M&A is kinda a little sad, as all his (two) attempts to post full comments at Rex Parker wouldn't take today. Only a third short one, with no runtpuz link, got thru. But, hey -- am lookin forward to Easter, tho! …
@M&A - A while back you were askin for theme ideas, but nothing has jumped into my head yet.
But after looking at the last puzzle format, I thought of a different runt puz type that you might want to try, based on Uniclues. Instead of a full word square, you can have back squares, but each row or column will just have 1 Uniclue. Maybe some exceptions, but you could mark the Uniclues with a *. It would make construction a bit easier than a word square - (well maybe a bit less desperate), and give U the chance to create some wacky Unicluing, which I think is your fave part of the process. The puz name can even feature your favourite letter, to boot!
It might be something the Uniclue lovers in Rexworld would want to try.
Just a thought for you at no charge (except for maybe some more runts to solve), but no refunds, either.
@Kirk: Based on yer puzcomment, M&A must not've fully understood the theme idea U pitched. Feel free to elaborate, sometime … always interested in givin a deservin pup another try at best in show.
@Kirk: Ahar! After reviewin some of the recent Rex Parker blog comments, M&A thinks he now knows what U meant by "uniclues". Not the xwordinfo.chen meanin of "uniclue", tho … which was demo-ed in the runtpuz above. Back to the runtpup-breedin board! (So, no need for U to elaborate any further.)
Sometimes being slow and lazy has its benefits. Glad U sussed out what I meant by Uniclue (a la Gary Jugert), saving me an explanation. I guess I now have to read up on the meaning of the Chen uniclue, which I did not know about already. Seems like something that might appear in a cryptic crossword, which I don't try to solve.
I am not sure if this is really a clever idea or not. If not, don't waste a lot of time on it. But thanks for spending the time to understand why I was thinking.
Primo solvetime, @BobK. dude! And I was concerned about it bein too hard a one. Wrong again, M&A breath. Did mis-spell "surprised" as "suprised", but that is sorta apt anyways, I reckon.
**"Your Inner Word Square #3 Revision Alert** As @Teedmn points out, M&A seriously goofed up the 4-D clue. Revised version is offered, below. (No refunds.)
Yes, I did notice the difference in configuration of the circles in the SE corner. But I had been more impressed with the overall symmetry of the grid and the symmetry of the four sets of circles - even the SE was the same pattern, only flipped. Since runt puzzles are not known for symmetry, this seemed a bit unusual. Thanks to a famous Supreme Court decision, the question of whether tomatoes are to be considered fruit or vegetable is a bit confused, but that distinction never entered my thinking about the puzzle.
@BobK. - Oh, man, U are absolutely correct … total missed opportunity in 3-Down's clue, that must be refurbished! ** Revision Alert *** See slightly revised and vastly improved "Peer Groups Explained" runt, below. Thanx! M&A Corrections Dept.
"Succession" is gettin rave reviews! … * "Too esoteric". * "M&A has a weird mind". * "Had to stretch my wheelhouse … after an evening of wine". * "Off the wall themes like this". * "Don't give up your day job, M&A". * "Har".
What you thought were rave reviews were raving reviews. You missed the most important review - Fun solve (in my blog post). If you think you can publish runts in the evening, just to get more wine-inspired comments, It probably won't work very often. Cheers to the runtmeister!
M&A can't publish any runtz right now, but can list the titles of the last ten pups to enter the runtpuz holding pen. A chance for test solvers to use their imaginations, on what might await them soon …?
1. Literal Litterbox. 2. Pardon Our French. 3. Lost and Found. 4. Runt Tripper. 5. At the Runt Spelling Bee. 6. It's a Real Mystery. 7. Easy as ABChablis. 8. X for Nothing. 9. The Great Beyond. 10. Jurassic Judgment.
Since you have no runt "Succession" plan, for emergencies like this, and for when @r.alph hangs up his runt IT support badge, here is a recipe for publishing runts on your own in .PUZ format. Unfortunately, you won't get the puzzle crowd and down-home features, but solvers can find the real runts, not just imagine them.
