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Re: Turnaround Time
Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2021 8:22 pm
by Hidden in 3D
Jay confirmed earlier today that I am off the couch. Another great MMM!
Re: Turnaround Time
Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2021 9:30 pm
by Bird Lives
BarbaraK wrote: ↑Tue Jun 22, 2021 6:35 pm
I'm off the couch. Thanks, Bird!
I try not to nitpick, but my inner bio-nerd is insisting that I point out that in 67A, 23andMe is a reference to humans 23 chromosome pairs. There are many more 67As.
My bio-ignorance is once again on display. But as I said to a solver who pointed this error out in a PM , just wait for my new start-up: 30K and me.
Re: Turnaround Time
Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2021 6:32 am
by MaineMarge
My solving partner and I are OTC.
Great meta, Jay. Gotta love this guy
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Now back to a favorite garden glider with a good view of shocking pink peony, Paula Fay.
(rhymes with Scholar Jay).
There’s a nest in the Royalty Crab above, where currently a bird lives!
Re: Turnaround Time
Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2021 7:36 am
by Bird Lives
Re: Turnaround Time
Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2021 1:55 pm
by fuggedabowdit
OTC and confirmed.
Great grid - exquisitely constructed meta !!
Re: Turnaround Time
Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2021 2:10 pm
by cbarbee002
Had two possible answers for one slot, neither of which was correct (which also prevented me from backsolving)! 10th time through the grid had me wondering, "could this be it?". Yup, at least I'm thinking so.
Re: Turnaround Time
Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2021 2:39 pm
by hoover
Ohhhh... Finally got it, but it took nudge #3.
(Didn't submit because I required so many nudges.)
Re: Turnaround Time
Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2021 3:53 pm
by sharkicicles
I enjoyed this one for sure.
Re: Turnaround Time
Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2021 6:12 pm
by TMart
Aha! Got it. Missed one at first, but then put it all together and now safely de-couched.
Re: Turnaround Time
Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2021 7:49 am
by bhamren
I am off the couch with generous help from RPardoe. I got the mechanism right away but finding the RIGHT entries was a problem.
Re: Turnaround Time
Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2021 12:51 pm
by eagle1279
I think I’m off the couch (actually a recliner in my study) before looking at the nudges. Fingers crossed awaiting confirmation.
EDIT: Confirmed!
Re: Turnaround Time
Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2021 12:37 am
by Dow Jones
OTC. Thank you for the excellent puzzle.
Re: Turnaround Time
Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2021 11:11 pm
by DrTom
A couple of twists and turns but I got to put in my 20 cents worth! Off the couch thankfully - may be the only META I solve alone this week!
Thanks Bird!
Re: Turnaround Time
Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2021 7:20 am
by Bird Lives
Forty-seven people submitted the correct answer — SHIFT.
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As the clue for 38D OVERTURN suggests, the component parts of the five theme entries can be turned around to form a new word — HEADPIN / PINHEAD and so on. The new word serves as a clue to another word in the grid, in this case IDIOT. The initial letters of those five clues spell out the answer.
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I asked solvers to submit their own examples of similar turnaround word or phrases. My own list had WIND DOWN, ROOM CHECK, TIMES TWO,
WORKHOUSE
OUTLAY
OVERPASS
UPHOLD
STARTUP
LOOKOUT
OVERSLEEP
OVERTAKE
DO OVER
OUTRUN
FAST BREAK
WINGBACKS./ BACKSWING via Laura M was my favorite -- a football position of decades past becoming a component of a golf or tennis stroke. But Laura was not thinking of football players. Her WINGBACKS were chairs. Even better.