MGWCC #810 — “Crave Cold”

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MGWCC #810 — “Crave Cold”

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MGWCC #810 — Friday, December 8th, 2023 — “Crave Cold”

THIS WEEK’S INSTRUCTIONS:

This week’s contest answer is a six-letter adjective that I hope you’d apply to this meta.


Solve well, and be not led astray by words intended to deceive.
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#1 on the board, must have snuck in seconds before Neville. Fun week 2.
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Great puzzle, and beamed up at lucky #7! Now I have other equally important stuff to do, such as:

SSS
MMM
MOAT
MEOW

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Fun one! I'm on the board at #23, which I believe is a personal MGWCC best!
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Beamed up at #21, nosing out Peter Gordon mwahaha
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That was fun. Sure to be beamed aboard soon. Back to the WSJ..........
Happy to give nudges. If you notice I've solved, please tell me about avenues you've explored so I can nudge you in the right direction and not off a cliff.
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Solved via group Discord effort. Shout out to @Jeremy Smith for the key insight!
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Joe wrote: ↑Fri Dec 08, 2023 12:43 pm That was fun. Sure to be beamed aboard soon. Back to the WSJ..........
Exact opposite for me.

What the ....? Makes no sense at all.

EDIT: Okay, got it. It's done. The world moves on and very quickly forgets. ... your mileage may vary.... (This one will not be making my top 80% list)

EDIT: There I am at #83.... And, oh, look.... I earned a 10 week badge.... be still my heart....

EDIT 3: Hmm.... I solved it. But judging by the way people are describing it, I must be missing something essential. When the deadline passes I hope someone will tell me what it is.
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Fun one. On board at 48.
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On the board! #39
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Beamed after another fun collaboration with the Discord gang!
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Beamed up with some friendly help from discord group solve. Happy weekend
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Beamed up at #47, just nudging out Markhr.

Fun one.
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Beamed.
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Beamed at #100! One of my favorites in recent memory, just challenging enough to be fun.
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#118. I spent about ten minutes with a wrong letter. I knew it had to be wrong, but the path leading to it was very amusing.
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Badly Beamed - 94. Joe Ross 12/08 - 13:40

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Beamed!

Good weekend for fun and challenging, but not TOO hard, metas — with this and WSJCC. Thanks, Mike and Matt!
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I missed the discord group solve (which has been an easy crutch as of late) as I started late, so I just had to figure it out on my own. Awaiting the transport to wherever we get beamed to when we solve.

Edit - #135 with a streak of 74
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That was really fun and really clever.
Good luck, fellow Muggles!
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