Google provides what you need, you can store .puz files on Google Drive, save a link to them, and post the link in your very own blog, which you can create on Google blogger.
I tried it myself - here is a link to my blog with a puz entry. I have not worried about formatting.
Runtpuz pen is now open! See new thread, just started up by the amazin @r.alph!
BTW, @Kirk: When @r.alph retires from the runt blog, M&A will probably retire from the runt breedin business. I would miss all these superb features, here, too much.
Bring on Rodney
ReplyDeleteyo, @r.alph! Many thanx!
ReplyDelete"Dangerfield Punch Lines #59" - 8x7 themed:
**gruntz**
M&A
"Dangerfield Punch Lines #59" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTE0Mjg0OTc5NTA1NzE3Nw
Thanks!
Thanks, Kirk. Looks like we posted simultaneously!
ReplyDelete"Dangerfield Punch Lines #59"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MzIzMDA4OTc5NTc4OTA3MQ
Thanks, @M&A, I had a good laugh when seeing the punch line, one of the funnier ones I have seen.
Thanks to @r.alph for your support! You will enjoy Rodney this time for sure.
"Oxymorons" Fun, thanks!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDMxOTMyOTgzOTkzMTM4MQ
"Wiener Dog Runt #47" Nice, thanks!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTI1MDE5ODQwNTk0Mjcz
"Dangerfield Punch Lines #59" Good one, thanks!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=Mjc0NzcyOTg0MDg3MDUyMA
And thanks, @r.alph!
Now Hiring: Runtpuz Theme Suggesters …
ReplyDelete"Job Fair Opportunities" - 7x7 themed:
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"Job Fair Opportunities" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MjcxMjc4OTg0OTIwOTA1MQ
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"Job Fair Opportunities"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTY4ODcwOTg0OTc0NTUzNQ
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"Job Fair Opportunities" Nice, thanks!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=ODM5NTIwOTg1NjU2NDIwOA
"Desperate Word Square #131" - 7x7 desperate:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
"Desperate Word Square #131" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDA2MzI4OTkzMjE2MzI3MA
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"Desperate Word Square #131"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NzI4NzMwOTkzMjQ4NjcwNg
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"Made It There" - 7x7 themed:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
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"Made It There" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTc3NjUyMTM1ODk2NjU
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"Made It There"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=ODgyMTY1MTkwOTMzMDc
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"Desperate Word Square #131" Fun, thanks!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDcyMjgyNDIyMjc4ODE
Hey! Today's NYTPuz was pretty much the same as M&A's 11 March runtpuz here! The royalties will soon be rollin in … right?
ReplyDelete"Filmsy Household Names" - 7x7 themed:
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M&A
"Filmsy Household Names" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MjU5Mjk0MTA1MTQ3NDAx
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(I am Anonymous.)
"Filmsy Household Names"
ReplyDeleteGood one! Fun, thanks!
"Made It There" Nice, thanks!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MTMxNDI0MTM3MDczMjY4
"Filmsy Household Names" Fun, thanks!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NjU3OTAzMTM3NDMzNjA0
"Ain't Quites" - 7x7 12 min. themed:
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"Ain't Quites" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MzQ1MDY3MTg4NzY2MzAz
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"Ain't Quites" - for me, not even close!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=Mjk0OTcxMTk2ODc5MTgx
Thanks, anyway!
Runtpuz apologetic(al) recap for solution to the not-quite-sane and shark-sized-biter "Ain't Quites".
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MTA5NDMxMjAxMTEzMjY2
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Stumpy Stumper: "Flatter Will Get U Nowhere #49" - 10x5 themeless:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
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"Flatter Will Get U Nowhere #49" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=ODEzOTA0MjI4OTQxMDI2
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"Flatter Will Get U Nowhere #49"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=Njg0NDU2MjM3NTc2OTcx
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"Ain't Quites" Shark-bites indeed! Thanks.
