MGWCC #802 — “Animal Instinct”

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Beamed. Easy Peasy, as promised. Kind of amazed this was possible!
The other Wendy. :roll:
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Downs-only, no-instructions, submitted without peeking (no guts no glory, right?)… fingers crossed
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on the pad, awaiting confirmation that my atoms reached the appropriate coordinates
used everything god and Gaffney gave me, plus Google for some of the more interesting clues
"Lots of planets have a North", the Ninth Doctor.
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Beamed up. My streak is now at 99.
The pressure is on...

Fortunately, I have no WSJ streak to worry about, because I got nothin'.
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rjy wrote: ↑Sat Oct 14, 2023 12:14 am Downs-only, no-instructions, submitted without peeking (no guts no glory, right?)… fingers crossed
Wow! I’m impressed!

While struggling through that grid, I was thinking, there’s no way anyone could do this downs only.

Way to go! I’m sure you’re right on the meta
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I almost invariably do worse at the “easy” ones because I can come up with so many “right answers” in my own mind. I’ve got what I think could be it and will just submit and cross my fingers.
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BarbaraK wrote: ↑Sat Oct 14, 2023 7:14 am
rjy wrote: ↑Sat Oct 14, 2023 12:14 am Downs-only, no-instructions, submitted without peeking (no guts no glory, right?)… fingers crossed
Wow! I’m impressed!

While struggling through that grid, I was thinking, there’s no way anyone could do this downs only.

Way to go! I’m sure you’re right on the meta
To be fair, the internets were close at hand for the grid fill… normally I will consult only if natick’ed into a corner, but with this grid? Orlando car detailing operation?? Japanese dexterity toys?? I think Matt was totally giving us the google green light…

Oh, and beamed!
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Beamed up.... This one was really fun
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Beamed. I skipped downs only -- I was in a hurry -- but I didn't look at the prompt. I could see what the answer had to be, but then before I submitted, I wimped out and looked. It didn't add much.
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Submitted late last night...Beamed up at #315.
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On the board at #330

Fine dam puzzle.
Last edited by ky-mike on Tue Oct 17, 2023 6:29 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Beamed up!!
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Beamed up!
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Beamed.png
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woozy wrote: ↑Fri Oct 13, 2023 12:43 pm One think about not having a streak to worry about is you can enter pathetic answers like one that obviously fits and *might* be the only thing that does but is just too pathatetic to allow you more than 47% surety.

So submitted. (Actually I'm 82% sure my 47% surety is correct. If the WSJ taught me anything this week it's that math doesn't work)

EDIT: there I am at 61. I wonder if anyone was thrown by the one thing that keeps this from being a hundred percenter and made me need a good five minutes of heavy thinking after seeing the metanism to come up with an answer.
I believe I was. I had a few minutes of "but...?"
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Did anyone wonder if DAM being a mother sheep could have something to do with it and puzzled for a few minutes?
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