Needed nudge 4 (did not need nudges 2 and 3)... Feel kind of dumb for looking one direction but not the other.
Re: I See It!
Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2023 8:10 am
by Cap'n Rick
Leaderboard Update
Thirteen more solvers bring our total to 73:
lbray53
Tom Wilson
Carolyn
Cate C
woozy
JHSeeman
Cinny
Matt A
Darrell
Anita and Steve
OGuyDave
Jim23809
minimuggle
Re: I See It!
Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2023 2:05 pm
by Ergcat
Finally, I'm off the couch with nudges .... I didn't see one word for a long time until I read Woozy's last post .... then it all clicked!
Great puzzle, team!
Re: I See It!
Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2023 5:53 am
by Cap'n Rick
Leaderboard Update
Four more solvers bring our total to 77:
Ergcat
kamashdad
BrennerTJ
Naptown Kid
Can we reach that "magic" total of 80 before tomorrow's reveal?
Re: I See It!
Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2023 9:55 am
by MikeyG
I am not seeing it, haha. The water's looking a bit choppy around here!
Edit #1: Man alive, I was thinking of that a bit - okay, now I see what's up, I think. Hang tight. (Took 3 nudges to pound the meta-nism into my head, though!!)
Edit #2: I think this one's off the couch? I'm off the couch. Definitely played harder than it should have, oof. Great puzzle, and I should've known there would be a classic "cap'n'ism" in there.
Re: I See It!
Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2023 7:28 am
by Cap'n Rick
Final Leaderboard
Four more solvers bring our final total to 81:
Bodegas
MikeyG
Dow Jones
vshdns
Reveal coming shortly!
Re: I See It!
Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2023 7:52 am
by Cap'n Rick
Ahoy Muggles!
The meta answer is "NOMADIC" - a 7-letter word starting with "N" that, per 39A, is a SYNONYM for "MIGRATING". "How do we get to MIGRATING?" you ask. Well, the first step was to make like a texter and shorten the title from "I See It!" to "IC It!" Then you needed to identify all grid entries to which the letters "IC" could be appended. Those 9 symmetrically-placed entries were 1A MYTH, 10A IRON, 17A GALL, 19A RUST, 25D ACROBAT (a tricky one for many), 61A TACT, 65A ICON, 69A NORD, and 71A GOTH. The first letters of these entries, in grid order, spell M-I-G-R-A-T-I-N-G. Hopefully you didn't "wander around" too much while trying to solve this one.
I'd like to thank @cbarbee002 for coming up with this mechanism and for giving me the opportunity to co-construct. Chris and I would like to thank all of you for solving!
Until next time!
Cap'n Rick
Re: I See It!
Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2023 1:43 am
by sharkicicles
I did, in fact, see it. Thanks for the great puzzle!
Re: I See It!
Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2023 10:05 am
by Darth
Got it without using hints or seeing the solution. Catching up after a month away...
Wh--?? No time for metas? What's wrong with me? haha
