Re: "Don't Overthink It!"
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2022 7:22 am
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"Don't Overthink It!"
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Re: "Don't Overthink It!"
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2022 7:43 am
Off the couch, clever puzzle, thanks to all who contributed!
Re: "Don't Overthink It!"
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2022 11:19 am
Nudge #1
Re: "Don't Overthink It!"
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2022 1:16 pm
Nudge #2
Re: "Don't Overthink It!"
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2022 2:47 pm
Nudged off the couch. Thanks Muggle Zoom Room !!
Re: "Don't Overthink It!"
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2022 3:20 pm
Got it! I had two "Hail Mary" guesses first that didn't work, and my third guess basically would've done it had I went there. Nothing wrong with nudges, but I somehow managed to get this one nudge-free, albeit barely.
Great puzzle and so much fun, Muggles!
(And of course I overthought it.)
Great puzzle and so much fun, Muggles!
(And of course I overthought it.)
Re: "Don't Overthink It!"
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2022 3:57 pm
Nudge #3 via @DrTom
Re: "Don't Overthink It!"
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2022 3:59 pm
Back in the US and off the couch..... did need to look at nudge #2 and yes I did way overthink it.
Thanks for the great puzzle zoom team.
Thanks for the great puzzle zoom team.
Re: "Don't Overthink It!"
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2022 4:17 pm
It's so much fun being on the creation side of a meta, but Wow! It sure is a lot of work, even for a village.
Re: "Don't Overthink It!"
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2022 8:22 pm
Off the couch. Nice one! Appreciate the team's work on it!
(For the record, I didn't have to read the nudges. Not that anyone cares but me. But then... I'm pretty important to me. So the achievement has been noted. In triplicate. With a gold star for my shirt collar. Now can I have a cookie?)
(For the record, I didn't have to read the nudges. Not that anyone cares but me. But then... I'm pretty important to me. So the achievement has been noted. In triplicate. With a gold star for my shirt collar. Now can I have a cookie?)
Re: "Don't Overthink It!"
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2022 8:53 pm
Re: "Don't Overthink It!"
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2022 10:57 pm
Thanks to all who contrived this puzzle.
Old and slow me needed the nudges, but appreciate the mechanism and the answer.
Old and slow me needed the nudges, but appreciate the mechanism and the answer.
Re: "Don't Overthink It!"
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2022 11:36 pm
Super puzzle! And appreciate the shout out to my youth at 21D.
Believe I am off the couch!
Gasp! Friday meta approacheth 🫣
Believe I am off the couch!
Gasp! Friday meta approacheth 🫣
Re: "Don't Overthink It!"
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2022 6:41 am
I'm off the couch with the help of the nudges. I was on the right path, but definitely overthunk it.... Wonderful puzzle.
Re: "Don't Overthink It!"
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2022 8:43 am
THURSDAY MORNING UPDATE
Couch is in vacation mode. I hear Wendy will be withholding nudges for the WSJ this week until the requestors solve this puzzle. If that's the case, we may set a record!
34. Davy Gravy
35. eagle1279
36. DJB
37. Dow Jones
38. Tyrpmom (Beth T)
39. DebbieC
40. Mikey G
41. Laura M
42. JHSeeman
43. THC
44. HunterX
45. Bbaack
46. david
47. Seamus OL
48. JeanneC
49. Tom Shea
50. minimuggle
Couch is in vacation mode. I hear Wendy will be withholding nudges for the WSJ this week until the requestors solve this puzzle. If that's the case, we may set a record!
34. Davy Gravy
35. eagle1279
36. DJB
37. Dow Jones
38. Tyrpmom (Beth T)
39. DebbieC
40. Mikey G
41. Laura M
42. JHSeeman
43. THC
44. HunterX
45. Bbaack
46. david
47. Seamus OL
48. JeanneC
49. Tom Shea
50. minimuggle
Re: "Don't Overthink It!"
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2022 10:47 am
Took a nudge but finally off the couch.
Very satisfying AHA and amazing work by the Zoom committee!
Thanks all
Very satisfying AHA and amazing work by the Zoom committee!
Thanks all
Re: "Don't Overthink It!"
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2022 6:11 pm
Finally off the MMM couch! Nice job, Muggle team! Hopefully there will be more in the future.
Re: "Don't Overthink It!"
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2022 6:29 pm
High praise from the Crosshare mail serve list:
The week's top puzzles (reviewed by Zoë)
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Mike from Crosshare
4:41 PM (43 minutes ago)
to me
This week's email is written by Zoë McGuire, a computer science student from Cornwall, UK.
Top puzzles this week:
Don't Overthink It! (Meta) by [Muggle Zoom Team] - A fantastic puzzle deserving of the top spot this week. Some fantastic clues in here, especially 9A and 12D. A suitable title!
The week's top puzzles (reviewed by Zoë)
Inbox
Mike from Crosshare
4:41 PM (43 minutes ago)
to me
This week's email is written by Zoë McGuire, a computer science student from Cornwall, UK.
Top puzzles this week:
Don't Overthink It! (Meta) by [Muggle Zoom Team] - A fantastic puzzle deserving of the top spot this week. Some fantastic clues in here, especially 9A and 12D. A suitable title!
Re: "Don't Overthink It!"
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2022 9:10 am
I'm so far behind on the metas this week but I finally got a moment to work on this one again. Very enjoyable! Thanks for the puzzle, everyone who contributed!
Re: "Don't Overthink It!"
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2022 2:40 pm
Stumbled across this and solved it. Very nice puzzle and meta. I guess, in the lingo of this particular thread, off the couch.