#710 - “Just State the Facts”

[Joe Ross]

MGWCC #710 — Friday, January 7th, 2022 — “Just State the Facts”

THIS WEEK’S INSTRUCTIONS:

This week’s contest answer is a 5-letter place name.

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

–Matt


Join MGWCC.

[MikeyG]

If you can see me and e.a. on the same window, I'll call that a good day!

[KayW]

Back to at

[MamaE]

Beam me up! Number 40!

[ky-mike]

Should be on the board soon near 100.

[docison]

Was playing outside in the snow with my little one at noon - since I couldn't hope for the top 10, I figured I would try downs-only / no instructions.

Verdicts:
Downs-only: Just not my favorite way of solving a puzzle. Even though I know it is a good way of getting faster. Generally managed other than one corner, though.
No instructions: Pretty straightforward. Saw where this was going without the instructions pretty early on in the solve.

All in all, lucky #77 on the board. And now back to work / snow day.

[cisalope]

My name is in the grid! My son asked Matt to do that, as an early birthday gift. I'm floored.

[Joe Ross]

[HunterX]

Beam me up. Submitted. Waiting for confirmation.....

Edit: #146. Well, I don't go for the speed record anyway...

[MMe]

My name is in the grid! My son asked Matt to do that, as an early birthday gift. I'm floored.

That is so cool Applyto!

[MajordomoTom]

Beaming up.

It's in the teens here in "The Lou". Brrrr

Confirmed at #163.

[Bird Lives]

My name is in the grid! My son asked Matt to do that, as an early birthday gift. I'm floored.

The numbers sum to 80. If that's you, congratulations.

[Andrew Bradburn]

I like that Matt is offering different ways to tackle week 1s now. I did this down only, and it was a bit more challenging than I thought it would be, but I'm on the board. I wonder how he would figure stats for no instructions, down only, and combined no/only.

[Bird Lives]

Downs only, no instructions. But now, do I go with what I'm almost certain is the answer, or check the prompt and avoid any risk of losing my "50"? Decisions, decisions.

[Jeremy Smith]

Beam me up! Back to b-ball

[RPardoe]

Downs only, no instructions. But now, do I go with what I'm almost certain is the answer, or check the prompt and avoid any risk of losing my "50"? Decisions, decisions.

I checked the prompt myself. The challenge was in getting an answer in the first place.
Once there, no harm in making sure before submitting.

[Cinny]

On the board. Streak is safe for another week!

[lbray53]

Beam me up!

Number 206 but page one here!

[boharr]

Beamed up. Solo.

[Guffman]

You go out to run a few errands, come back two hours later, get the meta solved ... and you're #223 on the board.
Yep, must be a Week #1.