MGWCC #793 — "Consider the Alternative"

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MGWCC #793 — "Consider the Alternative"

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This week's contest answer is an eight-letter adjective.

Beamed up!
Good luck, fellow Muggles!
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Me too. :) Thought for a second I'd fallen into the Week 2 pit of despair, but eventually saw it.
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A new PDF was issued. Several clues were changed.
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Yeah, my first thought was, "Not another wild Week 2," ugh. But I persevered! Beamed up but still musing on one thing.

What's my alternative today? Coffee, crosswords, cats, and Cubbies! (Wait, that's my regular.)

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Beamed!
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OTB #32

Now, back to chasing the elusive WSJ rabbit.
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This one also took a fair amount of thought, but inspiration finally struck and now I'm safely beamed up at #26. Right at the end the metanism didn't work quite the way I was expecting it to, but the first alternative I tried did work, so all is well.
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Beamed up!
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5th on the board. Noticed the first thing I needed to notice right away, but it took me a bit of time to figure out what to do with that. Seems I was in good company.
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docison wrote: ↑Fri Aug 11, 2023 1:29 pm 5th on the board. Noticed the first thing I needed to notice right away, but it took me a bit of time to figure out what to do with that. Seems I was in good company.
That's kind of where I was as well. Fun puzzle overall, though!
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ky-mike wrote: ↑Fri Aug 11, 2023 1:19 pm OTB #32

Now, back to chasing the elusive WSJ rabbit.
Sending positive thoughts - you've got this!!
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Beamed up. That was fun!
No such luck with WSJ so far.
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Beamed, but I have a serious question which I hope Matt will answer next week.
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Beamed.
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I think there's more than one solving path for this one, so I'll be curious to read people's experiences.
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Awaiting beam up... and @mikeyg Nice beating Jangler.

Now back to digging holes for the WSJ....
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Beamed up. Still no idea about the WSJ, though.
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Oh, please tell me he's not doing what I think he's doing...
I think there's more than one solving path for this one, so I'll be curious to read people's experiences.

If he's doing what I think he's doing there's at least a couple hundred (and I'm not exaggerating) dead ends. Please tell me he's not doing with I'm almost certain he is doing.
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Beamed up!
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Beamed. I needed a course correction. I had gathered way too much information and could not figure out what to keep.
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