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M&A ain't quite sure how to allot time for this puppy. First reaction is it's gonna have some serious teeth to it. Since there's no "whole weekend" time allotment, I gave it 15. Now everyone will probably solve it in under 2 or 3.
"Double-Crossing Corners" - 7x7 15 min. sorta themed:
Sorry about any sufferin incurred from that little K-Derby distraction … M&A got inspired, at almost the last minute, by those two Z-horse names. They came in third and tenth, btw.
Are you sure this is not a practical question? I feel honoured (Canadian spell check) to have you ask my advice, even if it is asking for a friend.
IA seems to indicate IOWA, unless I am being fooled by a misdirect. I checked the postal code index, and don't see AS any where! If I saw this clue, I would be asking for a recap!
I'm guessing you (oops, your friend) doesn't want to use 'Simile word' as a gimme clue.
Uh oh. The runtpuz testsolver staff is becomin waaay overly impressed with the runtpuz theme selections, lately. It is high time to bring them back down to the depths of typical runtpuz theme reality again …
The following runt could well be a Fireball Crossword -- if Peter Gordon accepted biter runtpuzs, that is. M&A will offer it up here as an "extra challenge", to those brave enough to give it a go. (Now watch: everybody will probably solve this puppy in record low times.)
"Word on the Street" - today the word on the street is 'Natick', but fun anyway, thanks! Looking ahead, it might be Natick x2, judging from blog comments.
@M&A, I will be visiting my daughter in Basel, going to her wedding celebration, and taking a road trip through Alsace, the Alps, Lake Como and Tuscany. It should be fun!
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ReplyDeleteThanx, mighty nice sir.
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"Dangerfield Punch Lines #47" - 7x7 themed:
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"Dangerfield Punch Lines #47" --
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"Dangerfield Punch Lines #47"
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Thanks to both @M&A and @R.alph!
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"Dangerfield Punch Lines #47" Fun, thanks!
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"Home Cookin'" - 7x7 themed:
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"Home Cookin" - Hot & Tasty! Thanks!
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"Home Cookin' " Fun, thanks!
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"Home Cookin'" --
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Tasty and nutritious! Thanks!
"Jump Starts" - 8x8 12 min. themed:
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"Jump Starts" - and for me, slow finishes.
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"Jump Starts" --
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Thanks! (But I did leave one question to be answered.)
I commented on 16D for you, @BobK
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Delete"Jump Starts" Nice, thanks!
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"Desperate Word Square #119" - 7x7 12 min. desperate:
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"Desperate Word Square #119" --
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"Desperate Word Square #119"
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Lotsa write overs, but finally got it! Thanks!
"Desperate Word Square #119" Fun, thanks!
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M&A ain't quite sure how to allot time for this puppy. First reaction is it's gonna have some serious teeth to it. Since there's no "whole weekend" time allotment, I gave it 15. Now everyone will probably solve it in under 2 or 3.
ReplyDelete"Double-Crossing Corners" - 7x7 15 min. sorta themed:
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"Double-Crossing Corners" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MTkxOTU5MTMzMzY4Mzc3MA
Thanks. No 2 or 3 minute solves for me!
"Double-Crossing Corners" - it double-crossed me!
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Thanks! I enjoyed it, even tho I couldn't finish.
"Double-Crossing Corners" Nice, thanks!
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"Such and Such" - 7x7 themed:
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"Such and Such" --
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"Such and Such"
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"Chain (See) Saws" - 7x7 themed:
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"Chain (See) Saws" --
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"Such and Such" Toughie for me, thanks!
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"Chain (See) Saws"
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Nice, thanks!
First of a 3-part runtpuz series:
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"Feisty Fill and Frosty Clues" - Ouch is all I can say.
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Somehow I missed the friendly part! Two more like this you say? Thanks!
"Chain (See) Saws" Nice, thanks!
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"Friendly Fill and Feisty Clues" If M&A is looking to debut with a Saturday Stumper runt, this one wins. Thanks!
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"Friendly Fill and Feisty Clues" --
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Ouch! indeed! Thanks.
Looks like this series is really gonna be popular …
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"Friendly Theme and Runty Clues" --
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Decidedly more friendly! Thanks!
"Friendly Theme and Runty Clues"
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"Friendly Clues and Weird-Ass Fill" - 7x7 mostly weird:
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"Friendly Clues and Weird-Ass Fill" - Yup, it fits the description (especially the 'mostly weird' part).
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Thanks for the change of pace!
"Friendly Clues and Weird-Ass Fill" --
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Aargh! Thanks.
Fourth in the 3-part series …
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"Friendly Jaws and Chewable Clues"
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"Friendly Jaws and Chewable Clues" --
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"Friendly Theme and Runty Clues" Fun, thanks!
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"Friendly Clues and Weird-Ass Fill" I was on the right wavelength, I guess. Thanks!
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"Friendly Jaws and Chewable Clues" Fun, thanks!
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"Birds and Bees" - 7x7 themed:
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"Birds and Bees" --
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Very sexy! Thanks!
