Creature Comforts. — Bob K has posted his results anonymously from his distant island outpost. Couldn’t think of a way to work geckos into his comments.
OK, sooo … the followin runtpuz is a bit weird; but who ain't?
Actually, it's sorta designed to get @r.alph to stop square-dancin for a few minutes, and come dance with us and solve/comment on one more runt puzzle. Cuz we wallflowers miss him, over here. Thanx.
"Quadrilateral Hoedown" - 7x7 more themed than snot:
p.s. U may have noticed more runtpuz's showin up, just lately. This was to help make it up to U, that M&A will be goin out on a long trip this Monday, for about a week. Sooo … tomorrow's runtz will be your last serving, for a spell.
All righty then. Looks like the "Dirty Ratty" stumper made some amends for that biter "Mask Art" stumper. Unfortunately, the mighty @r.alph chose to jump back into the runt-solvequest frey at the "Mask Art" point. Yikes.
@Teedmn: That is sure weird. U breezed thru the NYTPuz, while M&A languished in it foralmostever. I thought the "Homespun Hangout" was gonna probably be about a medium-level difficulty Stumpy Stumper. But then @BobK. blew threw it like it was melted butter, and y'all got pasted flat to the wall by it.
De bustagut.
M&A
p.s. I just made a [themed] runtpuz with a sorta meta in it, that I figure to be dern-near unsolvable. Predictin , therefore, that one of U smarties will no doubt knock it off in a few nanoseconds. Continually confuses the M&A.
@BobK. -- Don't feel too bad about bygone flick recall. Spouse just asked me to remind her what movies we'd seen lately, so she could tell her quilt group about em. I could remember one out of three. M&A
I have never seen the movie "Frozen," and don't expect to. But I just stumbled upon a reference to that movie which included a Word I Had Never Seen Before, a nice seven-letter word with a U in it: KULNING.
It Googles easily, with several YouTube videos. The one I listened to was quite pleasant.
"Just Add Water". KULNING, not a term I ever ran into on my trips to Sweden, and we spent some time in Dalarna. But we didn't call the cows home either!
p.s. on "Mission Imp-Bitable" … probably should have specified a longer solve time allowance; 15 min., say. But @Teedmn dispatched it pretty quickly, so who knows…
Did get a *great* idea for a themed puz, from somethin I later noticed runnin around in this here grid. To be continued …
Have I mentioned that I worked for 32 years in chemical research labs? With my wrong guess at 1A, I was looking for a seven-letter acid beginning with M, and maleic was the first thing that popped into my mind.
M&A recently made a runtpuz called "Fictionary". In retrospect, it might be a truly sadistic biter runt. Decided to make the following runtpuz, a slightly more reasonable use of Fictionary's theme idea, as a preliminary warm-up version. We'll see how this one goes with test solvers…
OK … So looks now like it might be at least possible to solve this large-jaw, biter "Fictionary" runt, having experience the "Deflectionary" one, first. The catch on the "Fictionary" puz is that the themer word choices are all real obscure words, a la the pencil-and-paper Fictionary word game. Another device was included, to (somewhat?) help with that.
"Deflectionary" I haven't been able to upload my solution yet because I keep getting an internal server error (I will keep trying) but I did it in 5:52. I loved the clue for 11A.
@BobK, no, I did not know of your time spent in chemical research. That explains maleic! If I ever ran across the stuff in obtaining my never-used ChemE degree (I have forgotten everything), I don't remember it.
@BobK. - yep. I was afraid of this. "Really Haven't Got a Clue" might be a near-impossible runtpuz to solve. Sorry 'bout that... Call it a darin experiment gone terribly hairbrain wrong. Haven't seen the WSJ puz that U mentioned; will have to check it out. Thanks for tryin this biter out. M&A
@r.alph: Whenever I click on a *gruntz* link, nothing much happens (just kinda sits there and spins). Tried this on several different devices, last night and this mornin; same result. Is there somethin unusual goin on? Thanx, M&A
@M&A. I have been busy with square dancing. But I have all the puzzles that I missed and will update the oeuvre soon.
