p.s. Decided I was supposed to put time limit in actual runtpuz's title, rather in the "upload" screen's title. So I redid the last comment. Then I realized I had capitalized "Min", so redid it again. So … wrong again, M&A breath.
@r.alph: I might retry this runtpuz soon, just to see if I can manage to do it right/better. Maybe then U could replace the bad version that's in the archives?
Follow Directions http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MTkyMzYzMzI3NTg4ODY4Ng Much improved. Definitely a clever use of the diagrams. I think part of my negative reaction to the first version was caused by the fact that my Mac froze while I was solving it and it took me 15 minutes to get it started again. Interestingly I had just read that the latest update to Mac OSX (which I have) has been known to cause this problem.
1. Welcome back from the alternate thread universe. 2. Great solve time, on "Follow Directions". Looks like U had the older, harder clues, but the newer, easier diagrams. Go figure. 3. OOOoooh … sound effects! Imagine: runtz that can break wind, while posin double-?? clues … 4. Did U notice that the @r.alphmeister has implemented solve time limit specification by the constructioneer? (I gave "Stink Eye" a 15-min limit, but then U proceeded to demolish it. Not sure I'm much good yet at figurin out the right times to use.) 5. Let's celebrate yer successful trans-universe journey, with an extra runtpuz (Am trying to "catch up" to BEQ) …
Well, rat fudge. Now, M&A is becoming Runt-Diogenes: a dude in search of the perfect 15-minute quik-runtpuz. Clearly "Runt-Quik" weren't the ticket. Next try …
"Runt-Quak" - 7x7 slightly more themed than the last quik-puppy:
*** not really much of a spoiler *** @r.alph: The Runt-Quak puz had a couple of quacker clues, for the central Across and Down answers. That's about it, theme-wise.
Looks like Runt-Quak came closer to being a legit 15-minuter than Runt-Quik. Was not sure what kind of solve would come out of all painfully terse clues, when I built the first one. Runtz are like a box of chocolates …
To Our Loyal Fleet of Subscribers: M&A Quality Control Dept. is constantly crunchin the numbers, tryin desperately to get a handle on what constitutes an easy vs. a challenging runtpuz. This analysis is passed on to the M&A SolveTime Limit panel of judges, for their due consideration, and also to the M&A Constructioneering Crew, for guidance in retro-fashioning perfectomundo runtpuz grids and clues. All this, while carefully avoiding a snootful of relentless creditors. Mostly, this leads to the staff's scratchin holes in their heads.
p.s. Am sorely missin the mucho-valued input from Official Runtpuz Test Solver @Teedmn. Perhaps she drew the line, at workin a runtpuz called "Stink Eye"? [Shoot, and the other solvers all liked that one, too.]
@Teedmn - Fascinatin to learn how relaxin and restful these runtpuzs with accompanyin word-buildin diagrams are. The little wheezlers may be a cure for insomnia.
I show up as Anonymous in the solver ranks, I believe because I just cleared my Cookies and Caches, trying to get this sluggish old computer respond more quickly; doesn't seem to have worked.
@BobK The next time you open a new puzzle, solve it and verify that it is correct. But before you click the Summary button, click the Options link at the top of the page. You can replace the solver name (which is probably anonymous) with the name you want to use and then click OK.
@BobK, I often forget to enter my name in Options when I'm at work and realize it when I see Anonymous when I get to the Solver's page. I just hit Back at the top, then Back on that page and do the Options thing to input my name. Then hit Summary, upload my solution again on the next page, and the Solver's page then shows my name on my info.
Wow! Looks like every test solver is caught up, and just sittin around idle or doing something important, when they could be tackling a riddle-within-an-enigma-inside-a-runtpuz.
Stumpy Stumper: "Riddle of the Sphinx" - 7x7 themeless:
@M&A Today's AVCX puzzle has a theme worthy of a runt. I am making it available to readers of this blog at runtpuz.org. Enter wed in text area and click Fetch Puzzle
@r.alph: Whoa! Mighty, mighty tricky (and mucho clever) AVCXPuz theme. Its sheer theme-nastiness reminded me of a handful of themed runtz that were breachborn long ago, but have never been allowed to leave the containment area. [shiver]
To the Runt gang: "Pairs of a Feather" was probably my last Runt for the next three days or so, going out of techno range again. Wanted to give fair warning this time. Thanks, M&A.
@Teedmn: Have a good getaway from the techno-sphere -- way to go! The runtz will miss U, as always. The "Pairs of a Feather" runt had hoped it wasn't something it had said. Or egested.
