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Re: "After Three" - May 2021
Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 12:34 pm
by ky-mike
Eric Porter wrote: ↑Fri May 07, 2021 12:29 pm
I know I'm making this puzzle more difficult than it is. I've tried everything that's obvious to me and a few things which were certainly too complicated.
I wish there were some digits in parentheses so that I would know where to start.
Keep looking. I tried several things before the path became obvious.
Re: "After Three" - May 2021
Posted: Sat May 08, 2021 8:32 am
by KayW
ky-mike wrote: ↑Thu May 06, 2021 11:17 pm
This played a lot harder for me than it should have. On the board.
My sentiments exactly.
More, post-deadline.
Re: "After Three" - May 2021
Posted: Sat May 08, 2021 2:18 pm
by MamaE
I am also at a loss. I have three current possible lines to follow - but no idea what to do with them.
ETA: I am still hammering away at this. Anyone want to work together? PM me
Re: "After Three" - May 2021
Posted: Sat May 08, 2021 9:07 pm
by Joe Ross
Well-crafted!
Re: "After Three" - May 2021
Posted: Sat May 08, 2021 10:53 pm
by ky-mike
Joe Ross wrote: ↑Sat May 08, 2021 9:07 pm
Well-crafted!
Like a fine bourbon.
Re: "After Three" - May 2021
Posted: Sun May 09, 2021 12:39 am
by Eric Porter
I'm now on the leaderboard.
I sent MamaE a PM. We'd gone down many of the same rabbit holes, but something she said made me look back at at one I didn't fully explore earlier.
It's not the first time this has happened to me, but it's always frustrating to have been so close but not realize it.
Re: "After Three" - May 2021
Posted: Sun May 09, 2021 1:01 am
by MamaE
Eric Porter wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 12:39 am
I'm now on the leaderboard.
I sent MamaE a PM. We'd gone down many of the same rabbit holes, but something she said made me look back at at one I didn't fully explore earlier.
It's not the first time this has happened to me, but it's always frustrating to have been so close but not realize it.
Now I just need to make sure I figure it out too! LOL
Seriously, think I have it, but gonna mull overnight.
ETA: I didn't have it, but a slight course correction by
@Eric Porter helped me to see what was staring me right in the face. On the board - nice puzzle!!
Re: "After Three" - May 2021
Posted: Sun May 09, 2021 6:59 am
by stmv
This one drove me crazy. I got deeply enmeshed in a rabbit hole of a semi-plausible answer, but Wendy Walker kindly told me to look elsewhere. It turned out that one of the first things that I had looked at, I had not looked at quite deeply and thoroughly enough. I literally woke up in the middle of the night thinking about this, and pushed on that thread a bit harder, and it finally came to me. Maybe now I can finally go back to sleep
Re: "After Three" - May 2021
Posted: Sun May 09, 2021 9:02 pm
by ReB
Wow, this month's offering was an uphill climb but I finally reached the summit with just two hours to spare after evading an attractive shortcut that was a trap. (And no nudges.)
Re: "After Three" - May 2021
Posted: Sun May 09, 2021 9:30 pm
by sfrechet
On the board, with a little help. Thanks, @Eric Porter and @Wendy Walker for just giving enough of a nudge so I could still feel like I earned the AHA! moment. This one was so clever.
Re: "After Three" - May 2021
Posted: Sun May 09, 2021 9:53 pm
by lbray53
Finally got there with an assist. Thanks MamaE!
Re: "After Three" - May 2021
Posted: Sun May 09, 2021 10:35 pm
by burak
This was a very fast swim to the shore for me. One of those metas where familiarity with the constructor's previous puzzles pays off immediately.
Re: "After Three" - May 2021
Posted: Sun May 09, 2021 11:25 pm
by Joe Ross
Re: "After Three" - May 2021
Posted: Mon May 10, 2021 8:27 am
by Hector
Such an elegant construction. Have younger solvers heard of her?
Re: "After Three" - May 2021
Posted: Wed May 12, 2021 2:58 pm
by hoover
Ughghghghgh.... Note to self: look at the title!
Re: "After Three" - May 2021
Posted: Thu May 13, 2021 2:09 pm
by BethA
I really have that “Have You Never Been Mellow” stuck in my mind!!
Oh well. Happy that I achieved my secondary goal of making it into the Groaners section of the write-up! (with a different song).