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MjI2NzQzMjY3MDU0OTI1
"Flatter Will Get U Nowhere #49" Nice, thanks! And nice job, @BobK!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTkwODk1MjY3NjkyOTM3
"Hot Tips" - 7x7 themed:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
"Hot Tips" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDc3MjY2MjkwMDA1MjQ5
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"Hot Tips"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=ODMwMjEyMjkyOTE0NTgz
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"Hot Tips" Fun, thanks!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTc0MTg3MzEwOTUxMzIx
"Runt Nation Inflation" - 7x7 themed:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
…Oh, and Happy April Fool's Day! …
ReplyDelete"Almost Whatever" - 7x7 almost themed:
**gruntz**
M&A
"Almost Whatever" Almost got me, fun, thanks!!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=Njc2NjE4MzYyOTM3MTU4
"Runt Nation Inflation" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDgzOTM2MzY4MzEzNDIx
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"Almost Whatever" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTgwODI0MzY4NzEwNzI3
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"Almost Whatever"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=Mzg2Mzc1MzcwMjEzNjQy
Fun, thanks!
"Runt Nation Inflation" Nice, thanks!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTY4NDQyMzcwOTY3ODE2
"Runt Nation Inflation"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NzkzMzk5MzczMTAzNzQ5
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"Weeject-a-thon?" - 7x7 ?-marked pangram:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
p.s.
Delete12 minutes allotted … Word is it might be a biter.
M&Also
"Weeject-a-thon?" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=Njc5ODA0NTU1MTE2MzQ
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"Weeject-a-thon?" Weeject describes my solve to a tee! Thanks!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MTU1NTk5NDYwNDQ1Njc5
"Weeject-a-thon?" Apt title for my solve.
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDE2NTQ3NDYzMjE1MDAz
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"Win Sum, Lose Some" - 7x7 themed:
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"Win Sum, Lose Some" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=ODEwOTk1NDgzMzEyMDcy
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"Win Sum, Lose Some"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTY1NzI3NDg2NTI1NjEy
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"Win Sum, Lose Some" Clever, thanks!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDQ2NTg3NTQxMDY5MjA4
Stumpy Stumper: "Tall Hunk of Runt #13" - 6.5x9 themeless:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
"Tall Hunk of Runt #13" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDYzOTgyNTQ2NzU1MDAw
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"Tall Hunk of Runt #13"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTk3NDAzNTUzNjEzMjc0
Nice one, thanks!
"Just For Show" - 7x7 themed:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
"Just For Show" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MzY5ODE2NjE5OTU0Mjk5
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"Tall Hunk of Runt #13" Nice, thanks!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTQ4MDg2MjgzNzUyMDY
"Just For Show"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTM3NjQyNjM4MDMxOTY4
Fun runt, thanks!
"If You Build It …" - 9x6 12 min. themed:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
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"If You Build It …" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDk0MDY5NzA1NjkyMDIx
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"If You Build It ..."
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MTE5MzA3NzI2NTc2MjEw
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"Poker Hands" - 7x7 themed:
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M&A
"Poker Hands" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MjM3MDg3OTk3MDIwMjk
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"Poker Hands"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NjQzNjEzODEyMjY1Mzc2
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M&A is kinda a little sad, as all his (two) attempts to post full comments at Rex Parker wouldn't take today. Only a third short one, with no runtpuz link, got thru.
ReplyDeleteBut, hey -- am lookin forward to Easter, tho! …
"Easter Egg Hint" - 8x7 12 min. themed:
**gruntz**
M&A
"Easter Egg Hint" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTE3MTAwODMyNDYyMjA2
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"Easter Egg Hint"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MjI2OTg4NDI2MDUzMTE
I could have used an extra hint or two to get this one.
I'm hoping M&A is on the Easter bunny's 'Nice' list. ;-)
"Before and After Flicks" - 7x7 themed:
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M&A
p.s. Inspired by a frequent "Jeopardy!" category.
@M&A - I just noticed a typo in 18D clue, see my solve comments
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ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDU5MjczODg2ODQ0MTQ5
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"If You Build It..." Fun, thanks!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDkyNTQzODg3NTE2MTE2
"Before and After Flicks"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTA2OTU0ODg4MzQ3NjI0
Fun, thanks!
