#90 I'd forget my head if it weren't attached
- woozy
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Well, here's an early nudge before the real nudges tomorrow
I guess I should change my signature, and start promoting this meta: Hungry Little Creature. I was going to sent it to people for testing but I dropped the ball on it.
- DrTom
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Well that kinda confused me even more...if that is possible here. I THINK I know what I have to do, I just can't do it.
NUDGES!I am always willing to give nudges where needed; metas should be about fun, not frustration. Send me what you have done so far because often you are closer than you think!
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- woozy
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Okay, some nudges
And if you weren't able to figure out all the nudges:
Alternative titles:
And if you weren't able to figure out all the nudges:
Alternative titles:
I guess I should change my signature, and start promoting this meta: Hungry Little Creature. I was going to sent it to people for testing but I dropped the ball on it.
- edestlin
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AHHHH click! I was soooo close and didn't see what I needed until one of the nudges blew it open for me. Thanks for the puzzle!
- MarkWoychick
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Thanks for the puzzle and the nudges, woozy - finally got it with the assist of the hints
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Got it finally! The nudges helped! Very clever, Woozy! I’m just not clever!
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The cat has been nudged out of the bag. Thanks for the challenge, woozy.
- woozy
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The leaderboard is coming along nicely with 18 solves:
DJB
Hector
Darth
Meg
boharr
hoover
whimsy
Gutman
I K Snamhcok
lbray53
DIS
Cindy Heisler
CPJohnson
edestlin
Mwoychick
Ergcat
Laura M
Dow Jones
Good job all!
DJB
Hector
Darth
Meg
boharr
hoover
whimsy
Gutman
I K Snamhcok
lbray53
DIS
Cindy Heisler
CPJohnson
edestlin
Mwoychick
Ergcat
Laura M
Dow Jones
Good job all!
I guess I should change my signature, and start promoting this meta: Hungry Little Creature. I was going to sent it to people for testing but I dropped the ball on it.
- HeadinHome
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Finally came back around to this one and boy am I glad I did. Once I figured out what was going on, I got on the right track, corrected course a few times as I realized MORE of what was going on, etc. All the nudging I needed was really the assurance of the first few (where to focus), and the theme/idea jumped out at me. So fun to see the solution word materialize. (“Ohhhhh… ! “)
The other Wendy.
- benchen71
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Cat's out, thanks to the nudges! Thanks, woozy.
Check out "The MOAT MEOW Mashup Pack" here. US$10 for 14 metas that don't always abide by the "rules" of the game: asymmetry, 2-letter words, uncrossed letters, who knows. And this time there's a mega-meta!
- rjy
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Needed the nudges, but finally got this one. Cool concept, @woozy, and one of those that’s pretty amazing to reverse engineer to think consider how you came up with the concept and executed it. A challenge for you, a challenge for us!
Ray
- woozy
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Few more the leader board:
Wendy S HeadinHome
BrennerTJ
ReB solved
rjy
Wendy S HeadinHome
BrennerTJ
ReB solved
rjy
I guess I should change my signature, and start promoting this meta: Hungry Little Creature. I was going to sent it to people for testing but I dropped the ball on it.
- benchen71
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And me!
Check out "The MOAT MEOW Mashup Pack" here. US$10 for 14 metas that don't always abide by the "rules" of the game: asymmetry, 2-letter words, uncrossed letters, who knows. And this time there's a mega-meta!
- woozy
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And you. Did you submit on Crosshare?
I guess I should change my signature, and start promoting this meta: Hungry Little Creature. I was going to sent it to people for testing but I dropped the ball on it.
- MikeyG
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I'm on fourth nudge in the Nudge Barrage earlier. I'm really curious about this one and will ruminate on that nudge a bit to see if I can crack it or if I need to go on some more!
Edit: Wait a minute...hmmm...I think I might have just seen something! Where are you, cat???
Cat is out! I don't know how in the world I saw what I needed to, but I did. A clever challenge!!
Edit: Wait a minute...hmmm...I think I might have just seen something! Where are you, cat???
Cat is out! I don't know how in the world I saw what I needed to, but I did. A clever challenge!!
- benchen71
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No. I messaged you here at XWord-Muggles.
Check out "The MOAT MEOW Mashup Pack" here. US$10 for 14 metas that don't always abide by the "rules" of the game: asymmetry, 2-letter words, uncrossed letters, who knows. And this time there's a mega-meta!
- woozy
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Okay... I guess that explains why you didn't show up when I did the cut and past.
So we have:
benchen71 (we aren't listening them by any score)
Mikey G
23 submissions and 97 solves of which only 13 didn't need assists.
So we have:
benchen71 (we aren't listening them by any score)
Mikey G
23 submissions and 97 solves of which only 13 didn't need assists.
I guess I should change my signature, and start promoting this meta: Hungry Little Creature. I was going to sent it to people for testing but I dropped the ball on it.
- woozy
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Reveal:
The clues:
MNEMONIC
as in "My Very Elegant Mother Just Sat Upon Needles" as a method to memorize the planets in order.
The clues:
- My liquor I offer for clemency
- Very sage advice for a vampire
- Elegant venue for entertainment
- Mother and other western madams
- Just a melee about a French skirt (or a Scottish tunic, or maybe about that SpaceX teeny dwelling rental)
- Sat around in the original language
- Upon the Micronesian nation you will find its capital-- Yaren-- and it's most populous city-- Denigomodu; pop. 2,827
- Needles may pierce a vein to allow bloodletting or IV feeding
- [1-5]MERCY RUM[1-3]
- [1-3]SUN NEVer[1-3]
- [2-7]tHEATRE
- [1-5]MARMS
- [1-4]JUPE RIOT[1-4]
- [1-7]UNTRANSlated
- [1-5]NAURU ISland[1-2]
- [2-9]vENEPUNCTure
- MERCY RUM =>Mercury + M
- SUN NEV=>Venus + N
- HEATRE=>Earth + E
- MARMS=>Mars + M
- JUPE RIOT=>Jupiter + O
- UNTRANS=>Saturn + N
- NAURU IS=>Uranus + I
- ENEPUNCT=>Neptune + C
MNEMONIC
as in "My Very Elegant Mother Just Sat Upon Needles" as a method to memorize the planets in order.
Last edited by woozy on Wed Aug 17, 2022 2:47 am, edited 1 time in total.
I guess I should change my signature, and start promoting this meta: Hungry Little Creature. I was going to sent it to people for testing but I dropped the ball on it.
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- I never used a mnemonic to learn the planets (or SOHCAHTOA sine-cosine-tangent or PEDMAS/BODMAS order of operations, for that matter).
- I have heard mnemonics for the planets, but not this one, so I didn't even notice it in the cluing.
- Pluto is a planet, darn it!