"Dropdown Menus" - February 25th, 2024

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"Dropdown Menus" - February 25th, 2024

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Puzzle #98: Dropdown Menus
  • Difficulty: Medium
  • The answer to this week's meta is a phrase you might see on some online menus.
  • As usual, no Googling here.
The deadline for this puzzle is 9:00am eastern time on Sunday, March 3, 2024.

Dino me, thanks Will!
-HB
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#2

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Another dino over here, please! This was fun, thanks for the puzzle, Will!
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🦕🦕. Happy Sunday!
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Box vacated. Thanks, Will.
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Dino me - thanks for the puzzle!
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:crossed_swords: :rabbit: :sauropod: DINO ME - nice one. Thanks, Will!
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The rare insta-solve. Things are looking up after the recent spate of toughies in other venues. Fun one, thanks!
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That was fun! Thanks Will!
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Absolutely entertaining! Thanks for the fun, as always! 🦕
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Thanks, Will.
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Dino me!

Though I needed a nudge.

Very cool!

Thanks, Will!
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Dino me!

When I finished the puzzle, I looked at it for a little while but didn't see anything.

I took a walk, then another look and couldn't believe I didn't see it earlier.

Thanks, Will!
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I'm out of the box! Fun one!
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Eric Porter wrote: Sun Feb 25, 2024 4:25 pm Dino me!

When I finished the puzzle, I looked at it for a little while but didn't see anything.

I took a walk, then another look and couldn't believe I didn't see it earlier.

Thanks, Will!
I'm trying that method, still nada.
"Lots of planets have a North", the Ninth Doctor.
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Q: where was the announcement that PB is coming to an end? I checked this season's emails and didn't see anything.
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ricky wrote: Sun Feb 25, 2024 7:16 pm Q: where was the announcement that PB is coming to an end? I checked this season's emails and didn't see anything.
In his first email of the season, the December 24th puzzle:
Some details about Season 6: After much thought, I'm planning for this to be the last full season of Pandora's Blocks. Other things in my life (e.g. searching for full-time jobs for post-graduation) are taking up more time now than they were 3.5 years ago when I started this email list. I don't love the idea of having a full year of hiatus in between seasons, and I also just don't have the overwhelming number of new ideas for puzzles coming to me now the way I used to. So, I'd like to finish with a bang - 12 more puzzles that I'm really excited about, and then we'll wrap things up. And, of course, we'll have one final mug drawing at the end of the season.
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Dino me. 🦕 Needed a nudge since I was thinking of something entirely different.
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Out of the box - thanks, Will!
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Eric Porter wrote: Sun Feb 25, 2024 4:25 pm When I finished the puzzle, I looked at it for a little while but didn't see anything.

I took a walk, then another look and couldn't believe I didn't see it earlier.

Thanks, Will!
Hey, that worked! After a long break, I came back and saw it right away.
Nice one, Will.
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Super puzzle, Will! Thanks!
Good luck, fellow Muggles!
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