ReplyDelete"Creature Comforts" - 7x7 themed:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
p.s.
Thanx and great to hear from U, @r.alph.
Creature Comforts. — Bob K has posted his results anonymously from his distant island outpost. Couldn’t think of a way to work geckos into his comments.
ReplyDeleteThanks!
"Creature Comforts" Thanks, @r.alph, for the new thread.
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NjI2OTc4MjI5NTc5ODIz
Stumpy Stumper: "Anti-Organized" - 7x7 themeless:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
Re: “Anti-Organized” - Bob K here, still Anonymous in Europe, newly-declared arch-enemy of the USA. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteWanted to post a separate note, but somehow technically prevented: Re: “Creature Comforts” - Better late than never? Rural feline’s sire? CATSPAW
"Anti-Organized" Nice grid, thanks.
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTczNzY1ODM5NzMzOTUwMw
"Lost in the Shuffle" - 7x7 15 min. themed biter:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
"Lost in the Shuffle" - Fun, thanks!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTc0MjUyODU3MTI4ODgzOA
"Lost in the Shuffle" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NjQyODk2ODYwMzg1ODkxNw
Thanks.
Stumpy Stumper: "Furry Learning" - 7x7 themeless:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
"Furry Learning" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDIwNzExODY5MTc1NDY5OA
Thanks
"Furry Learning"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MjI1NzM1ODczNjk2NTM4NQ
"Acute Little Runt" - 7x7 themed:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
"Acute Little Runt" Very true.
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=ODA4NzA4OTE1MTMyODE5
"Acute Little Runt" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTYxMTU3ODkyNDc3MDQ4OA
Thanks!
Stumpy Stumper: "Key Content" - 7x7 sorta themeless:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
"Key Content" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MjcyMTE2ODk1OTMwODMyMQ
Thanks!
"Key Content"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTIzNjU4OTAwMDk4ODU5NA
"Highly Unlookly" - 7x7 themed:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
"Highly Unlookly" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTc5ODE0OTExODkwNDUxMw
Thanks!!!
"Highly Unlookly"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTg3MDk3OTE3MjIxMjc2NA
"Got Milk?" - 7x7 themed:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
"Got Milk?" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NzE5MTU4OTMwMzY3MDExOQ
Thanks!
@BobK. - Thanx for the comments. I'll change the clue wording slightly in Got Milk, to make it more accurate.
ReplyDeleteNew version…
"Got Milk" - 7x7 themed:
**gruntz**
p.s.
I will also publish a runtpuz recap, to answer your other question.
Thanx, again!
Runtpuz artsy recap of solution to "Got Milk?".
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=Mzg3MTgwOTMxMDg3ODY2NA
M&A
"Got Milk?" Fun, thanks.
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NzQzMTQ1OTM0NzcyNzczNg
Stumpy Stumper: "Up the Eight Ball" - 7x7 themeless:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
"Up the Eight Ball" - --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MzAyNTc3OTQ4MDQyNTk3Nw
Thanks!
"Up the Eight Ball"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTkzMjcwOTYwNjY1MDQxOA
"Figure It Out" - 7x7 themed:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
"Figure It Out" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NjI1NzM2OTY1MzI1MzA0NQ
Over my head, but thanks for the exercise!
This comment has been removed by the author.
ReplyDeleteRuntpuz 3-star recap of solution to "Figure It Out".
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTYwNjI2OTczMjg0NDc5MQ
M&A
Stumpy Stumper: "Two-Piece Lifeform" - 7x7 themeless:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
"Two-Piece Lifeform" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTk2OTcxOTczMzc0NDM1Nw
Thanks!
