Thursday, August 22, 2019

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200 comments:

  1. "Queued Up" --
    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTU0NzI1NjQ5MjQzNjk1Nw

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  2. "Queued Up" Nice!

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NjQ1ODQwNjU2NTAyNTM1Mw

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  3. "Let Them Finish Already" - 7x7 12 min. themed:

    **gruntz**

    M&A

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  4. "Let Them Finish Already" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MzQ0NDg2NjU4MzkxMDg2OQ

    Thanks.

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  5. Runtpuz finished recap of solution to: "Let Them Finish Already".

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MTc5Nzc0NjYwOTYwOTE5OQ

    M&A

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  6. "Half-Assed" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MTY4MjUyNjY5NDM4OTczNg

    Thanks!

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  7. "Let Them Finish Already" I was finished, all right! :-)

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTkwOTI0NjcwMTE2NTM2OQ

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  8. "Half-Assed", Nice, thanks.

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NjAyNzg0Njc0MTY1MjQyOQ

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  9. Stumpy Stumper: "Tasty Biter" - 7x7 themeless:

    **gruntz**

    M&A

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  10. "Tasty Biter" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDE3NzkxNjc4MDgxMjY0MQ

    Thanks!

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  11. "Tasty Biter"

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NzAwNDc4NjgyMTQ5NTQ0Mg

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  12. "Herb Salad" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MjE0MjE0Njg2NzIyMTM3NQ

    Thanks!

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  13. "Herb Salad" Nice grid.

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=Nzk5MDE5NjkxMDg4ODc4Ng

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  14. "Wild Flowers" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=Njg3NzMwNjk0ODU2OTgzNQ

    Thanks.

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  15. "Wild Flowers" A rather wild ride, thanks.

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTA5MTI2Njk5NDY5NTQ0Mw

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  16. Stumpy Stumper: "Runty Tripping" - 7x7 themeless:

    **gruntz**

    M&A

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  17. "Runty Tripping" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MTU5NzUzNzAyMTgwMDY2Ng

    Thanks!

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  18. "Runty Tripping"

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MjA2Mjk1NzA4NDQwODYyMg

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  19. "The Weest of Adjustments" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NzQwNzQ1NzExNTY1NTE4OA

    Thanks!

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  20. "The Weest of Adjustments" Fun, thanks.

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NjYxNDc0NzE2NDM2NzU4Mw

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  21. "Down and Out" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTI0Njc1NzIwMDgxMjg2Nw

    Thanks!

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    1. @BobK.-Great solvetime on "Down and Out". Bummer, about that O-impersonator prob. Relieved, that the gimmick was gettable.

      Have been careful about nasty crosses and such, ever since all the test solvers got skunked-up by that darn CBC/CG crossin in the "Wild Flowers" runt. Shoulda gone with an easier clue, for at least one of those two answers.

      Lately, a lot of the runtz I wrote never got published. Cuz I out of the blue write a new oddball one, and want to immediately publish it before the older ones ever get their chance. M&A gets too curious about what will happen on the latest weird one.

      Need to cool the creativity for a few days, and let the poor, whimperin runtz-in-waitin have their day at the dogshow, I reckon.

      M&A

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  22. Oops, I did it again …
    Just wrote up this pup. Hurt my head to make it, btw.

    "Noun You See It …" - 7x7 15 min. themed:

    **gruntz**

    M&A

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  23. "Noun You See It …" --
    And noun I don't --

    My sun-addled brain couldn't match this runt!


    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MTkxNTY2NzMwMTI5Njc4Mw

    Thanks.

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  24. Runtpuz noun-seen recap of solution for "Noun You See It …".

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTg3MDE4NzMwNTgxOTUwMQ

    M&A

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  25. Due to some real cute puppy shamin from frustrated runt test solvers, M&A has revised the "Noun You See It …" runt, to hopefully make it a smidge easier. Think of it as a decorative muzzle on a problem biter …

    "Noun You See It (Revised) …" - 7x7 12 min. themed:

    **gruntz**

    M&A
    "No refunds"

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    1. p.s.
      … and many thanx, to loyal long-sufferin test solvers, for yer input.
      M&Also

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  26. "Bury the Lead" -- aka "Bury the Solver" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTMyMDYxNzQzODA5NzU3Nw

    Thanks? (What was that refund policy again?)

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  27. @BobK. - real sorry U got buried. How'bout this pup … ?

    "Very Little Labor Day" - 7x7 themed:

    **gruntz**

    M&A
    "aimin to please but not to reimburse"

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  28. "Very Little Labor Day" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NzY3NDM4NzQ1MjYxOTQzOQ

    :>) Thanks! :>)

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  29. "Down and Out" Fun, thanks!

