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MGWCC #807 — Friday, November 17th, 2023 — “That’s a Stretch”

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This looks like it would have been a fun downs-only, no-instructions one, if anyone is on the fence about that

Beamed up, quick one this week.....

Gift from Matt this week

MMe wrote: ↑Fri Nov 17, 2023 3:12 pm This looks like it would have been a fun downs-only, no-instructions one, if anyone is on the fence about that

I'd be curious to know if anyone solves the meta that way-- not sure what your in would be

"Does Ginger Cat exercise?"



"Well, that's a stretch."

Fun one today! Have a great puzzling weekend!

Mikey G

now that was a fun one! Happy weekend

What am I even going to do this weekend with this and the WSJ solved?

Well, the Week 1 became a 2, week 2 became a 3, and now we have the Week 1 replacement. Awaiting beamage.

On the board. Stretched this one into a 17 minute solve, including printing and submitiing.

Joe wrote: ↑Fri Nov 17, 2023 3:43 pm What am I even going to do this weekend with this and the WSJ solved?

ditto

clean the garage?

Awaiting the beam... [Definitely a week 1, but I have a question about that for afterwards...]

... and I'm beamed at #144.

Beamed.

There's that week 1!!!

Joe wrote: ↑Fri Nov 17, 2023 3:43 pm What am I even going to do this weekend with this and the WSJ solved?

MajordomoTom wrote: ↑Fri Nov 17, 2023 3:49 pm [ditto

clean the garage?

What to do? <Shameless plug alert> Solve my SSS on Sunday morning!

And until then, get caught up on last week's SSS, MMM, MOAT, and MEOW.

Dannyvee wrote: ↑Fri Nov 17, 2023 3:19 pm

MMe wrote: ↑Fri Nov 17, 2023 3:12 pm This looks like it would have been a fun downs-only, no-instructions one, if anyone is on the fence about that

I'd be curious to know if anyone solves the meta that way-- not sure what your in would be

I tried but couldn’t get it. This seems like a tough one for downs only with no instructions.

Awaiting beamage...
Last update: 11/17 - 16:24



180. Joe Ross 11/17 - 16:40
Last update: 11/17 - 21:10

Leslie wrote: ↑Fri Nov 17, 2023 4:43 pm

Dannyvee wrote: ↑Fri Nov 17, 2023 3:19 pm

MMe wrote: ↑Fri Nov 17, 2023 3:12 pm This looks like it would have been a fun downs-only, no-instructions one, if anyone is on the fence about that

I'd be curious to know if anyone solves the meta that way-- not sure what your in would be

I tried but couldn’t get it. This seems like a tough one for downs only with no instructions.

I'm glad other people had the same thought!

I enjoy solving the Monday/Tuesday WSJ crosswords with just the across clues, but solving this particular meta with only the downs seems like a whole other level of difficulty.

Extreme solvers, please post your technique on Tuesday!

I tried downs only, but had a bunch of blank squares plus some that turned out to be wrong when I checked the across clues.

I did figure it out without instructions (but checked before submitting). I can't imagine how someone could get the meta downs only and no instructions. If someone does, I'd also love to hear Tuesday about how you did it.

Disagree with his ratings. Week 1 most certainly didn't play as a week 2. It played as a week 3. And week 2 played.... well, as a week 2 in my opinion.

But this one definitely played as a week 1.