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Re: Geological Rings
Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2023 3:51 pm
by Jeremy Smith
OTC. Nice one. Thanks, Jay!
Re: Geological Rings
Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2023 4:36 pm
by minimuggle
Off the couch... Thanks jay for a great puzzle
Re: Geological Rings
Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2023 4:37 pm
by Eric Porter
OTC without even any hints. I didn't think this was harder than usual because I often need some help.
Thanks, Jay!
Re: Geological Rings
Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2023 5:27 pm
by Ergcat
Off the couch! Fun way to start the week!
Re: Geological Rings
Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2023 7:49 pm
by HeadinHome
OTC and ready for another week of excellent metas like this one!
Re: Geological Rings
Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2023 7:57 pm
by Bob cruise director
I believe that @MaineMarge and I are off the couch. Awaiting confirmation.
I suspect that we had less trouble than the younger muggles. 33A was a piece of cake and several others.
Re: Geological Rings
Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2023 8:40 pm
by mkmf
Off the couch and confirmed. Great start to the week. Thanks, Jay!
Re: Geological Rings
Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2023 6:25 am
by Bird Lives
Day two begins with 48 geologists on the board.
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A few people commented that they got the answer just from the prompt, the title, and perhaps a stray entry or two in the grid and them backsolved to find the metanism. We accept all methods, For those still on the couch, nudges tomorrow.
Re: Geological Rings
Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2023 3:09 pm
by MaineMarge
@Bob cruise director and I are indeed OTC, after a bit of miscommunication with the JayBird
I had to waken Bob from his couch nap, but then he graciously took my arm as we both struggled up.
We both really liked this one, Jay.
The moon unit is a hoot!
Re: Geological Rings
Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2023 7:13 pm
by dsbened
I'm still laughing at 55A: "Moon Unit", but there aren't enough squares to enter "Frank Zappa's daughter", lol!
Re: Geological Rings
Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2023 7:33 am
by Bird Lives
The nudges or whatever have raised another fifteen solvers from the couch.
58. bhamren
59. merlinnimue
60. edestlin
61. Sharkicicles
62. BethA
63. jbird
64. BrennerTJ
65. Bbaack
66. Rick
67. Al Sisti
68. Streroto
69. Tim
70. Richard
71. Matt A
72. Naptown Kid
I can’t think of additional nudges right now, but if you’re still stuck, PM me, and I’ll try to come up with something.
Re: Geological Rings
Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2023 9:20 pm
by ReB
Off the couch with nudging, as I couldn't get to the puzzle until today.
Re: Geological Rings
Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2023 10:31 pm
by Bird Lives
As the clock on the wall shows, time has run out. With five more solvers, we complete the week with a total of seventy-seven.
73. SJ
74. michaelm
75. Sanne
76. Dow Jones
77. Darrell
Speaking of the clock on the wall, the prompt asked:
What might replace the isolated black squares to get an iconic #1 song from the 1950s?
Here is my solution:
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Each of those four black squares is in the middle of a ring of eight letters that spells the name of a rock:
CINNABAR
DOLOMITE
OBSIDIAN
PLYMOUTH
Replace the black square with a clock, and you get Rock Around the Clock.
Since Crosshare doesn’t accommodate images, any of the following texts were marked “Correct”:
The Clock
A Clock
Clocks
And yes,
Rock Around the Clock even though it is not really a great response to the prompt.
DrTom noted that the clue for the central Across entry, LABEL, was “Atlantic or Motown,” and asked why not Decca. The answer is that I was too slow-witted to think of it. I should have checked the old 45s.
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Thanks to all.
Re: Geological Rings
Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2023 11:45 pm
by KayW
Oh. Read the prompt. That thing screaming at me in huge bolded letters up in the first post? Yes, I guess that would have helped
... AND the meta makes more sense now. But it was still fun. Thanks for accepting my answer as entered!
Re: Geological Rings
Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2023 5:06 pm
by woozy
Somehow for the first few days I kept interpreting the prompt the wrong way and I kept wondering how one was to get "clock" from the meta.
Re: Geological Rings
Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2023 10:06 pm
by cbarbee002
Thx Jay! Just completed the puzzle moments ago. Fantastic construction!
Re: Geological Rings
Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2023 11:59 am
by Annabelle
Got this one with your nudges. Loving this trove of puzzles that I just discovered on the site!
Re: Geological Rings
Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2023 1:28 pm
by Darth
Cool puz, Jay. And amazing construction.