MGWCC #730 - “Just Putting It Out There”

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MGWCC #730 - “Just Putting It Out There”

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MGWCC #730 — Friday, May 27th, 2022 — “Just Putting It Out There”

THIS WEEK’S INSTRUCTIONS:

NOTE: Due to the late post, the deadline for solving today’s meta is 4:00 PM ET on Tuesday, May 31st.


This week’s contest answer is a famous athlete whose name is 12 letters long.

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

--Matt


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I'm just putting it out there that this might be a Week 7.
Less cross words, more crosswords.

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I've got Step One. No idea where the next step is.
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I like when Matt is late. It allows me, not a morning person, to make it into the top ten.
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Bird Lives wrote: ↑Fri May 27, 2022 6:22 pm I've got Step One. No idea where the next step is.
Ditto. And I had the exact right idea of where the next step was. Several times so far.
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Beam me up! Fastest solve and made it to #12. Woot!
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Al Sisti wrote: ↑Fri May 27, 2022 7:05 pm
Bird Lives wrote: ↑Fri May 27, 2022 6:22 pm I've got Step One. No idea where the next step is.
Ditto. And I had the exact right idea of where the next step was. Several times so far.
I also have an answer that I keep trying to backsolve to but can't get there.
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Lucky number 14.
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Bird Lives wrote: ↑Fri May 27, 2022 6:22 pm I've got Step One. No idea where the next step is.
If by step 1, you mean knowing that it's a puzzle I'm in the same place. If you mean anything else I got to step Zero and have no idea what the next step is.
Funny story. I was all set to enter Par for the course for the CrossHare midi contest for April but I mistakenly thought midi meant 7x 7 and not 11 x 11. Oops. Well.... Here's a complex but **small** meta on the subject of golf.
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I think I have it, but can I run my answer by someone via PM?

EDIT: Beamed up. Thanks for the confirmation, Meg!
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hcbirker wrote: ↑Fri May 27, 2022 7:12 pm Beam me up! Fastest solve and made it to #12. Woot!
You go, girl!!
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Meg wrote: ↑Fri May 27, 2022 9:41 pm
hcbirker wrote: ↑Fri May 27, 2022 7:12 pm Beam me up! Fastest solve and made it to #12. Woot!
You go, girl!!
Thanks Meg!
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In at number 20. That was a workout and a half.
But a fun challenge.
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I bit the dust on this one. Dang it!
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If there is a typo - 18*-letters versus 12 - I've solved.
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Step one was fun, at least. Nothing else in sight yet.
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At this point it's simply a question of what will come first: next Tuesday at 4pm, or the ascendance to fame of an athlete named LPVSIC DPTLTA. Only time will tell.
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Oh heck, I think I've cracked it!!! Waiting on confirmation...

EDIT: Beamed up at #38!
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MMe wrote: ↑Sat May 28, 2022 9:56 am At this point it's simply a question of what will come first: next Tuesday at 4pm, or the ascendance to fame of an athlete named LPVSIC DPTLTA. Only time will tell.
If Kristaps Porziņģis, why not?
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MMe wrote: ↑Sat May 28, 2022 9:56 am At this point it's simply a question of what will come first: next Tuesday at 4pm, or the ascendance to fame of an athlete named LPVSIC DPTSTA. Only time will tell.
The Nats have one, has to get his average above the Mendoza Line to really be considered “famous”… maaaaaybe by Tuesday 🤞

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