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"Wide Body" - August 17, 2023

Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2023 9:17 am
by ricky
Contest meta returns after a long break. Enjoy.

http://www.lexicondevil.live/2023/08/pu ... -meta.html

Re: "Wide Body" - August 17, 2023

Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2023 10:31 am
by whimsy
Yes! Just when I thought I had "nothing to do" until 4 PM! :P

Re: "Wide Body" - August 17, 2023

Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2023 8:42 am
by ChrisKochmanski
Ricky, will there be hints? Iā€™m not getting much of anywhere.

Re: "Wide Body" - August 17, 2023

Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2023 10:21 am
by ricky
Sure - DM me what you have

Re: "Wide Body" - August 17, 2023

Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2023 10:22 am
by ricky
Leaderboard so far a bit slim, so hints may be in order

Hector solved at 13:34 on 8/17/2023
Laura M solved at 20:56 on 8/17/2023

Re: "Wide Body" - August 17, 2023

Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2023 11:40 am
by Meg
Hints are very much in order.

Re: "Wide Body" - August 17, 2023

Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2023 9:11 am
by ricky
You can DM me.

I've had some really interesting wrong answers on this one, which hasn't happened in a while.

So anyone who's gotten a wrong-answer response on Crosshare, I'd be interested to know how you got it. Might help me figure out an improved prompt.

Re: "Wide Body" - August 17, 2023

Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2023 9:22 am
by Tom Shea
ricky wrote: ā†‘Sat Aug 19, 2023 9:11 am You can DM me.

I've had some really interesting wrong answers on this one, which hasn't happened in a while.

So anyone who's gotten a wrong-answer response on Crosshare, I'd be interested to know how you got it. Might help me figure out an improved prompt.
Mine were wag's which forced me to look at the puzzle again.

Re: "Wide Body" - August 17, 2023

Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2023 2:32 pm
by Schmeel
I got it. I'm not certain of the mechanism, but I saw something, Ricky assured I was on the right track and I guessed accordingly. It was right!
Thanks for the puzzle!

Re: "Wide Body" - August 17, 2023

Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2023 3:08 pm
by boharr
Got it.

Re: "Wide Body" - August 17, 2023

Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2023 9:17 pm
by ChrisKochmanski
Got it. With help. Good to have you back, Ricky!

Re: "Wide Body" - August 17, 2023

Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2023 10:34 am
by ricky
Thanks! Plus I had another meta idea a couple of days ago so that's good news for September.

NOTE ISSUE: I was trying to renew my domain name and somehow got locked out of the domain name company's site so the name expired and I don't have a way to fix it yet. Hopefully fixed by tomorrow.

The Crosshare version is still available and I recommend everyone use that. Link:

https://crosshare.org/crosswords/9gT3K5 ... -body-meta

Updated Crosshare leaderboard:

Hector solved at 13:34 on 8/17/2023
Laura M solved at 20:56 on 8/17/2023
Rufus T Firefly solved at 9:14 on 8/19/2023
Schmeel solved at 14:29 on 8/19/2023
boharr solved at 15:05 on 8/19/2023
Meg solved at 15:29 on 8/19/2023
Cindy Weatherman solved at 15:29 on 8/19/2023

Re: "Wide Body" - August 17, 2023

Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2023 8:06 am
by ricky
Haven't had any new correct answers in almost 3 days.

Due to the website issue, should I push the deadline back a day or two?

Re: "Wide Body" - August 17, 2023

Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2023 8:22 am
by ricky
ChrisKochmanski wrote: ā†‘Sat Aug 19, 2023 9:17 pm Got it. With help. Good to have you back, Ricky!
Did you submit an answer? I don't see one from you

Re: "Wide Body" - August 17, 2023

Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2023 10:04 am
by Abide
Not sure of the deadline, but I will be DMing you for hints tonight.

Re: "Wide Body" - August 17, 2023

Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2023 1:04 am
by ricky
I'm just going to leave this one open until everyone who wants to solve it feels like they've had a decent crack at it.

Re: "Wide Body" - August 17, 2023

Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2023 1:24 am
by benchen71
ricky wrote: ā†‘Fri Aug 25, 2023 1:04 am I'm just going to leave this one open until everyone who wants to solve it feels like they've had a decent crack at it.
Oh, I've had a decent crack. I definitely need some nudges!

Re: "Wide Body" - August 17, 2023

Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2023 1:49 pm
by markhr
Got it, at last! Now back to MGWCC.

Re: "Wide Body" - August 17, 2023

Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2023 11:28 pm
by ricky
Updated leaderboard:

Hector solved at 13:34 on 8/17/2023
Laura M solved at 20:56 on 8/17/2023
Rufus T Firefly solved at 9:14 on 8/19/2023
Schmeel solved at 14:29 on 8/19/2023
boharr solved at 15:05 on 8/19/2023
Meg solved at 15:29 on 8/19/2023
Cindy Weatherman solved at 15:29 on 8/19/2023
Abide solved at 13:00 on 8/23/2023
markhr solved at 13:47 on 8/25/2023

Re: "Wide Body" - August 17, 2023

Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2023 5:24 am
by benchen71
I'm still wondering what the answer to this meta is! Completely at sea!!