MGWCC #790 — “To What Lengths Will You Go?”

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MGWCC #790 — “To What Lengths Will You Go?”

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MGWCC #790 — Friday, July 21st, 2023 — “To What Lengths Will You Go?”

Well, I hope that today’s puzzle will play like a Week III, or even Week II since last week's was so tough!

THIS WEEK’S INSTRUCTIONS:

This week’s contest answer is a word that describes how contest crosswords should be written

Solve well, and be not led astray by words intended to deceive.

–Matt


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Haven't been able to focus on WSJ yet, but saw the path here early and have submitted. 7th on the board.
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I pewtered (4th place), so I'll take it! Level 2.5 or 3 at the most in my eyes. Good luck!

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MikeyG wrote: ↑Fri Jul 21, 2023 2:19 pm I pewtered (4th place), so I'll take it! Level 2.5 or 3 at the most in my eyes. Good luck!
Looks like that was Matt's intention since last week played so hard.
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I totally struck out last week, whereas I saw the metanism pretty quickly this week, so I'm much happier now. I'm #14 on the leaderboard after a slightly delayed start.
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In at number 16. Now back to the WSJ, which I'm finding to be many, many times harder this week.
Or maybe it's just me.
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Really fun! I learned my lesson from one that baffled me a few weeks back.
Good luck, fellow Muggles!
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Nice construction
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Beamed, thanks once again to a kindly nudge for the last little bit.
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beamed!
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Submitted, just missed an update but confident. Definitely closer to a Week 2 than last weeks IMO.

Update: #29! Not bad for a late start (~1.5 hours after release). I have a theory why this might be playing easier for some...
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Seductive rabbit hole in this one, felt like it HAD to be the right path, but it was totally irrelevant.
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OK, waiting for the next update. That was a challenge!
Edit: energized.
Last edited by Meg on Fri Jul 21, 2023 7:03 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Just submitted. Confident in my answer. Very fun solve once I figured out what was going on.

Now back to the more difficult (to me) WSJ meta.
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What ky-mike just said. Confident (a common bit of software helped), but still with Isaac on the other one.
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Wendy Walker wrote: ↑Fri Jul 21, 2023 3:06 pm Really fun! I learned my lesson from one that baffled me a few weeks back.
I might have learned the same lesson.
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Beamed on this one. Still surrounded by the sea on the WSJ.
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Beamed!

Very cool!
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Haha, soo meta. Snuck into it by being on Discord just before Eckless used the eraser. #64 with help.
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Beamed.
My goal for next week is to download the puzzle successfully before Jangler has successfully solved it.
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