I really hate to make such nit-picking corrections on the open website. I would be happy to send private notes. All I will need is your online name and address, your full legal name, your USPS street address and Zip + 4 number, your Social Security number, your bank routing number, and your checking account number.
@BobK. - har! U are the most fabulous, valuable test solver a masked constructioneer could ever hope to have! I woulda gone that private notes route, but givin out the name of my first pet woulda been just too much to ask. Thanx, M&A
"Vague Replies" - 7x7 totally overhauled themed:-- with me already knowing most of the answers, but my typing still not fast enough to get it down to two minutes --
@r.alph, this is what @M&A wrote yesterday on the Rex blog:
Masked and Anonymous 11:37 AM
@Teedmn from yesterday: Thanx. But please let @r.alph know that my problem is postin comments of any kind on his runtpuz blog. Whenever I try, it just says "Publishing" and hangs. I can still create and upload puzs just fine. Thanx.
@r.alph: Yo! I still cannot enter a blog comment on my runtpuz computer, even as Anonymous. However, I can do it on my newer computer. Unfortunately, all the runtz are on the older computer. But, maybe I can figure somethin out, if U don't have any other ideas for the old computer's problem. When I try to publish comments here on the old computer, it still just says "Publishing..." and hangs up. Thanx, as always. M&A
What browser are you using? Do you have another browser you can use on the machine that is giving you trouble? I would the other browser. If not, then google "download browser-name" to install another browser, e.g., download Firefox or download Chrome.
Thanx, @r.alph. Will look into all that, if need be. Am currently usin the Safari browser. Which, oddly, seems to work just fine for postin my google-comments at Rex Parker blog, usin the same computer and google-id that I used to be able to use here. Sure seems awful weird, to me. M&A
I would definitely try Chrome. Did you see what teedmn wrote over at Rex Parker
@M&A, I mentioned to @r.alph that I once had trouble posting to the runt blog when I was in incognito mode in my browser. I would have to open a new window in regular mode in order to publish a comment. @r.alph thought that was worth mentioning to you, given that I wouldn’t be surprised if Masked & Anonymous were going incognito :-).
I just tried postin a runtpuz in my Rex Parker comment, usin my old, runtpuz computer. That still worked. Go there, and work it, if U want. Meanwhile, I'm still gonna work on eventually gettin my runtz gusto back at this site.
@r.alph: Tried to download Chrome, but it said my old computer's OSX was too old to be supported. Unfortunately, if I update the OSX there any further, then a lot of the other programs I use there, like all the Microsoft stuff, would no longer work. Rats. Would it be possible to post runtz on my newer computer, using this anonymous postin id? Maybe I could somehow get a runt over to it, if it would even work. [Unfortunately, my wife has already defined the google account here on the new computer, so that google-id would not be my google Masked and Anonymous one.]
@M&A This blog no longer requires that you log on with a gmail account. Anybody should be able to log on. If you can post on Rex Parker which allows anonymous postings I don't see why you can't post now on this blog. Also, have you tried downloading Firefox or Opera browsers?
@r.alph: I just tried postin a comment here from my old computer, usin just Anonymous -- no gmail account. And all I had in the comment was the word "test". Still just displays "Publishing..." and hangs. I've given it about 5 minutes, and it's still hung up. Sooo ... something's different here than at Rex Parker's. Sure wish I could figure out what. M&A
p.s. @r.alph: It's mostly yer fault, that M&A is back, here. The ability to post anonymously helped. What I thought of doing, in addition: U once created this "Parking Garage" file, so we could communicate privately. I copy the "gruntz" url from the old computer, and paste it into the Parking Garage. Then I go copy the url out of the Parking Garage on the new computer and splatz it into this here blog. QED.
@r.alph - see my solve comment for an explainer of the theme mcguffin.
