MGWCC #735 - “Bit by Bit” by Richard D. Allen

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MGWCC #735 - “Bit by Bit” by Richard D. Allen

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MGWCC #735 — GUEST CONSTRUCTOR MONTH, PUZZLE #1 — Friday, July 1st, 2022 — “Bit by Bit” by Richard D. Allen

GUEST CONSTRUCTOR MONTH, WEEK 1:

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First up for GCM Summer 2022 is Richard D. Allen, aka @ricky. You may know Richard already from the metas (and non-metas) he writes at his site Lexicon Devil. Richard describes himself as “a puzzle constructor, lawyer, writer, parent, spouse and cat owner in North Carolina.”

Works for me — let’s see what he’s got in store for Week 1…

THIS WEEK’S INSTRUCTIONS:

This week’s contest answer is a nine-letter word.


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


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Submitted. Always enjoy guest constructor month.

ETA: Woohoo - #1 on the board!
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Made the top 10. 8-)

And wishing I had back the 5 minutes that I threw away by starting late :lol:
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#20! Always nice when I can start and finish a meta during lunch :)
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That was fun.
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That was a "bit" clever - fun meta-nism and puzzle!
Less cross words, more crosswords.

Solve my latest "Pun of a Kind" Meta!: 92. It's a Breeze
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Beamed!

Very nice! Thanks, Lexicon Devil!
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That was a quick sprint! Satisfying for a Friday, and yes I know it is week 1 but I am shell shocked from last week. I was also reminded that this is a 5 week month, and two Fridays I'll be away for (3rd and 4th) so probably won't work on them because, for me, phones and metas only work if it is a week 1. So I'll take a solve when I can get it.

EDIT: #49, I'm glad I bit!
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Beam me up.

Very enjoyable first MGWCC meta
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Um.... June only has 30 days. This was supposed to be a week 1. Not a week 5.

Did I just land on Mars or some other culture where I am the alien?

....

EDIT: Oh, I get it. Not a week one by any stretch of the imagination but not much more than a week 2.

It's easy like a week 1, but it's complicated like a week 3, and it's triggerless like a week 3+.

EDIT2: Weird. Page hasn't been updated in nearly an hour. I assume I'll be on there (without my 24 week streak icon. *sob*) but I'm not there yet.
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That was fun! I never mind a week 2-ish showing up on week 1.

Beamed at #64.
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Beam me up! Fun puzzle!
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Beamed up! Happy with a solo solve even if it is a week one. Thanks, Richard.
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Beam me up! Needed that ego boost after last week!
- Just puzzling it out here in Delmarva :D
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So all 5 puzzles for July will have guest constructors? Not sure how I feel about that. Happy to solve this week 1.
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Beamed up!

docison wrote: ↑Fri Jul 01, 2022 12:09 pm Submitted. Always enjoy guest constructor month.

ETA: Woohoo - #1 on the board!
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Meg wrote: ↑Fri Jul 01, 2022 12:58 pm So all 5 puzzles for July will have guest constructors? Not sure how I feel about that. Happy to solve this week 1.
Typically, yeah. It's an annual tradition (not always the same month).
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Beam up requested. Fun!

Edit to note I'm lucky #100 on the board! My actual time from starting the grid to submitting was just over15 minutes according to the .puz timer, but I started late as usual... There's no way I can compete with the likes of @docison anyway :-)
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Hey, I have one of those:

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(cat of course)
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Beamed up!
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