MGWCC #813 — “Ring in the New”

[Joe Ross]

MGWCC #813 — Friday, December 29th, 2023 — “Ring in the New”

THIS WEEK’S INSTRUCTIONS:

This puzzle’s contest answer is a prop often seen on New Year’s Eve shows.

Solve well, and be not led astray by words intended to deceive.


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NOTE: As noted, the Title is now "Ring in the New," where it originally was "Bring in the New" when the text was copied & pasted from Matt's site at this posting's date & time. The email from Patreon received at 12:04 PM ET lists the title as "Ring in the New."

[HoldThatThought]

"Bring" in the New or "Ring" in the
New?

[DrTom]

WOW, over 5 hours out and NO entries - yeesh!!!

[HoldThatThought]

Could have been answered by everyone but you and I, DrTom, no updates since 12:21, to avoid embarrassing us.

[MikeyG]

I didn't know Matt made themeless puzzles.

Let's see what my wildebeest has to say:

"In with the gnu!"

[SamKat9]

Yeah I have no clue on this one so far. I suspected it would be pretty hard!

[hcbirker]

I am lost in space.

[DCBilly]

MGWCC leaderboard is interesting. No correct entries and no updates for seven hours. It may be that there are tons of correct answers in the queue that will pop up when Matt gets back from the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic. The alternative is that there have been no correct entries all day long. I am leaning toward the latter. Matt did promise a nudge Saturday, it better be a good one.

[HoldThatThought]

Given that the leaderboard from last week's puzzle never updated after 11:14, I wonder if, perhaps, the leaderboard app crashed, and the webmaster is trying to rebuild it.

Apparently, it needs recoding that would allow it to handle deadlines beyond the traditional 12 noon on Tuesday.

[MMe]

Who was the nitwit that said he'd probably give us a break this week?!

Found it: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic ... 87#p151787

[Joe]

Psshh. Bu-bye, streak. Not even gonna look at this again. Good luck, everyone else.

[oldjudge]

A puzzle with no solvers after most of a day is a bad puzzle. Hints over the next few days will not change that fact. I'm surprised the test solvers let this be released.

[Joe Ross]

There could be 500 entries by now. As of 12:21 PM ET, today, there was only one entry, which was incorrect. There has been no update since.

[benchen71]

There could be 500 entries by now. As of 12:21 PM ET, today, there was only one entry, which was incorrect. There has been no update since.

Is it possible there have been no updates because there have been no submissions after your attempt to get "1-Across"?

[Joe Ross]

There could be 500 entries by now. As of 12:21 PM ET, today, there was only one entry, which was incorrect. There has been no update since.

Is it possible there have been no updates because there have been no submissions after your attempt to get "1-Across"?

If I had to guess, it's possible. I'd think it's also possible that the site can be updated without following submissions.

[ky-mike]

Just updated. No changes.

[benchen71]

The site just updated! No further guesses and no correct answers.

[Joe Ross]

[HoldThatThought]

I shouldn't be telling any of you this, but the truth is that I have everyone who has ever answered first locked in my basement, watching rare, bootleg home video footage of 45 years of ACPT finals. They're getting restless, though, so I suggest that one of you better hurry up and solve this.

[MikeyG]

This thread is so off the rails, bahaha.

I wonder if we're being punk'd (puzz'd).