"Two-Piece Lifeform"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MTk4MTQxOTc4MDQ0NTEyMQ
OK, sooo … the followin runtpuz is a bit weird; but who ain't?
ReplyDeleteActually, it's sorta designed to get @r.alph to stop square-dancin for a few minutes, and come dance with us and solve/comment on one more runt puzzle. Cuz we wallflowers miss him, over here. Thanx.
"Quadrilateral Hoedown" - 7x7 more themed than snot:
**gruntz**
M&A
"Quadrilateral Hoedown" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NjAwMjk4MDE1NTYxOTU
Let's do the Time Warp again! Thanks!
"Quadrilateral Hoedown" Fun!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDI3MDM1OTg2Njc5NzkwMw
"Stack of Records" - 7x7 themed:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
p.s. Inspired by a very recent NYTPuz that featured a stack of pancakes.
"Stack of Records" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTE0NDM5OTg5NTc0MDgwNA
Thanks for the memories . . .
"Stack of Records" Something to listen to while eating one's Stack of Pancakes! Thanks.
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MTk5MzgyOTk1MjUyNjg0OQ
Stumpy Stumper: "Clearance Dance" - 7x7 themeless:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
"Clearance Dance" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTI1MTAyOTk4Mjc3NDcxNg
Thanks!!!
"Clearance Dance"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MTI4NjgwNDMyMjgyOTY
"Get Out of Town" - 7x7 themed:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
p.s.
U may have noticed more runtpuz's showin up, just lately. This was to help make it up to U, that M&A will be goin out on a long trip this Monday, for about a week. Sooo … tomorrow's runtz will be your last serving, for a spell.
"Get Out of Town" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=ODk2NzkxODczMTYxOTQ
Thanks, and Bon Voyage!
"Desperate Word Square #56" - 7x7 sorta themed:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
"Spice Up the Blanks" - 7x7 themed:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
p.s.
See y'all in about a week.
"Desperate Word Square #56" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=ODcwMDU4MTYxOTM0NzQw
Thanks!
"Spice Up the Blanks" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NjEzNjYxNjIzOTYyNjc
Thanks!
"Get Out of Town" Fun!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDQ5OTMzMjEwMjY0MjIz
"Desperate Word Square #56"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=ODU2NDAxMjk3OTQxNTUz
"Spice Up The Blanks" Nice grid.
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTE5NjcyMzg1MDc1Njk2
"Beta Versions" - 7x7 themed:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
"Beta Versions" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=ODM0NzM2NzQwMDI1NTA5
Thanks!
"Beta Versions" Fun, thanks.
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MjE0NzQ3ODE1MDkzODM4
Stumpy Stumper: "Sci-Fi Pickup" - 7x7 themeless:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
"Sci-Fi Pickup" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MzEyMzA3ODU3NDQ4ODUy
Thanks!
@BobK.-Yer solution's comment confused the M&A. Did U think that 6-D was perhaps referrin to 12-A, rather than 13-A? Or somesuch?
ReplyDeleteIn any case, primo solve time.
M&A
Yes, you're right. My typical confused state, combined with my declining eyesight, caused a silly comment. Sorry.
DeleteBob K
"Sci-Fi Pickup"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MjcwODE4OTAzOTc0OTc2
"Ghost Blusters" - 7x7 themed:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
"Ghost Blusters" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MzQ4OTkwOTIxODEwMTM0
Thanks.
P.S. As usual, don't take my comments too seriously!
"Ghost Blusters" Happy Halloween!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NzMxODE1OTg5MTYzNTI2
Stumpy Stumper: "Mask Art" - 7x7 themeless:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
"Mask Art" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NjQ3NjIzMTE2ODEwNjAwNA
Epic fail on my part, but thanks for the lesson!
"Mask Art" Hahahahahahahahaha!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=ODE0OTMxMjAzMDAzNTQx
Stumpy Stumper: "Dirty Ratty" - 7x7 themeless:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
"Dirty Ratty" Thanks!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NjM3OTM1MTI2NDM4MTIxMA
"Dirty Ratty" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MzIyMzY5MTI2NTE2NDgzNQ
Thanks!