"Birds and Bees"
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"Birds and Bees" Nice, thanks!
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Stumpy Stumper: "Flatter Will Get U Nowhere #36" - 10x5 themeless:
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"Flatter Will Get U Nowhere #36" --
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"Flatter Will Get U Nowhere #36" Fun, thanks!
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"Flatter Will Get U Nowhere #36"
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And they're off and runty …
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"K-Derby Day" --
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@M&A takes the roses! I just get the thorns. Thanks.
"K-Derby Day"
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@M&A, hope you did not bet the ranch on this one! Thanks!
@Kirk - Nope. Ranch is safe. Real cool, that an 80-1 last-minute replacement won the race, tho.
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"K-Derby Day" Interesting, thanks!
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Sorry about any sufferin incurred from that little K-Derby distraction … M&A got inspired, at almost the last minute, by those two Z-horse names. They came in third and tenth, btw.
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The other "M&A" …
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"Mergers & Acquisitions" --
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"Mergers & Acquisitions"
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Fun, thanks! I'd say M&A picks stocks no better than he picks horses! ;-)
"Fruit of Your Labors" - 7x7 themed:
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"Mergers & Acquisitions" Nice, thanks!
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"Fruit of Your Labors" --
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"Fruit of Your Labors"
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"Pfalse Starts" - 7x9 12 min. themed:
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"Pfalse Starts" --
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Thanks. Excuse me while I don my dishdasha.
"Fruit of Your Labors" Nice, thanks!
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"Pfalse Starts" - that was Pfun!
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"Pfalse Starts" Very nice, thanks!
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"Portmanteau Power" - 7x7 themed:
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"Portmanteau Power"
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"Portmanteau Power" Thanks!
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"Portmanteau Power" --
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Runtpuz powerful recap of solution to: "Portmanteau Power".
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"Weeject Hunt" - 7x7 themed:
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"Weeject Hunt" --
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Weeject Hunt" - Twicky!
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Stumpy Stumper: "Wiener Dog Runt #30" - 16x3.5 12 min. slightly desperate themeless:
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"Wiener Dog Runt #30" --
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"Wiener Dog Runt #30"
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"Magic Carpet Ride" - 7x7 themed:
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"Magic Carpet Ride"
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Fun, thanks!
"Wiener Dog Runt #30" Funny, thanks!
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"Magic Carpet Ride" --
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"Magic Carpet Ride" Thanks!
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"Ten Down Fight" - 7x7 12 min. themed:
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"Ten Down Fight" --
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Philosophical question: Would this be a good clue for AS? …
ReplyDelete{Huge hunk of land next to IA??}.
(Just askin for a friend who makes runtpuzs.)
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Hi @M&A,
DeleteAre you sure this is not a practical question? I feel honoured (Canadian spell check) to have you ask my advice, even if it is asking for a friend.
IA seems to indicate IOWA, unless I am being fooled by a misdirect. I checked the postal code index, and don't see AS any where! If I saw this clue, I would be asking for a recap!
I'm guessing you (oops, your friend) doesn't want to use 'Simile word' as a gimme clue.
'Arsenic, on the Atomic scoreboard', might work.
"Ten Down Fight"
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Fun, thanks!
"Sports Illustrated" - 7x7 illustrated themed:
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"Sports Illustrated" - Hot off the press, special playoff edition!
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Thanks, @M&A. Some of us don't have a clue! Har!
That was a dig at me, not you.
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"Ten Down Fight" Fun, thanks!
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"Sports Illustrated" Very illuminating, thanks!
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Philosophically speakin, I reckon this one might be a biter …
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Runtpuz stately recap for solution to: "Stately Neighborhoods".
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Stately Neighborhoods" --
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Wow, you got 1A purty darn quick!
Delete"Stately Neighborhoods"
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Har! Philosophical, indeed. Thanks!
"Stately Neighborhoods" Very fun, thanks!
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"Double Edged Xword" - 7x7 12 min. themed:
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"Double Edged Xword" --
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Very clever! Thanks.
"Double Edged Xword"
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"Double Edged Xword" Nice, thanks!
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Uh oh. The runtpuz testsolver staff is becomin waaay overly impressed with the runtpuz theme selections, lately. It is high time to bring them back down to the depths of typical runtpuz theme reality again …
ReplyDelete"Hi-Yo Silver" - 7x7 trashy themed:
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"Hi-Yo Silver" --
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Thanks!?
Runtpuz silver recap of solution to: "Hi-Yo Silver".
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"Hi-Yo Silver"
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Thunks!
"Wordswiths" - 7x7 themed:
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"Hi-Yo Silver" Thanks!
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@Teedmn - LGBTQuarter horses! Like.
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"Wordswiths" --
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@BobK. - Cool extra runtpuz theme idea, in yer comments. Thanx.
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"Wordswiths" Fun, thanks! And like @BobK, I had certain expectations which fell by the wayside almost immediately, luckily.
