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Purr-fect dribbling!

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Puzzle #80 winners: @oldjudge and @Abide
Puzzle #81 winners: @BrennerTJ and I forget who "Rufus T. Firefly" is, but he's probably in some duck soup right now!

Correct entries: 48, tied with last week!



I'm on cloud nine with @BrennerTJ's graphics!

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This was written as a Level 1/2 hybrid (one a month, that's my promise!), so let's split the difference and call it Level 1.5. This one is honor of the NBA, which plays an 82-game season, so there's your tie-in! (They really don't all have tie-ins, I promise.)

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82. We're Supposed to Be a Team

The answer to the meta is NBA team #5.

Deadline is Saturday, February 10 at 1 pm ET.

Good luck, and may all your solves be beautiful!

Mikey G

Fun puzzle--thanks Mikey!

I think I now have the possession arrow. Enjoyable puzzle. Thanks, Mikey.

Fun one. Not my wheelhouse but was straightforward (grid was tough though)

For 3 by 3 I saw the nine boxes and kept looking at the to see if there was anything notable about the squares and not seeing anything notable about the squares. Asked for a nudge and was given the nudge "do you see anything notable about the squares".

And that's what it took.

woozy wrote: ↑Sat Feb 03, 2024 1:43 pm Fun one. Not my wheelhouse but was straightforward (grid was tough though)

For 3 by 3 I saw the nine boxes and kept looking at the to see if there was anything notable about the squares and not seeing anything notable about the squares. Asked for a nudge and was given the nudge "do you see anything notable about the squares".

And that's what it took.

a) It's not in my wheelhouse either, haha.
b) And I'm doing yours and only about halfway through your arduous grid as well! I do like challenges, though!
c) If you write a book on your thought processes on what goes through your mind on each meta, I'd read it.

Fun one, Mikey!

And I agree with your item c) above!

Every time I see TEAM on this site, my brain unscrambles it to META, a technique rarely needed. Nice way to tie in with the puzzle #!

As others have said, fun one! Thanks for the puzzle, Mikey!

I got the answer and I don’t even like basketball. Now baseball…….that’s a game!

GOOOAAALLL! (or is that the wrong sport, haha?)

No problem solving anyway, thanks to Google. Fun and clever as always - Thanks, Mikey!

Solved!
Not my wheelhouse but found meta easier than the grid!! Thanks MG!

Fun solve. Thanks, Mikey. Great clues - as usual!

I wound up taking one for the team, which coincidentally will be the title of the MMM later this month.

Solved! Nice construction, Mikey.

Gneiss!

What a champ! Thanks, Mikey!

Nothing but net!

Swish! Thanks Mikey!

Got there quickly, but not without some dribbling...
Thanks Mikey

Clever one, very gettable mechanism and relatively smooth grid (even with some unusual grid entries). If we’re talking hoops, vastly prefer ACC/NCAA over NBA … our Heels took down the arch enemy Blue Devils last night, and are looking HOT right now! (First love is my alma mater Virginia Cavaliers & their classy coach Tony Bennett — time to get back on top, Hoos!!)