All righty then. Looks like the "Dirty Ratty" stumper made some amends for that biter "Mask Art" stumper.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, the mighty @r.alph chose to jump back into the runt-solvequest frey at the "Mask Art" point. Yikes.
M&A
"3-D Runt Puzzle" - 7x7 themed:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
"3-D Runt Puzzle" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTY4NDM0MTM3NjMwMTA3Mw
Thanks.
Runtpuz 3-D recap of solution to: "3-D Puzzle".
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MTEyNDEzMTM3OTM5NDY1Mw
M&A
Thanks. 1A is totally outside my vocabulary!
Delete"3-D Runt"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTY3OTc1MTQyNTUwMzY0MA
"Stating the Facts" - 7x7 themed:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
"Stating the Facts" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTE3OTg2MTU0MDMyMDk4NA
Thanks!
"Stating the Facts" Fun, thanks!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MzM4NzQ2MTU5NjQzMzU0MQ
"Desperate Word Square #57" - 7x7 sorta themed:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
"Desperate Word Square #57"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTM4NDgwMTY5MjMyNzI1Ng
Thanks!
"Desperate Word Square #57" Thanks.
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NjAyMDgwMTc2OTM1NzI4Nw
Stumpy Stumper: "Homespun Hangout" - 7x7 themeless:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
"Homespun Hangout"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MzYyNjgxMTg1ODk5NzY0OA
Thanks!
"Homespun Hangout". YMMV!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTc4MDQ1MTg2NjMyMTU4MQ
@Teedmn: That is sure weird. U breezed thru the NYTPuz, while M&A languished in it foralmostever. I thought the "Homespun Hangout" was gonna probably be about a medium-level difficulty Stumpy Stumper. But then @BobK. blew threw it like it was melted butter, and y'all got pasted flat to the wall by it.
DeleteDe bustagut.
M&A
p.s. I just made a [themed] runtpuz with a sorta meta in it, that I figure to be dern-near unsolvable. Predictin , therefore, that one of U smarties will no doubt knock it off in a few nanoseconds. Continually confuses the M&A.
I look forward to it, thanks!
DeleteHere is that "meta contest" runtpuz biter …
ReplyDelete"Met-A-Runt #1" - 7x7 themed 15 min. meta-biter:
**gruntz**
M&A
"Met-A-Runt #1" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTgyNzI4MTk2NzkzODA2MQ
Thanks!
Runtpuz meta recap for solution to "Met-A-Runt #1".
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=Mzg4NjQ0MTk3MDYyODgwMw
M&A
"Met-A-Runt #1" I missed the met-a so thanks for the recap.
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDY2ODEzMTk3MjEzMDA3OA
Stumpy Stumper: "Closet Tarzan" - 7x7 themeless:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
"Closet Tarzan" - -
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NjE0Mzc1MjEyNTQ2NDk1OA
Thanks!
"Closet Tarzan"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTMxNjkyMjAxOTI2MjM0
"Splitting the Bill" - 7x7 themed:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
"Splitting the Bill" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTM4MjkyMjE3Nzc5MDIy
Thanks!
@BobK. -- Don't feel too bad about bygone flick recall. Spouse just asked me to remind her what movies we'd seen lately, so she could tell her quilt group about em. I could remember one out of three.
ReplyDeleteM&A
"Splitting the Bill"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=ODY0MDkyMjI5MDM2NzEzMQ
"Anagram Mega Snort" - 7x7 sorta themed:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
"Anagram Mega Snort" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MjQ5NDgyMzY3Njg5NTk4
Thanks.
"Anagram Mega Snort" Mega fun, thanks.
