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Re: "Debit Where Credit Is Due" by benchen71

Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2023 4:49 pm
by benchen71
Nudges, in order of increasing blatancy:

1. No hints in the grid; you only have the title to work with. But those four themers really stand out! What do they have in common?

2. The title suggests that, actually, those debits are supposed to be credits.

3. FYI, DR is the abbreviation for "debit" and CR is the abbreviation for "credit".

4. Use that by-now-rather-typical meta strategy: look for other grid entries with clues that could be answered by those new words.

Re: "Debit Where Credit Is Due" by benchen71

Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2023 10:36 pm
by SamKat9
Moat crossed with a couple of nudges....thanks Ben!

Re: "Debit Where Credit Is Due" by benchen71

Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2023 10:12 am
by rjy
Same - needed just one of the nudges, something I had absolutely no clue about but that’s on me to have noodled on my own. Clever idea/construction, thanks Ben!

Re: "Debit Where Credit Is Due" by benchen71

Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2023 10:41 am
by Streroto
Crossed nudge free at 37,000 feet! Great meta!

Stay well

Re: "Debit Where Credit Is Due" by benchen71

Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2023 5:36 pm
by benchen71
Solver update, while I have a quiet moment!

Johnny Luau
Carolyn
Jaclyn
kurtalert
SamKat9
LindaPRmaven
Streroto
rjy

That's 43. Next (and last) solver update right before the answer reveal Monday morning (Australia time).

Re: "Debit Where Credit Is Due" by benchen71

Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2023 6:33 pm
by hoover
trudged across the MOAT!

Re: "Debit Where Credit Is Due" by benchen71

Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2023 4:13 pm
by benchen71
Final solver update:

hoover
Sharkicicles
Spid4567

That's 46 in total. Answer soon...

Re: "Debit Where Credit Is Due" by benchen71

Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2023 5:06 pm
by benchen71
Here's the solution to "Debit Where Credit Is Due":

Debit Where Credit Is Due (solution).png

Back to "week 1" difficulty tomorrow! :D

Re: "Debit Where Credit Is Due" by benchen71

Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2023 1:30 pm
by sharkicicles
This was a fun one- would have considered a “week 1.5” except I didn’t know CR and DR stood for credit and debit. With that nude it fell pretty quickly.

Re: "Debit Where Credit Is Due" by benchen71

Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2023 9:14 pm
by schmidzy
I never even realized it was CR and DR, I figured it was just D and C for Debit and Credit and everything worked out just fine.

Re: "Debit Where Credit Is Due" by benchen71

Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2023 10:18 pm
by benchen71
schmidzy wrote: Tue Dec 05, 2023 9:14 pm I never even realized it was CR and DR, I figured it was just D and C for Debit and Credit and everything worked out just fine.
I think in the early planning stage for this meta, I was under the impression that Debit was DB: so switch out the DBs and replace them with CRs. But when I researched further, I discovered that Debit was actually DR. So, instead of pulping the idea, I went ahead and did it anyway! :D