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Formerly known as the “Sunday Summer Substitute”, editor Cap'n Rick now takes the helm for 'Smooth Sailing Sundays'. As The Commodores sang about Sunday morning, the SSS will focus on easier metas. SSS will also support smaller grids and will mentor new constructors on request. Puzzles released each Sunday around 8am Eastern. Nudges released same day at Noon Eastern. New constructors are welcome.
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Fun. Briefly thought [REDACTED] and so I thought the [REDACTED] one was [REDACTED]. I imagine that was a common mistake. Who else thought so?

Anyway, very late start but breezy and light. (Didn't look at the nudges.)
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Not a meta, but, yeesh!, that was tough to create.
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Sssolved w/ nudges - thanks for the puzzle, Jay!
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Sssolved. Used all the nudges because I'm having a lazy day overlooking the pool.

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Off the couch and cheering for the Sox over the Mets
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SSSolved with the nudges. Thanks, Jay!
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As we start Day 2, the list of solvers stands at thirty-eight. (If I’ve inadvertently left you off the list, please let me know).
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For anyone else, I might be able to come up with another nudge or two, but not till later this evening.
Last edited by Bird Lives on Mon Jul 24, 2023 10:28 am, edited 1 time in total.
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SSSolved with nudges. Thanks!
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SSSolved...thanks for the puzzle Jay.
Will be using 44D.....like Trix, jokes like that aren't just for kids..
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Bird Lives wrote: ↑Mon Jul 24, 2023 6:35 am As we start Day 2, the list of solvers stands at thirty-seven. (If I’ve inadvertently left you off the list, please let me know).
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For anyone else, I might be able to come up with another nudge or two, but not till later this evening.
Hi Jay,
I solved at number 6 above and in Crosshare.
Cheers,
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boharr wrote: ↑Mon Jul 24, 2023 10:22 am Hi Jay,
I solved at number 6 above and in Crosshare.
Cheers,
Bob
Fixed. Apologies.
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Sssolved with nudging. Definitely not a Puritan meta.
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It's worth noting that some of these SSS have been trending harder for me than the MMMs themselves! Nothing yet on this one after a day or two of noodling.
Less cross words, more crosswords.

Solve my latest "Pun of a Kind" Meta!: 95. Dinner and a Show
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Since the last tally, another fourteen solvers have drawn the right card, bringing the final total to fifty-one.

38. Wendy Walker
39. Cindy Heisler
40. JHSeeman
41. DrTom
42. Sharkicicles
43. DIS
44. Katiedid
45. michaelm
46. Al Sisti
47. Philip Chow
48. lisajay
49. ReB
50. kamashdad
51. Dow Jones

The card you would want to get to complete the straight mentioned in the title is a FIVE. Each of the four themers ends in a homophone of a playing card:
Aee (ES)
Deuce (DOUCE)
Trey (TRAY)
Four (FOR)
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I hope you enjoyed playing, but this is not a hand you want to go all in on.
Thanks to all for the kind comments.
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Why do I overcomplicate things? That is all.
Less cross words, more crosswords.

Solve my latest "Pun of a Kind" Meta!: 95. Dinner and a Show
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Sssolved and without nudgessss...but forgot to sssubmit. Ssso sssad. :(
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