Re: "Power Play" August 5, 2022
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2022 7:16 am
I agree! We knew we had a critter, but never thought it might be a skunk! It was a shock when I found it the next morning!!!
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"Power Play" August 5, 2022
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Re: "Power Play" August 5, 2022
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2022 9:17 am
Re: "Power Play" August 5, 2022
Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2022 9:36 pm
Hey, I was a history major.
"It was my understanding there would be no math".
"It was my understanding there would be no math".
Re: "Power Play" August 5, 2022
Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2022 8:06 am
With MADRIGAL and INSONG in the grid and a title of Power PLAY, I thought this was all about PLAYing music. FACE is also present, the mnemonic for part of the musical staff. The clue for META? A play about plays. What music is about playing music? The Sound of Music, and specifically Do-Re-Mi. Right in the center of the grid, SOLar is crossing TIled. Are there more? Yes! Each appears exactly once at the start of a word. That’s definitely not a coincidence!
DO-ZE
RE-FERRER
MI-NER
FA-CE
SO-LAR
LA-MBSKIN
TI-LED
Perhaps it is about POWER chords? Never could figure out how to use it to generate an answer though.
DO-ZE
RE-FERRER
MI-NER
FA-CE
SO-LAR
LA-MBSKIN
TI-LED
Perhaps it is about POWER chords? Never could figure out how to use it to generate an answer though.
Re: "Power Play" August 5, 2022
Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2022 10:20 am
This is a fabulous rabbit hole! Another one that I’d bet would have been a contender for the @The XWord Rabbit nomination if it had been posted sooner.calvinballing wrote: ↑Sat Aug 13, 2022 8:06 am With MADRIGAL and INSONG in the grid and a title of Power PLAY, I thought this was all about PLAYing music. FACE is also present, the mnemonic for part of the musical staff. The clue for META? A play about plays. What music is about playing music? The Sound of Music, and specifically Do-Re-Mi. Right in the center of the grid, SOLar is crossing TIled. Are there more? Yes! Each appears exactly once at the start of a word. That’s definitely not a coincidence!
DO-ZE
RE-FERRER
MI-NER
FA-CE
SO-LAR
LA-MBSKIN
TI-LED
Perhaps it is about POWER chords? Never could figure out how to use it to generate an answer though.
Re: "Power Play" August 5, 2022
Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2022 1:48 pm
Sooner. Later. Who cares?BarbaraK wrote: ↑Sat Aug 13, 2022 10:20 amThis is a fabulous rabbit hole! Another one that I’d bet would have been a contender for the @The XWord Rabbit nomination if it had been posted sooner.calvinballing wrote: ↑Sat Aug 13, 2022 8:06 am With MADRIGAL and INSONG in the grid and a title of Power PLAY, I thought this was all about PLAYing music. FACE is also present, the mnemonic for part of the musical staff. The clue for META? A play about plays. What music is about playing music? The Sound of Music, and specifically Do-Re-Mi. Right in the center of the grid, SOLar is crossing TIled. Are there more? Yes! Each appears exactly once at the start of a word. That’s definitely not a coincidence!
DO-ZE
RE-FERRER
MI-NER
FA-CE
SO-LAR
LA-MBSKIN
TI-LED
Perhaps it is about POWER chords? Never could figure out how to use it to generate an answer though.
@The XWord Rabbit
Re: "Power Play" August 5, 2022
Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2022 2:36 pm
calvinballing wrote: ↑Sat Aug 13, 2022 8:06 am With MADRIGAL and INSONG in the grid and a title of Power PLAY, I thought this was all about PLAYing music. FACE is also present, the mnemonic for part of the musical staff. The clue for META? A play about plays. What music is about playing music? The Sound of Music, and specifically Do-Re-Mi. Right in the center of the grid, SOLar is crossing TIled. Are there more? Yes! Each appears exactly once at the start of a word. That’s definitely not a coincidence!
DO-ZE
RE-FERRER
MI-NER
FA-CE
SO-LAR
LA-MBSKIN
TI-LED
Perhaps it is about POWER chords? Never could figure out how to use it to generate an answer though.
There is no specific deadline and your method is certainly worthy of being nominated.
It is done!
Re: "Power Play" August 5, 2022
Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2022 1:51 pm
First time to post here! I finally dog paddled ashore today— it was not pretty, but I am relieved to be on dry land after the last week’s square root debacle. The rabbit holes in this one were irresistible— I am still not sure if they were red herrings or hints. Cheers!
Re: "Power Play" August 5, 2022
Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2022 3:17 pm
Welcome to the muggle board! We’re always delighted to have new members! And I see you’ve picked up our lingo.BigPear wrote: ↑Sun Aug 14, 2022 1:51 pm First time to post here! I finally dog paddled ashore today— it was not pretty, but I am relieved to be on dry land after the last week’s square root debacle. The rabbit holes in this one were irresistible— I am still not sure if they were red herrings or hints. Cheers!
I believe you actually want to be on the
viewtopic.php?t=1781
shore though. That’s the current puzzle. This is the thread for last week, aka the square root debacle:)
Re: "Power Play" August 5, 2022
Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2022 12:10 pm
Ashore! Very Shenky. This was a team effort with my sister, which probably freed up about 20 hours of my weekend.