I just love the month of March and all of its associations with my favorite color - GREEN! In addition to St. Patrick's Day, we also have the beginning of spring, the aquamarine birthstone, and the money we'll hopefully get back from the IRS this year! There's so much green going on this month that I just had to construct this puzzle. I'd like to thank @boharr, @whimsy, @Wendy Walker, @MarkWoychick, @DrTom, @DavyGravy, and @Joe Ross for testing and technical help.
This month marks the 1-year anniversary of "Smooth Sailing Sundays"! I'd like to thank all of the constructors below who generously contributed puzzles and helped keep the SSShip afloat during her maiden voyage. Hopefully we'll be able to keep her sailing smoothly for another year!
Constructor
#Puzzles
@Wendy Walker
9
@Cap'n Rick
9
@ajk
7
@DrTom
5
@Bird Lives
4
@Darth
4
@schmidzy
4
@cbarbee002
3
@DavyGravy
2
@Clark E Tripe
2
@MarkWoychick
1
@benchen71
1
@MikeyG
1
@schmeel
1
@Abide
1
Re: Wearing of the Green
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2025 6:25 am
by benchen71
Sssolved! Thanks @Cap'n Rick.
Re: Wearing of the Green
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2025 8:21 am
by cbarbee002
Ssssolved - - thx Cap’n! Green Guinness later . . .
Re: Wearing of the Green
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2025 8:35 am
by StunGun
Guinness is brown. How do you make it green????
My wife is requesting piña coladas, as it is warm and this is Smooth Sailing Sunday.
THOSE I can make green!
Happy St. Paddy's to all.
Re: Wearing of the Green
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2025 8:42 am
by Cinny
Sssolved! I feel like I should have solved this while drinking green tea. Thanks, Cap'n!
Re: Wearing of the Green
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2025 8:54 am
by lbray53
Sssolved! Fun one. Thanks.
Re: Wearing of the Green
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2025 9:16 am
by ChrisKochmanski
SSSolved!
Thanks, Cap’n!
Re: Wearing of the Green
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2025 9:36 am
by LarsCaine
SSSolved! I'm colorblind so I guess I'll just have to trust you
Re: Wearing of the Green
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2025 10:13 am
by Dave C
Sssolved. Nice one.
Re: Wearing of the Green
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2025 10:39 am
by MatthewL
Sssolved! Thanks for the puzzle, Cap'n Rick!
Re: Wearing of the Green
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2025 10:40 am
by KayW
SSSolved. Nice one, thanks!
Re: Wearing of the Green
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2025 11:07 am
by Bob cruise director
OTC with a bit of a nudge to get me to the answer I was pretty sure of
And special credit for the clues to 18A, 38A and 1D - normal Rick cleverness
Re: Wearing of the Green
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2025 11:14 am
by ky-mike
Sssolved. Happy St Patrick’s Day!
Re: Wearing of the Green
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2025 11:20 am
by Meg
SSSolved. A lovely solve, Cap'n Rick.
Re: Wearing of the Green
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2025 11:27 am
by jhseeman
SSSolved....nice one Capn.
Re: Wearing of the Green
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2025 11:39 am
by BarbaraK
Sssolved! Happy St Pats all!
Re: Wearing of the Green
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2025 11:57 am
by ajk
Very nice. Although I missed half of it this time around, even though I test solved (in my defense it was like 2 months ago )
Re: Wearing of the Green
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2025 12:40 pm
by Cap'n Rick
Sunday Nudges
Sorry, I almost forgot to post these! You probably won't need them all, but I couldn't stop typing. I'll be traveling this week, so this is kinda like a combination Nudges/Reveal.
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So, the Cap'n said there's a lot of "green" stuff this month. I wonder if there are any "green" entries in this grid?
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Holy cow! I found 6 "green" entries, and their first letters spell something recognizable!
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The clue for 58A says it contains a "hint to solving the meta," so maybe I should try looking UNDER what I have so far.
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Hmm, as @KayW would say, the entries UNDER the "green" entries all seem to be "sportsing" terms.
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Holy cow! The first letters of the 6 "sportsing" entries also spell something recognizable!
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Oh, now I get it! The "sportsing" entries are "wearing" or "have on" the "green" entries - kinda like a "uniform" per 27A.
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Remember, the prompt says the answer is "someone" (i.e. an individual) - not the entire team! And there are 12 letters total.
Re: Wearing of the Green
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2025 1:07 pm
by Darth
SSSolved! I like this one on so many levels,
including grid design. Thanks, Capn! :D
Re: Wearing of the Green
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2025 2:06 pm
by woozy
Got it without the nudges. But my thought process was nearly entirely different.
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Notice the hint first. Saw a few greens (turtle first, then beret) and a focused search found all six. Applied hint but didn't expect it to be so immediate. Valid word so entered it and *rejected*??? huh. Geez. Please don't tell me that's an elaborate easter egg and the mechanism is entirely different. Tried applying the hint in other way with no luck. And *then* at the very last noticed the green things themselves spelled something as well.
There's so much green going on this month that I just had to construct this puzzle. I'd like to thank @boharr, @whimsy, @Wendy Walker, @MarkWoychick, @DrTom, @DavyGravy, and @Joe Ross for testing and technical help. 
SSSolved. Nice one, thanks!