@BG1: Nice and cleanly solved. Congratz to U. This was one of those runtz that got let out of the pen immediately after it was finished, as M&A was once again morbidly curious, as to what the test-solvin experience would turn out to be. It was a kinda different approach , so it was hard to predict.
I just don't know. This might be a real biter runt; it could be a piece of cake. It is a bit different, anyhoo. I'm giving it a 16 min time limit, just to be on the safe side.
Yo! Rare occasion, where "consistently good" and "runts" were used together in the same sentence of any review. Should probably declare today a holiday, or somethin!
M&A
p.s. Welcome back to home on the techno range, @Teedmn.
So, ok. Here's the thing. The runtpuz I have loaded in the chute, snarlin to burst out tomorrow, is one M&A really really adores. But I suspect it may not have all its pedigree papers, and might be prone to nip at solvers' ankles or maybe even throats, if U are a short solver. Allow : 20 min!utes, to be on the safe side. Bring a bottle of whiskey (to nip back at) and a leather strap (to bite down hard on).
The good news: it's sorta a chemistry-related theme, so that Barany dude might like it. Also probably good: M&A feels so guilty about tomorrow's runt, he is presenting U all with an extra, sweet little puppy, and horsey, for today, to try to make things up to U in advance …
Stumpy Stumper: "Dog and Pony Show" - 7x7 themeless:
Note to Solvers: The following runtpuz didn't quite work the way M&A thought it would with the runtpuz.gov solving software. To compensate, M&A will drop this hint:
This runtpuz will force U to make three conflicting choices. Although either choice should've worked in all 3 cases, it don't. So, to avoid getting answers marked as incorrect, pay special attention to the runtpuz title's instructions …
I woulda liked this one a whole lot better, if it had worked the way I had it planned out. U might not have liked it anyway, as the theme idea is kinda "out there". But, M&A lives to experiment on his runtz …
@BobK: Well, I guess there was always that 1 in 6 "Solution: Possible" chance … Apologies, for all yer confusion on this pup. To make matters worse, I published a version here so I could test it, then deleted it ... then noticed later that some (but not all) of you nice folks somehow ended up with that test version, that didn't have the extra "(Unless you fill in the blanks correctly)" note in its title. Arggggh. So much for best of intentions leadin to rabies-infested runtz.
Back to the old drawin board (and stretch-rack combo).
@Teedmn - Yes, I am signed up for LP also. Just a day visit for me, since I take the bus from New Jersey. Several of my Xwd friends from Rex Parker's blog and ACPT will be there also.
If you go to this site -
http://acptstats.com/
and scroll down to the lower photo, that fellow in the red shirt is I. (But don't worry, that's my winter shirt -- I'll be dressed differently for LP.)
Well, methinks the test solvers have spoken. These runtz are inflictin mighty serious wounds, lately. Will try to blog-train the next batch a little better, before turnin em loose.
@Teedmn: Yeah, ok. I will admit that I agonized over whether to award the 4-D "No Refunds" clue the coveted double-??. But U had the right idea, on it, so … ok.
@Test Solvers: An opportunity to break the "For Feyers Only" 2-minute barrier? …
ReplyDelete"It Takes Two" - 7x7 friendily themed:
**gruntz**
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"It Takes Two"
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"Duct Tape Doohickey" - Forewarned is forearmed. I knew it would be hard so I didn't panic.
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"It Takes Two"
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"Follow Directions" - 7x7 themed:
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NOTE: This "Follow Directions" runtpuz has been replaced with a hopefully better version, a few comments below …
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"Follow Directions" I got it and didn't get it at the same time, leaving me a bit woozy.
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"Follow Directions"
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@M&A
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, congratulations on hitting 600 puzzles. BEQ is at 849 and is probably starting to feel the heat!
The program now checks the title for a solve time in the format
: 10 min!
The : and the min! are necessary. The spaces can be removed or expanded.
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ReplyDeleteDon't think this runt is overly hard, but I'll assign it a 12 minute solve time limit, so I can test out @r.alph's neat new feature. [Thanx!]
ReplyDelete"Word for Word" - 7x7 themed:
**gruntz**
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p.s. Decided I was supposed to put time limit in actual runtpuz's title, rather in the "upload" screen's title. So I redid the last comment. Then I realized I had capitalized "Min", so redid it again. So … wrong again, M&A breath.
"Word for Word"
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"Word for Word" One sticking point.
