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Re: Tune Out
Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2021 2:18 am
by Jeremy Smith
Off the couch. Fun meta. Thanks, Chris!
Re: Tune Out
Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2021 10:07 am
by eagle1279
Off the couch last night before checking the nudges, a couple of dubious letters in my grid but they don't affect the meta. And like others some googling was required. Fun puzzle, thanks Chris!
Re: Tune Out
Posted: Sat Apr 24, 2021 4:52 pm
by cbarbee002
I think most have solved the puzzle, but if not, here's the "reveal":
The answer is MUSIC BOX, and the mechanism was that each of the theme answers began with a syllable from the Solfeggio scale (Do-Re-Mi-etc.). If you got the "Tune Out" (i.e. removed those syllables), the first letter remaining of those grid entries spelled the answer. Many of you seemed to have just seen the answer without finding the mechanism.
In my opening dialogue I mentioned that the mechanism was only 94.1% correct -- that's because I used "So" in the mechanism, when the actual syllable from the scale is "Sol". So (pun intended), I got 16 of 17 letters correct, or 94.1%.
I also mentioned that this puzzle was ready to go back in January but got pulled. That was due to Mike Shenk coming out with the "Endnotes" puzzle on January 23 for the WSJ puzzle which also used the Solfeggio scale - - what are the odds???
Anyway, thanks to all of you who solved the puzzle!