#707 - “By the Numbers”

[Joe Ross]

MGWCC #707 — Friday, December 17th, 2021 — “By the Numbers”

THIS WEEK’S INSTRUCTIONS: This week’s contest answer is a five-letter word.

Solve well, and be not led astray by words intended to deceive.


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[Al Sisti]

Oh man, I have an answer but I don't dare...

[oldjudge]

Fun puzzle by Matt—in at #16

[KayW]

Nice one.

[docison]

On the board at #31 (that will remind me not to schedule conference calls for noon on Fridays!). I will admit that I was not 100% sure when submitting - there's some stuff going on here that either is a strange distraction, or I've missed an a-ha. But either way, I'm on the board.

[Laura M]

A little slow off the mark, but beamed up at #52!

[Bird Lives]

On the board -- 50 to the left of me, 50 to the right, there I am, stuck in the middle with who, I don't know.

I know Matt says that he doesn't put red herrings in his puzzles, but I see a couple of them swimming around in the grid, and one of them could have been de-herringed with a single change of letter.

[JordanianTomlinson]

I like this a lot. I think I have it but I want to think it over a bit (seems pretty clear but I've got a streak to think about!)

[Thurman8er]

Fun puzzle.

But...Week 3?

[Joe Ross]

Went several directions before taking a lunch break. Fresh eyes allowed me to wend my way.

[BarbaraK]

Beam up requested. Waiting confirmation, but really no doubt. That was fun!

[Beth Tyrpin]

I didn’t doubt my answer, but it was wrong. Now I have to decide how much time to spend trying to find the right one.

[BarbaraK]

I didn’t doubt my answer, but it was wrong. Now I have to decide how much time to spend trying to find the right one.

I’m so glad I didn’t see this before submitting. I’d have spent three days worrying and looking for something else.

Sorry. And good luck if you give it another go.

[burghman]

What an odd hobby we have. I had no clue about last week’s Week 2 puzzle, but this one took me a matter of seconds to figure out what was going on. Not tooting my own horn at all - hard to do that when I whiffed on last week’s! - just curious how the brain works. Last week’s “Take the first letter” is a pretty basic mechanism that’s been used before, and I never thought of it; this one is more complex and it fell right into place for me.

[ky-mike]

Solved and submitted.

[Meg]

Beamed up.

[BrennerTJ]

Beamed up.

[TeaJenny]

Beamed up at #96.

[MajordomoTom]

Fun puzzle.

But...Week 3?

if I've submitted the right answer, I agree.

[MaineMarge]

Beamed up at #94.
Looks like I’m getting some fireworks to announce my liftoff cause this was my first week #3 solo solve

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