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Re: MEOW #98 Rock the Boat
Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2022 1:06 pm
by MikeyG
Great puzzle so far, and it looks like even the meta will make me smile! Can't wait!
I'll eat some 14-A in the hopes that some inspiration comes to me! I'll be chewing on this one (and the 14-A) for a bit. Wish me luck!
Re: MEOW #98 Rock the Boat
Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2022 10:00 pm
by TeamDoubleTow
We needed all three nudges! What a great puzzle! Thanks Claudia!
Re: MEOW #98 Rock the Boat
Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2022 10:35 pm
by whimsy
Solver update --
BarbaraK
Abide
Tom Shea
edestlin
TeamDoubleTow
Happy to have this many enjoying it!
Re: MEOW #98 Rock the Boat
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2022 1:25 am
by rjy
Needed the nudges, but really clever meta, whimsy! Enjoyed it!
Re: MEOW #98 Rock the Boat
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2022 7:37 am
by Dplass
I didn't say this before but this was a really cool mechanism. Thanks for the puzzle.
Re: MEOW #98 Rock the Boat
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2022 8:05 pm
by whimsy
And now let's welcome -
ryj
Magistra
Reveal tomorrow!
(Yeah, right -- like it's a big secret!
)
Re: MEOW #98 Rock the Boat
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2022 11:12 pm
by MikeyG
Second nudge needed: a lot of that was well hidden! Very nice! And the reveal made me
- well done!!
Re: MEOW #98 Rock the Boat
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2022 3:02 pm
by whimsy
And our buzzer beaters!
MikeyG
Sharkicicles
14A all around!!
Re: MEOW #98 Rock the Boat
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2022 3:10 pm
by whimsy
Solution
Thanks, everyone, for playing!
Re: MEOW #98 Rock the Boat
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2022 8:21 am
by SJMcK
Wow. I didn’t even see the rocks. I found the boats and noticed that the letters to their left spelled out NAUSEA.
Re: MEOW #98 Rock the Boat
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2022 3:48 pm
by Bird Lives
I didn't see the rocks either. But I read the book.
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Re: MEOW #98 Rock the Boat
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2022 4:29 pm
by lbray53
I also missed the rocks but managed to guess the answer. I feel bad that I missed the eloquence of this puzzle.
Re: MEOW #98 Rock the Boat
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2022 5:07 pm
by whimsy
My own brother tried it out and he didn't see the rocks either. Good thing this isn't literal or we'd have had a lot of beached watercraft! Fortunately, all got there safely.
Hey, like the ads for all the lotteries that want to suck your $$$ -- (cheery announcer): "So many ways to play!!
The spoilers mentioned a bit of a backstory where one of the first versions of this puzzle dealt only with the rocks, no boats. But my entries were a little too ambiguous and DrTom and Josh had some suggestions that led to this one. In the earlier version The title was going to be:
Between a Rock and a Hard Place. I won't tell you what the answer was going to be just in case I find an appropriate way to use it someday!
