Share and Share Alike (Jeffrey Harris)

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Share and Share Alike (Jeffrey Harris)

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Share and Share Alike

What eight-letter word is hinted at by this puzzle?
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Solved. I wonder if this is the Jeffrey Harris also known as Jangler?
Excellent puzzle regardless.
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Terrific puzzle!
Good luck, fellow Muggles!
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markhr wrote: ↑Thu Feb 29, 2024 2:09 am Solved. I wonder if this is the Jeffrey Harris also known as Jangler?
The one and the same. Unfortunately I have not been able to channel my inner Jangler. Will sleep on it again.
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Wow, finally got this one after coming back to it multiple times since Wednesday. Had to backsolve one bit, but my answer had to be right.

Well done Jeffrey!
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BarbaraK wrote: ↑Sat Mar 02, 2024 1:13 pm Had to backsolve one bit, but my answer had to be right.
Yes, there was one part I had never heard of, but it was easy to backsolve. Fun puzzle!
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Only in the Fireball-- super meta!
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I finally unlocked step one. Onto step two.
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Chicken and Stars was my backsolve. Knew it had to be an E, so just started going through the puzzle looking at the E entries, then googling the combos when nothing stood out. Soup! Amazing the things I learn about from metas.
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