For those that couldn't get to the ACPT …
ReplyDelete"Masters Runtpuz Tourney" - 7x7 themed:
**gruntz**
M&A
"Masters Runtpuz Tourney"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NzgwNzEwOTExMTc3ODQ5
Thanks! Not sure that I will make the cut, though.
"Masters Runtpuz Tourney" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDA0NDQ5OTE5NjQ3NTI3 (scriplet)
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"Poker Hands" Very nice, thanks!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MTk0OTU3OTY1MTQ3NjA0
"Easter Egg Hint" My basket was empty :-( Fun, thanks!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MzU3NDMwOTY2MDM5MzEz
"Before and After Flicks" Fun, thanks!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NjI0ODE0OTY2MzcyODYx
"Masters Runtpuz Tourney" Thanks for not being about golf! Nice.
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTU1NTk1OTY2NzIyMTk2
Hmmm. Possible new runtpuz series? …
ReplyDeleteWe'll see how the pilot plays out; first time will probably be harder.
"Your Inner Word Square" - 7x7 12 min. semi-desperate:
**gruntz**
M&A
"Your Inner Word Square" Did not lead to inner peace but fun, thanks!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTU1NTk1OTY2NzIyMTk2
"Your Inner Word Square" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MzY5MDQ5OTc5MTU4OTI5
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"Your Inner Word Square"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MjM4NDg1OTkzODQ2MTcw
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@M&A - A while back you were askin for theme ideas, but nothing has jumped into my head yet.
ReplyDeleteBut after looking at the last puzzle format, I thought of a different runt puz type that you might want to try, based on Uniclues. Instead of a full word square, you can have back squares, but each row or column will just have 1 Uniclue. Maybe some exceptions, but you could mark the Uniclues with a *. It would make construction a bit easier than a word square - (well maybe a bit less desperate), and give U the chance to create some wacky Unicluing, which I think is your fave part of the process. The puz name can even feature your favourite letter, to boot!
It might be something the Uniclue lovers in Rexworld would want to try.
Just a thought for you at no charge (except for maybe some more runts to solve), but no refunds, either.
Cheers.
I typed 'back squares', I meant black squares. I am blaming auto-corrupt for that.
DeleteThanx, @Kirk. Will definitely toss this into the runt pen, and see what all starts to bark…
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Well … All M&A can say is that this is mostly @Kirk's fault …
ReplyDelete"Uni Corny Clues" - 7x7 12 min. themed:
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M&A
"Uni Corny Clues"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NzQwOTQ4MTA2MzAzNTA1NQ
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@Kirk: Based on yer puzcomment, M&A must not've fully understood the theme idea U pitched. Feel free to elaborate, sometime … always interested in givin a deservin pup another try at best in show.
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@Kirk: Ahar! After reviewin some of the recent Rex Parker blog comments, M&A thinks he now knows what U meant by "uniclues". Not the xwordinfo.chen meanin of "uniclue", tho … which was demo-ed in the runtpuz above.
DeleteBack to the runtpup-breedin board! (So, no need for U to elaborate any further.)
M&A Ahar Desk
Sometimes being slow and lazy has its benefits. Glad U sussed out what I meant by Uniclue (a la Gary Jugert), saving me an explanation. I guess I now have to read up on the meaning of the Chen uniclue, which I did not know about already. Seems like something that might appear in a cryptic crossword, which I don't try to solve.
DeleteI am not sure if this is really a clever idea or not. If not, don't waste a lot of time on it. But thanks for spending the time to understand why I was thinking.
Kirk
Runtpuz corny recap of solution to: "Uni Corny Clues".
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MjQ1NTE3MTA2Njg3MDkyNg
M&A Help Desk
"Uni Corny Clues" Thanks!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTU2ODg1MTEzMjc2MTEzNA
Stumpy Stumper: "Wiener Dog Runt #48" 16x3.5 12 min. themeless:
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M&A
But …
DeleteMis-spell error in 16-Down clue, so see new version of this wiener dog, below. And thanx to @Teedmn, for spottin the goof.