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=Mzk5OTgyNzUxMjQzMTkxMQ

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  30. "Cross Up Words" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MTUwMDI0NzUzODkyNzUyMA

    Thanks!

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  31. "Bury the Lead" Nice, thanks.

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MzU3OTk2NzYwMzQ5NzE3Mg

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  32. "Noun You See It" Har.

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NjYxNDc0NzE2NDM2NzU4Mw

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  33. "Very Little Labor Day"

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NzkwMTY1NzY0MDk1NzgxNw

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  34. "Cross Up Words"

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDM3NzY3Njg5MTkxNDI3

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  35. "Desperate Word Square #69" - 7x7 sorta themed:

    **gruntz**

    M&A

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  36. "Desperate Word Square #69" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=ODg0Mjk1NzcxMjEwMDIzOQ

    Thanks!

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  37. "Desperate Word Square #69" Nice job, @BobK!

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDg2NTMxNzc3NTA3NjE0OA

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  38. "Stray Dogs" Thanks!

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=Nzk4NjU3ODgxMDkxNTA2

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  39. "Stray Dogs" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDQ3ODc2Nzg5MTEyMjE3Mw

    Thanks!

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  40. From The New Yorker, cartoon #2: https://www.newyorker.com/cartoons/issue-cartoons/cartoons-from-the-september-9-2019-issue

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  41. "Blue Streaks" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NzU1NzgyNzk4NjgyODc4Mw

    Thanks!!

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  42. "Blue Streaks" Fun, thanks.

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MjUzNTE4MDMxNTAxMDE0

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  43. Stumpy Stumper: "Lone Ranger Lingo" - 7x7 themeless:

    **gruntz**

    M&A

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  44. "Lone Ranger Lingo" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MjcyNzc0ODA1NTkyOTYzOQ

    Thanks*

    *with a footnote.

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  45. After reading Bob's comment, I want my money back.

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  46. @r.alph & @BobK. - yep. M&A wants his money back, too. My Mac's online thesaurus had an incorrect synonym, for the "Lone Ranger Lingo" answer in question.

    Revised version …

    "Lone Ranger Lingo, Revised" - 7x7 themeless:

    **gruntz**

    M&A

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  47. "Lone Ranger Lingo" Fun! But my habit of runting in the morning means I often miss all the excitement :-).

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=Nzk0MjUyODExOTY3MjA5Nw

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  48. Chanteys are this puz will have better synonymage …

    "Dangerfield Punch Lines #6" - 7x7 themed:

    **gruntz**

    M&A

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  49. "Dangerfield Punch Lines #6" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MjY1NDc1ODE0MzQwMjcxMA

    Thanks!

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  50. "Dangerfield Punch Lines #6"

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDg1NjIyODIwNjYwOTAyNQ

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  51. "Conspiracy of Silence" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MTIyMTc1ODIzNTkzMTMxMg

    Thanks! [Nods silently]

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  52. "Conspiracy of Silence" Nice!

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MjY4NTE5ODI4OTk5NDkzOQ

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  53. "Partial Partials" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTk5ODIxODMxNTY2OTQ0Mw

    Thanks! (Fully, not partially.)

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  54. "Partial Partials" Interesting idea, thanks.

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTg1NjgyODM3NjEyODg3Ng

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  55. "Halfsies" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MjM5NTI2ODM5NjkwODY2Nw

    Thanks!

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  56. "Halfsies" Fun!

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTEzNDY2ODQ2NzI5ODk2MQ

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  57. "Adieu Aeiou" Great puzzle, thanks.

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MjY4MzA4ODQ2ODA1NjA3NA

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  58. "Adieu Aeiou" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTUzNTIyODQ3MDEyOTI3Mg

    Thnks!

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  59. re: "Adieu Aeiou" …

    1. Amazin solvetime, @BobK.
    2. @r.alph is correct, about "*".
    3. Amazed no one commented on that there 12-A clue; maybe the first time M&A has tried this approach -- but, just didn't want to make things any harder, in that puzarea, so got desperate.

    re: "Halfsies: …
    @Teedmn: yep, on yer 6-D explanation.

    M&A

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  60. Stumpy Stumper: "Enchanted Splat" - 7x7 themeless:

    **gruntz**

    M&A

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  61. "Enchanted Splat" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTYzNDYxODUwMzc5NjkxOA

    Thanks!

