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Re: "Mind the Overlap" - October 2020
Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2020 8:01 pm
by BethA
Eric Porter wrote: ↑Wed Oct 07, 2020 11:17 am
Tina wrote: ↑Wed Oct 07, 2020 1:27 am
Woo-hoo! Post-enlightenment strikes again! May have to wait until morning for confirmation, though, unless Pete is a night owl like me. I hope I'm right, because this is one of my favorite songs from the 80s and I am a total 80s girl! I would love to hear Pete perform this.
Pete definitely has an automated program to check answers. If you don't show up quickly, try a hard refresh (ctrl+F5) to reload the leaderboard. Same thing with the star ratings on this site for the WSJCC.
I've spent a fair amount of time on this one. I see a few things which look like they could be on the way to the solution, but I can't complete it. It's frustrating when again I can't see what's so easy for most people.
Not easy for me. Just kept forcing myself to try more things!
Re: "Mind the Overlap" - October 2020
Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2020 11:05 pm
by ChrisKochmanski
Got it. FINALLY. When another solver helped me get out of a terribly contrived rabbit hole. The fixes these metas can get me into!
Re: "Mind the Overlap" - October 2020
Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2020 9:00 am
by Tom Wilson
I'm awash in red herrings ... and I don't even like fish!
Re: "Mind the Overlap" - October 2020
Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2020 12:52 pm
by RPardoe
Solved awkwardly initially, then correctly with a bit more thought.
Re: "Mind the Overlap" - October 2020
Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2020 2:09 pm
by Eric Porter
The puzzle has now been out for 2 days and only 81 people have solved it so far. I shouldn't have called it easy earlier, especially when I've still gotten nowhere. I think I know vaguely what I'm supposed to do, but I can't find anything in my rabbit holes.
Unless I get a new idea in the next few days, I'm giving up on this one.
Re: "Mind the Overlap" - October 2020
Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2020 2:16 pm
by GlennG
Decently fun solve on this one. But like most all metas, I stare at it and see nothing. It is what it is.
Re: "Mind the Overlap" - October 2020
Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2020 3:33 pm
by KayW
Getting nowhere fast on this puzzle. Lots of nowheres. All kinds of rabbit holes, but nothing is panning out. I set it aside for a day and just took a look with what i hoped were fresh eyes and ...still nothing.
Time for Plan B: publicly announce my failure and hope for post-enlightenment!
Re: "Mind the Overlap" - October 2020
Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2020 7:52 pm
by Dplass
KayW wrote: ↑Thu Oct 08, 2020 3:33 pm
Getting nowhere fast on this puzzle. Lots of nowheres. All kinds of rabbit holes, but nothing is panning out. I set it aside for a day and just took a look with what i hoped were fresh eyes and ...still nothing.
Time for Plan B: publicly announce my failure and hope for post-enlightenment!
Or...ask for a nudge. I'm not too proud to ask for a nudge.
Re: "Mind the Overlap" - October 2020
Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2020 9:10 pm
by Laura M
Just realized this is more elegant than I first thought!
Re: "Mind the Overlap" - October 2020
Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2020 10:53 pm
by Conrad
Laura M wrote: ↑Thu Oct 08, 2020 9:10 pm
Just realized this is more elegant than I first thought!
I also had the answer before seeing the elegance. Very clean meta.
Re: "Mind the Overlap" - October 2020
Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2020 10:37 am
by Anita
I needed a small nudge on this, then everything fell into place. Impressive construction!
Re: "Mind the Overlap" - October 2020
Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2020 11:43 am
by KayW
Dplass wrote: ↑Thu Oct 08, 2020 7:52 pm
KayW wrote: ↑Thu Oct 08, 2020 3:33 pm
Getting nowhere fast on this puzzle. Lots of nowheres. All kinds of rabbit holes, but nothing is panning out. I set it aside for a day and just took a look with what i hoped were fresh eyes and ...still nothing.
Time for Plan B: publicly announce my failure and hope for post-enlightenment!
Or...ask for a nudge. I'm not too proud to ask for a nudge.
Neither am I. Just too stubborn
- at least until Sunday.
Re: "Mind the Overlap" - October 2020
Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2020 5:13 pm
by LaceyK
Humming the tune finally (and listening to it on youtube). Yay!
Well parts of several different rabbit holes did end up being important, including the first thing I noticed and tried.
Thank you to the good advice from Beth A to keep trying new things.
Now maybe some of those interesting things I noticed in the grid might be relevant to the mega-meta. Time to look at all 10 puzzles again!
Re: "Mind the Overlap" - October 2020
Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2020 5:23 pm
by Cindy N
And solved. Had a glimmer of the right idea, but didn't apply it correctly at first...or second...or... But found my way and this one is in the books. I've had better luck with my M puzzles this week (MM and MMMM). Back to PGW and WSJ!
Re: "Mind the Overlap" - October 2020
Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2020 9:16 pm
by Thurman8er
Got it.
Gonna spend some time tonight working on the MEGA!
Re: "Mind the Overlap" - October 2020
Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2020 12:35 am
by Cindy N
Speaking of the meta - I have run through a whole list of possibilities without success. If anyone is willing to take a look at my list and let me know if any of them was the right track and perhaps discarded to early...
Re: "Mind the Overlap" - October 2020
Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2020 12:51 am
by FKelly
damefox wrote: ↑Tue Oct 06, 2020 2:04 pm
Number 12 on the leaderboard might be a record for me. I thought this was maybe August-level difficulty.
Don't you just hate it when most everyone thinks its easy or at most medium difficulty. I see plenty of entries points, but no way to tie them up.
I could use a nudge, please.
Re: "Mind the Overlap" - October 2020
Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2020 12:22 pm
by Dannyvee
I wonder if someone could toss a nudge my way. Been staring so long but just not getting anywhere...
Re: "Mind the Overlap" - October 2020
Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2020 12:27 pm
by CalRhody
Hi. Also struggling and slightly relieved to see others are in the same boat. Would appreciate a nudge, please.
Re: "Mind the Overlap" - October 2020
Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2020 12:33 pm
by KayW
Bah. I am about to throw in the towel on this one. Would greatly appreciate a PM if anyone is willing to look over a list of my rabbit holes and give
on anything that might be the right track.
on anything that might be the right track.