@M&A - sounds to me like you got a new computer, and in the process of setting up google ids on the new machine, the google id and your old blogspot id got cross-threaded somehow. @r.alph says he changed the rules on the runt puz blog, maybe your original blogger id will work here now. Try clicking on your blue 'Masked and Anonymous' label on a Rex comment, and edit your profile to see if it has messed up the association to your google id.
It was only a matter of time, til U got a runtpuz where AI was used extensively, in its construction. (AI can generate some really cool desperate stuff!) ...
After a runtpuz faceplant, it's time for a Wordle brag.... on my current 14 day streak (to Sep 10), I have beaten Wordlebot 7 times, and tied him 7 times. He scores me skill 94, luck 63, avg 3.1.
@BobK. - Sorry about that. The previous Jaws of Themelessness #3, which used black squares instead of the U's, came out on July 10, 2023, for comparison. M&A
Ahar! May be just a temporary Google truce, but I just did an inquisitive random test, and it let M&A post a comment here, usin his old, runtpuz computer! Stay tuned, sports fans.
Could you post links to the latest Rodney and Cartoon puzzles
ReplyDeleteThanx again, @r.alph.
DeleteThe latest Cartoon runtpuz was this pup, from a few days ago:
"New Runter Cartoons #2" - 8x8 illustrated 12 min. themed:
**gruntz**
M&A
p.s. The Dangerfield one is coming up next ...
ReplyDelete"Consider the Source" --
http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=ODQyNzE4MTUxMDQ0ODk5Ng
Thanks!
"Dangerfield Punch Lines #61" - 7x7 themed:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
"Dangerfield Punch Lines #61" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MTI5ODk0MTUyMjU2MTA3Mg
Thanks! @M&A, and Thanks! @r.alph!
"Consider the Source"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NzU2NDk0MTUyNjczNTQyNw
Thanks, @M&A and @r.alph!
"Dangerfield Punch Lines #61"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=Njk1MTcxMTU1NDQ3OTYwOA
Fun, thanks!
"Consider the Source" Nice, thanks!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTQ3NTEyMTU5MDkzNDg4NQ
And thanks, @r.alph!
"Dangerfield Punch Lines #61" Fun, thanks!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NjEyMTY1MTU5MTYxODM5NA
"Runtways" - 7x7 themed:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
"Runtways"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=ODY1NDIxNjA5NDk5MTEx
Nice, thanks!
"Runtways" -
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDEyOTgyMTYzMDI4NzUyMA
Thanks!
Stumpy Stumper: "Wiener Dog Runt #53" - 16x3.5 12 min. themeless:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
"Wiener Dog Runt #53" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDE2Mjg2MTY4MjYzODM4NA
Thanks!
"Wiener Dog Runt #53"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=ODQ2MzY2MTcwMDQwMTUzNg
Thanks!
Inspired by a recent dumb NYTPuz solvin miscue by M&A …
ReplyDelete"Eventually So" - 7x7 12 min. themed:
**gruntz**
M&A
"Eventually So" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MzY3ODM3MTcxMzc5MTg5MA
Thanks!
"Eventually So"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MTAzMjU2MTcxNzU5MzA0Nw
But worth waiting for, thanks!
Har, today's NYT VP clue (20A) is bracketed on both sides! But I'm not sure I know it.
Delete"Runtways" Clever, thanks!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NjI2MjQ2MTc2NDY4MzE5Nw
"Wiener Dog Runt #53" Tricky, thanks!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=ODE3MzEyMTc2NTMyNjM1NA
"Eventually So" Nicely inspired, thanks!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTcyOTMxNzY1ODM5MjI0
Kinda a package dealie …
ReplyDelete"IOU Nine More" - 7x7 sorta themed:
**gruntz**
"Nine More Payouts" - 7x7 sorta themed:
**gruntz**
M&A
"IOU Nine More" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTA1NDQxMTc3NjkwODM2Mw
Thanks!
"Nine More Payouts" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MTYxNTQxNzc3MjgxMDU1
Thanks!