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  62. "Enchanted Splat"

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=ODA1NTI5ODU2NDIxMzk0NA

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  63. "Runt Puzzle Pet" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MzcwNTk1ODU4MDQzMTM4Ng

    Thanks!

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  64. "Runt Puzzle Pet" Thanks.

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MjYxMjM4NjM4Nzc1Nzg2

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  65. "The R Word" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTk0MTY5ODY1MTM0NTE2NQ

    Right on!

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  66. "The R Word"

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MTk4Mjg3MjQ3MDcwNzI

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  67. "Six Easy Pieces" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MTUwNzQ5ODczNDk4NTc3OA

    Thanks!

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  68. "Six Easy Pieces" Not as easy as all that! Thanks.

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDE1OTM1ODgwODIyNzA5OA

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  69. "Start Trek" - 7x7 themed:

    **gruntz**

    M&A

    p.s.
    M&A Road Trip is comin up, probably startin sometime this weekend. May be out of touch for a few days of runtz-solver rehab. Be good. (A couple more runtz will probably splatz out, here, before we depart.)

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    Replies
    1. "Start Trek" --

      http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTA4MzA4ODkxNTI4MjM3Mg

      Thanks (but, ouch!)

      Delete
  70. "Two to One Shots" - 7x7 themed:

    **gruntz**

    M&A

    p.s.
    @r.alph: har. Well, the runtz always have tried harder …
    But, how'bout this one?

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  71. Replies
    1. "The Old One Two" --

      http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDQ1MDQ3ODkxNjE0NzE5Mw

      Thanks.

      Delete
  72. "Start Trek" Sleeper biter!

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTI4NzI5ODg5NzUzODkzOQ

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  73. "Two to One Shots" Nice, thanks.

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NzY4OTA4ODg5ODkyOTI5MA

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  74. Stumpy Stumper: "Monkey Bubbles" - 7x7 themeless:

    **gruntz**

    M&A

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    1. "Monkey Bubbles" --

      http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTI4NDUyODkxNjU5OTg3NA

      Thanks!

      P.S. - I'm on my way to visit the Mall Orca on Sunday. See you in two weeks!

      Delete
  75. Last runt, for a little while …

    "The Smaller, the Feistier" - 7x7 not especially themed:

    **gruntz**

    M&A

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  76. "The Smaller, the Feistier" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MTEzMjgwOTA4MDUwMTc1NQ

    Thanks, and thanks!

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  77. Anybody around the joint anymore?
    M&A is back from the short vacation. Might be a good time to dump this puppy on the streets, while no one is lookin …

    "It's in the Bag" - 7x7 themed:

    **gruntz**

    M&A

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  78. "Monkey Bubbles"

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MzkyMjg3OTY1ODEzNTM3MA

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    1. I've lost the hang of this - my link for Monkey Bubbles belongs to "The Old One Two". Here is "Monkey Bubbles", though I know adding the link isn't necessary.

      http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MTEzMDY2OTY1ODM3ODIzMA

      Delete
  79. "The Smaller, the Feistier" Thanks!

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTMyNTc2OTc0ODU0Njc5Nw

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  80. "It's In The Bag" Fun! Yeah, where is everyboday? (Besides @BobK, in Majorca). I was in Iceland and was doing Runts so what gives? :-)

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=Njc3NjE5OTg0NjAwNjMwMA

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  82. Stumpy Stumper: "Judge Zorro" - 7x7 themeless:

    **gruntz**

    M&A

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  83. "Judge Zorro" Thanks.

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTkwOTg1OTkzMTY1NDAzOA

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  84. Replies
    1. "Grade-A-Runt" --

      http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTkzMTEyMTM1MjAwNjIw

      Thanks!

      But, grrr, I did two or three previous runts just now, but I had forgotten that if I do them on Safari, they don't count! Finally noticed I wasn't being posted, and switched to Chrome. But I resent having to do it!

      Delete
  85. "Grade-A-Runt"

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTczMjIwMTcyNDYyMTg

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  86. Replies
    1. "What, a Zoo?" --

      http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MTIzNzQ5MTM1ODUzOTIz

      Thanks!

      Delete
  87. "What, a Zoo?" Nice, thanks!

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NjE0ODc4MTM4NTYxNDMx

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  88. Stumpy Stumper: "Negligible Entertainment" - 7x7 themeless:

    **gruntz**

    M&A

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  89. Not of "Negligible Entertainment" in the least! Thanks.

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MzUzMTkyOTY3MjM3OTE

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  90. Runtpuz mostly-tot-inspired recap for solution to: "Negligible Entertainment" (yo, @Teedmn).

