MGWCC #749 - “Eyes on the Prize”
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MGWCC #749 - “Eyes on the Prize”
MGWCC #749 — Friday, October 7th, 2022 — “Eyes on the Prize”
THIS WEEK’S INSTRUCTIONS:
This week’s contest answer is a word associated with the Nobel Prizes.
Solve well, and be not led astray by words intended to deceive.
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THIS WEEK’S INSTRUCTIONS:
This week’s contest answer is a word associated with the Nobel Prizes.
Solve well, and be not led astray by words intended to deceive.
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On the board at #8. Easy peasy, but outside my knowledge sweet spot, so I had to look up a few things, which cost me a few spots. Hope everyone who celebrates enjoys the long weekend.
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On at #9. First top ten in quite a while.
Travelling next week, so happy to have weekend metas completed.
Travelling next week, so happy to have weekend metas completed.
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Beamed.
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 up at #41.....and I get to keep the 10 in a row for another week....
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Awaiting transporter engagement. Beam me up Matt!
Edit: On the board at #76.
Edit: On the board at #76.
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Took an extra half-beat, but got there smoothly in the end.
ETA: beamed in the same minute as @Wendy Walker, excellent company.
ETA: beamed in the same minute as @Wendy Walker, excellent company.
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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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Well, no question that this is a Week 1.
I don't know why I even try the down onlys. That's just not my way of problem solving.
EDIT: "Sorry submissions are now closed" What the ......?!
I don't know why I even try the down onlys. That's just not my way of problem solving.
EDIT: "Sorry submissions are now closed" What the ......?!
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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Open for me. You are on the board.
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Yeah, it was a brief blip.... Weird though.
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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@ajk we expect that you got this with no googling
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This happened to me too. Matt replied: "Could've been a glitch or you clicked twice in succession and the second one was picked up as an attempt to submit."
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lol that portion of the table is 'here be dragons' territory as far as organic chemists are concerned.Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Fri Oct 07, 2022 1:39 pm @ajk we expect that you got this with no googling
Though it's true that there was probably a bit less googling than for the average solver.
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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Beamed, #111 -Roentgenium :-)
FWIW I get the "Submissions are now closed" message every time after I submit. I assumed it meant that having submitted just now, any further submissions were closed for me, but maybe it's my browser or something.
FWIW I get the "Submissions are now closed" message every time after I submit. I assumed it meant that having submitted just now, any further submissions were closed for me, but maybe it's my browser or something.
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Beamed up at #127 Mugglium - to be discovered at a later date
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I found it more difficult than other Week 1 puzzles, which I have been able to solve with Downs Only, No Instructions. Not this time. I got the idea, but had to Google stuff (I never learned my table manners, especially the newer stuff). To check, I had to look at some Across clues as well. I also discovered, in Googling after I'd submitted my answer, a possible quibble about the title and answer.
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