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MjIzNjY5MjM3NDYzNDQ0Mw
@Teedmn: M&A heartily approves of some of yer suggested improvements to "Anagram Mega Snort". An improved version is here:
ReplyDelete"Anagram Mega Snort" - revised 7x7 sorta themed:
**gruntz**
M&A
Stumpy Stumper: "No Sense" - 7x7 themeless:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
"No Sense" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MzczNDM3MjQxNTg2MDIwOQ
Thanks!
"No Sense" Thanks.
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTQ5NTIxMjQ3NjUyMDUyNg
"The Plot Thickens" - 7x7 themed:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
"The Plot Thickens" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NzQ5NzQzMjU3MjE5MTQwMA
Thanks!!!
"The Plot Thickens" (along with the brain).
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NzI4NDY2MjYzMjA5ODY5Nw
"For the Record" - 7x7 themed:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
"For the Record" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MjQzMjAzMjcyODMxMjgyNQ
Thanks.
"Happy Thanksgibling!" - 7x7 themed:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
"Happy Thanksgibling!" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MjA5NDM4Mjc2NTYwNTAwNA
Thanks, and a Happy Holiday to you!
"For the Record"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MjM0OTY0MjgwNjc5OTU4NA
"Thanksgiving Stumper" - 7x7 mostly themeless:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
"Thanksgiving Stumper" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NjY5MDI2Mjg0NjMwNDc2Nw
Thanks, and have a Happy Thanksgiving!
"Happy Thanksgibling"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NzMxNjk4MjkwMTA2OTc3Ng
"Thanksgiving Stumper" Thanks, M&A, and Happy Thanksgiving to you all.
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=ODY2MzAyOTAxNTA3NDM4
"Left Overs" - 7x7 themed:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
"Left Overs" SMH.
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=Nzk0OTY5MzAxMDAzODIyNA
This comment has been removed by the author.
ReplyDeleteAfter viewin @Teedmn's excellent comments, here is an all-new & improved "Left Overs" runtpuz:
ReplyDelete"Left Overs" - 7x7 themed & revised:
**gruntz**
M&A
"Left Overs" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDE4Njc3MzAxMDY2OTEwNA
Sorry, I came in late (busy day), but not quite late enough; did the original version.
"Left Overs" - 7x7 themed & revised: --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MzU5MjAzMzAxMDk0OTk3Nw
Hey, the system changed so I could play again! But doesn't really count, obviously. Thanks.
"Left Overs" revised. Thanks, yummy the next day.
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTc3NjM0MzAxMTMzMjk5MA
Stumpy Stumper: "Elementary Crack" - 7x7 themeless:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
"Elementary Crack" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NzI5MzI2MzE2MjA0NDQ5NA
Thanks!
"Elementary Crack" Fun, thanks!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MzkwMDEzMTYzNjkzODUw
"Just Add Water" - 7x7 themed:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
"Just Add Water" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDE4NTMyNDQzNzY3ODI
Thanks!
BTW - One of my occasional rambles:
ReplyDeleteI have never seen the movie "Frozen," and don't expect to. But I just stumbled upon a reference to that movie which included a Word I Had Never Seen Before, a nice seven-letter word with a U in it: KULNING.
It Googles easily, with several YouTube videos. The one I listened to was quite pleasant.
"Just Add Water". KULNING, not a term I ever ran into on my trips to Sweden, and we spent some time in Dalarna. But we didn't call the cows home either!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NzYyNTE4MzMyNzEzMjc3OQ
"Triple Double Double" - 7x7 themed:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
"Triple Double Double" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MTczMTQ5MzQzNDUzNTAyMA
Thanks.
"Triple Double Double" Double the fun, thanks.
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDY2MDMzMzQ5NjgwMzEwMA
Stumpy Stumper: "Fish Feathered" - 7x7 themeless:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
"Fish Feathered" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NzM5ODMzNjAzOTI5MjU4
Thanks!
"Fish Feathered" Nice, thanks.