"IOU Nine More" Thanks!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NjUwNTExNzg3Mjc4MjM2
"Nine More Payouts" Fun, thanks!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NzM2NjkxMTc4NzU4OTEyMQ
"Jekyll and Hide" [sic] - 7x7 12 min. themed:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
"Jekyll and Hide" Fun, thanks!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MTI4MTI3MTg1NTIxNTY4OA
"Jekyll and Hide" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTI3NTA0MTg2MTg0MTMzNw
Thanks!
"Desperate Word Square #135" - 7x7 12 min. desperate:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
"Desperate Word Square #135" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTQ4MzIyMTkzOTE2OTk4NA
Thanks!
"IOU Nine More"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NjQ1ODA4MTk0MTIyNjM5Mg
Thanks!
"Nine More Payouts"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NjExMjk3MTk0NDExMzIxMQ
Thanks!
I going camping off-grid the next 3-4 days, I will catch up when I get back. Happy runting!
"Harku Poetry" - 6x8 themed:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
"Harku Poetry" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTk1MjQ1MjAyNTMyNTk0MQ
Thanks, very clever!
"Desperate Word Square #135" Nice, thanks!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MTkxNTQ3MjEwMjgzMDg2OQ
Nice job, @BobK!
"Harku Poetry" Fun, thanks!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTYzOTM1MjEwMzIxNjc5NA
"Basic In Stinks" - 7x7 themed:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
"Basic In Stinks" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MTcwMzA1MjExNTMxMTYxOQ
Thanks!
"Something Big to Grind" - 10x5.5 themed:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
Improved version, without spellin error, available below…
DeleteM&A House of Corrections
"Something Big to Grind" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NjIzMzg5MjEyNzgxMzA2Mg
Thanks.
@BobK. - yep. Reason for misspellin Trussauds was fat fingers. Will correct that. Thanx.
DeleteM&A
Make that "Tussauds".
Deletesheesh.
M&A
Corrected version:
ReplyDelete"Something Big to Grind" - 10x5.5 themed:
**gruntz**
M&A
Private note to M&A -
ReplyDeleteI really hate to make such nit-picking corrections on the open website. I would be happy to send private notes. All I will need is your online name and address, your full legal name, your USPS street address and Zip + 4 number, your Social Security number, your bank routing number, and your checking account number.
Thank you in advance,
Bob K.
Oh, yeah, and the name of your first pet.
ReplyDelete@BobK. - har! U are the most fabulous, valuable test solver a masked constructioneer could ever hope to have!
ReplyDeleteI woulda gone that private notes route, but givin out the name of my first pet woulda been just too much to ask.
Thanx,
M&A
This comment has been removed by the author.
ReplyDelete"Vague Replies" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTI1MjQ1MjIwMDU4OTY0NA
Thanks.
Um, I hate to ask, but are we sure about 4 Down?
@BobK. - Arggh. M&A can't spell straight, this mornin.
DeleteWill have to rig somethin up, to fix this.
Thanx again,
M&A
Let's try this puppy again …
ReplyDelete"Vague Replies" - 7x7 totally overhauled themed:
**gruntz**
M&A House of Corrections
p.s. @Bob.K- U might want to re-check this corrected version out. On the plus side, U might have a dynamite solvetime!
Hope it's better.
"Vague Replies" - 7x7 totally overhauled themed:-- with me already knowing most of the answers, but my typing still not fast enough to get it down to two minutes --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NzQxNzIyMjE1NDM5NTA4
Thanks!!
"Basic In Stinks" Fun, thanks!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTU5MTcyMjIyNTc2MjQwNg
"Something Big to Grind" Fun, thanks!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTc0MzA2MjIyNjI4NTcxOQ
"Vague Replies" Thanks!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTc0MzA2MjIyNjI4NTcxOQ
"Jekyll and Hide"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTY3MTYzMjI0MzQ4NzA4Ng
Nice, thanks!
"Desperate Word Square #135"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MjAwODYyMjI0NTgxOTY5Ng
Thanks!
