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Re: "In The Hopper" - March 6, 2020
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2020 4:12 pm
by Hector
Well this is unusual... is the puzzle social-distancing itself?
Re: "In The Hopper" - March 6, 2020
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2020 4:22 pm
by Al Sisti
Hector wrote: ↑Thu Mar 12, 2020 4:12 pm
Well this is unusual... is the puzzle social-distancing itself?
Joe Ross offers an interesting observation/prediction: "I think that tomorrow's WSJ Crossword Contest will be late posting due to this past week's time change & a failure to adjust."
Re: "In The Hopper" - March 6, 2020
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2020 4:23 pm
by Hector
All other puzzles this week are at least listed as posted on time, though.
Re: "In The Hopper" - March 6, 2020
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2020 4:30 pm
by Tom Shea
A little off topic but is there a way to get email notifications for the crossword contest puzzle only? I've done them in the past but remember getting one every day, which I don't want.
...asking for a friend.
Re: "In The Hopper" - March 6, 2020
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2020 4:30 pm
by Bob cruise director
My belief is that
1) we had a full moon this week
2) the triskaidekaphobia gremlins got in the system
3) the system was attacked by the coronavirus
4) the market crash held up things
or as Maine Marge suggested to me, someone concluded that large virtual events were included in the cancellations, especially if the participants are in the most vulnerable age group
because it could not be a simple as they forgot to set the clocks ahead.
all over the country, Muggles are having the DT's
Re: "In The Hopper" - March 6, 2020
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2020 4:37 pm
by Al Sisti
Y-you don't suppose they've quarantined the Love Boat, do you? Or worse yet -- the Guinness delivery tanker?
Re: "In The Hopper" - March 6, 2020
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2020 4:38 pm
by Bob cruise director
Al Sisti wrote: ↑Thu Mar 12, 2020 4:37 pm
Y-you don't suppose they've quarantined the Love Boat, do you? Or worse yet -- the Guinness delivery tanker?
GGGGGGGGGGGAAAAAASSSSSSSSSPPPPP
That would be a sacrilege
Re: "In The Hopper" - March 6, 2020
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2020 4:39 pm
by Al Sisti
Nope... I just figured it out. We're going to out-Joon Joon this week: We're gonna try to solve the meta without looking at the title...or the prompt... or the clues... or the grid.
Re: "In The Hopper" - March 6, 2020
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2020 4:41 pm
by MarkL
No puzzle (yet), no college hockey, no NHL hockey, no MLB, not much NCAA bball, fun weekend activities cancelled in Tampa this weekend...
... when do the locusts arrive??
Stay calm, drink Guinness!
Re: "In The Hopper" - March 6, 2020
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2020 4:45 pm
by Tom Wilson
I will miss March Madness ... but this will be the best my bracket has looked for decades.
Re: "In The Hopper" - March 6, 2020
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2020 4:45 pm
by Al Sisti
MarkL wrote: ↑Thu Mar 12, 2020 4:41 pm
No puzzle (yet), no college hockey, no NHL hockey, no MLB, not much NCAA bball, fun weekend activities in Tampa this weekend...
... when do the locusts arrive??
Stay calm, drink Guinness!
"No no, they can't take that away from me..."
Re: "In The Hopper" - March 6, 2020
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2020 4:50 pm
by Jeremy Smith
Al Sisti wrote: ↑Thu Mar 12, 2020 4:37 pm
Y-you don't suppose they've quarantined the Love Boat, do you? Or worse yet -- the Guinness delivery tanker?
Well, they are telling those of us who over 60 years of age that we should stay away from cruises.
Re: "In The Hopper" - March 6, 2020
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2020 4:50 pm
by Alan H
today's puzzle answer is 11 letters long.
Re: "In The Hopper" - March 6, 2020
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2020 4:51 pm
by spotter
Alan H wrote: ↑Thu Mar 12, 2020 4:50 pm
today's puzzle answer is 11 letters long.
CORONAVIRUS
Re: "In The Hopper" - March 6, 2020
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2020 4:54 pm
by Alan H
spotter wrote: ↑Thu Mar 12, 2020 4:51 pm
Alan H wrote: ↑Thu Mar 12, 2020 4:50 pm
today's puzzle answer is 11 letters long.
CORONAVIRUS
faster than Al Sisti even!
Re: "In The Hopper" - March 6, 2020
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2020 4:54 pm
by Alan H
spotter wrote: ↑Thu Mar 12, 2020 4:51 pm
Alan H wrote: ↑Thu Mar 12, 2020 4:50 pm
today's puzzle answer is 11 letters long.
CORONAVIRUS
faster than Al Sisti even!
Re: "In The Hopper" - March 6, 2020
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2020 4:54 pm
by Bob cruise director
spotter wrote: ↑Thu Mar 12, 2020 4:51 pm
Alan H wrote: ↑Thu Mar 12, 2020 4:50 pm
today's puzzle answer is 11 letters long.
CORONAVIRUS
TRIP TO ITALY
Re: "In The Hopper" - March 6, 2020
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2020 5:06 pm
by Bird Lives
So much for the DST hypothesis.
Re: "In The Hopper" - March 6, 2020
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2020 5:13 pm
by itsgioyall
Isaac tested positive...
Re: "In The Hopper" - March 6, 2020
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2020 5:13 pm
by Wendy Walker
OK, we are all a lot poorer than we were last week, but now they are really hitting me where it hurts ... a delayed puzzle?!?!