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"Wordswiths"
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At least 50% Bob K.'s fault …
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"Ms Flip n Flop" --
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"Ms Flip 'n' Flop"
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Thanks, @W&A and @BobK!
"Ms. Flip n Flop" Fun, thanks!
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@Teedmn: "Fliw-Flaw"! Nice. Like it better than my title for it.
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Stumpy Stumper: "Wiener Dog Runt #31" - 16x3.5 12 min. themeless:
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Wiener Dog Runt #31" --
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"Wiener Dog Runt #31"
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Nice one, thanks!
"Wiener Dog Runt #31" Thanks!
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"Word on the Street" - 7x7 themed:
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"Word on the Street" --
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Two or three tricky ones there, but, thanks!
The following runt could well be a Fireball Crossword -- if Peter Gordon accepted biter runtpuzs, that is.
ReplyDeleteM&A will offer it up here as an "extra challenge", to those brave enough to give it a go. (Now watch: everybody will probably solve this puppy in record low times.)
"In Retrospect x 2" - 7x7 15 min. themed:
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Runtpuz retrospective recap of solution to: "In Retrospect x 2".
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"In Retrospect x 2" --
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There never was any danger of me finishing in record time. Thanks.
"Word on the Street" - today the word on the street is 'Natick', but fun anyway, thanks! Looking ahead, it might be Natick x2, judging from blog comments.
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"In Retrospect x 2"
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No record time, but eventually got it! Thanks!
"Word on the Street" Fun, thanks!
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"In Retrospect X 2" Very nice, thanks!
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"Missed Metaphors" - 7x7 themed:
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p.s. Not M&A's original metaphor ideas here, but he'll be a-workin on some of his own now soon ...
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"Missed Metaphors"
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That one was fun! Thanks!
"Desperate Missed Metaphors" - 7x7 themed:
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p.s. This wild bunch is by M&A, this time.
"Desperate Missed Metaphors"
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Maybe better than the first bunch, I liked it. Thanks!
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"Missed Metaphors" Fun, thanks!
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"The Next Thing U Know" - 7x7 themed:
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Thanks.
"Desperate Missed Metaphors" Not the desperate word square I was expecting, whew! Thanks.
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"The Next Thing U Know ..."
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"The Next Thing U Know..." Nice, thanks!
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"The Last Thing U Heard…" - 7x7 themed:
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"The Last Thing U Heard ..."
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Ouch! Thanks, anyway.
On Friday I head out on my first ever trip to Europe for 3 weeks. So don't be surprised by me getting behind on runtpuz solves.
@Kirk: Have a great trip! M&A has only been to Europe one time … a Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Norway road trip.
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"Desperate Word Square #120" - 7x7 desperate:
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p.s. 12 min. solvequest time allotted.
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Thanks! Thanks! (Don't know why my score posted twice!)
"Desperate Word Square #120" - No kidding.
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@M&A, I will be visiting my daughter in Basel, going to her wedding celebration, and taking a road trip through Alsace, the Alps, Lake Como and Tuscany. It should be fun!
"Get on the Same Page" - 7x7 12 min. themed:
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"Get on the Same Page"
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Fun, thanks!
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"Ups and Downs" - 7x7 12 min. themed:
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"Ode to an Urn" - 7x7 themed:
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"Ode to an Urn"
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I'm going to blame my last 2 solves on jet lag. I think I fell asleep while trying the other puzzle the other night. Europe is nice!
"First Class Runt" - 7x7 themed:
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"The Last Thing U Heard" I join @Kirk in not catching the theme. Thanks.
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Runtpuz last thing recap of solution for "The Last Thing U Heard".
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Stumpy Stumper: "Cheese with Hooves" - 7x7 themeless:
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"Desperate Word Square #120" Fun, thanks!
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"Get On The Same Page" Thanks!
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"Tune That Name" - 7x7 themed:
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"Ups and Downs" Very nice, but hard!
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This runt was kinda extra-fun to make … hope it's equally fun to solve.
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p.s. Y'all get 12 min. of solve time, just in case …
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"An Ode to an Urn" Nice, thanks!
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"Cheese with Hooves"
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"Tune That Name"
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Thanks again!
"First Class Runt" And I go to the back of the class! Thanks.
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"Cheese With Hooves" Love the title. Thanks!
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"Tune That Name" Thanks!
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"It's The Pits!" Very nice gridwork and theme, thanks!
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"Runt Dog Show" - 7x7 illustrated themed:
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Definitely a lot of fun! Thanks!
This one's so maverick, I'll just toss it in as a "bonus". Besides, @Teedmn was startin to get all caught up…
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"Runt Dog Show" Clever, you got me! And thanks for keeping me playing catch-up :-).
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"It's The Pits!"
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"Themeless Theme" Fun, thanks!
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"Nick of Time" - 7x7 themed:
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"Nick of Time" Fun, thanks!
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"Well Spotted" - 7x7 12 min. themed:
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p.s. Will hold off on more runtz, til the mighty @r.alph can make us a new blog thread. There's a Dangerfield puz in it for him.