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That cat in front isn't having it, haha.

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The Winter Solvestice has now concluded, and I thank you all for playing! More prizes by random draw to be awarded throughout April and May!

Puzzle #90 answer: PERPENDICULARITY

Correct entries: 35, with maybe fewer than 10 on a solo solve.



@BrennerTJ with a graphic that's right on time!

Explanation: The four letters in the corner "L"s (N, D, U, and L) only appear once else in the grid. Move that two-by-two square so the other iteration of the letter occurs in the same position in the 2-by-2 corner. The new sixteen letters spell our meta answer PERPENDICULARITY, which does relate to right angles! (Easy to type that out quickly but perilously challenging to see).

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We're looking at a Level 3 this time, and I have a slightly easier one (2/2.5) planned for two weeks from now.

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91. You'll Turn It Around

The answer to the meta is a 2-word phrase you might say when you solve it.

Deadline is Saturday, April 20 at 1 pm ET.

Good luck, and may all your solves be beautiful!

Mikey G

Pun and done!

(Yes, that’s feeble. Mikey, you need to come up with a catchphrase for us to use when we solve a Pun of a Kind. I think it should be a pun.)

I kinda like "Pun & Done" --
And with its Mikey-centric vibe, it at least might help keep us from getting confused with couches, and hisssssing creatures, and navigating corners, and beams, and shores, and.....

pun and done! thanks mikey

ChrisKochmanski wrote: ↑Sat Apr 13, 2024 2:22 pm Pun and done!

(Yes, that’s feeble. Mikey, you need to come up with a catchphrase for us to use when we solve a Pun of a Kind. I think it should be a pun.)

Honestly, I kind of like this!

As I've alluded to before, we all have Ted Shane to thank (or blame lol) for this. My dad avidly collected Dell crossword magazines in the 1970s and 1980s (I'd love to find some of those), and Ted Shane's "Crazy Crossword" often made an appearance. Here's an article from the 1980s by the late Maleska that goes into a bit of that.

pchow13 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 13, 2024 3:08 pm pun and done! thanks mikey

Now I'll be onto yours soon! Better brush up on my nuclear physics!

Well, that took awhile! Thanks @ChrisKochmanski for the nudge!

I too thank @ChrisKochmanski And Mikey!

Pun and done -- Thanks, Mikey!

Pun and done - thanks for the puzzle!

I'm trying to turn it around, but so far I'm just getting dizzy...


I'll try to stop and wait for nudges

^^ And are those boomerangs on the wall?!

^^ya know, I hadn't noticed but I think you are right! Very apt for this meta. (Wouldn't it be funny if that turns out to be the answer? - which means of course I still don't have a clue so it would be a completely inadvertent spoiler. And I actually did try submitting that just now, to make sure it WASN'T the answer before making this post and calling further attention to it...)

KayW wrote: ↑Sun Apr 14, 2024 5:35 pm ^^ya know, I hadn't noticed but I think you are right! Very apt for this meta. (Wouldn't it be funny if that turns out to be the answer? - which means of course I still don't have a clue so it would be a completely inadvertent spoiler. And I actually did try submitting that just now, to make sure it WASN'T the answer before making this post and calling further attention to it...)

I'm trying to think if I submitted any meta at all in my 4-year history or so on a complete whim and have that work. Probably a few times!

Only 18 so far, which makes me think this is starting to trend a bit toward Level 4. Early couple of nudges tomorrow if the Cubbies win!

MikeyG wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 12:54 am Only 18 so far, which makes me think this is starting to trend a bit toward Level 4. Early couple of nudges tomorrow if the Cubbies win!

You are a cruel, CRUEL man, keeping muggles in wait...

Pun and done. Like it! :D

Let’s go cubbies….

WE DID IT IN EXTRA INNINGS. DID YOU SEE NICO HOERNER? KEEGAN THOMPSON IS ALSO BACK! WHAT A GAME.

Ahem. But you're here for the nudges, so let's start with a triplet (one for each run in our 3 - 2 victory!).

1. We have four numbers, and I could've had a...few? (maybe?) other two-digit numbers. But I was limited.

2. A lot of numbers seem to repeat in those numbers, so there must be something special about those digits.

3. The only four digits used in the numbers are 1, 6, 8, and 9. They must have something in common.

4. Think of what we can do with those numbers, especially in conjunction with the title.

Okay, four nudges (I'm just extra excited).

Pun and done! Nudges helped immensely.

Never without Nudge 2 and maybe 3.