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OTC, but mostly due to Schmidzy's comment. We ended up solving it both ways.

KayW wrote: ↑Mon Jan 15, 2024 1:40 pm

schmidzy wrote: ↑Mon Jan 15, 2024 11:59 am Oh no! Thanks to some friendly comments, I've realized a big oversight on my part. As it turns out, there's not one but TWO different ways to arrive at the answer ... and the second way is much simpler. More to come in the Wednesday nudges (and of course the reveal) but for now, sincere apologies to all of you who are left feeling confused, and I promise to check my work more carefully next time around.

(And if you feel charitably inclined, consider that extra piece a "bonus puzzle" ... there is a way to get from there to the same answer!)

Indeed I do consider that a bonus puzzle -thanks! Back to the board. I'm curious to see which of the paths I found...

I'm super curious as well!! i don't see the second path yet... if i can't find it, i'll just wait for the reveal
edit: found the second and harder path thanks to reading comments ... i'd like to revise my comment about the title doing double-duty to triple-duty now

Solved. But, staying on the couch under my blanket today!
Thanks for the puzzle!

Finally OTC. There's rabbit holes, and then there's this puzzle setting a trap that everyone will fall into. It really slowed me down.

Can’t spot the second method, but the (I assume) intended one worked just fine, with a slight hitch you can recover from intuitively. OTC!

hcbirker wrote: ↑Mon Jan 15, 2024 5:12 pm OTC! Had to Google. Thanks for the puzzle!

Ditto!

I was confused for a bit but now I'm off the couch, thanks @schmidzy !

Off the couch.

OTC! Thanks for a fun, well crafted puzzle!

Aaand, I'm off the couch. Lovely - I think I got this the hard way, in which case, what a concise mechanism here!

I'm also very amused by the clues in this grid: 12-D, 13-D, and 47-D are all fantastic punning. Great work all around.

Good morning muggle friends, and thank you all for a great turnout yesterday. 52 solvers on day 1 -- which I hope means my little oversight isn't holding too many of you back. Another update tomorrow along with some nudges, but for now, the leaderboard:

DCBilly
KayW
EdBogie
Strereto
Mwoychick
Darth
Meg
Adam Doctoroff
LarsCaine
Dave C
JHSeeman
Cindy Weatherman
woozy
Philip Chow
boharr
MatthewL
Ergcat
JM
Mikey G
Tom Wilson
damefox
DIS
FrankieHeck
rjy
Sharkicicles
Hector
Berto
Laura M
Jaclyn
david
whimsy
LB800
Carolyn
Abide
benchen71
BarbaraK
Danny K Bernstein
heidi
Anita and Steve
Gutman
kymike
imontoo
HeadinHome
I K Snamhcok
Sally H
lbray53
SamKat9
Adam Simon Levine
Schmeel
Rick
Dow Jones
Quiara

Off the couch...thanks for the puzzle!

OTC on a rainy Tuesday in Florida (but it beats the colder precipitation by a bunch)

OTC! Thanks for the puzzle!

Off the couch with the help of Google. Curious to see what the second method of solving is. I'm lucky if I find one! Thanks!

Off the couch! Thanks, Schmidzy!

Happily off the couch. Thanks Schmidzy!

Day 2, 16 more solvers (for a total of 68!):

Wendy Walker
Qmark
edestlin
kurtalert
DrTom
hoover
Cindy Heisler
Jeremy Smith
CPJohnson
Johnny Luau
DrButtBeard
minimuggle
Eric Porter
andeux
Max
LindaPRmaven

Nudge time!

1. Say the title out loud. Does it sound like anything?

2. Four themers look like they might be holding some cash.

METHOD 1:
3. It sure is hard being this rich, I hardly have space to write about all my wealth! Wouldn't it be nice if there were a shorthand?

METHOD 2:
3. Mexico? Nah... been there, done that. I'd rather go to Peru!

OTC, but the comments here kept me on the couch, overthinking, for too long. The nudges confirmed my original hunch.