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NzI1NjYwMjk4MTk5MzU3

    M&A

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    Replies
    1. Har, I was explaining my dilemma with this Runt to my husband today when the lightbulb went on (went off?). Thanks.

      Delete
    2. "Negligible Entertainment" --

      http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NzQwODg1MzgyNTMxNjcx

      Thanks!

      Ignore the ad, can't help it:

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-yZNMWFqvM

      Delete
  91. "Ghost Towns" - 7x7 themed:

    **gruntz**

    M&A

    p.s.
    @BobK. - har. There's gotta be a cool story, behind yer "ignore the ad" msg.?

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  92. "Ghost Towns" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MTc5NTk2Mzg4MTYzNTg0

    Thanks.

    No, no interesting story. Just that I looked at the clip twice, and the first time it was preceded by an ad for Barbie dolls (!) and the second time by an ad for some far-right cult newspaper. I have no idea what you may have been offered!

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  93. "Ghost Towns" Nice.

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=ODEyNzIxNDQ5MzEzOTcx

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  94. "Magic Letter" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MzExMDAzNDYxMDQ2NTA1

    Gracias!

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  95. "Magic Letter" Fun!

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTkzMDM1NDA1NTgwMjM

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  96. "Son of Galaxy of the Guardian" - 7x7 thing from the crypt:

    **gruntz**

    M&A

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  97. "Son of Galaxy of the Guardian" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NjgwNDc1NjE5MTExODQ

    Thanks.

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  98. "Son of Galaxy of the Guardian" Tough one! Thanks.

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MjkyMTkxNjI2ODE4NTMy

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  99. "In Spades" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MjQwNzQzNjQ4NzQ4MTMz

    Thanks.

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  100. "In Spades" Thanks.

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=ODE4NDk4NzExNjQwMTIz

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  101. "Open Season" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MzQyODI3Mzc3MDg0MTI

    Thanks!

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  102. "Open Season", tricky!

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MTM2NzU1Nzk4NzUzNzgy

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  103. "Wander Breed" - 7x7 themed:

    **gruntz**

    M&A

    p.s.
    "Wanderin breed" M&A will be out on another road trip, after this Sunday. Don't figure it to last over a handful days, tho. Thanx.

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  104. "Wander Breed" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDA0MTU4ODIzNzQxNDI3

    Thanks!

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  105. This big hounddog oughta surely allow everybody to miss M&A less, while I'm gone …

    "Sweet Spots" - 15x15 30 min. themed giant runt:

    **gruntz**

    M&A

    p.s. Well, hey -- There's no way the NYT would buy this.

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  106. "Sweet Spots" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MzA3ODMyOTAzNDA1Mzk1

    Hey! A Halloween puzzle! Many thanks for the trick, and for the treat!

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  107. @BobK. - yep, I figured that "Sweet Spots" 15x puz would probably displease the Shortzmeister, for the same reason U had trouble with it. That and the Ow de Speration of 65-Across, of course.

    For a trick or treat runt, could try this pup …

    "Tricks of the Trade" - 7x7 themed:

    **gruntz**

    M&A

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  108. "Tricks of the Trade" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=ODg1MDAwOTA5ODg2MTQ1

    More tricks indeed! Thanks!

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  109. "Wander Breed" There were times I wandered what was going on!

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MjU5NDc3MTA1ODExMDIyOA

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  110. "Tricks of the Trade" Thanks.

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTgwMzY2MTE0MTI1NTAxMQ

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  111. "Sweet Spots" I'm with @BobK, definitely the Halloween of Runts! Fun, thanks.

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDA0NzUwMTI3MTg3NjE5Ng

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  112. Stumpy Stumper: "Intellectual Disgrace" - 7x7 themeless:

    **gruntz**

    M&A

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  113. "Intellectual Disgrace" Thanks, and welcome back!

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NzQ4NTIwMTMxNDMxNjc3Nw

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  114. "Intellectual Disgrace" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=ODY2MjM2MTMyMjA4MTM4NA

    With "intellectual" in the title, clearly not for me. Thanks!

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  115. "May Grow on You" Fun, thanks.

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MjY5MTk1MTQwMjYyNjQ3Mw

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  116. "May Grow on You" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NjExOTYzMTQxMTc2MjYwNA

    Thanks!

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  117. "Bad Stuff Comes in Threes" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=Njk5MDYyMTQzNDk4MzMwMA

    Thanks!

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  118. "Bad Stuff Comes in Threes" Nice!

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=ODIzNDEyMTQ5MDMxOTAwMQ

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  119. "Has a Lot on the Ball" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=ODU0NzkwMTU4NTkxMjg1MQ

    Actually, I've got nothing, but ... Thanks.