M&A Corrections Dept.
"Wiener Dog Runt #48" Fun thanks! (Check 16D clue?)
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NjI0NDU5MTE0NTIwMjY4MA
"Uni Corny Clues" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDU2NDI0MTE0NjE5NTAzMQ
Um, thanks?
"Wiener Dog Runt #48" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=ODU4NDU1MTE0NzExMTgwNA
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Revised version:
ReplyDeleteStumpy Stumper: "Wiener Dog Runt #48" - 16x3.5 12 min. revised themeless:
**gruntz**
M&A House of Corrections
"Wiener Dog Runt #48"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTgwMTIzMTE1NjM3MjgzNw
Fun, thanks! @Bob, I answered your question about 18A in my comments.
"The Ghost in the Machine" - 7x7 themed:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
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"The Ghost in the Machine" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTQyMTI5MTIyNjk4NzQ1OA
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"The Ghost in the Machine"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MTI5NzYxMTI0Mzg2MDM4OQ
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"Spurts Illustrated" - 7x7 illustrated themed:
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"Spurts Illustrated" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTU0NTgyMTMxMTgyODA2OQ
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"Spurts Illustrated"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTk5NjIxMzE4NTY5MTY2
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"The Ghost in the Machine" Nice, thanks!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MzQyNTcyMTM0NTE0MzQxNw
"Spurts Illustrated" Fun, thanks!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MTIxNDMwMTM0NTUyMzMwNg
This here biter chewed thru the runtpen fence! Mostly @Kirk's fault, tho (I think) …
ReplyDelete"Uni Hopper Clues - 7x7 12 min. themed:
**gruntz**
M&A
"Uni Hopper Clues --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTk3OTYzMTQwNzI1NTAzNw
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"Uni Hopper Clues"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NzAyNzM3MTQwODU1MDAzMg
This one kinda bit me, but as always, Thanks!
"Pieces of Eight" - 7x7 12 min. themed:
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M&A
"Pieces of Eight" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NjM2MDE5MTQ5MjM2MTMyNw
A golden runt! Thanks!
"Pieces of Eight"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=Mjc5NzU0MTQ5ODQ0MTM2MQ
I agree with @Bob's comment. Nice one, thanks!
"Runtpuz Reorg" - 7x7 themed:
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M&A
"Runtpuz Reorg" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MzI2ODI5MTU3ODY3MjEzNQ
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Runtpuz re-orged recap of solution to: "Runtpuz Reorg".
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=Mjg3NjA4MTU4MDAzNzg0MQ
M&A Help Desk
"Uni Hopper Clues" Thanks!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NzMyODAwMTU4MDQ0ODA3Mw
"Pieces of Eight" Fun, thanks!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTg3MjE3MTU4MDg0ODIyMw
"Runtpuz Reorg" Fun, thanks!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NjUwNjYzMTU4MTI5MTI1Ng
"Runtpuz Reorg"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTk0NTc2MTU4ODgxMzk0Mg
Nice one, thanks!
Stumpy Stumper: "Flatter Will Get U Nowhere #50" - 10x5 themeless:
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"Flatter Will Get U Nowhere #50" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTYxOTM4MTY1NTc1MzAzNQ
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"Flatter Will Get U Nowhere #50"
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"Flatter Will Get U Nowhere #50" Nice, thanks!
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"Before and After Oldies" - 7x7 themed:
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M&A
"Before and After Oldies" --
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"Before and After Oldies"
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Well, M&A must apologize … that last "before & after" runt clearly was way too easy. Must try to make amends …
ReplyDelete"Before and After Schlock FlickFest" - 7x7 themed:
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"Before and After Schlock FlickFest" --
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"Before and After Schlock FlickFest"
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"Jaws On Pause in Oz" - 7x7 themed:
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"Jaws On Pause in Oz" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=Nzk5MzgxODQwMjcyMjAw
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Primo solvetime, @BobK. dude! And I was concerned about it bein too hard a one. Wrong again, M&A breath.
