Tuesday, August 8, 2023

Fresh start

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207 comments:

  1. Could you post links to the latest Rodney and Cartoon puzzles

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    1. Thanx again, @r.alph.
      The 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 ...

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  2. "Consider the Source" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=ODQyNzE4MTUxMDQ0ODk5Ng

    Thanks!

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  3. "Dangerfield Punch Lines #61" - 7x7 themed:

    **gruntz**

    M&A

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  4. "Dangerfield Punch Lines #61" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MTI5ODk0MTUyMjU2MTA3Mg

    Thanks! @M&A, and Thanks! @r.alph!

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  5. "Consider the Source"

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NzU2NDk0MTUyNjczNTQyNw

    Thanks, @M&A and @r.alph!

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  6. "Dangerfield Punch Lines #61"

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=Njk1MTcxMTU1NDQ3OTYwOA

    Fun, thanks!

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  7. "Consider the Source" Nice, thanks!

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTQ3NTEyMTU5MDkzNDg4NQ

    And thanks, @r.alph!

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  8. "Dangerfield Punch Lines #61" Fun, thanks!

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NjEyMTY1MTU5MTYxODM5NA

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  9. "Runtways"

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=ODY1NDIxNjA5NDk5MTEx

    Nice, thanks!

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  10. "Runtways" -

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDEyOTgyMTYzMDI4NzUyMA

    Thanks!

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  11. Stumpy Stumper: "Wiener Dog Runt #53" - 16x3.5 12 min. themeless:

    **gruntz**

    M&A

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  12. "Wiener Dog Runt #53" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDE2Mjg2MTY4MjYzODM4NA

    Thanks!

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  13. "Wiener Dog Runt #53"

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=ODQ2MzY2MTcwMDQwMTUzNg

    Thanks!

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  14. Inspired by a recent dumb NYTPuz solvin miscue by M&A …

    "Eventually So" - 7x7 12 min. themed:

    **gruntz**

    M&A

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  15. "Eventually So" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MzY3ODM3MTcxMzc5MTg5MA

    Thanks!

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  16. "Eventually So"

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MTAzMjU2MTcxNzU5MzA0Nw

    But worth waiting for, thanks!

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    1. Har, today's NYT VP clue (20A) is bracketed on both sides! But I'm not sure I know it.

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  17. "Runtways" Clever, thanks!

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NjI2MjQ2MTc2NDY4MzE5Nw

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  18. "Wiener Dog Runt #53" Tricky, thanks!

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=ODE3MzEyMTc2NTMyNjM1NA

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  19. "Eventually So" Nicely inspired, thanks!

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTcyOTMxNzY1ODM5MjI0

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  20. Kinda a package dealie …

    "IOU Nine More" - 7x7 sorta themed:

    **gruntz**

    "Nine More Payouts" - 7x7 sorta themed:

    **gruntz**

    M&A

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  21. "IOU Nine More" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTA1NDQxMTc3NjkwODM2Mw

    Thanks!

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  22. "Nine More Payouts" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MTYxNTQxNzc3MjgxMDU1

    Thanks!

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  23. "IOU Nine More" Thanks!

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NjUwNTExNzg3Mjc4MjM2

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  24. "Nine More Payouts" Fun, thanks!

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NzM2NjkxMTc4NzU4OTEyMQ

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  25. "Jekyll and Hide" [sic] - 7x7 12 min. themed:

    **gruntz**

    M&A

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  26. "Jekyll and Hide" Fun, thanks!

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MTI4MTI3MTg1NTIxNTY4OA

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  27. "Jekyll and Hide" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTI3NTA0MTg2MTg0MTMzNw

    Thanks!

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  28. "Desperate Word Square #135" - 7x7 12 min. desperate:

    **gruntz**

    M&A

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  29. "Desperate Word Square #135" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTQ4MzIyMTkzOTE2OTk4NA

    Thanks!

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  30. "IOU Nine More"

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NjQ1ODA4MTk0MTIyNjM5Mg

    Thanks!

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  31. "Nine More Payouts"

    http://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!

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  32. "Harku Poetry" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTk1MjQ1MjAyNTMyNTk0MQ

    Thanks, very clever!

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  33. "Desperate Word Square #135" Nice, thanks!

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MTkxNTQ3MjEwMjgzMDg2OQ

    Nice job, @BobK!

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  34. "Harku Poetry" Fun, thanks!

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTYzOTM1MjEwMzIxNjc5NA

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  35. "Basic In Stinks" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MTcwMzA1MjExNTMxMTYxOQ

    Thanks!

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  36. Replies
    1. Improved version, without spellin error, available below…
      M&A House of Corrections

      Delete
  37. "Something Big to Grind" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NjIzMzg5MjEyNzgxMzA2Mg

    Thanks.

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    1. @BobK. - yep. Reason for misspellin Trussauds was fat fingers. Will correct that. Thanx.
      M&A

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  38. Corrected version:
    "Something Big to Grind" - 10x5.5 themed:

    **gruntz**

    M&A

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  39. Private note to M&A -

    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.

    Thank you in advance,

    Bob K.

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  40. Oh, yeah, and the name of your first pet.

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  41. @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

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  43. "Vague Replies" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTI1MjQ1MjIwMDU4OTY0NA

    Thanks.

    Um, I hate to ask, but are we sure about 4 Down?

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    1. @BobK. - Arggh. M&A can't spell straight, this mornin.
      Will have to rig somethin up, to fix this.
      Thanx again,
      M&A

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  44. Let's try this puppy again …

    "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.

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  45. "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 --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NzQxNzIyMjE1NDM5NTA4

    Thanks!!

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  46. "Basic In Stinks" Fun, thanks!

