MGWCC #804 — "Color Matching"
THIS WEEK’S INSTRUCTIONS:
This week’s contest answer is an apt two-word, twelve-letter alternate title for this puzzle.
Solve well, and be not led astray by words intended to deceive.
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MGWCC #804 — "Color Matching"
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Joe Ross
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Brainbow
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MajordomoTom
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LOL
beamed
beamed
"Lots of planets have a North", the Ninth Doctor.
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ajk
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Beamed thanks to another productive Discord group solve
Check out this very cool project by many of your favorite muggles to raise money to fight cancer. You get a fun puzzle bundle and good causes get $. Win-win: Crosswords for Cancer
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ky-mike
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docison
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Very artfully built. One part of the solve i didnt especially enjoy, but a no doubter ultimately. #14 on the board.
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DebbieC
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I'm betting on a low solve submission number until Monday night after midnight (or Tuesday morning - when exactly does Halloween begin?), given the Solve On Halloween badge.
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minimuggle
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Beamed up with the help of discord. Very fun puzzle. Happy weekend all.
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Andrew Bradburn
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Saw what was going on, thought of a possible answer. Looked a bit longer and came up with the solution. Then when submitting, I read my notes a bit...wrongly. Ended up submitted something that got discounted. Even though I included in my submission a note describing how the solve is supposed to work. I know several people here have been granted a solve after making a silly submission mistake. Hope Matt changes his mind before Tuesday, or even by the Q&A tomorrow.
Edit: Apparently my answer, even if it had been correctly submitted, was still just a tiny bit off. So, note to self: check things more carefully before submitting!
Edit: Apparently my answer, even if it had been correctly submitted, was still just a tiny bit off. So, note to self: check things more carefully before submitting!
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MountainManZach
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Edit: looks like my answer was accepted on a later board update!
I might be in the same boat as you, Andrew. Got an answer that seemed so clearly correct that I didn’t bother to let it simmer like I normally would for a week 4. Super curious to learn what I missed!
I might be in the same boat as you, Andrew. Got an answer that seemed so clearly correct that I didn’t bother to let it simmer like I normally would for a week 4. Super curious to learn what I missed!
Last edited by MountainManZach on Mon Oct 30, 2023 5:06 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Katiedid
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Woohoo! Beamed up! #40 on the leaderboard. Solo solve on a week 4! 
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Trish
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Beamed at #37. Totally forgot about the Halloween badge, ugh! Oh well, next year!
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SamKat9
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Tough one. I figured out something I thought was useful but that's as far as I got.
Shannon 
PS: If you want help with a meta, PM what you have so I can help without spoiling too much. I've received lots of help in the beginning and I love to pay it forward!
PS: If you want help with a meta, PM what you have so I can help without spoiling too much. I've received lots of help in the beginning and I love to pay it forward!
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Jeremy Smith
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HunterX
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Solved with collaboration. Submitted. Waiting to be beamed.
Edit: I may have jumped the gun. Looks as if I might have submitted an incorrect answer. But it must have been close, given the valid-seeming metanism.
Edit: I may have jumped the gun. Looks as if I might have submitted an incorrect answer. But it must have been close, given the valid-seeming metanism.
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BarbaraK
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Submitted and reasonably confident, but too much backsolving to call it a lock.
Probably just missed the last update of the evening and will have to wait till morning to see if I’m beamed up or scattered across the quadrant. Time for bed anyway.
Probably just missed the last update of the evening and will have to wait till morning to see if I’m beamed up or scattered across the quadrant. Time for bed anyway.
If you want help with a meta, feel free to PM me. The more specific you are about what you have and what you want, the more likely I can help without spoiling.
(And if I help you win a mug, I’ll be especially delighted.)
(And if I help you win a mug, I’ll be especially delighted.)
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HoldThatThought
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Okay, it seems he's taking at least two answers this week. Flexible Matt.
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HeadinHome
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Solo solve here, and feel *pretty* sure, but we shall see. This was tough… lots of distractions.
Update: yep!
Update: yep!
The other Wendy. 
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ChrisKochmanski
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