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDc0MTUyMzQzOTQ5MTc0Ng
Runtpuz Lost-and-in-need-of-directions Recap for solution to "Follow Directions".
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@r.alph: I might retry this runtpuz soon, just to see if I can manage to do it right/better. Maybe then U could replace the bad version that's in the archives?
New, improved version of "Follow Directions" runt. Older version had (and produced) distemper.
ReplyDelete"Follow Directions" - 7x7 themed:
**gruntz**
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p.s. Sorry for any inconvenience, confusion, or unusual suffering.
Follow Directions
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Much improved. Definitely a clever use of the diagrams. I think part of my negative reaction to the first version was caused by the fact that my Mac froze while I was solving it and it took me 15 minutes to get it started again. Interestingly I had just read that the latest update to Mac OSX (which I have) has been known to cause this problem.
@r.alph: Yeah, close enough, I reckon. We can see how BobK. does on the new version, whenever he returns.
DeleteIf BobK. ever asks for the runtz to be given the power to stop hosting computers for 15 minute intervals, I advise don't program that feature in.
Thanx,
M&A
Not likely to ask for that particular function! I have enough problems keeping my old iMac going!
DeleteOf course, if you are fishing for outrageous ideas, someone might ask if audible sounds could be incorporated in a runt!
Word for word
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Stumpy Stumper: "Momentarily Well-Known" - 7x7 themed:
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Momentarily Well-Known
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"Momentarily Well-Known"
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"Momentarily Well-Known" - Nice solve, @r.alph. He got my bleedin' ankle half bit off, especially with 13A.
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"Stink Eye" - 7x7 themed:
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Hey! Youse guys started a new thread and didn't tell me! Wondered where everybody went!
ReplyDelete"Stink Eye" --
http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=Nzk4ODIyMzU4MzU0NzU2Mg
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Catching up!
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"Word For Word" --
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"Follow Directions" (Not sure which version, but don't recall seeing Sam Clemens in the clues.) --
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@BobK.:
Delete1. Welcome back from the alternate thread universe.
2. Great solve time, on "Follow Directions". Looks like U had the older, harder clues, but the newer, easier diagrams. Go figure.
3. OOOoooh … sound effects! Imagine: runtz that can break wind, while posin double-?? clues …
4. Did U notice that the @r.alphmeister has implemented solve time limit specification by the constructioneer? (I gave "Stink Eye" a 15-min limit, but then U proceeded to demolish it. Not sure I'm much good yet at figurin out the right times to use.)
5. Let's celebrate yer successful trans-universe journey, with an extra runtpuz (Am trying to "catch up" to BEQ) …
Stumpy Stumper: "Mister Alternate Universe" - 7x7 themeless:
**gruntz**
M&A
"Momentarily Well-Known" --
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"Stink Eye"
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"Mister Alternate Universe" --
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"Mister Alternate Universe"
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Stink Eye
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Mister Alternate Universe
http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=Njc3MjA5MzU5MzgwNjMxNw
"Runt-Quik" - 7x7 not exactly themed:
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Runt-Quik
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@r.alph: Incredibly magnificent "Runt-Quik" solve time. Dern-near Feyer-esque.
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"Runt-Quik" --
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Runt-Quik
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Well, rat fudge. Now, M&A is becoming Runt-Diogenes: a dude in search of the perfect 15-minute quik-runtpuz. Clearly "Runt-Quik" weren't the ticket.
ReplyDeleteNext try …
"Runt-Quak" - 7x7 slightly more themed than the last quik-puppy:
**gruntz**
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"Runt-Quak"
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"Runt-Quak" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDAwMjEwMzY5MjY0MjkxMA
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Runt-Quak
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*** not really much of a spoiler ***
Delete@r.alph: The Runt-Quak puz had a couple of quacker clues, for the central Across and Down answers. That's about it, theme-wise.
Looks like Runt-Quak came closer to being a legit 15-minuter than Runt-Quik. Was not sure what kind of solve would come out of all painfully terse clues, when I built the first one. Runtz are like a box of chocolates …
M&A
Stumpy Stumper: "Cripes!" - 7x7 themeless:
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"Cripes!"
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Cripes!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTg3MzMyMzc1ODM2NjY0OQ
"Cripes!" --
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To Our Loyal Fleet of Subscribers:
ReplyDeleteM&A Quality Control Dept. is constantly crunchin the numbers, tryin desperately to get a handle on what constitutes an easy vs. a challenging runtpuz. This analysis is passed on to the M&A SolveTime Limit panel of judges, for their due consideration, and also to the M&A Constructioneering Crew, for guidance in retro-fashioning perfectomundo runtpuz grids and clues. All this, while carefully avoiding a snootful of relentless creditors. Mostly, this leads to the staff's scratchin holes in their heads.
