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Re: Sports Illustrated
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2020 11:33 am
by Meg
Finally!! I basically had to be hit over the head, but I got it!
Re: Sports Illustrated
Posted: Fri May 01, 2020 9:04 am
by Beth Tyrpin
Super hard until it isn’t. Love the theme entries.
Re: Sports Illustrated
Posted: Fri May 01, 2020 9:11 am
by ChrisKochmanski
Meg wrote: ↑Thu Apr 30, 2020 11:33 am
Finally!! I basically had to be hit over the head, but I got it!
Same here! Took me three nudges until I finally saw it. And the strange thing is, the inklings of the idea had occurred to me a couple of days ago.
Brian, you shouldn't think of this puzzle as a dud. Maybe not an award winner, but certainly worthy. I enjoyed laboring over it all week!
Re: Sports Illustrated
Posted: Fri May 01, 2020 4:25 pm
by oldjudge
I finally got it (I think). That’s a great job Brian! Confirmed solved.
Re: Sports Illustrated
Posted: Fri May 01, 2020 7:40 pm
by MajordomoTom
still (hic) on the boat, with Isaac.
sing with me ...
Everybody is Kung Fu fighting,
Your mind becomes fast as lightning
Although the future is a little bit frightening
(Little bit frightening)
It's the book of your life that you're writing
(Life that you're writing)
Re: Sports Illustrated
Posted: Sat May 02, 2020 4:58 pm
by Abide
After about ten looks, I see the sports term that is illustrated. And yes, with a completely different mechanism this was very hard to see.
So what was the clue for 54-D in the original puzzle?
Re: Sports Illustrated
Posted: Sun May 03, 2020 12:20 am
by Laura M
I thought I might have it, although the revised clue for 54D makes me think maybe not... (I don't feel a need to confirm, I'm happy to wait for the explanation.) I really liked the grid, and if the meta didn't quite work with my brain, that happens, it's generally the fault of my brain :-)
Re: Sports Illustrated
Posted: Sun May 03, 2020 2:19 pm
by Hector
The original 54D clue just said that this entry is not the meta answer. The revised one makes it clear that you should just ignore it despite its apparent relevance.
Re: Sports Illustrated
Posted: Sun May 03, 2020 3:22 pm
by BrianMac
Re: Sports Illustrated
Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2020 1:43 am
by C=64
Doing this puzzle the day after doing "Pieces of Eight" helped me see the fifth theme entry.
Re: Sports Illustrated
Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2020 11:24 am
by MarkL
Well played!