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Another wonderful meta by Brian! I enjoyed it a lot.

oldjudge wrote: ↑Tue Jul 06, 2021 4:52 am Another wonderful meta by Brian! I enjoyed it a lot.

Wow! This should be a higher tier in the 3AM club - those who solve the contest as soon as it appears.

I’m a West Coast night owl.

Banana's peeled. It was indeed a good puzzle.
Better than the last one - but that's just because I couldn't figure that one out!

One of those where the first step is a doozy, but then you're home free. Nice.

Solved

Solved with help along the way by @oldjudge. Well constructed puzzle.

Got it. Needed help though.

A few weeks ago I won the meta contest and was pleasantly surprised yesterday when I received the prize I asked for:

oldjudge wrote: ↑Sun Jul 11, 2021 4:09 pm A few weeks ago I won the meta contest and was pleasantly surprised yesterday when I received the prize I asked for:

Nice! I didn’t even know they had mugs.

I didn’t know either, but it never hurts to ask.

Is this one still live or did I miss the deadline?

Al Sisti wrote: ↑Mon Jul 12, 2021 8:02 pm Is this one still live or did I miss the deadline?

It just came out last Tuesday, so there should be near another week to submit.

Hmm; I just asked for an extension of the Joon OTB puzzle subscription. Maybe I need to switch over to the FMI mug...

Oh sweet! The mug looks cool!

BarbaraK wrote: ↑Tue Jul 06, 2021 10:29 am

oldjudge wrote: ↑Tue Jul 06, 2021 4:52 am Another wonderful meta by Brian! I enjoyed it a lot.

Wow! This should be a higher tier in the 3AM club - those who solve the contest as soon as it appears.

Don't give Sisti any ideas...

Hello solvers,

The solution to this week's puzzle was CIDER.

The five long entries each ended with letters that could almost spell a word preceding BEER:

• DATE OF BIRTH (BIRCH)
• DOPPELGANGER (GINGER)
• AMUSEMENT PARK (DARK)
• NORTH AMERICA (RICE ... or as one solver pointed out, ICE)
• HAND AND FOOT (ROOT)

The altered letters are, in order, C-I-D-E-R.

There's a new contest puzzle, and a new post in this forum for it. I hope you give it a try!

*scrolling quickly past previous post*

Is there a place this puzzle can be downloaded from or linked to? Thanks!

PS - Hopeful the WSJ folks contact the FMI folks about coffee mug design. Hoo boy is the one shown above a million times better looking....