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#25 - "Apple-Pie Order"
Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2020 12:25 pm
by BrianMac
New Fireball contest by Peter Gordon.
The prompt asks What thing associated with the United States is hinted at by this puzzle?
The deadline is 6 p.m. (Eastern time) on Sunday, June 21.
Enjoy and good luck!
Re: #25 - "Apple-Pie Order"
Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2020 2:35 pm
by Hector
Fun. There was a similar mechanism in some puzzle a ways back...
Re: #25 - "Apple-Pie Order"
Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2020 5:01 pm
by oldjudge
Got it, with a confirmation I was on the right path. I thought it was a really neat puzzle with plenty of potential rabbit holes.
Re: #25 - "Apple-Pie Order"
Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2020 5:29 pm
by Cindy
Solved
Re: #25 - "Apple-Pie Order"
Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2020 6:32 pm
by Tina
Enjoyed this one! Just the right amount of challenge!
Re: #25 - "Apple-Pie Order"
Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2020 9:17 am
by ChrisKochmanski
Got it!
Re: #25 - "Apple-Pie Order"
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2020 9:41 am
by Beth Tyrpin
Sent in an answer with less than 100% confidence.
Re: #25 - "Apple-Pie Order"
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2020 10:14 pm
by Abide
I carried this grid around town in my back pocket for last two days. Lasered in on it this afternoon. A very satisfactory solve.
Re: #25 - "Apple-Pie Order"
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2020 10:59 pm
by Al Sisti
...still fighting it. Your back pocket, you say?
Re: #25 - "Apple-Pie Order"
Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2020 2:57 pm
by RPardoe
Puzzle has been sitting on my desk taunting me as I work on other metas.
Looked at it this morning, and the light goes on - and solved. (No doubt about the solution in my mind.)
Re: #25 - "Apple-Pie Order"
Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2020 4:12 pm
by RunRuskyRun
Forgot about this until last night (has anybody else suddenly been receiving their Fireball emails to a hidden gmail filter?). THIS. This is the sort of "Am I having a paranoid psychotic break?" stuff I subscribe for.
Re: #25 - "Apple-Pie Order"
Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2020 6:07 pm
by RunRuskyRun
RPardoe wrote: ↑Sat Jun 20, 2020 2:57 pm
Puzzle has been sitting on my desk taunting me as I work on other metas.
Looked at it this morning, and the light goes on - and solved. (No doubt about the solution in my mind.)
Hey wait, that's you. Congrats!
Re: #25 - "Apple-Pie Order"
Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2020 6:15 pm
by BrianMac
Congrats!! That's two Muggles in a row winning Fireball. And two in a row I didn't solve!
Re: #25 - "Apple-Pie Order"
Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2020 6:19 pm
by RPardoe
RunRuskyRun wrote: ↑Sun Jun 21, 2020 6:07 pm
RPardoe wrote: ↑Sat Jun 20, 2020 2:57 pm
Puzzle has been sitting on my desk taunting me as I work on other metas.
Looked at it this morning, and the light goes on - and solved. (No doubt about the solution in my mind.)
Hey wait, that's you. Congrats!
Thanks...was pleasantly surprised when I got the email from Peter Gordon with the news.
Re: #25 - "Apple-Pie Order"
Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2020 7:15 pm
by Beth Tyrpin
No wonder I didn’t like the answer I got. Nevada has VA inside. Delaware has LA inside. Maine has Indiana inside. The highways that connect the pairs in order are 70, 81 and 90. Interstate Highway System. And, that’s why saying it’s a 100% answer is a spoiler. If anyone had said it I would have known I was wrong.
Congratulations RPardoe.
Re: #25 - "Apple-Pie Order"
Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2020 8:06 pm
by RunRuskyRun
Nebraska...
Re: #25 - "Apple-Pie Order"
Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2020 8:34 pm
by Beth Tyrpin
A little salt in my wounds. I didn’t even realize I had the wrong abbreviation for Nevada. Hilarious. When I drop the ball I go big!