DeleteDid mis-spell "surprised" as "suprised", but that is sorta apt anyways, I reckon.
M&A Awards Desk
"Jaws On Pause in Oz"
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"Souper Bowl" - 7x7 12 min. themed:
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M&A
"Souper Bowl"
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"Souper Bowl" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MTA5MDU0MTkyNjI0NDIzMg
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"Before and After Oldies" Nice, thanks!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDY0NDM1MTkzNjg2MDk0NQ
"Before and After Schlock FlickFest" Fun, thanks!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=ODI5ODM2MTkzNzg0NzQ5MA
"Jaws On Pause In Oz" Cute, thanks!
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"Souper Bowl" Super, thanks!
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"What's in the Box?" - 7x7 12 min. themed:
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"What's in the Box?" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MTgwNTg0MjAwOTUwOTc5NQ
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"What's in the Box?"
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@Kirk: Your inside-the-box comment might have potential for "What's in the Box #2".
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Stumpy Stumper: "Jaws of Themelessness #1" - 8x8 themeless:
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M&A
"Jaws of Themelessness #1"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MjU1NDQ4MjAzNzUzNTAwNQ
I see the #1 in title. Maybe another series in the hopper? Nice one, thanks!
"Jaws of Themelessness #1" --
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"Your Inner Word Square #2" - 7x7 12 min. sorta themed:
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"Your Inner Word Square #2"
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Runtpuz inside recap for solution to: "Your Inner Word Square #2".
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"Your Inner Word Square #2" --
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"What's in the Box?" Fun, thanks!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=ODY3NDY1MjE4OTk5ODU5Ng
"Jaws of Themelessness #1" Nice, thanks!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTc2Njc2MjE5MDg1Nzg5MA
"Your Inner Word Square #2" Very fun, thanks!
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"Froot Loops" - 7x7 themed:
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M&A
"Froot Loops"
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Nice, thanks for helping with my breakfast menu!
"Froot Loops" Fun, thanks!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=Mjk5OTQ0MjI1Nzc3MjcxMg
"Froot Loops" --
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Anyone wonder why one on the froot loop subjects was configured different? Just askin'.
ReplyDeleteAnyhoo, back to this somehow habit-formin runt subject…
"Your Inner Word Square #3" - 7x7 on-yer-own-to-figure-out themed:
**gruntz**
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@M&A - I didn't wonder during the solve, but did now since you mentioned it and updated my solve comment.
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**"Your Inner Word Square #3 Revision Alert**
DeleteAs @Teedmn points out, M&A seriously goofed up the 4-D clue. Revised version is offered, below.
(No refunds.)
M&A House of Corrections
Yes, I did notice the difference in configuration of the circles in the SE corner. But I had been more impressed with the overall symmetry of the grid and the symmetry of the four sets of circles - even the SE was the same pattern, only flipped. Since runt puzzles are not known for symmetry, this seemed a bit unusual. Thanks to a famous Supreme Court decision, the question of whether tomatoes are to be considered fruit or vegetable is a bit confused, but that distinction never entered my thinking about the puzzle.
Delete"Your Inner Word Square #3" Fun, thanks!
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"Your Inner Word Square #3"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=Nzg2NTUzMjI3NzMwNjcyNA
A fun solve, thanks!
@Teedmn, I agree.
"Your Inner Word Square #3" - 7x7 themed, revised:
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M&A Second-Time Charmer Dept.
"Your Inner Word Square #3" -- (Un-revised version) --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=ODIxMjU5MjI5MzY5MTQyMQ
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Am afraid this pup might pack some punch…
ReplyDelete"Runtpuz Biter-o-rama" - 7x7 15 min. with multiple bites:
**gruntz**
M&A
"Runtpuz Biter-o-rama" It certainly lived up to it's name.
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MTkyMjU0MjM1NTE5MzQzMw
Ouch, thanks!
"Runtpuz Biter-o-rama" --
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"Before and After Oldies #2" - 7x7 themed:
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"Before and After Oldies #2"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MzU2MDcxMjM5OTE2Mzk5NA
Nice, I like this theme series. Thanks!!