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=Mjc1NjI3MzYzMDE4OTQzMw
Stumpier Stumper: "Mission Imp-Bitable" - 7x7 biter themeless:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
Warning: This runtpuz has all question-marks removed from its clues.
M&A
"Mission Imp-Bitable" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=ODA3MDk4MzY3Nzk1MzI4NQ
Thanks!
"Mission Imp-Bitable" ?? (Har).
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=Mzk5MDc2MzY3ODI3OTU2Nw
p.s. on "Mission Imp-Bitable" … probably should have specified a longer solve time allowance; 15 min., say. But @Teedmn dispatched it pretty quickly, so who knows…
ReplyDeleteDid get a *great* idea for a themed puz, from somethin I later noticed runnin around in this here grid. To be continued …
M&A
"Roaming Charges" - 7x7 themed:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
"Roaming Charges" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTI3MjQ0Mzc2NDg0MzI4NQ
Thanks.
"Roaming Charges"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MzU4MTYxMzc3OTQzODQyOQ
"Desperate Word Square #58" - 7x7 sorta themed:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
"Desperate Word Square #58" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MzA0MTE5Mzg1NDQ5NDg3NQ
Thanks
yep. I like @BobK.'s clue for 6-D in the Desperate Word Square #58 runtpuz better.
ReplyDeleteHere is a revised version, for other nice test solvers to work:
"Desperate Word Square #58" - 7x7 revised, sorta themed:
**gruntz**
M&A
"Desperate Word Square #58" revised.
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTAyOTU1MzkyODA2MTc0NQ
Stumpy Stumper: "Har Har Handout" - 7x7 themeless:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
"Har Har Handout" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NjY3ODU5MzkzODg2NzU3MA
Thanks!
"Har Har Handout" Thanks.
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NjExMjcxNDAxNDQ4OTQ1OQ
This comment has been removed by the author.
ReplyDelete
ReplyDelete@Teedmn --
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maleic_acid
Have I mentioned that I worked for 32 years in chemical research labs?
With my wrong guess at 1A, I was looking for a seven-letter acid beginning with M, and maleic was the first thing that popped into my mind.
Bob
Darn auto-correct!!
Um, six-letter. (any other typos I can make?)
DeleteM&A recently made a runtpuz called "Fictionary". In retrospect, it might be a truly sadistic biter runt. Decided to make the following runtpuz, a slightly more reasonable use of Fictionary's theme idea, as a preliminary warm-up version. We'll see how this one goes with test solvers…
ReplyDelete"Deflectionary" - 7x7 sorta themed:
**gruntz**
M&A
"Deflectionary" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MzUwNjc2NDAyMjE3MDM2Ng
Thanks!
OK … So looks now like it might be at least possible to solve this large-jaw, biter "Fictionary" runt, having experience the "Deflectionary" one, first.
ReplyDeleteThe catch on the "Fictionary" puz is that the themer word choices are all real obscure words, a la the pencil-and-paper Fictionary word game. Another device was included, to (somewhat?) help with that.
Sooo … Solve away, if U are brave…
"Fictionary" - 7x7 themed 15 min. biter:
**gruntz**
M&A
"No Refunds"
"Fictionary" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTg2MDg3NDAzNTExNzU0Ng
Did you mean to say, "Solve away, if U are brave... or foolish"? ;>)
Thanks!
"Deflectionary" I haven't been able to upload my solution yet because I keep getting an internal server error (I will keep trying) but I did it in 5:52. I loved the clue for 11A.
ReplyDelete@BobK, no, I did not know of your time spent in chemical research. That explains maleic! If I ever ran across the stuff in obtaining my never-used ChemE degree (I have forgotten everything), I don't remember it.
"Fictionary" Still can't upload my solution. But I had the exact same 5:52 time, weirdly. Nice puz and I agree with @BobK's observation.
