight, 'midst the 32A of the garden 36A, a great light arose in the 56A, a 58D that soothed the 23D blackening my mind...and I saw the mechanism to prove the answer I'd suspected from the start.
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Off the couch.

At the darkest hour of midnight, 'midst the 32A of the garden 36A, a great light arose in the 56A, a 58D that soothed the 23D blackening my mind...and I saw the mechanism to prove the answer I'd suspected from the start.

Appreciated the personal Easter Egg of 35A, of course - and the nod to 61A's long muggle service.
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ReB wrote: Tue Jul 12, 2022 7:20 am Off the couch.

At the darkest hour of midnight, 'midst the 32A of the garden 36A, a great light arose in the 56A, a 58D that soothed the 23D blackening my mind...and I saw the mechanism to prove the answer I'd suspected from the start.

Appreciated the personal Easter Egg of 35A, of course - and the nod to 61A's long muggle service.
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#28

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Off the couch! Really enjoyed the puzzle and very creative construction. Thanks!
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#29

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Cap'n Rick wrote: Mon Jul 11, 2022 9:26 pm Day 1 Leaderboard - We're off to a good start with 44 solvers including Test Solvers!

Abide (TS)
Al Sisti (TS)
boharr (TS)
Whimsy (TS)
MarkWoychick (TS)
Cinny
benchen71
Rufus T Firefly
SewYoung
Hector
Tom Wilson
FrankieHeck
BarbaraK
JM
Dannyvee
DIS
oldjudge
ChrisKochmanski
BrennerTJ
Schmeel
madhatter5
Paul S
SJMcK
HeadinHome
DebbieC
Carolyn
Gutman
woozy
Wendy Walker
Bird Lives
hcbirker
LindaPRmaven
Cindy Weatherman
Laura M
Tyrpmom
Bob cruise director
Anita
Hidden in 3D
CromsFury
Meg
Ergcat
TeamDoubleTow
LesY
Bbaack
Dow Jones

Please let me know if I missed anyone!

Edit: I missed LindaPRmaven yesterday, and I added her above. Sorry Linda!
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Bob cruise director wrote: Tue Jul 12, 2022 10:38 am @Cap'n Rick Isn't it fun keeping track of a bunch of muggles - kind of like herding cats.
Amen, Cruise Director! Don't know how you do it every week with 200+ Muggles to keep track of! :D
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Ah, trust the Captain to steer us towards a fun meta. Got the answer early but had to search for why and was delighted by the path.
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I got it! Thanks, Cap'n Rick! A great construction.
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#33

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Was on the right track yesterday but took until today to execute it properly. Fun one, thanks.
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Day 2 - Another 15 Muggles are off the couch:

clev
michaelm
Snood
MaineMarge
Ash
ReB
dplass
minimuggle
LisaT
DrTom
markhr
CPJohnson
Qmark
ajk
Dave C

This brings our solver total to 59. Please let me know if I missed anyone.

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Have a thought of an answer but not a Gothic reader. Will wait for Wednesday nudges and see if my answer fits.
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#36

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Nudge Wednesday!

Fun Fact: The Gothic literary genre gets its name from Gothic architecture, which was characteristic of the settings of early Gothic novels.

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The answers to 21D and 52D are hints.

Based on the spelling of the author's name, the title more correctly would be "A Thorne-y Subject".

The answers to 21A, 27A, and 55A pretty much spell out the answer, but can you find the 7 Gothic architecture features hidden in the grid? (Hint: They're arranged like Nudge 2)
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#37

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Off the couch, nudge 2 nailed it for me. Should have seen it earlier.

Great fun, thanks Cap'n.
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Nudge 1 did it for me, but ditto on the "shoulda seen it". It had been my first thought, but I got distracted by the title and a couple other rabbit holes.

Very nice puzzle!
jhseeman wrote: Wed Jul 13, 2022 8:35 am Off the couch, nudge 2 nailed it for me. Should have seen it earlier.

Great fun, thanks Cap'n.
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Got it after the nudges. Was my first thought from the grid, but I gothic means nothing to me. I still don't know what the Gothic features of the grid are, even after reading the hints.
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bhamren wrote: Wed Jul 13, 2022 3:01 pm Got it after the nudges. Was my first thought from the grid, but I gothic means nothing to me. I still don't know what the Gothic features of the grid are, even after reading the hints.
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