Divided Loyalties

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Divided Loyalties

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Divided Loyalties

Apparently there was some kind of sportsball thing yesterday? I find these things very confusing. Anyway, here's a puzzle!



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Everyone seems to be stuck on the couch this morning - maybe in the exact same positions as during last night's sportsball thing. I'm not going to judge, but here's a nudge: sportsball is definitely relevant here.
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I have a sportsball related answer, but I just cannot make it work
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I agree with Ray.
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A couple of us bounced some ideas around and collectively de-couched ourselves. Very clever and elegant, Adam! Thanks for the puzzle!
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OTC, with collaboration. Three heads are better than one. Thanks for the clever challenge, Adam!
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Happy to have joined the three musketeers. Thanks, Adam.
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Off the couch with an assist. Had half of it, but needed a little push to find the other half. Thanks for the puzzle, Adam!
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OTC. Got some help, but that’s OK. Nice one, Adam.
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Yes, this one is more Gordian than Bunny Ears.
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adamsimonlevine wrote: Mon Feb 12, 2024 10:54 am here's a nudge: sportsball is definitely relevant here.
Yeah.... then this just isn't going to happen. Thanks anyway.
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Leaderboard update for the first day!

1. DIS
2. rjy
3. Pair O Ducks
4. boharr
5. MatthewL
6. Meg
7. edestlin
8. Cindy Weatherman
9. Abide
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OTC!

Good one! Thanks, Adam!
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I think I could solve this if I could only complete the grid!
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Last edited by Renee on Sun Mar 24, 2024 3:21 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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OK, time for some nudges.

1. The four geographic locations in the themers each indicate an American professional sports team.

2. 52-Down is a red herring - my mistake!

3. Interesting that I didn't specify which sport...
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Finally! Tried all sorts of things related to one of the 2 words, still not sure how to derive the other lol…
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At the end of the second day, only two more people on the Crosshare leaderboard:
10. I K Snamhcok
11. Berto

More nudges tomorrow - and feel free to DM me if you need a more individualized nudge.
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Renee wrote: Tue Feb 13, 2024 11:24 am I would love a nudge on this. I have what I imagine to be one of the 2 words. I also see an "inverse value" to the elements I used to get the first word hidden in plain sight in the grid, but not any others. (And I think there's only one other of those.) Thank you!
Wikipedia says there are two others, and I also am sure they aren't in the grid. I'm eagerly awaiting the next set of nudges!
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More nudges!

4. The four long entries point to four sports team names that have a specific property. (As Jaclyn observed, there are exactly two other team names that also share this property.)

5. Can those team names be connected in any way to entries in the grid?

6. Can those team names point you to some other list of names?
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