Re: #678 - “Ad Campaign”
Posted: Sat May 29, 2021 5:31 pm
Just realized I am definitely wrong... I spoke too soon.
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#678 - “Ad Campaign”
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Re: #678 - “Ad Campaign”
Posted: Sat May 29, 2021 6:00 pm
Solved and submitted.
Re: #678 - “Ad Campaign”
Posted: Sat May 29, 2021 6:28 pm
Traveling back to SF today, and bought in-flight internet to submit. Wouldn't have made the top 10 anyway. Fun one for sure.
Re: #678 - “Ad Campaign”
Posted: Sat May 29, 2021 6:41 pm
Beamed up! This was a fun one!
Re: #678 - “Ad Campaign”
Posted: Sat May 29, 2021 6:41 pm
Re: #678 - “Ad Campaign”
Posted: Sat May 29, 2021 6:48 pm
It reads as a giant themeless, and I have some minor observations so far - but other than that, I'm deep in the wilderness on this one. We'll see what the next couple of days holds in my cerebral cortex and if anything drops.
Re: #678 - “Ad Campaign”
Posted: Sat May 29, 2021 7:29 pm
We’re with you guys! We have the first step(s) done and we’re now trying to figure out where to go. We have a word, but are pretty sure it can’t be the answer because as you said, Barbara, there’s no bow on it. Not giving up! I think this is as far as we’ve ever come on a week 4 so doggone it, we want this one!HeadinHome wrote: ↑Sat May 29, 2021 2:28 pmI would describe my position as exactly the same, but maybe less confident of my final answer. I want to find the perfect thing to confirm it, and have used about ALL my college education to explore it (learning a lot online!) but cannot nail it for sure. May run my answer by someone who is confirmed after a while so I can do something else with this Saturday!BarbaraK wrote: ↑Sat May 29, 2021 1:56 pm Hmm. I've got an eight-letter word whose last letter is A. And I'm confident in the path that got me this far. But I'm not seeing the bow on top to tie it all up. No wrong answers yet, so this is probably it, but I think I'll wait a bit and take another look before submitting.
Edit: We saw something that gave us that “click” that we found the word. Submitted with a lot of confidence but again, never gotten a week 4, soooo..
Re: #678 - “Ad Campaign”
Posted: Sat May 29, 2021 7:29 pm
On my second look, I noticed an additional elegance, and that gave me the confidence to go ahead and submit. Beam up confirmed!
Re: #678 - “Ad Campaign”
Posted: Sat May 29, 2021 7:59 pm
I think the discussion next Wednesday (post solution reveal) will be interesting.
Curious to hear about various experiences w/ the puzzle and the solve.
Curious to hear about various experiences w/ the puzzle and the solve.
Re: #678 - “Ad Campaign”
Posted: Sat May 29, 2021 8:04 pm
She's got a puzzle to solve
She's got a puzzle to solve
She's got a puzzle to solve
And she don't care
Re: #678 - “Ad Campaign”
Posted: Sat May 29, 2021 8:07 pm
It happened — we solved a week 4 FINALLY!! We submitted and furiously refreshed the leaderboard and were stoked to show up.. I’m sorry to say we’re such dorks that we cheered so loudly that these kids howled!
Re: #678 - “Ad Campaign”
Posted: Sat May 29, 2021 8:46 pm
Haha! In this case, I meant the board game version - but it's fun to imagine that we were having a Beatles dance party in the house instead of solving metas!
Re: #678 - “Ad Campaign”
Posted: Sat May 29, 2021 8:47 pm
I'm an old soul loldocison wrote: ↑Sat May 29, 2021 8:46 pmHaha! In this case, I meant the board game version - but it's fun to imagine that we were having a Beatles dance party in the house instead of solving metas!
Re: #678 - “Ad Campaign”
Posted: Sat May 29, 2021 9:53 pm
I submitted my “what else can it be??” and am on the board, but I look forward to finding out WHY my answer makes sense. Been looking, and looking, and looking...
Beam me up, a little sheepishly.
Beam me up, a little sheepishly.
Re: #678 - “Ad Campaign”
Posted: Sun May 30, 2021 8:48 am
Just BTW, the Beatles channel on Sirius is counting down their listeners' favorites of the top 100 Beatles songs all Memorial Day weekend. (Traveling, and listening while we're driving.) The top 10 are the usuals (I believe this is the fifth year they've done this), but shuffled around some.docison wrote: ↑Sat May 29, 2021 8:46 pmHaha! In this case, I meant the board game version - but it's fun to imagine that we were having a Beatles dance party in the house instead of solving metas!
Re: #678 - “Ad Campaign”
Posted: Sun May 30, 2021 9:07 am
Beamed up. 
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Re: #678 - “Ad Campaign”
Posted: Sun May 30, 2021 9:26 am
I think I have it, but it doesn't feel 100%-er.
Edit: got it!
Edit: got it!
Re: #678 - “Ad Campaign”
Posted: Sun May 30, 2021 10:43 am
Solved it. That was a good puzzle, but I'm looking forward to a few easier weeks!
Re: #678 - “Ad Campaign”
Posted: Sun May 30, 2021 11:03 am
Pleasant surprise for #1 this year... it's obviously hard to pick a favorite Beatles song, but it's definitely in my top three. And I love listening to Peter Asher's insights.ChrisKochmanski wrote: ↑Sun May 30, 2021 8:48 amJust BTW, the Beatles channel on Sirius is counting down their listeners' favorites of the top 100 Beatles songs all Memorial Day weekend. (Traveling, and listening while we're driving.) The top 10 are the usuals (I believe this is the fifth year they've done this), but shuffled around some.
Re: #678 - “Ad Campaign”
Posted: Sun May 30, 2021 11:09 am
I seem to be in this club (pre edit) and can only hope to find the "click". I have almost submitted a few times but then remembered how I was able to convince myself that I had the correct answer, but was wrong, many times in the past. I will continue my quest for enlightenment.KDubs wrote: ↑Sat May 29, 2021 7:29 pmWe’re with you guys! We have the first step(s) done and we’re now trying to figure out where to go. We have a word, but are pretty sure it can’t be the answer because as you said, Barbara, there’s no bow on it. Not giving up! I think this is as far as we’ve ever come on a week 4 so doggone it, we want this one!HeadinHome wrote: ↑Sat May 29, 2021 2:28 pmI would describe my position as exactly the same, but maybe less confident of my final answer. I want to find the perfect thing to confirm it, and have used about ALL my college education to explore it (learning a lot online!) but cannot nail it for sure. May run my answer by someone who is confirmed after a while so I can do something else with this Saturday!BarbaraK wrote: ↑Sat May 29, 2021 1:56 pm Hmm. I've got an eight-letter word whose last letter is A. And I'm confident in the path that got me this far. But I'm not seeing the bow on top to tie it all up. No wrong answers yet, so this is probably it, but I think I'll wait a bit and take another look before submitting.
Edit: We saw something that gave us that “click” that we found the word. Submitted with a lot of confidence but again, never gotten a week 4, soooo..
Addendum: I saw some things that I thought gave me a click. I must have thought wrong. I submitted but did not make the board. Looks like I have some puzzling to do yet.