"Don't Overthink It!"
- Abide
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"Don't Overthink It!"
Good morning Muggles! The MMM team has a special treat for you this week. While normally what happens in the Tuesday night Zoom stays in the Tuesday night Zoom, there are exceptions. Less than a month ago, a conversation thread morphed into the idea "You should do a meta on that". So we did.
Everyone on the call was assigned meta duties. The crowd-source team can't fit in the copyright area, so I list them here:
Cat herder: Abide
Fill: Will P. / AnswerPfinder
Triumvirate of Editors: Mark Woychick, Bird Lives, DrTom
Clue Crew: BrennerTJ, hcbirker, AJK, Ship4U, Guffman, BarbaraK, Alvibu67, ReB, Joe Ross, KayW, Wendy Walker
Wednesday nudges as usual. PM me the answer or submit on Crosshare. Random winner will receive a random item from Wendy Walker's robe pocket: Allen wrench, raccoon poison, clock winding key, pebble, flower labels, thumb drive, Badger Balm, carabiner, granola bar. Who knows?!
The meta answer is a person.
8-23-22 Muggle Zoom Room - Don't Overthink It crosshare
8-23-22 Muggle Zoom Room - Don't Overthink It PUZ
8-23-22 Muggle Zoom Room - Don't Overthink It PDF
8-23-22 Muggle Zoom Room - Don't Overthink It spreadsheet
Everyone on the call was assigned meta duties. The crowd-source team can't fit in the copyright area, so I list them here:
Cat herder: Abide
Fill: Will P. / AnswerPfinder
Triumvirate of Editors: Mark Woychick, Bird Lives, DrTom
Clue Crew: BrennerTJ, hcbirker, AJK, Ship4U, Guffman, BarbaraK, Alvibu67, ReB, Joe Ross, KayW, Wendy Walker
Wednesday nudges as usual. PM me the answer or submit on Crosshare. Random winner will receive a random item from Wendy Walker's robe pocket: Allen wrench, raccoon poison, clock winding key, pebble, flower labels, thumb drive, Badger Balm, carabiner, granola bar. Who knows?!
The meta answer is a person.
8-23-22 Muggle Zoom Room - Don't Overthink It crosshare
8-23-22 Muggle Zoom Room - Don't Overthink It PUZ
8-23-22 Muggle Zoom Room - Don't Overthink It PDF
8-23-22 Muggle Zoom Room - Don't Overthink It spreadsheet
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Quite a bit of hype for this one - so I'm on it early!
If I’ve solved and you need a nudge, you can PM me. Happy to pay it forward.
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Deeply honored to be a part of this project! Thanks!
Don & Cynthia
We are always happy to get to know other muggles and help in any way! PM's are always welcome. The next best thing to winning a mug is helping a fellow muggle win a mug!
We are always happy to get to know other muggles and help in any way! PM's are always welcome. The next best thing to winning a mug is helping a fellow muggle win a mug!
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Eager to hop on it early as well… Grid filled, but no toehold yet via underthinking this thing. The rule-follower in me may be forced to 45A
Ray
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Cute, cute, cute. Off couch.
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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The devious zealots of Zoom have ganged up on us! And provided great fun. I have left the couch.
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"By Muggle Crowdsource," haha. I love it. Let's see if I'll love it if the meta alludes me! Thanks to all of you for doing such a collaborative tour de force!
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Always nice not to have to overthink on a Monday. Great group meta. Thanks to all involved!
Oh, I almost forgot -- I am off the couch!
Oh, I almost forgot -- I am off the couch!
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Just ran off the puzzle for pen solution.
Regardless of the personal outcome, many thanks in advance to those who took the time to fashion this week’s puzzle.
And if Wendy could post the secret to keeping flannel lint out of her robe pockets, I would be eternally grateful!
Regardless of the personal outcome, many thanks in advance to those who took the time to fashion this week’s puzzle.
And if Wendy could post the secret to keeping flannel lint out of her robe pockets, I would be eternally grateful!
“I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year’s fashions”. Lillian Hellman
- Eric Porter
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That was a fun puzzle. To everyone involved, thank you!
I figured out what to do rather quickly, unlike the last 2 WSJCCs.
I angered the mods with a sentence that was more specific than what SJMcK said. Hmm.
How does one get on the leaderboard? I'm having a far harder time figuring that out than I did solving the meta.
I figured out what to do rather quickly, unlike the last 2 WSJCCs.
I angered the mods with a sentence that was more specific than what SJMcK said. Hmm.
How does one get on the leaderboard? I'm having a far harder time figuring that out than I did solving the meta.
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Off the couch. Fun puzzle. Well done to all involved!
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!
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No progress on the meta, but I think I found a typo in one of the clues (corrected).
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Steven McKinney
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We loved this! Thanks for the great way to start the week!
Team DoubleTow=Ali who posts here, Alex & Maya the hound(with occasional assistance from son)
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- Abide
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MONDAY NIGHT LEADERBOARD
A little lower turnout on the initial board, which is to be expected when 13 regular solvers are in the construction camp.
1. FrankieHeck
2. JM
3. Chris Kochmanski
4. damefox
5. Hector
6. DIS
7. Schmeel
8. woozy
9. boharr
10. Carolyn
11. Sharkicicles
12. Meg
13. Richard
14. Cindy
15. benchen71
16. Cinny
17. Tom Wilson
18. markhr
19. Teamdoubletow
20. CPJohnson
Based on comments so far, I think difficulty level is Goldilocks/just right.
A little lower turnout on the initial board, which is to be expected when 13 regular solvers are in the construction camp.
1. FrankieHeck
2. JM
3. Chris Kochmanski
4. damefox
5. Hector
6. DIS
7. Schmeel
8. woozy
9. boharr
10. Carolyn
11. Sharkicicles
12. Meg
13. Richard
14. Cindy
15. benchen71
16. Cinny
17. Tom Wilson
18. markhr
19. Teamdoubletow
20. CPJohnson
Based on comments so far, I think difficulty level is Goldilocks/just right.
The site is just a web page, a meeting place, a clubhouse - it's the group that's special.
—Brian MacDonald
—Brian MacDonald