Oh, and: No Refunds.
Nice "Cripes!" solvetime, @r.alph.
M&A
p.s.
DeleteAm sorely missin the mucho-valued input from Official Runtpuz Test Solver @Teedmn. Perhaps she drew the line, at workin a runtpuz called "Stink Eye"? [Shoot, and the other solvers all liked that one, too.]
M&Also
@Teedmn is canoeing in Northern Minnesota. She will be back on online Sunday.
Delete"Hollywood Unlisted Numbers" - 7x7 themed:
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Hollywood Unlisted Numbers
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Hollywood Unlisted Numbers
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTMzMjY1Mzg0MzA4NDMwOQ
This is time-sensitive material, so publishing it on the same day as its majestic NYTPuz inspiration.
ReplyDelete"Desperate Quad Stack" - 7x7 themed:
**gruntz**
M&A
Desperate Quad Stack
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MzY3NjAxMzg3NjI4ODUwMQ
"Hollywood Unlisted Numbers" -- Sorry, wrong number. --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTg2MjE4Mzg4NDk3MDA0Nw
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"Desperate Quad Stack" --
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Stumpy Stumper: "Desperate Finishers" - 7x7 themeless:
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"Desperate Finishers" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=ODgwOTczOTI3MzM1OTg0
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"Stink Eye" Nice first post-camping puzzle.
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MTM4NTY3MzkyNzM2OTEyMw
"Mister Alternate Universe" - Nice title. @r.alph, thanks for the 13D groaner, I think :-).
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=Mjk1Mzk5MzkyODAzNjg3Mg
"Runt Quik" Well named.
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"Desperate Finishers" --
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"Just For a Little Spell" - 7x7 themed:
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M&A
"Runt Quak" @r.alph, nice solve!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NjU0MTY4Mzk3MjQyODMxNA
http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDMyMTEwMzk3MzE0NDkwMA
ReplyDelete"Cripes" M&A's box of chocolates simile apt here. @r.alph, another amazing solution. @bodgit1, loved your take on 5D.
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDQ1ODA3Mzk3MzgxNDI4NQ
"Hollywood Unlisted Numbers" Back to the marshmallow creme, ick.
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"Just For a Little Spell" --
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"Just For a Little Spell"
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"Desperate Quad Stacks" My time is not real, this was my 2nd solving attempt after I failed last night.
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=ODc0NDA3NDAyMzkxMjI0MA
@Teedmn - Fascinatin to learn how relaxin and restful these runtpuzs with accompanyin word-buildin diagrams are. The little wheezlers may be a cure for insomnia.
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"Desperate Finishers" We'll put the soporific effect of Runts to the test.
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDU4OTg0MDU4NTM4NzAy
Totally decent solver time, @Teedmn! No snoozefest happenin, here.
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"Just For a Little Spell" Not nodding off yet. Fun puzzle.
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NjM3OTc0NDA2MDM1MDcxOA
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ReplyDelete"Don't Take Sides" - 7x7 themed, in a anarchic sense:
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p.s.
Autocorrect threw an apostrophe into the runtpuz file name, I think. So … had to re-do last comment.
Don't Take Sides
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I show up as Anonymous in the solver ranks, I believe because I just cleared my Cookies and Caches, trying to get this sluggish old computer respond more quickly; doesn't seem to have worked.
ReplyDelete"Don't Take Sides" --
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Um, sorry, but - @r.alph - How do I get my nom de net back on my runt solutions?
ReplyDelete@BobK
ReplyDeleteThe next time you open a new puzzle, solve it and verify that it is correct. But before you click the Summary button, click the Options link at the top of the page. You can replace the solver name (which is probably anonymous) with the name you want to use and then click OK.
Thanks, r.alph!
ReplyDelete"Don't Take Sides" Whew!
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@BobK, I often forget to enter my name in Options when I'm at work and realize it when I see Anonymous when I get to the Solver's page. I just hit Back at the top, then Back on that page and do the Options thing to input my name. Then hit Summary, upload my solution again on the next page, and the Solver's page then shows my name on my info.
ReplyDelete@Teedmn - Yep, that worked. (I was afraid my info would show up twice, but obviously it didn't.)
ReplyDeleteThanks!
