Not sure what the Meta is, but eager to find out who I share my birthday with!!!
Re: Erratic Kelp
Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2024 12:42 am
by DrTom
Perfect puzzle! Thanks Wendy, I just KNOW you had fun making this one.
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Re: Erratic Kelp
Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2024 7:56 am
by Wendy Walker
A wonderful response so far to this April Fool's Day puzzle! Thank you all for solving and for sharing your kind words:
AJK [test-solver]
Abide [test-solver]
woozy
Schmeel
benchen71
Kulea
Pair O Ducks
Capn Rick
boharr
JM
Meg
Joe Ross
Hector
I K Snamhcok
Darth
Alex Sisti
MatthewL
Bird Lives
Sharkicicles
michaelm
whimsy
Clark E. Tripe
kurtalert
Jaclyn
hoover
Dow Jones
HeadinHome
Laura M
Mark Woychick
DCBilly
heidi
Ergcat
BarbaraK
david
KayW
CPJohnson s
DrTom
Mikey G
Linda PR Maven
Qmark
Mikey G
Re: Erratic Kelp
Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2024 8:00 am
by Wendy Walker
@Joe Ross, could that coverlet be any more appropriate?!
Re: Erratic Kelp
Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2024 8:01 am
by Qmark
Fun one...thanks Wendy!
Re: Erratic Kelp
Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2024 9:18 am
by Joe Ross
Wendy Walker wrote: ↑Tue Apr 02, 2024 8:00 am
@Joe Ross, could that coverlet be any more appropriate?!
No'm.
Re: Erratic Kelp
Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2024 12:34 pm
by MikeyG
Video-solved this one, along with some other SSSs and MMMs that I'll send to the creators soon! If I said something about this, it would give it away, so to echo my typical salutation, may all your kelp be erratic!
Re: Erratic Kelp
Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2024 1:25 pm
by Wendy Walker
Oh, yay, @MikeyG -- it's so much fun watching you solve!
Re: Erratic Kelp
Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2024 2:03 pm
by Cap'n Rick
MikeyG wrote: ↑Tue Apr 02, 2024 12:34 pm
Video-solved this one, along with some other SSSs and MMMs that I'll send to the creators soon!
Ooh! I hope one of those is mine! You are a master solver (and entertainer ), @MikeyG!
Edit: Yep! Thanks for solving and sharing, Mikey. Always entertaining!
Re: Erratic Kelp
Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2024 12:33 pm
by Eric Porter
So, any Wednesday nudges @Wendy Walker ? I'm not seeing it.
Re: Erratic Kelp
Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2024 1:10 pm
by minimuggle
waiting for nudges as well ...
Re: Erratic Kelp
Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2024 4:35 pm
by turbotron
I should've known better than attempt an April Fool's puzzle from you clever Muggles, but I was dragged ashore and am amazed at the puzzle's brilliant construction (even if I didn't really get all the in-jokes). Well done, @Wendy Walker !
Re: Erratic Kelp
Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2024 5:27 pm
by Wendy Walker
A few more solvers are off the couch:
Cindy Heisler
Tom Wilson
Turbotron
Bob Cruise Director
And here are the Wednesday nudges!
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Did you notice the duplicate clues? There are three sets of them.
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For the first set, who is a denizen of the "Daily Planet" newsroom who is even better known than Jimmy and Perry?
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The "other" answer to the second set is just one letter.
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The "other" answer to the third set is a synonym for nonsense.
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There are three symmetrically located towns in the grid, all with awkwardly worded clues that contain hidden surnames of Muggles who live there.
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The "Muggle" whose birthday we are celebrating is included in the solver list that I posted yesterday.
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The puzzle title is an anagram. As is, more than coincidentally, the name of the Muggle constructor we're looking for.
Re: Erratic Kelp
Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2024 6:01 pm
by Jeremy Smith
Took the first two nudges to vacate the couch. Not only fun, but funny as well. Thanks, Wendy!
Re: Erratic Kelp
Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2024 8:46 pm
by Berto
Not sure why I didn’t persist with this, I had the stepping stones but couldn’t seem to find the path across. Needed the nudges.
Happy birthday to all my fellow April Fools!
Re: Erratic Kelp
Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2024 10:52 pm
by Joe Ross
Is the creator also referred to as Baddest Dennie Sky, aka The Howly Trinity, maybe?
Re: Erratic Kelp
Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2024 7:25 am
by minimuggle
Fantastic puzzle. Definitely needed those nudges. Thanks Wendy
Re: Erratic Kelp
Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2024 10:29 am
by MMe
MikeyG wrote: ↑Tue Apr 02, 2024 12:34 pmVideo-solved this one, along with some other SSSs and MMMs that I'll send to the creators soon! If I said something about this, it would give it away, so to echo my typical salutation, may all your kelp be erratic!
MikeyG wrote: ↑Tue Apr 02, 2024 12:34 pmVideo-solved this one, along with some other SSSs and MMMs that I'll send to the creators soon! If I said something about this, it would give it away, so to echo my typical salutation, may all your kelp be erratic!
What does this mean?
I will occasionally "hoard" some of the metas on this site (SSS, MMM, MOAT, MEOW) and then record a video of my trying to crack a bundle of them in a certain amount of time.