#704 - “Ghostwriter”

[RPardoe]

Ibid - See @lbray53 on the leaderboard; now awaiting the next update to confirm my submission.
And updated as I composed this note.

Solved, submitted, confirmed.

[Katiedid]

Beamed up. That was fun!

[MajordomoTom]

Holy Moses. I went from "No way I'm getting this one" to "Oh, wait, what's this?" to "No way. For real?" to "Requesting to beam aboard." in about 5 minutes. Loved this one.

Edit: officially beamed aboard at #68

Yes, when the coin drops, it drops very ... droppingly.

[Abide]

Feels great to have a friendlier Week 5. Just had to keep staring at this one.

[dk letter]

Beam me up! Unlike Joe, it took me a while to find Step 2 after I found Step 1. Overall a really fun solve!

[BarbaraK]

Feels great to have a friendlier Week 5. Just had to keep staring at this one.

Probably helps that this is week 4. (Yeah, last week felt like 4+)

[Jeremy Smith]

Feels great to have a friendlier Week 5. Just had to keep staring at this one.

Probably helps that this is week 4. (Yeah, last week felt like 4+)

And the next week 5 is next month on New Year’s Eve.

[HeadinHome]

The first step’s click was indeed a fun AHA, but I am still waiting on the revelation of step two! Grandkids are fabulous, but they just don’t get that Nana needs some quiet, to think deep meta thoughts!!

UPDATE: got it! On the board, pretty far down, but there! Thanks to Maine Marge for a gentle nudge in a direction I had tried before but hadn’t gone far enough. Finishing was truly entertaining and enjoyable — the kind of mechanism I love most, provoking a series of “oh!”s and smiles.

This one has me at solve #49, thanks to the reasonableness of Mr. G last week, so one more solve to the coveted *50* symbol… then just a year of struggle to that truly amazing **100** that several of you clever muggles have achieved! I was one of those who last week used THAT THING YOU DO…. I thought “THAT BIG SPLASH THING YOU DO” was a perfectly good answer that checked all the boxes, and Matt agreed! (THATTHINGYOUDO even has the final letter and the one 3 spaces before that letter matching, coincidentally.).

Beam me up, whoever is beaming these days!

[higgysue]

Step one - done. Step two - . Still pondering.

[MaineMarge]

Beamed up earlier at #115! And wasn’t this one fun!!
The Ghostwriter accompanied me on my trip up- he did a little moonlighting ghost/skywriting on the way

[CrossedPurposes]

Beam me up! Fun week 3/4!

[Dannyvee]

Got it with a little focusing nudge. Fun one!

[Guffman]

Clearly I have the first step, but my usual tricks -- or should I say, Matt's usual tricks -- aren't working for step 2. A nudge would be appreciated so I can concentrate on today's football games.

[Bob cruise director]

@Wendy Walker - 10 in a row - congratulations

[MajordomoTom]

Beamed up earlier at #115! And wasn’t this one fun!!
The Ghostwriter accompanied me on my trip up- he did a little moonlighting ghost/skywriting on the way

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[Sara Dacus]

Took me longer than I would like to admit, but very happy to have a solo solve on a week 4 for the first time in a bit.

[DrTom]

Sooooo maddening! I was sniffing all around the second step, had even considered a similar mechanism but didn't quite stick the landing. A slight nudge from a friendly muggle, followed by a resounding head-slap and I am requesting a transporter spot.

Very nicely done, and in its own way seasonal. Santa's in town, I saw him on the float - so let the celebrating begin!

Oh, and although I am asking to beam up I have good reason to believe that Santa should not!!!

EDIT: Confirmed - YAY and also saw that I got credit for my answer to last week's as well, even if it was not EXACTLY what the Creator wanted, so DOUBLE YAY!!

[ky-mike]

That was fun. My ghostsolver did the heavy lifting and I was just along for the ride.

Beam me up!

[Bird Lives]

Note to those who say that this puzzle is "fun." It's fun only if you solve it. I haven't -- haven't solved it and haven't had fun. Yet.

[MikeyG]

That was Terry's debut?? Impressive! Can't wait to see more from him in the future.