ReplyDeleteStumpy Stumper: "Baseball Bingo" - 7x7 themeless:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
"Baseball Bingo" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MTY0NTc4NDE0OTUyMTY1Mw
Thanks
"Baseball Bingo" Still not able to upload. I'll have to try solving from home, on a different computer. 3:37 time. Nice puzzle, thanks.
ReplyDelete"Rust Belts" - 7x7 themed:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
"Rust Belts" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTk0MzA0MzE4MzQxMzc5
Thanks, from someone who really is rusty!
"Rust Belts" Internal server problem solved - do Runts at home!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=ODU3MDM4NDM3Nzc3MTMxNw
"Alphabet Soup" - 7x7 themed:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
"Alphabet Soup" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTg5MTg1NDQ4MDA2Mzg2Mg
Thanks.
"Alphabet Soup" Yum, thanks.
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MjY5MjUzNDQ4MDcwMjQ4Nw
"New Beginnings" - 7x7 themed:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
"New Beginnings" I need a new ending for this one :-).
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NzI1MDEwNDU3MjIwMjI5OQ
"New Beginnings" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=Mzc5OTYzNDU3Nzg4MDE2NQ
Thanks!
M&A suspects that this next runt may be a pure-bred biter. But, it's so different, I'm not sure what to expect …
ReplyDelete"Really Haven't Got a Clue" - 7x7 themed:
**gruntz**
M&A
"No Refunds"
"Really Haven't Got a Clue" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MTUxMzY2NDY0MzIwODI4Ng
Thanks.
@BobK. - yep. I was afraid of this. "Really Haven't Got a Clue" might be a near-impossible runtpuz to solve. Sorry 'bout that...
DeleteCall it a darin experiment gone terribly hairbrain wrong.
Haven't seen the WSJ puz that U mentioned; will have to check it out.
Thanks for tryin this biter out.
M&A
"Right Is Wrong" - 7x7 themed:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
"Right Is Wrong" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NzQwODQ2NDcyNTQwOTA2Nw
Thanks - and for a bonus, solving this runt inspired me to listen to Cole Porter's "Anything Goes."
"Really Haven't Got A Clue" I wish I had a hare-brain!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=ODk1NTgxNDc1NjExMzg1Mg
"Right Is Wrong". This puzzle was right as rain, thanks.
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MzM4MTM2NDc1NzMyMDk2Mw
Stumpy Stumper: "Teenage Popups" - 7x7 themeless:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
"Teenage Popups" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDY3MjU1NDg5NzMyODY1MA
Thanks!
"Teenage Popups", fun, thanks.
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NjQ5MDE3NDk2Njk5ODA3NA
"Growing Up on Runts" - 7x7 themed:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
"Growing Up on Runts" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=Njk4ODA3NDk3ODUyNDEzMw
Thanks!
Stumpy Stumper: "Logic Halfsie" - 7x7 themeless:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
"Logic Halfsie" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDEyOTIzNTA5NjUxNjM4MQ
Thanks!
"Growing Up on Runts" I still have some growing to do :-)
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDY3OTUyNTA5ODQ1Njk5OQ
"Logic Halfsie" @BobK did this well under halfsie of my time - nice job!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDI4OTYyNTA5OTEyMDIzMg
"Collusion" - 7x7 themed:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
"Collusion" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTg2MTE1NTI0NTI3MjY0Mg
Thanks!
Time to get in the holiday spirit, a lil bit …
ReplyDelete"Laughing All The Way" - 7x7 themed:
**gruntz**
M&A
p.s. May all your Christmas shoppin be as smooth as reindeer snot.
"Laughing All The Way" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=ODI2MTYzNTMyNDk5ODE5Nw
Thanks!
@r.alph:
ReplyDeleteWhenever I click on a *gruntz* link, nothing much happens (just kinda sits there and spins). Tried this on several different devices, last night and this mornin; same result.
Is there somethin unusual goin on?
Thanx,
M&A