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"Closing Rates" - February 7, 2021
Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2021 8:45 am
by hashbrown
Guest constructor Shmuel Schmell this week with a great debut!
Puzzle is rightly scored at 3/10 on the Complexity Scaleβ’.
Crosshare Link:
https://crosshare.org/crosswords/V1vlhLhJMvQGksbl2e59
Re: "Closing Rates" - February 7, 2021
Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2021 8:46 am
by BarbaraK
I'm out of the box. Unconfirmed, but a no-doubter.
Great puzzle! Hope to see more from Shmuel.
Re: "Closing Rates" - February 7, 2021
Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2021 8:47 am
by Meg
Re: "Closing Rates" - February 7, 2021
Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2021 9:33 am
by dudeski
Fun one. Out.
Re: "Closing Rates" - February 7, 2021
Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2021 10:05 am
by RPardoe
Nice relaxing way to start Sunday.
Re: "Closing Rates" - February 7, 2021
Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2021 10:22 am
by boharr
Out of the box.
Re: "Closing Rates" - February 7, 2021
Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2021 10:23 am
by Dannyvee
Dino me!
Re: "Closing Rates" - February 7, 2021
Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2021 10:31 am
by Dplass
Submitted, awaiting confirmation of what I am sure is the DINO ME
Re: "Closing Rates" - February 7, 2021
Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2021 10:35 am
by KayW
Nice and easy - a fun debut from Shmuel! Hope we'll see more from him.
Re: "Closing Rates" - February 7, 2021
Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2021 10:37 am
by Cap'n Rick
Nice one! Submitted and awaiting confirmation.
Edit: Confirmed and honored to be the first Pandora's Blocks mug winner! Thanks again Will!
Re: "Closing Rates" - February 7, 2021
Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2021 11:15 am
by Al Sisti
Nice job! Very clean...
Re: "Closing Rates" - February 7, 2021
Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2021 11:22 am
by Richard B.
Dino here.
Re: "Closing Rates" - February 7, 2021
Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2021 11:26 am
by ChrisKochmanski
I'm a dino!
Re: "Closing Rates" - February 7, 2021
Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2021 1:12 pm
by C=64
Nice one; I made it a bit harder (and created a fun mechanism) until I re-read the instructions.
I teach the maths, but I don't think I'd ever heard of 52A until recently when a student wrote a paper about sniper training or something like that. (I teach a course designed for Air National Guard members, so this topic is not unusual.) Classroom math vs. applied math, I suppose.
Re: "Closing Rates" - February 7, 2021
Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2021 1:29 pm
by TPS
Done - Fun grid and meta. Grid took longer than the meta.
Re: "Closing Rates" - February 7, 2021
Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2021 1:50 pm
by Laura M
Dino me! Nice debut.
Re: "Closing Rates" - February 7, 2021
Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2021 3:15 pm
by oldjudge
Dino Me! Great job by Shmuel! Really a fun solve.
Re: "Closing Rates" - February 7, 2021
Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2021 3:28 pm
by Flananigans
Dino!
Nice puzzle, good clueing and fun meta!
Re: "Closing Rates" - February 7, 2021
Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2021 3:44 pm
by Schmeel
Thanks for all the positive feedback!
It is indeed my debut puzzle. It's nice to have a crowd of muggles who are more than willing to solve a puzzle (as opposed to my poor family members and once close friends who have had to suffer my earlier construction attempts foisted upon them).
A big thanks to Will and the Pandora's Blocks team who patiently worked with me to create the final puzzle.
I'm more than happy to receive any constructive (quite literally) criticism. Feel free to PM me - though I'm in Israel so it may take some time until I get back to you.
Thanks for solving,
Shmuel
Re: "Closing Rates" - February 7, 2021
Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2021 3:57 pm
by Prozach
Schmeel wrote: βSun Feb 07, 2021 3:44 pm
Thanks for all the positive feedback!
It is indeed my debut puzzle. It's nice to have a crowd of muggles who are more than willing to solve a puzzle (as opposed to my poor family members and once close friends who have had to suffer my earlier construction attempts foisted upon them).
A big thanks to Will and the Pandora's Blocks team who patiently worked with me to create the final puzzle.
I'm more than happy to receive any constructive (quite literally) criticism. Feel free to PM me - though I'm in Israel so it may take some time until I get back to you.
Thanks for solving,
Shmuel
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Congrats Schmeel!
Nice and easy - a fun debut from Shmuel! Hope we'll see more from him.