MGWCC #745 — “Hanging by a Thread”

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MGWCC #745 — “Hanging by a Thread”

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MGWCC #745 — Friday, September 9th, 2022 — “Hanging by a Thread”

THIS WEEK’S INSTRUCTIONS:

This week’s contest answer is a synonym for “threadbare”.


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


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:alien: :flying_saucer: submitted
Contest Crosswords Combating Cancer (CCCC) is a bundle of 16 metapuzzles created to help raise money for cancer-related charities. It is available at CrosswordsForCancer.com.
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Beamed at #12
Check out this very cool project by many of your favorite muggles to raise money to fight cancer. You get a fun puzzle bundle and good causes get $. Win-win: Crosswords for Cancer
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#5 on the board. Saw the answer before I understood the mechanism, and wanted to be sure... which moved me a few spots down the leaderboard. Alas.
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#22. Now back to staring at the WSJ!
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On the board at #34
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Steven McKinney
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Beam me up!
Heidi
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Submitted
Ahoy! Check out my meta puzzles here! Check out "Smooth Sailing Sundays" here!
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Beamed up! #52, also my age.
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Beamed!
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I have an answer, but something is bothering me about it. Hmm.

Edit- got past my first issue and now have a new dilemma.

Edit #2 - I see two reasonable answers, but am going with the one I think is what Matt is looking for.
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Laura M wrote: ↑Fri Sep 09, 2022 12:36 pm Beamed up! #52, also my age.
Ah, to be young again
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That was lots of fun! Like Aaron, now it's back to the WSJ puzzle.
Good luck, fellow Muggles!
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Beamed up!
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Beam me up! Fun one.
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ky-mike wrote: ↑Fri Sep 09, 2022 12:53 pm I have an answer, but something is bothering me about it. Hmm.

Edit- got past my first issue and now have a new dilemma.

Edit #2 - I see two reasonable answers, but am going with the one I think is what Matt is looking for.
Beamed up at #120. Too high for my age; too low for my IQ ;)
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oldjudge wrote: ↑Fri Sep 09, 2022 1:40 pm
Laura M wrote: ↑Fri Sep 09, 2022 12:36 pm Beamed up! #52, also my age.
Ah, to be young again
But youngjudge doesn't sound right.
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Hopefully not too many will be hanging by a thread on this meta - a very breezy, enjoyable Week 2!
Less cross words, more crosswords.

Solve my latest "Pun of a Kind" Meta!: 92. It's a Breeze
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Laura M wrote: ↑Fri Sep 09, 2022 12:36 pm Beamed up! #52, also my age.
A youngster!

I’ve also beamed up — and can only reminisce about age 52.
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Submitted - waiting to be beamed up now
Contest Crosswords Combating Cancer (CCCC) is a bundle of 16 contest-style (meta) crosswords that we've created to help raise money for cancer-related organizations - get the bundle at http://crosswordsforcancer.com
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