You Can Get There From Here by Peter Abide

STARTING APRIL 30, 2023

Contest Crosswords Combating Cancer (CCCC) is a bundle of 16 meta puzzles created to help raise money for cancer-related organizations. Many of the constructors and test solvers involved with the project are members of the Muggle community. The bundle is available in exchange for a donation to any cancer-related charity. For more information, visit CrosswordsForCancer.com or email CrosswordsForCancer@gmail.com.
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rjy wrote: ↑Mon May 01, 2023 10:15 pm Been parked on step one all day… may have to try the next puzzle of the alphabet and bounce back…
Same - other ones have been falling pretty quickly, but this one is eluding me!
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I confess to having very little willpower when I get stuck and there is the solution available. In a moment of weakness I peeked.

I must say this is absolutely brilliant.
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Again, if you are stuck, send me a pm or email. I can micro-nudge pretty easily on this one.
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Boy I was there with everyone had the beginning but…

Then it hit me; I don’t have good internet access so I can’t check but if I’d otherwise I’d be amazed
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An experience that mirrors @BarbaraK's -- a fairly reasonable guess, and then, oh look! confirmation!

It took me an extra moment to appreciate the wording of clue 5D; but I did!
Wonderful construction, Peter! Thanks.
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Great one and fun one to start off the trip. (I'm going alphabetically)

Caught step one pretty quickly, got up made lunch sat down and it jumped off the puzzle right at me.

Thanks @Abide .
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now for today's trivia

What Aerospace and Defense company owned Amana and used them to commercial market a product that came from the defense industry?
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jhseeman wrote: ↑Thu May 04, 2023 3:27 pm now for today's trivia

What Aerospace and Defense company owned Amana and used them to commercial market a product that came from the defense industry?
The product has got to be the Amana RadarRange but no idea who the parent company was.
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BarbaraK wrote: ↑Thu May 04, 2023 4:42 pm
jhseeman wrote: ↑Thu May 04, 2023 3:27 pm now for today's trivia

What Aerospace and Defense company owned Amana and used them to commercial market a product that came from the defense industry?
The product has got to be the Amana RadarRange but no idea who the parent company was.
You are correct on the product the company was Raytheon
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It took me a while, but I got there! Very clever - Thanks Peter!
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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We loved this one! Thanks so much for the clever puzzle @Abide !
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KayW wrote: ↑Fri May 05, 2023 4:59 pm It took me a while, but I got there! Very clever - Thanks Peter!
My wheels are still spinning! Hoping an epiphany will strike out of the blue!
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MikeyG wrote: ↑Sun May 07, 2023 6:36 pm
KayW wrote: ↑Fri May 05, 2023 4:59 pm It took me a while, but I got there! Very clever - Thanks Peter!
My wheels are still spinning! Hoping an epiphany will strike out of the blue!
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Out of the blue... vending machine perhaps? (I seem to be partial the the 2x4's myself)
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I'm stuck on step one but not giving up yet!
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Solved everything else in the CCCC, but still parked on this one. Not soliciting nudges……………yet
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Was in the rain over this one, put it aside, and took another look after solving Richard Allen's - and at my first glance, the clouds parted and the sun came out. Thoughtfully constructed.
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Finally got this with the slightest of nudges from Peter. Just brilliant! Had most of the pieces, but like BarbaraK above, I guessed the answer and figured OK, that's kind of cool. Then I saw the final piece... wow! Really great, Peter!
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Loved it, Peter! I started working on this a while ago and got distracted by who knows what. This afternoon as I was cleaning up my crossword "pile" (puzzles I've printed and put in a big basket beside my favorite chair), I realized I'd never gotten around to finding the meta. It took one quick look, and there it was, staring me in the face! Thank you!
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Hidden in 3D wrote: ↑Mon May 22, 2023 3:00 pm It took one quick look, and there is was, staring me in the face!
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Great puzzle, clueing, and meta - thanks, @Abide!
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