"Before and After Oldies #2" --
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Stumpy Stumper: "Wiener Dog Runt #49" - 16x3.5 themeless:
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M&A
"Wiener Dog Runt #49"
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"Wiener Dog Runt #49" --
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**Important info, what with Charles gettin crowned in early May…**
ReplyDelete"Peer Groups Explained" - 7x7 themed:
**gruntz**
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*REVISION ALERT**
DeleteBut … See @BobK.'s magnificently revised version, below!
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"Peer Groups Explained" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTM2MjkyMjUzMDgyOTY5Nw
Thank you, Your Majesty!
@BobK. - Oh, man, U are absolutely correct … total missed opportunity in 3-Down's clue, that must be refurbished!
Delete** Revision Alert ***
See slightly revised and vastly improved "Peer Groups Explained" runt, below.
Thanx!
M&A Corrections Dept.
Royally revised version:
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**gruntz**
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"Peer Groups Explained"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTk3NDE0MjUzOTQxMjAwNQ
Very nice! Thanks!
"Succession" - 7x7 themed:
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"Succession"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NjIyNjI1NzQzMDA0MzU
Fun solve, thanks!
"Runtpuz Biter-o-rama" Fun, thanks!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=ODk2MjI0MjYwMDUyMzYzOA
"Succession" --
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"Succession" is gettin rave reviews! …
ReplyDelete* "Too esoteric".
* "M&A has a weird mind".
* "Had to stretch my wheelhouse … after an evening of wine".
* "Off the wall themes like this".
* "Don't give up your day job, M&A".
* "Har".
Runtpuz sucky recap of solution to: "Succession".
http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTU0MjUyMjYyNjQ4NDM3MQ
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"Easy to the Moo-th Degree" - 7x7 themed:
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"Easy to the Moo-th Degree"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MTM5ODg2MjY1MTkwMTI4Nw
Fun, thanks!
Reply to @M&A's earlier comment on Succession:
What you thought were rave reviews were raving reviews.
You missed the most important review - Fun solve (in my blog post).
If you think you can publish runts in the evening, just to get more wine-inspired comments, It probably won't work very often.
Cheers to the runtmeister!
@r.alph: Looks like the puzzlecrowd server went down. M&A theorizes that it may have been some sorta AI reaction to the "Succession" runtpuz.
ReplyDeleteSOS!
Thanx,
M&A
Server is down and unfortunately I am on the road without the computer to bring it back up. I will be back in a week and restart the server.
ReplyDeleteSpring Vacation Time!
ReplyDeleteTake care, and see all U nice folks again soon.
M&A
M&A can't publish any runtz right now, but can list the titles of the last ten pups to enter the runtpuz holding pen. A chance for test solvers to use their imaginations, on what might await them soon …?
ReplyDelete1. Literal Litterbox.
2. Pardon Our French.
3. Lost and Found.
4. Runt Tripper.
5. At the Runt Spelling Bee.
6. It's a Real Mystery.
7. Easy as ABChablis.
8. X for Nothing.
9. The Great Beyond.
10. Jurassic Judgment.
M&A Sneak Peek Desk.
@M&A, I thought you were on a spring break...
ReplyDeleteSince you have no runt "Succession" plan, for emergencies like this, and for when @r.alph hangs up his runt IT support badge, here is a recipe for publishing runts on your own in .PUZ format.
Unfortunately, you won't get the puzzle crowd and down-home features, but solvers can find the real runts, not just imagine them.
Google provides what you need, you can store .puz files on Google Drive, save a link to them, and post the link in your very own blog, which you can create on Google blogger.
I tried it myself - here is a link to my blog with a puz entry. I have not worried about formatting.
https://puzdump.blogspot.com/
Runtpuz pen is now open! See new thread, just started up by the amazin @r.alph!
ReplyDeleteBTW, @Kirk: When @r.alph retires from the runt blog, M&A will probably retire from the runt breedin business. I would miss all these superb features, here, too much.
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Thanks.