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  120. Runtpuz ballsy recap for solution to: "Has a Lot on the Ball".

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NjgxMzMyMTU4NzAzNDU3Mw

    **Mini-SPOILER ALERT**
    Requires kinda a rethink of the word "lot", of course.

    M&A

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  121. "Has a Lot on the Ball" Thanks (a lot! :-) )

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDY2ODQxNjU5NjU3OTA4

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  122. "Name That Tune" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MzEwNDI1MTY3ODM1OTMyNA

    Thanks!

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  123. "Name That Tune" Fun!

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=ODc3NDMxNzQ1OTE0MDgx

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  124. "God Awful" -- (Aw, c'mon, not really that bad!) --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NzEwNzE5MTc2NTUwNTgxNQ

    Thanks!

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  125. "God Awful" Thanks.

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDU1MzcxODMyNTUyODE3

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  126. Stumpy Stumper: "Stiff Fries" - 7x7 themeless:

    **gruntz**

    M&A

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  127. "Stiff Fries" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTE3NDIwMTg1MTM5MDY0NQ

    Thanks!

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  128. "Stiff Fries" Nice, thanks.

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NzA3NDYwMTkyMTkyOTU3MQ

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  129. Runtpuz fried stiff recap for solution to: "Stiff Fries".

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTA4MzYzMTkyNTQ4OTA0NQ

    M&A

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  130. "Runtwide Symmetry" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NjI0MzQ0MTkzNDk0MTIxMQ

    Wow! Thanks!

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  131. "Runtwide Symmetry" A work of art!

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDg4NzY3MjAwOTQ0MDM0Ng

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  132. "The Stripper" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=ODU2MTQxMjAxOTg3MzE1Mg

    Thanks for the lesson in humility! :>)

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  133. Runtpuz strip-mined recap for solution to: "The Stripper".

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTU5NjY1MjAyMDk4MjM4Nw

    M&A

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  134. Stumpy Stumper: "Dirtier Than Snot" - 7x7 themeless:

    **gruntz**

    M&A

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  135. "Dirtier Than Snot" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=Nzk5MTE1MjExNTUwNDI2NQ

    Thanks! Thanks!

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  136. "Low pH" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MzY5NDAyMjE4OTM1NTAxNA

    Thanks!

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  137. "The Stripper" has stripped me of my runt pride. :-)

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDA2NjA1MjI2ODQ0MDQ3Nw

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  138. "Dirtier Than Snot" Fun, thanks!

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NjEwMjc1MjI2OTAwNzE4MA

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  139. "U Had To Be There" -- (But, alas, I wasn't!) --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NjE3MzQ5MjI3NzMyMzQzMg

    Thanks.

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  140. "Low pH" Nice!

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=Nzc5NDQ2MjM1MDg5MTUwNA

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  141. "U Had To Be There"

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NjY1MTUzMjM1MzE4MzkxNw

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  142. "Hybrid Dishes" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDY1MDQyMzk2MDU1MTM1

    Thanks.

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  143. Runtpuz hybrid recap of solution for: "Hybrid Dishes".

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NzkyNDM4MjM5NjgyNTc1Mg

    M&A

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  144. "Hybrid Dishes" Thanks.

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NjEyNzU5MjQzOTYxNzY1Mw

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  145. "Eyes Only" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTM0OTgzMjQ4MzEzODg2NQ

    Thanks, M!

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  146. "Eyes Only" Fun, thanks.

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTU5NjYzMjUyNDEyNzIyMw

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  147. Happy Halloween!

    "Itchy Witches" - 7x7 themed:

    **gruntz**

    M&A

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  148. "Itchy Witches" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTI5MjUxMjU0NzgyNjM1NA

    Thanks!

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  149. "Itchy Witches" Happy belated Halloween!

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTI3OTc5MjYxMTAwNjcxNQ

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  150. "Desperate Word Square #70" - 7x7 schlemeless:

    **gruntz**

    M&A

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  151. "Desperate Word Square #70" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MjY1MTYyMjYxOTg1ODA3OA

    Not "themeless," not "schemeless," but "schlemeless"?

    Thanks!

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  152. "Variations on a Quack" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MjkzMDk5MjY0NTQ2NTYyMQ

    Thx!

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  153. Runtpuz cracked recap of solution for: "Variations on a Quack".

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MjAzOTI0MjY0ODY2MTU2NA

    M&A

    p.s.
    @r.alph: Might be about time to work yer new blog-thread magic? Thanx.

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