"Harku Poetry"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTI2NTk3MjI0ODE5ODY3Ng
Nice!
"Basic In Stinks"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTQ1ODY2MjI1MDY0OTA3OA
Thanks!
"Band on the Runt" - 7x7 themed:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
"Band on the Runt" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDI2ODM0MjMwMDI2MTIyMw
Sounded good! Thanks.
"Something Big to Grind"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MzQ0MDkxMjMwMjI1Nzc1Mg
ThanX!
"Vague Replies"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDg2NzEzMjMzMjc5MTE2OQ
Thanks!
"Band on the Runt"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MzU1NjkyMjMzNDAzMDIzNQ
That's quite a motley crew of band members, fun thanks! And I'm all caught up now.
"Band on the Runt" Fun, thanks!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MTUxMjgwMjM2NzExMDA0Mg
"Georgia on My Mind" - 8x7 themed:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
"Georgia on My Mind" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=Njc4NTAxMjM3MzU5MDY0NA
Thanks!!
"Georgia on My Mind"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MTI1NDcyMjM4MDAwMTg3NA
Thanks!
Inspired by a recent news clip about a Webb telescope sightin:
ReplyDelete"The Shape of Space" - 10x5 12 min. themed:
**gruntz**
M&A News Desk
"The Shape of Space" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MTUwNzUwMjQ2MTQ5MTU2Mg
Thanks!
"The Shape of Space"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=ODU2NjE3MjQ3MTgwNDgwMg
Nice, thanks!
"Georgia On My Mind" Nice, thanks!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MzYyOTk4MjU0NDQ2NTA4OA
"The Shape of Space" Nice, thanks!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDc1NDk0MjU0NTEyMDQ2Ng
"Fill Avoid" - 7x7 themed:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
"Fill Avoid" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTk1NTAwMjU1MDQ3NzUyMg
Thanks! Very clever!
"Fill Avoid"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MzY0NTE1MjU3OTg1MzM5NQ
Fun runt!, thanks!
Stumpy Stumper: "Tall Hunk of Runt #17" - 9x6.5 themeless:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
"Tall Hunk of Runt #17" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MzkxMjk4MjYzMTAzNzk0OQ
Thanks!
"Tall Hunk of Runt #17"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDEzMzQzMjY0MDQxODMzMQ
Nice, thanks!
"Fill Avoid" Fun, thanks!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDAyMzY0MjY1ODUxODYzNQ
"Tall Hunk of Runt #17" Nice, thanks!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDAyMzY0MjY1ODUxODYzNQ
"New Runter Cartoons #3" - 7x7 illustrated themed:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
"New Runter Cartoons #3"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MzEzMjU3MjY4NTkyNDQwMg
Fun, thanks!
"New Runter Cartoons #3" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NjU4MzA4MjcxNjU4OTEzOQ
Thanks!
"New Runter Cartoons #3" Very fun, thanks!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDMwODIzMjcyMzUzNzQ5OA
"Unchecked Squares" - 7x7 themed:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
"Unchecked Squares" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=Nzg2OTY4MjgwNDYwMzg3NQ
Thanks!
"Five Easy Pieces" - 7x7 themed:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
"Unchecked Squares"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=ODQxNTI0Mjg5OTE2OTMyMg
Nice one, thanks!
"Five Easy Pieces"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NzA5NDY1Mjg5OTg0MzQ4Mg
Cute, thanks!
"Five Easy Pieces" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MjQ4NDc0MjkwNDQwMTY2MQ
Thanks!
"Unchecked Squares" Nice, thanks!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTg5MzAzMDE2NDcyODEx
"Five Easy Pieces" Fun, thanks!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTE2MTgyMzAxNjgzMzAxMg
@M&A Are you having trouble uploading runtpuzzes. Please give me the URL of the program you are using.