Wow! Looks like every test solver is caught up, and just sittin around idle or doing something important, when they could be tackling a riddle-within-an-enigma-inside-a-runtpuz.
ReplyDeleteStumpy Stumper: "Riddle of the Sphinx" - 7x7 themeless:
**gruntz**
M&A
"Riddle of the Sphinx" --
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"Riddle of the Sphinx"
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Riddle of the Sphinx
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"Mergers & Acquisitions" - 7x7 themed:
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"Riddle of the Sphinx"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MzI0MTMzNDE1MTE0NzM3OA
Mergers and Acquisitions
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"Mergers & Acquisitions" --
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Mergers and Acquisitions
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@M&A
ReplyDeleteToday's AVCX puzzle has a theme worthy of a runt. I am making it available to readers of this blog at runtpuz.org. Enter wed in text area and click Fetch Puzzle
@r.alph: Whoa! Mighty, mighty tricky (and mucho clever) AVCXPuz theme. Its sheer theme-nastiness reminded me of a handful of themed runtz that were breachborn long ago, but have never been allowed to leave the containment area.
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"Mergers & Acquisitions"
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"Runty Team Building" - 7x7 themed:
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Runtpuz Go-Getter Recap for solution to: "Mergers & Acquisitions".
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"Runty Team Building"
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Runty Team Building
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"Runty Team Building" --
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"Runty Team Building" Clever theme.
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Runtpuz rECAp for solution to: "Don't Take Sides".
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Runtpuz Recap Recap for solution to: "Runty Team Building".
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"Pairs of a Feather" - 7x7 sorta themed:
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Pairs of a Feather
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@r.alph, it must be your turn to be anonymous!
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To the Runt gang: "Pairs of a Feather" was probably my last Runt for the next three days or so, going out of techno range again. Wanted to give fair warning this time. Thanks, M&A.
ReplyDelete@Teedmn: Have a good getaway from the techno-sphere -- way to go! The runtz will miss U, as always. The "Pairs of a Feather" runt had hoped it wasn't something it had said. Or egested.
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"Pairs of a Feather"
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@BG1: Nice and cleanly solved. Congratz to U. This was one of those runtz that got let out of the pen immediately after it was finished, as M&A was once again morbidly curious, as to what the test-solvin experience would turn out to be. It was a kinda different approach , so it was hard to predict.
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Stumpy Stumper: "Buckingham Permafrost" - 7x7 themeless:
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"Buckingham Permafrost" --
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Buckingham Permafrost
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Buckingham Permafrost
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I just don't know. This might be a real biter runt; it could be a piece of cake. It is a bit different, anyhoo. I'm giving it a 16 min time limit, just to be on the safe side.
ReplyDelete"Mix and Match" - 7x7 themed:
**gruntz**
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"Mix and Match" --
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Mix and Match
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Mix and Match
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"Runts Crash Course" - 7x7 themed:
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"Runts Crash Course"
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"Runts Crash Course" --
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Stumpy Stumper: "Still Renminbi Me?" - 7x7 themeless:
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"Still Renminbi Me?" --
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"Still Renminbi Me?"
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Runtpuz Feathered Recap of solution to: "Pairs of a Feather".
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M&A
Runts Crash Course
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Still Renminbi Me?
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Runtpuz Mixmatched Recap for solution to: "Mix and Match".
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Runtpuz Crash Recap of solution to: "Runt's Crash Course".
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"Food Chain" - 7x7 themed:
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Food Chain
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"Buckingham Permafrost"
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"Mix and Match"
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"Runts Crash Course" Consistently good cluing, nice!
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Yo! Rare occasion, where "consistently good" and "runts" were used together in the same sentence of any review. Should probably declare today a holiday, or somethin!
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p.s. Welcome back to home on the techno range, @Teedmn.
"Still Renminbi Me"
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"Food Chain" --
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Food Chain
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Runtpuz Foodie Recap for solution to: "Food Chain".
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"Noisemakers" - 7x7 themed:
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Noisemakers
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Noisemakers
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So, ok. Here's the thing. The runtpuz I have loaded in the chute, snarlin to burst out tomorrow, is one M&A really really adores. But I suspect it may not have all its pedigree papers, and might be prone to nip at solvers' ankles or maybe even throats, if U are a short solver. Allow : 20 min!utes, to be on the safe side. Bring a bottle of whiskey (to nip back at) and a leather strap (to bite down hard on).
