The Plot Thickens
- KayW
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Off the sportsing couch. Well done, Al!
Loved the shout-out at 1-across.
Loved the shout-out at 1-across.
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- ReB
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Off the couch in time to take a jog around the block. Or at least a walk... Very tightly constructed.
- lbray53
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Same here!
I was trying different versions of what I assumed the mechanism to be and got nothing. Then when I went back and tried them again I was getting different answers. I finally used Joe Ross' spreadsheet so keep track of things and there it was. Very clever! Loved the title and answer.
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Off the couch. It’s always a nice feeling to get the meta and then suddenly understand all of the cryptic comments about people’s solution experiences in the thread.
- TeamDoubleTow
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It sounds like we are in the antechamber of solving. Might have to follow @lbray53 ’s lead and migrate to Excel. The pdf printout has been written all over...so hard to see things on that now.
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Welcome to my world, woozy; welcome to my world lolsobwoozy wrote: ↑Mon Jan 16, 2023 5:07 pmWell, if your intention was to misdirect I bought it hook, line, and sinker. Got nothing but considering how many have it, I figure I'm just looking at precisely the wrong thing.
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- Al Sisti
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Tuesday evening leaderboard:
1 Emma Oxford
2 I K Snamhcok
3 Capn Rick
4 Meg
5 Schmeel
6 oldjudge
7 michaelm
8 boharr
9 MatthewL
10 Tyrpmom
11 rjy
12 lbray53
13 Abide
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16 AaronT
17 woozy
18 Mwoychick
19 KayW
20 ReB
21 Carolyn
22 Hector
23 DIS
24 ChrisCross
25 Ergcat
Seeing some great post-solve comments, both on my Private messages and on Crosshare. For the rest of you, keep at it -- there's no penalty for wrong guesses. Nudges coming tomorrow.
1 Emma Oxford
2 I K Snamhcok
3 Capn Rick
4 Meg
5 Schmeel
6 oldjudge
7 michaelm
8 boharr
9 MatthewL
10 Tyrpmom
11 rjy
12 lbray53
13 Abide
14 Laura M
15 edestlin
16 AaronT
17 woozy
18 Mwoychick
19 KayW
20 ReB
21 Carolyn
22 Hector
23 DIS
24 ChrisCross
25 Ergcat
Seeing some great post-solve comments, both on my Private messages and on Crosshare. For the rest of you, keep at it -- there's no penalty for wrong guesses. Nudges coming tomorrow.
- CPJohnson
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- Al Sisti
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- Cinny
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Off the couch. Needed nudges for a reason I can't mention at the moment. Blunder on my part.
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I had the answer scribbled in my notes and didn’t recognize it. Doh!
Clever puzzle with a nice aha at the end.
Clever puzzle with a nice aha at the end.
- ajk
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Welp, always annoying to need the nudges to make you do what you were already doing but do it carefully enough to make it work.
Fun one. I admit that I missed the added nuance which is quite nice.
Fun one. I admit that I missed the added nuance which is quite nice.
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- MikeyG
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I've been thinking about this puzzle for two days, which is the sign of a great meta. I had an epiphany this morning that might give me something, but those nudges are tempting to take!
- Al Sisti
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You don't need no stinkin' nudges!
- Al Sisti
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If anyone needs an additional nudge, feel free to PM me... I don't want anyone to be/stay frustrated.
- benchen71
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The couch is vacated, thanks to the nudges. Nice one, Al!
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- HeadinHome
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got it. i had the method but was missing one bit because of thinking too literally about the system. Nudge 2 helped.
The other Wendy.
- TeamDoubleTow
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Yes... That was our experience... . Fun puzzle!
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