#695 - "Spider Dream"
Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2021 11:53 am
Week 4 of 4
This week’s contest answer is a modified version of this puzzle’s title.
This week’s contest answer is a modified version of this puzzle’s title.
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#695 - "Spider Dream"
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Re: #695 - "Spider Dream"
Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2021 12:45 pm
Beam me up.
Re: #695 - "Spider Dream"
Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2021 1:06 pm
Beamed up at #14!
Re: #695 - "Spider Dream"
Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2021 1:11 pm
Looks like maybe this and Week 3's will be reversals in difficulty, let's see!
Re: #695 - "Spider Dream"
Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2021 3:27 pm
OK, how uncanny is the answer to 14D?! As I shared with the Zoom group the other night, that is the VERY word that a random person standing next to us in line suggested should be the answer to "CIRCLE Dances" last week! And she was so sure she was right (even though she knew nothing about metas other than overhearing our conversation) that she promptly changed the subject to her pet ferret ...
Re: #695 - "Spider Dream"
Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2021 3:49 pm
Yeah, I thought of you as I filled that one in. Did Matt hear that story? Really just coincidence?Wendy Walker wrote: ↑Fri Sep 24, 2021 3:27 pm OK, how uncanny is the answer to 14D?! As I shared with the Zoom group the other night, that is the VERY word that a random person standing next to us in line suggested should be the answer to "CIRCLE Dances" last week! And she was so sure she was right (even though she knew nothing about metas other than overhearing our conversation) that she promptly changed the subject to her pet ferret ...
Re: #695 - "Spider Dream"
Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2021 4:03 pm
Re: #695 - "Spider Dream"
Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2021 4:06 pm
:::cough:::
Re: #695 - "Spider Dream"
Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2021 4:08 pm
In at #27. Thanks to a fellow muggle for confirmation!
Re: #695 - "Spider Dream"
Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2021 5:26 pm
Having wasted an afternoon before learning that the first step is in fact the answer I think we are owed an apology! My least favorite meta ever!
Re: #695 - "Spider Dream"
Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2021 6:08 pm
I don’t think Matt owes me an apology, except maybe if the center entry is F***SHARKICICLES.
(That would actually be kinda awesome now that I think about it)
(That would actually be kinda awesome now that I think about it)
Re: #695 - "Spider Dream"
Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2021 6:23 pm
Rumor has it that's exactly what he was going to do last week, but couldn't figure out what to put in the circlesharkicicles wrote: ↑Fri Sep 24, 2021 6:08 pm I don’t think Matt owes me an apology, except maybe if the center entry is F***SHARKICICLES.
(That would actually be kinda awesome now that I think about it)
Re: #695 - "Spider Dream"
Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2021 6:46 pm
I’ve transported with assistance. Thanks to great friends.
Re: #695 - "Spider Dream"
Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2021 10:58 pm
After a rough week 3, I beamed up in week 4 fairly quickly.
Re: #695 - "Spider Dream"
Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2021 11:06 pm
Inspiration better strike soon. I can't afford to waste I mean spend another entire weekend trying to figure out the MGWCC. 
Re: #695 - "Spider Dream"
Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2021 11:42 am
Upbeamed, with a bit of help.
Re: #695 - "Spider Dream"
Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2021 11:52 am
OK, I'm going to take the plunge for a solo solve. If nothing else, I'll get the "same wrong answer submitted by someone else" badge.
Edit: Beamed up!
Edit: Beamed up!
Re: #695 - "Spider Dream"
Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2021 11:54 am
Unbelievably (to me, anyway), no one has submitted a wrong answer yet. And still, I have nothing.Wendy Walker wrote: ↑Sat Sep 25, 2021 11:52 am OK, I'm going to take the plunge for a solo solve. If nothing else, I'll get the "same wrong answer submitted by someone else" badge.
Re: #695 - "Spider Dream"
Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2021 11:56 am
Oh, Al, just wait til the next leaderboard update; I may be the first. (We're number one!)Al Sisti wrote: ↑Sat Sep 25, 2021 11:54 amUnbelievably (to me, anyway), no one has submitted a wrong answer yet. And still, I have nothing.Wendy Walker wrote: ↑Sat Sep 25, 2021 11:52 am OK, I'm going to take the plunge for a solo solve. If nothing else, I'll get the "same wrong answer submitted by someone else" badge.
Re: #695 - "Spider Dream"
Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2021 1:45 pm
Bleh. Done stuckeded.