ReplyDeleteThe good news: it's sorta a chemistry-related theme, so that Barany dude might like it. Also probably good: M&A feels so guilty about tomorrow's runt, he is presenting U all with an extra, sweet little puppy, and horsey, for today, to try to make things up to U in advance …
Stumpy Stumper: "Dog and Pony Show" - 7x7 themeless:
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"Batter Solvers Thru Chemistry"
"Food Chain"
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"Noisemakers"
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"Noisemakers" --
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Dog and Pony Show
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"Dog and Pony Show"
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***Corrected version of: Stumpy Stumper: "Dog and Pony Show":
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Thanx to test solver @Teedmn, for pointing out the bad wording in the clue for 7-Across.
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"Dog and Pony Show"
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ReplyDeleteNote to Solvers: The following runtpuz didn't quite work the way M&A thought it would with the runtpuz.gov solving software. To compensate, M&A will drop this hint:
ReplyDeleteThis runtpuz will force U to make three conflicting choices. Although either choice should've worked in all 3 cases, it don't. So, to avoid getting answers marked as incorrect, pay special attention to the runtpuz title's instructions …
"Solution: Impossible" - 7x7 themed biter:
**gruntz**
I woulda liked this one a whole lot better, if it had worked the way I had it planned out. U might not have liked it anyway, as the theme idea is kinda "out there". But, M&A lives to experiment on his runtz …
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Runtpuz Impossible Recap for solution to: "Solution: Impossible".
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M&A
"Dog and Pony Show" -- (uncorrected version) --
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"Solution: Impossible" -- Oh, you weren't kidding!
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@BobK: Well, I guess there was always that 1 in 6 "Solution: Possible" chance …
DeleteApologies, for all yer confusion on this pup. To make matters worse, I published a version here so I could test it, then deleted it ... then noticed later that some (but not all) of you nice folks somehow ended up with that test version, that didn't have the extra "(Unless you fill in the blanks correctly)" note in its title. Arggggh. So much for best of intentions leadin to rabies-infested runtz.
Back to the old drawin board (and stretch-rack combo).
M&A
"Solution: Impossible"
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"Solution: Impossible" Not the craziest Runt I've ever done!
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Stumpy Stumper: "Rats! Runts!" - 7x7 themeless:
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@BobK,
ReplyDeleteAre you competing at Lollapuzzoola this year? I just signed up, booked my flight and hotel, so if you'll be there, I hope to meet you in person.
Rats! Runts!
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"Rats! Runts!" -- Stomped me! --
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@Teedmn - Yes, I am signed up for LP also. Just a day visit for me, since I take the bus from New Jersey. Several of my Xwd friends from Rex Parker's blog and ACPT will be there also.
ReplyDeleteIf you go to this site -
http://acptstats.com/
and scroll down to the lower photo, that fellow in the red shirt is I. (But don't worry, that's my winter shirt -- I'll be dressed differently for LP.)
"Rats! Runts!"
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"Rats! Runts!" A self-referential ankle biter, whew.
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@BobK, surely the summer shirt is even more flamboyant? :-).
Well, methinks the test solvers have spoken. These runtz are inflictin mighty serious wounds, lately.
ReplyDeleteWill try to blog-train the next batch a little better, before turnin em loose.
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"Aiming To Please While Still Being Weird"
p.s. Primo shirt.
Delete"No Refunds" - 7x7 themed:
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"No Refunds"
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"No Refunds"
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@Teedmn: Yeah, ok. I will admit that I agonized over whether to award the 4-D "No Refunds" clue the coveted double-??. But U had the right idea, on it, so … ok.
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Stumpy Stumper: "At the Earth's Core" - 7x7 themed:
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"At the Earth's Core" --
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At the Earth's Core
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"Fightin' Chance" - 7x7 themed:
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"fightin' chance"
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"Fightin' Chance" --
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@BobK. - Interestin theme suggestion, in yer writeup.
ReplyDelete@BG1 - Primo observation, in yer overall comment.
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"At the Earth's Core" Thanks!
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"Fightin' Chance"
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"Cangram" - 7x7 themed:
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"Cangram" --
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Cangram
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At the Earth's Core
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Fighting Chance
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Cangram
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"Can Gram" Fun!
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Stumpy Stumper: "Wild Thing" - 7x7 themeless:
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"Wild Thing" --
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P.S. This is comment #192. New thread coming?
Wild Thing
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Wild Thing
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Time to start a new page
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Test, again. Nope. Not for U.
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M&A
More testing.
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M&A
Testing again. Not ready yet. Still in a Samsung-Takata state.
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