"Bread Boxes"

[MatthewL]

I’ll take a nudge… thought I had the trail twice, but dead ends

Same! Two unfruitful rabbit-holes, and given Emma thought it was a week 4, I hit the pause button. Restarting the hunt…

Oh! And an unsolicited PSA for Emma’s benefit: hers and Will’s podcast conversation with the esteemed MikeyG was a very cool listen. There’s quite the handful of IQ pts in that trio!

Me 3 -- thought I had the metanism a couple of times, but can't make it work.

[MikeyG]

Great puzzle! I was a little daunted by the repeating clue for some reason, but it all worked out nicely in the end. Well done! (Yeah, solid Level 2.5 or 3, I'd say!)

[MatthewL]

Finally off the couch, with a little help from a friendly Muggle who let me know I was on the right track and to keep looking. Tricky one. To me, at least, definitely harder than a 2.5. Thanks for the challenge!

[HeadinHome]

Thanks, @MatthewL … that makes me feel less brainless. 2.5??

[jhseeman]

was down a path...beating head against wall saying to myself this has to be it....friendly nudge and poof answer appears.

Neat Meta/puzzle, Thanks

[damefox]

Tuesday evening leaderboard update:

23. benchen71 (via PM on Forum)
24. Katiedid
25. Eric Porter
26. SJMcK
27. Philip Chow
28. Ergcat
29. Mikey G
30. MatthewL
31. david
32. JHSeeman

A week 2.5, a week 3, or a week 4? Who can say at this point? Probably the number of solvers is the best metric - @Abide, do you keep track of that? 32 solvers by Tuesday evening is a week...?

[Abide]

[checks spreadsheets]
[runs metric calculations]

Looks like a 3.14

[BarbaraK]

[checks spreadsheets]
[runs metric calculations]

Looks like a 3.14

So it's as easy as pi?

[Abide]

So it's as easy as pi?

yes, a mincemeat pie

[BarbaraK]

I’m off the couch after a little help from the Tuesday Zoom crew. Very nice!

And I listened to and enjoyed your podcast today too

[Bird Lives]

A rye comment in the Zoom room showed the way; without that, I was a naan-starter. As my son used to say, "Boy, is papadum."

[hcbirker]

Off the couch! Found quite a few different ways to approach the puzzle until I was steered into a different direction, even though I was close. Nice one Emma!

[MaineMarge]

OTC to get me some

Really fun, Emma

[HeadinHome]

@DrTom nudged me to look harder at something I was already doing. Finally got the correct pieces! OTC and looking at that raspberry? pie …

[damefox]

I think I'm supposed to post hints today? If I can figure out how to obscure them on Crosshare (I knew how to do this once but I can't remember and there is no page on Crosshare with instructions) I'll post them on the puzzle itself.

Here are three hints, in increasing order of hintiness:

1. There are six entries that all have the same clue, except the clues are all missing a word (replaced with ?).
2. You need to find the missing word. It is not the same word for all six clues.
3. The missing words are in the clues, specifically at the start of six different clues. After that there's just one more small step...

Update 3pm: I figured out how to include hints in the prompt on Crosshare, so these same three hints are available directly on the puzzle as well.

[rjy]

Nudged off the couch... phew! Already had nudges 1 and 2 covered, but needed 3 to focus on in. Thanks, enjoyed it, Emma!

[haydendog]

Got it! I had the right idea, just couldn’t put it all together without the nudges.

[woozy]

How is difficulty rated? Complexity or difficulty of finding the concept. If so this is the lowest rating above a 1. So a 2. Or if we do decimals a 1.2.

Or by difficulty in finding the concept and carrying it out. If so this is bumped up by nearly two notches. So a 3 or a 3.14. I just can't call this a 4 even though it took me quite a long time to solve. (Actually half an hour to an hour is fair for a three range. Four should be reserved for the half a day to a day and a half puzzles)

Very fun and cute puzzle regardless of the rating.

[DrTom]

OTC to get me some

Really fun, Emma

Gosh I hope my piece is in the mail (suitably dry iced to withstand the trip to Florida)!

You cannot see it of course but I had to wipe drool off the computer twice.

[DrTom]

A rye comment in the Zoom room showed the way; without that, I was a naan-starter. As my son used to say, "Boy, is papadum."

I know how that fear that you are not going to rise to the occasion feels, and I take pita on you.