MGWCC #732 - “Time to Get Up”

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Larrry
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That was fun. Almost just sent in a guess - which would have been close but no cigar.
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Solved! A nice Week 2.
Good luck, fellow Muggles!
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For once I knew the answer just from the title and the prompt. Beamed up!
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Beamed up. Very nice puzzle from Matt.
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Beamed! Very nice puzzle
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Think I've got it but feeling a little unsure of myself. Anyone willing to dm me so I can confirm before I submit?

EDIT: Thanks @hcbirker for confirming!
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Feel like I must be overthinking this one. Unfortunately just knowing that doesn't prevent it. :lol: :lol:
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Fun one. I might have guessed what the answer was from the prompt, but the metanism was very nice.
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Joe wrote: ↑Fri Jun 10, 2022 12:29 pm Beamed up pretty quickly. Now what am I supposed to do this weekend with WSJ and MGWCC solved in record time??
Solve my meta that goes live tomorrow! (Sorry, shameless self-promotion.)

Fun puzzle! I have the absolute tiniest of quibbles, but it's picayune, and I'll share it (and you can roll your eyes at me) after deadline. Either way, clever idea and a fun meta-nism.
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Yeah, I also have a nit to pick, probably the same.
(Not that I'd have noticed without research, though.)

This was a fun transition from "I have no idea" to "I have an idea, but I don't know what it means!" to "oooooh, what a cool mechanism" to "mumble dad joke mumble." Just what I want from a week 2!

(Anyone else got the Russian Doll season one song playing in their heads?

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I am in a bitter and foul mood as I've been staring at this danged thing for nine effing hours and ... oh, there it 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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Just got back from vacation and just submitted my answer to Matt's cool puzzle. Clever metanism.

Edit: Beamed up!
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Well that was a lot less complicated than I was making it. Though the mechanism I was chasing would be a good one too! (Writes in notebook .. scritchscratchscritchscratch).

Beam me up I’m done.
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We have an answer but I like the answer I wanted a lot better 😄... Anyone mind letting us share our answer to confirm? Since Alex and I solve together as a rule, I rarely have solo solves. I would rather keep the streak going than risk a wrong answer.
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I knew the answer before I put a first letter into the grid. I've known it since age 7 or so. But all the fun was in discovering how to get there.
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Bird Lives wrote: ↑Fri Jun 10, 2022 11:34 pm I knew the answer before I put a first letter into the grid. I've known it since age 7 or so. But all the fun was in discovering how to get there.
I wonder ...

Well, I can't ask as that would be giving something away. But I do wonder....
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 can’t stand having to wait for Matt’s confirmation, but I’m sure it’s time to get up off the couch.
Uh-oh. Wrong forum.
Kudos to Matt for all the connections.
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Toast wrote: ↑Fri Jun 10, 2022 7:28 pm This was a fun transition from "I have no idea" to "I have an idea, but I don't know what it means!" to "oooooh, what a cool mechanism" to "mumble dad joke mumble." Just what I want from a week 2!
Same here. I made a (nice) comment with my submission about the last part of that transition.

Ready to beam up! (Seems the transporter team needs their coffee before getting the transporter online.)
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I had a harder time with the grid than the meta. 41D and 49A were new to me. Since I’ve now finished both puzzles for the weekend, I have no excuse not to clean out the extra bedroom. Blech.
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I have the mechanism down. The answer I get is meh. Will need to look more before i submit. I must be missing something based on above two comments
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