ReplyDelete@r.alph, this is what @M&A wrote yesterday on the Rex blog:
ReplyDeleteMasked and Anonymous 11:37 AM
@Teedmn from yesterday: Thanx. But please let @r.alph know that my problem is postin comments of any kind on his runtpuz blog. Whenever I try, it just says "Publishing" and hangs. I can still create and upload puzs just fine. Thanx.
Seems weird he can post to Rex but not here.
@r.alph: Yo! I still cannot enter a blog comment on my runtpuz computer, even as Anonymous.
ReplyDeleteHowever, I can do it on my newer computer. Unfortunately, all the runtz are on the older computer. But, maybe I can figure somethin out, if U don't have any other ideas for the old computer's problem.
When I try to publish comments here on the old computer, it still just says "Publishing..." and hangs up.
Thanx, as always.
M&A
What browser are you using? Do you have another browser you can use on the machine that is giving you trouble? I would the other browser. If not, then google "download browser-name" to install another browser, e.g., download Firefox or download Chrome.
ReplyDeleteThanx, @r.alph. Will look into all that, if need be.
ReplyDeleteAm currently usin the Safari browser. Which, oddly, seems to work just fine for postin my google-comments at Rex Parker blog, usin the same computer and google-id that I used to be able to use here. Sure seems awful weird, to me.
M&A
I would definitely try Chrome. Did you see what teedmn wrote over at Rex Parker
ReplyDelete@M&A, I mentioned to @r.alph that I once had trouble posting to the runt blog when I was in incognito mode in my browser. I would have to open a new window in regular mode in order to publish a comment. @r.alph thought that was worth mentioning to you, given that I wouldn’t be surprised if Masked & Anonymous were going incognito :-).
I just tried postin a runtpuz in my Rex Parker comment, usin my old, runtpuz computer. That still worked.
ReplyDeleteGo there, and work it, if U want. Meanwhile, I'm still gonna work on eventually gettin my runtz gusto back at this site.
"Blankety-Blank Story" - 7x7 12 min. themed.
M&A
@r.alph: Tried to download Chrome, but it said my old computer's OSX was too old to be supported. Unfortunately, if I update the OSX there any further, then a lot of the other programs I use there, like all the Microsoft stuff, would no longer work. Rats.
ReplyDeleteWould it be possible to post runtz on my newer computer, using this anonymous postin id? Maybe I could somehow get a runt over to it, if it would even work. [Unfortunately, my wife has already defined the google account here on the new computer, so that google-id would not be my google Masked and Anonymous one.]
M&A
"Blankety-Blank Story"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=Mzg2Njg1MzY3NTY5NzU3NA
Nice to see a new runtpuz again! Hope you get back on the runt blog soon.
@M&A - have you tried creating a second Google ID on your runt computer and trying to use it to post here?
@Kirk. yep, I tried that a few days ago. Still would hang up, when I tried to post a comment.
DeleteM&A
"Blankety-Blank Story" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=ODM3NzQyMzY4MDQ2NTczOAThanks.
@M&A This blog no longer requires that you log on with a gmail account. Anybody should be able to log on. If you can post on Rex Parker which allows anonymous postings I don't see why you can't post now on this blog. Also, have you tried downloading Firefox or Opera browsers?
ReplyDelete@r.alph: I just tried postin a comment here from my old computer, usin just Anonymous -- no gmail account. And all I had in the comment was the word "test". Still just displays "Publishing..." and hangs. I've given it about 5 minutes, and it's still hung up. Sooo ... something's different here than at Rex Parker's. Sure wish I could figure out what.
DeleteM&A
"Clued Right from the Start" - 7x7 12 min. themed:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
@r.alph: ahar! I found a way!
DeleteM&A
"Clued Right from the Start" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDI3NjE3MzcwMDM1NDQ3Mg
Thanks! And welcome back!
http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NzA0MzA5MzcwMTU4MTM4MQ
ReplyDeleteRuntpuz righteous recap of solution to: "Clued Right from the Start".
