MGWCC #779 — "Title Role"

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MGWCC #779 — "Title Role"

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MGWCC #779 — Saturday, May 6th, 2023 — “Title Role”

On to Week 1 of 4 in May.

THIS WEEK’S INSTRUCTIONS:

No instructions given here since there are no-instructions options this week.

NOTE: Due to the late post, the deadline for submitting entries to this meta is Wednesday, May 10th, at noon ET.


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I need my last badge-- first to solve.

No guts, no glory... submitted at 12:02.

edit: Hard to beat e.a. at 12:01, but #2 is my best. Actually, I think there should be a badge for #2 ;)
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Abide wrote: ↑Sat May 06, 2023 12:05 pm I need my last badge-- first to solve.

No guts, no glory... submitted at 12:02.
So close, Peter! Just needed to send a virus to bog down EA's computer.

I'm right behind you at #3. Grid a little thornier than the usual week 1.
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Abide wrote: ↑Sat May 06, 2023 12:05 pm I need my last badge-- first to solve.

No guts, no glory... submitted at 12:02.

edit: Hard to beat e.a. at 12:01, but #2 is my best. Actually, I think there should be a badge for #2 ;)
My heart is breaking. As soon as I saw that (before this board), I checked your achievements. So close!! (I have four "bronzes," and those are all my medals to date.)
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Abide wrote: ↑Sat May 06, 2023 12:05 pm
edit: Hard to beat e.a. at 12:01, but #2 is my best. Actually, I think there should be a badge for #2 ;)
I suppose to be crossword-compliant, it would need to be 2-Down.
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Beaming up!
The other Wendy. :roll:
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On the board at #23!
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#41. Nice week 1 from Matt

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Nice one.... Loved this
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On the board.
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Beamed.
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Blipped the blap
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Beamed, and happy for a week1 while on the road
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Beamed aboard. Not in the top 100 but first page here!
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Abide wrote: ↑Sat May 06, 2023 12:05 pm I need my last badge-- first to solve.

No guts, no glory... submitted at 12:02.

edit: Hard to beat e.a. at 12:01, but #2 is my best. Actually, I think there should be a badge for #2 ;)
Saw you at number2, ....yeah there's a joke there....dang, so close and great guess on your part.
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Beamed!
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I think I’ve beamed up. When I submitted, it seemed like something weird happened, but I navigated away before seeing exactly what. Will just wait til the next update and try again if it didn’t go through.
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Awaiting the beam...

... and beamed!
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Awaiting transporter beam. Grid was hard for me. And I’ve never seen the answer. So it took me a couple of minutes to figure it out.
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Beamed up. Downs only, no prompt. You don't get a badge for that, and forget about a low number on the board, but it's more interesting.
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