"Capital Intensive" - April 24, 2022

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"Capital Intensive" - April 24, 2022

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Will's readout:

This week's puzzle: Capital Intensive
Difficulty: Medium

[See puzzle for answer prompt].
(Some people will need Google, some won't. Such is life. YMMV.)

Crosshare link: https://crosshare.org/crosswords/8kLjc2 ... -intensive
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Out of the box. Fun one, Will!
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Nicely done Will!
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🦕 me. Great job Will!
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🦕🦕🦖 That was fun!
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Out of the box. Fun one. And now there is time for baseball this afternoon.
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Dino me!

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Very clever! I’m out of the box
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I'm struggling... first two lines of attack haven't worked so far... No nudge request just yet...

Edit: I got it but I'm still not sure how I got it
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Out of the box! After two weeks of almost got it I’m a happy lady!
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After whiffing the last two weeks it feels good to Dino again
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Solved/confirmed on Crosshare - thanks for the puzzle, Will.

Backsovled based on what I thought was the mechanism and was confirmed. May have lucked out on landing the correct answer (2% chance of a correct guess, right?). May have to come back to the puzzle to fill in the gaps/fully confirm the mechanism, but likely after a Sunday nap if I do.
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The meta prompt is puzzling in the extreme! I'm not finding a way into this one. I'm tempted to brute force it by guessing capitals until I find the answer. Then at least I can get on with the rest of my day!
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Unboxed. Capital puzzle!
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benchen71 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 24, 2022 7:40 pm I'm tempted to brute force it by guessing capitals until I find the answer.
I hate to be "that guy" but I've already informed several other solvers that their "correct" answer submissions will not earn them entry into April's mug drawing because they cycled through all the possible state capitals until they got the right one.

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I have a printed grid with probably too much highlighted stuff. Thankfully, the printer printed two copies so it will be easy to try again. 😅
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AnswerPfinder wrote: ↑Sun Apr 24, 2022 8:51 pm
benchen71 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 24, 2022 7:40 pm I'm tempted to brute force it by guessing capitals until I find the answer.
I hate to be "that guy" but I've already informed several other solvers that their "correct" answer submissions will not earn them entry into April's mug drawing because they cycled through all the possible state capitals until they got the right one.
Fair enough. The guesses I have tried so far were "educated" ones based on what I was seeing in the grid. But I'm going to have to PM you for a nudge, I think! Stay tuned... :D

EDIT: Nudge received and now I am out of the box, or dinoed, or whatever!
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Dino me!
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AnswerPfinder wrote: ↑Sun Apr 24, 2022 8:51 pm

I hate to be "that guy" but I've already informed several other solvers that their "correct" answer submissions will not earn them entry into April's mug drawing because they cycled through all the possible state capitals until they got the right one.

That's reasonable. But I assure you, I had a reason for my first wrong guess. (But will you believe me when I say that 31 more times?)

EDIT:

Had the AHA moment! My second and final guess was not random.

Good puzzle. Great AHA moment. But I do have one question though.
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