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Re: Bands of Brothers - October 2023
Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2023 4:17 pm
by jhseeman
Solved but only because of a shove.....it was a slog for me. Not one of my favorites...but do respect the meta, was quite well thought out.
Solved the mega last month...still putzing around with it though...trying to guess where it's going. I did have one of the bands right this month.
Re: Bands of Brothers - October 2023
Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2023 5:07 pm
by Jeremy Smith
On the board again after missing the last two.
Re: Bands of Brothers - October 2023
Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2023 7:28 pm
by SeamusOL
Would also appreciate an invite to the Muggles discord server. Might save me from asking for nudges on here.
Re: Bands of Brothers - October 2023
Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2023 10:02 pm
by Dr.Buttbeard
Took me a while to see step 1 but it finally clicked, then took me a while to see step 2 but it finally clicked after realizing I had a wrong answer in the grid! On the board at 80
Re: Bands of Brothers - October 2023
Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2023 10:21 pm
by Abide
Before starting on the October puzzle, I printed out all the past puzzles to make my first effort at the Mega-meta.
After two to three hours of "Mulling", I coda-fied a correct answer.
I then went for broke and guessed at the Red Herring. Well, can't win 'em all.
Re: Bands of Brothers - October 2023
Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2023 2:21 am
by benchen71
Made it to the board after a partner-solve on discord. Thanks,
@ajk! That was fun, after slogging through what felt like nothing for a couple of days.
Re: Bands of Brothers - October 2023
Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2023 2:23 am
by ajk
On the board, thanks to a great group solve with
@benchen71.
Re: Bands of Brothers - October 2023
Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2023 11:31 am
by BarbaraK
Finally got to this one, and glad it didn't turn out to be as hard (for me) as I'd feared it might.
Re: Bands of Brothers - October 2023
Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2023 4:01 pm
by BeaTea
I thought for sure I had it, but not on the board. Anyone care to take a look at what I did and tell me if I was on the right or wrong track?
Re: Bands of Brothers - October 2023
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2023 10:56 am
by BeaTea
BeaTea wrote: ↑Thu Oct 05, 2023 4:01 pm
I thought for sure I had it, but not on the board. Anyone care to take a look at what I did and tell me if I was on the right or wrong track?
Turns out I wasn't exactly wrong. I solved the puzzle on the Washington Post page and printed my solved puzzle. It clearly states the meta is a famous singer. (I'd post a picture of my puzzle but don't know how). Anyway, someone mentioned the meta was a famous band. What?! I looked at the Washington Post site and it seems to have been corrected since I printed. Never thought I should double check with the PMX site. Put a little damper on my solve, but still happy to get it.
Re: Bands of Brothers - October 2023
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2023 3:06 pm
by m5rammy
Hi all, someone want to have look at my notes, and help nudge me back to the ... brotherly way?
thx
Re: Bands of Brothers - October 2023
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2023 7:31 pm
by BarbaraK
BeaTea wrote: ↑Fri Oct 06, 2023 10:56 am
BeaTea wrote: ↑Thu Oct 05, 2023 4:01 pm
I thought for sure I had it, but not on the board. Anyone care to take a look at what I did and tell me if I was on the right or wrong track?
Turns out I wasn't exactly wrong. I solved the puzzle on the Washington Post page and printed my solved puzzle. It clearly states the meta is a famous singer. (I'd post a picture of my puzzle but don't know how). Anyway, someone mentioned the meta was a famous band. What?! I looked at the Washington Post site and it seems to have been corrected since I printed. Never thought I should double check with the PMX site. Put a little damper on my solve, but still happy to get it.
Can you send a photo to Pete? He might give you credit since you figured it out, and he’d want to know about the WaPo issue in case others have the same problem
Re: Bands of Brothers - October 2023
Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2023 2:30 pm
by markhr
Well, I got the WSJ and MGWCC. This one--not so much.
Not on my wavelength at all.
Update: A kind soul gave me a slight nudge to get me going, and that was enough.
Tough puzzle.
Re: Bands of Brothers - October 2023
Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2023 5:29 pm
by pmxwords
BarbaraK wrote: ↑Fri Oct 06, 2023 7:31 pm
BeaTea wrote: ↑Fri Oct 06, 2023 10:56 am
BeaTea wrote: ↑Thu Oct 05, 2023 4:01 pm
I thought for sure I had it, but not on the board. Anyone care to take a look at what I did and tell me if I was on the right or wrong track?
Turns out I wasn't exactly wrong. I solved the puzzle on the Washington Post page and printed my solved puzzle. It clearly states the meta is a famous singer. (I'd post a picture of my puzzle but don't know how). Anyway, someone mentioned the meta was a famous band. What?! I looked at the Washington Post site and it seems to have been corrected since I printed. Never thought I should double check with the PMX site. Put a little damper on my solve, but still happy to get it.
Can you send a photo to Pete? He might give you credit since you figured it out, and he’d want to know about the WaPo issue in case others have the same problem
So sorry about this!
The error has been corrected.
Please do email me if the WaPo prompt prevented you from getting the solution…
Re: Bands of Brothers - October 2023
Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2023 10:00 pm
by m5rammy
On the board, thanks to a gentle nudge to help me focus on some specific things.
Re: Bands of Brothers - October 2023
Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2023 5:41 pm
by Streroto
Got there with some help from a kind muggle. This has been a tough MMMM year at least for me.
Stay well all
Re: Bands of Brothers - October 2023
Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2023 5:49 pm
by burak
Well, I see *a lot of* rabbit holes but nothing of substance. On the plus side, I know now all the bands that have siblings in them and would totally crush a trivia night based on this.
Re: Bands of Brothers - October 2023
Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2023 5:52 pm
by clonefitz
Will post my misadventures on this one after the reveal.
Re: Bands of Brothers - October 2023
Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2023 6:05 pm
by PCP92
Looking for a nudge if anyone would be so kind! Been stuck for a couple days.
Re: Bands of Brothers - October 2023
Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2023 11:16 pm
by mkmf
Awww, got it at 8:10 Pacific time without looking at Pete's clue. Just a little slow at step 2. But knew the last step immediately from all the googling. Fun.