#721 - “I As in Interrobang”

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boharr wrote: ↑Tue Mar 29, 2022 3:12 pm April should be fun. The 1st is Friday and there is a Week 5.
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Al Sisti wrote: ↑Tue Mar 29, 2022 7:43 pm
boharr wrote: ↑Tue Mar 29, 2022 3:12 pm April should be fun. The 1st is Friday and there is a Week 5.
Is there an April 1st/April Fool's medal to be won? Trying to remember...
Don’t think there is one yet. But maybe if we suggest it, @Alex Boisvert will add it.
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rjy wrote: ↑Tue Mar 29, 2022 11:48 am
  • Phew... 'twas a bit harder than 2 × 2 = 4 — but with an artfully obtuse nudge from Bird_Lives I finally got it.
It takes remarkable discipline to throw something perhaps a bit too subtle into the ether, and refrain from comment when no one notices.

I lack that discipline ;)
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HunterX wrote: ↑Tue Mar 29, 2022 2:25 pm I got tripped up multiple times with using E for Em and En dashes, H for hyphens, and just E for Exclamation (instead of EP). Took too long to use just D for Dash. So for awhile I had MAKE TIME because of a substitution on one of the grid answers due to the Em-dash. But I was bothered by the lack of order in the letters of M A K and E. Figured out that issue right at the end.
We had the same issues too!
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TeamDoubleTow wrote: ↑Wed Mar 30, 2022 6:29 am
HunterX wrote: ↑Tue Mar 29, 2022 2:25 pm I got tripped up multiple times with using E for Em and En dashes, H for hyphens, and just E for Exclamation (instead of EP). Took too long to use just D for Dash. So for awhile I had MAKE TIME because of a substitution on one of the grid answers due to the Em-dash. But I was bothered by the lack of order in the letters of M A K and E. Figured out that issue right at the end.
We had the same issues too!
Ditto here... Adele fixed it for me by not having a song titled "ROLLING IN THE DEE"

EA vs EPA did work for me... EA Sports is kind of part of MLB with their partnerships in video games, so A in ALEAST gave me the A that AMTRAK also provided
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rjy wrote: ↑Tue Mar 29, 2022 10:57 pm
rjy wrote: ↑Tue Mar 29, 2022 11:48 am
  • Phew... 'twas a bit harder than 2 × 2 = 4 — but with an artfully obtuse nudge from Bird_Lives I finally got it.
It takes remarkable discipline to throw something perhaps a bit too subtle into the ether, and refrain from comment when no one notices.

I lack that discipline ;)
:lol: but how sad is it that I needed a nudge to interpret:interrobang:
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