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Taking One for the Team
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2024 6:45 am
by Bird Lives
In anticipation of the football game next Sunday, the prompt for today’s MMM is:
The answer is an entertainer at a past Super Bowl Halftime show.
Some Googling may be necessary, depending on your knowledge in various categories. As for difficulty, FanDuel lays this one at 2½.
Thanks to
@Abide for test solving and wise counsel and to
@Joe Ross for making the theme-designating asterisks easier to distinguish from quotation marks. He has also upgraded the font you see in the .pdf below from Roboto to Nunito Sans for what our typographical team assures us is a more professional look.
Taking One for the Team
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Re: Taking One for the Team
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2024 7:27 am
by Joe Ross
Thanks to Jay @Bird Lives for stepping in last-minute with this puzzle, then his patience, counsel, & willingness to edit while we all worked out the font issue.
Re: Taking One for the Team
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2024 9:05 am
by ky-mike
Off the couch. Great way to start Super Bowl week.
Re: Taking One for the Team
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2024 9:32 am
by Meg
OTC. Nice one, Jay!
Re: Taking One for the Team
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2024 10:42 am
by boharr
Off the couch. Till Sunday. Thanks for a clever puzzle, Jay.
And thanks to @Joe Ross for the work on those asterisks. So eye saving.
Re: Taking One for the Team
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2024 1:46 pm
by woozy
67A .... well, that's cheery... hopefully I might have solve this meta by then.
(I think I have the key, but I can't get it together.)
Re: Taking One for the Team
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2024 2:21 pm
by Dave C
OTC - well done, Jay.
Re: Taking One for the Team
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2024 2:48 pm
by minimuggle
I keep thinking I have found the key but can't get it to work....
Re: Taking One for the Team
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2024 2:53 pm
by HeadinHome
Really don’t know what to do with this one. I see some things that sort of have commonality, but some are just ???. Intrigued. And waiting for a nudge.
UPDATE - got a little nudge from @boharr … still took quite a while, with some lists in front of me and lots of searching searching searching. And a few extra guesses on Crosshare.
OTC and now I need a nap!
Re: Taking One for the Team
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2024 3:00 pm
by rjy
HeadinHome wrote: ↑Mon Feb 05, 2024 2:53 pm
Really don’t know what to do with this one. I see some things that sort of have commonality, but some are just ???. Intrigued. And waiting for a nudge.
Same here... a rabbit hole or two, but myriad dead ends. Time for the set-it-aside-and-come-back tactic
Re: Taking One for the Team
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2024 3:29 pm
by benchen71
Off the couch! Surprised myself!!
Re: Taking One for the Team
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2024 3:45 pm
by MatthewL
Off the couch. Very clever one, Jay! Thanks for the puzzle.
Re: Taking One for the Team
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2024 4:23 pm
by woozy
Is it just me or has the TAB key stopped working on CrossHare after the grid is complete? *VERY* annoying.
Re: Taking One for the Team
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2024 4:25 pm
by HeadinHome
CrossHare has been doing some interesting things… yesterday it dumped a few of my answers out and I had to fill the in again. ?
Re: Taking One for the Team
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2024 6:05 pm
by Anita
That was a wild ride but I believe we've got it now. Off the couch!
Re: Taking One for the Team
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2024 6:19 pm
by KayW
Re: Taking One for the Team
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2024 7:18 pm
by lbray53
Pretty sure I have it but Crosshare will not allow me to submit. I solved on paper and now cannot get to the page where I select reveal puzzle and then go to the submission page.
EDIT: Once I revealed the nudges in Crosshare I was able to see the grid and reveal to get to the submission form.
Great puzzle Jay!
Re: Taking One for the Team
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2024 7:48 pm
by Streroto
OTC. Super fun and clever. Nice AHA moment.
Stay well all
Re: Taking One for the Team
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2024 8:26 pm
by woozy
HeadinHome wrote: ↑Mon Feb 05, 2024 4:25 pm
CrossHare has been doing some interesting things… yesterday it dumped a few of my answers out and I had to fill the in again. ?
That happened to me once over this weekend. All in all though I've gotten a lot out of crosshare so I shouldn't complain too much.