XWord Muggles Forum

Everyone is saying here what a great puzzle this is; I'll second that!

Off the (toucan play this game) couch for the second time.

Off the couch. Great puzzle! Thanks for the holiday fun, Rick!

Well I see what I am supposed to I believe, I just can't see the second part - how fitting!
Keeping cool on the couch while pondering the MMM

Leaderboard

37 solvers successfully "labored" over the puzzle yesterday:

Abide (TS)
boharr (TS)
Wendy Walker (TS)
whimsy (TS)
hoover
benchen71
rjy
Berto
Meg
Darth
Hector
KayW
DIS
Schmeel
ajk
Bird Lives
ChrisKochmanski
hcbirker
Carolyn
markhr
kurtalert
Danny K Bernstein
ky-mike
Cinny
woozy
JM
Mark Woychick
lbray53
FrankieHeck
Cindy Weatherman
imontoo
David
Anita and Steve
MatthewL
Laura M
Pair O Ducks
LindaPRmaven

Please let me know if I've missed anyone!

OTC! I was in 9D, among other states, over the weekend and just now got around to this wonderful puzzle.

It's novel enough that I didn't see it immediately, but familiar enough that I got it after a little thought.

Off the couch and very much enjoyed this puzzle.Thanks @Cap'n Rick!

Leaderboard Update

Six more solvers bring our pre-nudge total to 43:

LarsCaine
Eric Porter
omnilynx
edestlin
DrTom
Tim

Let's see if we can get a few more folks over the hump via some slightly early Wednesday Nudges... .

Wednesday Nudges

Off the couch. Thanks Cap’n!

Off the couch. Thanks for the fun

Off the couch. Didn’t need nudges, just to recover from MGWCC

Leaderboard Update

I'm going fishing for cod early in the morning, so here's the latest group of 14 solvers:

DavyGravy
andeux
HeadinHome
minimuggle
SJ
Avlan
DCBilly
Mr Tex
CPJohnson
Johnny Luau
JakeDaSnake
Gutman
BarbaraK
cbarbee002

This brings us to 57 so far.

Please let me know if I've missed anyone, and please feel free to PM me if you'd like another nudge.

Great meta! Cap’n Rick, you’re spoiling us!

Leaderboard Update

Another 13 solvers bring us to an even 70 so far:

Kulea
Sendhil Revuluri
Zimodo
Sharkicicles
chaddgar
ken
JeanneC
K7
anopheles
eisense
Ben Tarling
frostyjhammer
Botaku

Please let me know if I've missed anyone.

Leaderboard Update

Picked up two more solvers for a total of 72:

Sue Adams
michaelm

Check back tomorrow for the reveal!

Final Leaderboard

Three more solvers bring our final total to 75:

Meta World Peace
Tyler Johnston
Mikey G

Thanks for solving, everyone! Reveal coming up shortly.

Ahoy, Muggles!

The "something you may ask for after you've finished" is a "SECOND OPINION". To solve, you first needed to find the seven symmetrically-placed entries that can be preceded by "second" to form new phrases. Those entries included 8A COMING, 20A OPTION, 25A TIME, 38A INCOMMAND, 54A WIND, 61A COUSIN, and 69A INCOME. The "second" step was to use the "second" letters of these seven entries to spell "OPINION". One final application of "second" produced the meta answer.


I hope you all enjoyed the Labor Day holiday as much as I did last weekend. Andrea did bring her potato salad to the beach, and I did manage to score some "seconds" - but only after I finished grilling the hotdogs!

Until next time!
Cap'n Rick

P.S. Please be sure to check out @Clark E. Tripe's SSS debut today - "Talkin' 'bout My Generation".