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MzEwNTcxMzcwMzU1NDM1Mg
M&A Help desk
p.s. @r.alph: It's mostly yer fault, that M&A is back, here. The ability to post anonymously helped. What I thought of doing, in addition: U once created this "Parking Garage" file, so we could communicate privately. I copy the "gruntz" url from the old computer, and paste it into the Parking Garage. Then I go copy the url out of the Parking Garage on the new computer and splatz it into this here blog. QED.
Thanks for the righteous recap, I missed part of the theme. Now I am even more amazed at your cluing skills!
Delete"Clued Right from the Start"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NjY4MTY1MzcwMzI2MTc4OQ
Clever runt theme! That was a fun solve for me.
@r.alph - see my solve comment for an explainer of the theme mcguffin.
@M&A - sounds to me like you got a new computer, and in the process of setting up google ids on the new machine, the google id and your old blogspot id got cross-threaded somehow. @r.alph says he changed the rules on the runt puz blog, maybe your original blogger id will work here now. Try clicking on your blue 'Masked and Anonymous' label on a Rex comment, and edit your profile to see if it has messed up the association to your google id.
"IQ Test" - 7x7 themed:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
"IQ Test" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTk3MjAwMzc1NDIxMDc0OA
Thanks.
"IQ Test"
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"Sliders" - 7x7 themed:
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"Sliders" --
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"Sliders"
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"Worst Case Scenario" - 7x7 themed:
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M&A
"Worst Case Scenario" --
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"Worst Case Scenario"
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"Spot the Lizard" - 7x7 themed:
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M&A
"Spot the Lizard" --
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"Spot the Lizard"
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Thanks! Some lizards also have stripes.
"Business Mergers" [aka "Desperate Business Mergers"] - 8x7 12 min. themed:
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M&A
"Business Mergers" [aka "Desperate Business Mergers"] --
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"Business Mergers"
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"One Sic Puppy" - 7x7 themed:
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M&A
"One Sic Puppy" --
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"One Sic Puppy"
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"Blankety-blank Story" Harder than its inspiration! Thanks.
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"Clued Right From The Start" Very nice, thanks!
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"IQ Test" Whew, passed, thanks!
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"Sliders" Thanks!
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"Worst Case Scenario" Nice, thanks!
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"Spot the Lizard" Fun, thanks!
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"Desperate Word Square #136" - 7x7 desperate:
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M&A
"Desperate Word Square #136" --
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"Desperate Word Square #136"
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"Business Mergers" Nice, thanks!
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"One Sic Puppy" Fun, thanks!
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"Desperate Word Square #136" Fun, thanks!
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"Dictionarily Speaking" - 7x7 12 min. themed:
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M&A
"Dictionarily Speaking" --
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It was only a matter of time, til U got a runtpuz where AI was used extensively, in its construction. (AI can generate some really cool desperate stuff!) ...
ReplyDelete"Mostly AI-Generated Stuff" - 7x7 12 min. themed:
**gruntz**
M&A.I.
"Mostly AI-Generated Stuff" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NzkzMzg5NDIwMzcyMzY1OQ
Thainks.
Runtpuz AI-generated recap of solution to: "Mostly AI-Generated Stuff".
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M&A Help Desk
"Dictionarily Speaking"
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"Mostly AI-Generated Stuff"
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Amazing what those runty computers can't do! Thanks!
"Dictionarily Speaking" Nice, thanks!
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"Mostly AI-Generated Stuff" Fun, thanks!
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Stumpy Stumper: "Wiener Dog Runt #54" - 16x3.5 12 min. themeless:
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M&A
BUT, but ... Corrected version appears below. In original version, M&A plumb forgot about a joke clue he meant to use, at 9-Down.
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Corrected version, due to eagle-eyed test-solver @r.alph:
ReplyDeleteStumpy Stumper: "Wiener Dog Runt #54" - corrected 16x3.5 12 min. themeless:
**gruntz**
M&A House of Corrections
"Wiener Dog Runt #54" - corrected --
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Thanks! (I was just about ready to start when the notice of a correction came up. Would never have solved without it!)
"Wiener Dog Runt #54" (original)
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Thanks for the runt, and the correction, M&A and r.alph, but solved it OK without the fix-up.
"Wiener Dog Runt #54" Fun, thanks!
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"Under Pressure" - 7x7 12 min. themed:
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M&A
"Under Pressure" --
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"Under Pressure" - I folded under pressure!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDY3NDM5NDQwOTc3MDk3MQ
Nice solve, @BobK!
After a runtpuz faceplant, it's time for a Wordle brag.... on my current 14 day streak (to Sep 10), I have beaten Wordlebot 7 times, and tied him 7 times. He scores me skill 94, luck 63, avg 3.1.
"Many-Layered" - 7x7 themed:
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M&A
p.s. Easy theme, but still might be a biter. Has a triple-? clue, f'instance.
"Many-Layered" --
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"Many-Layered"
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Stumpy Stumper: "Jaws of Themelessness #4" - 8x8 themeless:
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M&A
"Jaws of Themelessness #4" --
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I was utterly stumped indeed. Thanks.
@BobK. - Sorry about that. The previous Jaws of Themelessness #3, which used black squares instead of the U's, came out on July 10, 2023, for comparison.
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Runtpuz biterly recap of solution to: "Jaws of Themelessness #4".
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M&A Help Desk
Here's a runt with regular black squares, for a change:
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**gruntz**
M&A
Ahar! May be just a temporary Google truce, but I just did an inquisitive random test, and it let M&A post a comment here, usin his old, runtpuz computer!
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M&A
"In All Senses" --
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I'm anonymous. THanks!
"In All Senses"
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"Under Pressure" I get it - now :-( Nice, thanks!
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"Many Layered" Fun, thanks!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NzMyNjAzNDYwNzkwNTM2OQ
"Sound Good with U?" - 8x7 12 min. themed:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
"Sound Good with U?" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MTMzODE1NDYxNzM4NjYyMQ
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"Sound Good with U?"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MzU4NjIzNDYyNDc1NTQwOA
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"Tower of Babble" - 7x7 15 min. themed:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
"Tower of Babble" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDcyMTEwNDYzMjk0Njc4Mw
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"Tower of Babble"
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Too tough for me, but thanks!
"In All Senses" I guess I'm not in all of mine. Thanks!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDg1OTc2NDY5ODU5ODk1MA
"Group Hugging" - 7x7 themed:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
"Group Hugging" --http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTI3MzQwNDcxNDQxNzExMg
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@BobK. - Gonna hafta plead "not guilty" on that Matt Gaffney dealie.
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Sorry, just thought it was a striking coincidence!
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"Group Hugging"
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@Kirk: Gotta also plead "not guilty" to whatever NYT connection puz is. I reckon I just spend too much time on breedin the runtz.
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"Close But No Cigar" - 7x7 12 min. themed:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
"Close But No Cigar" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NjAxNTI0NzQ1ODk3MjU4
Thanks! -- Again, I am Anonymous!
"Sounds Good With U?" Very cute, thanks!
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Runtpuz close recap for solution to: "Close But No Cigar".
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M&A Help Desk
"Close But No Cigar"
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Not even close! Well OK after I checked for errrors. Thanks!
"Jaws of Themelessness #4" Fun, thanks!
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"Tower of Babble" Weird, thanks!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MTU3ODMwNDg3MjkyMzIwNA
"Group Hugging" Fun, thanks!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTY1MTQxNDg3MzI2ODY1MQ
"Close But No Cigar" Cute, thanks! (I wasn't even close).
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@r.alph, we need another thread, thanks!
"Finicky Diner" - 7x7 12 min. themed:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
M&A
Finicky Diner" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDk0MDg2NDg3ODg2MDEwOA
Thanks.