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTU5MTcyMjIyNTc2MjQwNg

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  47. "Something Big to Grind" Fun, thanks!

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTc0MzA2MjIyNjI4NTcxOQ

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  48. "Vague Replies" Thanks!

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTc0MzA2MjIyNjI4NTcxOQ

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  49. "Jekyll and Hide"

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTY3MTYzMjI0MzQ4NzA4Ng

    Nice, thanks!

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  50. "Desperate Word Square #135"

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MjAwODYyMjI0NTgxOTY5Ng

    Thanks!

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  51. "Harku Poetry"

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTI2NTk3MjI0ODE5ODY3Ng

    Nice!

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  52. "Basic In Stinks"

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTQ1ODY2MjI1MDY0OTA3OA

    Thanks!

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  53. "Band on the Runt" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDI2ODM0MjMwMDI2MTIyMw

    Sounded good! Thanks.

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  54. "Something Big to Grind"

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MzQ0MDkxMjMwMjI1Nzc1Mg

    ThanX!

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  55. "Vague Replies"

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDg2NzEzMjMzMjc5MTE2OQ

    Thanks!

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  56. "Band on the Runt"

    http://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.

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  57. "Band on the Runt" Fun, thanks!

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MTUxMjgwMjM2NzExMDA0Mg

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  58. "Georgia on My Mind" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=Njc4NTAxMjM3MzU5MDY0NA

    Thanks!!

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  59. "Georgia on My Mind"

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MTI1NDcyMjM4MDAwMTg3NA

    Thanks!

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  60. Inspired by a recent news clip about a Webb telescope sightin:

    "The Shape of Space" - 10x5 12 min. themed:

    **gruntz**

    M&A News Desk

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  61. "The Shape of Space" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MTUwNzUwMjQ2MTQ5MTU2Mg

    Thanks!

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  62. "The Shape of Space"

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=ODU2NjE3MjQ3MTgwNDgwMg

    Nice, thanks!

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  63. "Georgia On My Mind" Nice, thanks!

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MzYyOTk4MjU0NDQ2NTA4OA

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  64. "The Shape of Space" Nice, thanks!

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDc1NDk0MjU0NTEyMDQ2Ng

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  65. "Fill Avoid" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTk1NTAwMjU1MDQ3NzUyMg

    Thanks! Very clever!

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  66. "Fill Avoid"

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MzY0NTE1MjU3OTg1MzM5NQ

    Fun runt!, thanks!

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  67. Stumpy Stumper: "Tall Hunk of Runt #17" - 9x6.5 themeless:

    **gruntz**

    M&A

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  68. "Tall Hunk of Runt #17" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MzkxMjk4MjYzMTAzNzk0OQ

    Thanks!

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  69. "Tall Hunk of Runt #17"

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDEzMzQzMjY0MDQxODMzMQ

    Nice, thanks!

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  70. "Fill Avoid" Fun, thanks!

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDAyMzY0MjY1ODUxODYzNQ

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  71. "Tall Hunk of Runt #17" Nice, thanks!

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDAyMzY0MjY1ODUxODYzNQ

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  72. "New Runter Cartoons #3" - 7x7 illustrated themed:

    **gruntz**

    M&A

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  73. "New Runter Cartoons #3"

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MzEzMjU3MjY4NTkyNDQwMg

    Fun, thanks!

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  74. "New Runter Cartoons #3" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NjU4MzA4MjcxNjU4OTEzOQ

    Thanks!

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  75. "New Runter Cartoons #3" Very fun, thanks!

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDMwODIzMjcyMzUzNzQ5OA

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  76. "Unchecked Squares" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=Nzg2OTY4MjgwNDYwMzg3NQ

    Thanks!

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  77. "Unchecked Squares"

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=ODQxNTI0Mjg5OTE2OTMyMg

    Nice one, thanks!

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  78. "Five Easy Pieces"

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NzA5NDY1Mjg5OTg0MzQ4Mg

    Cute, thanks!

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  79. "Five Easy Pieces" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MjQ4NDc0MjkwNDQwMTY2MQ

    Thanks!

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  80. "Unchecked Squares" Nice, thanks!

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTg5MzAzMDE2NDcyODEx

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  81. "Five Easy Pieces" Fun, thanks!

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTE2MTgyMzAxNjgzMzAxMg

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  82. @M&A Are you having trouble uploading runtpuzzes. Please give me the URL of the program you are using.

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  83. @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.

    Seems weird he can post to Rex but not here.

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  84. @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

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  85. 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.

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  86. 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

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  87. 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 :-).

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  88. 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.

    "Blankety-Blank Story" - 7x7 12 min. themed.

    M&A

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  89. @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

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  90. "Blankety-Blank Story"

    http://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?

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    1. @Kirk. yep, I tried that a few days ago. Still would hang up, when I tried to post a comment.
      M&A

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  91. "Blankety-Blank Story" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=ODM3NzQyMzY4MDQ2NTczOAThanks.

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  92. @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?

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    1. @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

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  93. "Clued Right from the Start" - 7x7 12 min. themed:

    **gruntz**

    M&A

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  94. "Clued Right from the Start" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDI3NjE3MzcwMDM1NDQ3Mg

    Thanks! And welcome back!

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  95. http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NzA0MzA5MzcwMTU4MTM4MQ

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  96. Runtpuz righteous recap of solution to: "Clued Right from the Start".

    http://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.

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    1. Thanks for the righteous recap, I missed part of the theme. Now I am even more amazed at your cluing skills!

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  97. "Clued Right from the Start"

    http://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.

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  98. "IQ Test" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTk3MjAwMzc1NDIxMDc0OA

    Thanks.

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  99. "IQ Test"

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDA1NzM1Mzc1NjQ2NDM4Ng

    Thanks!

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  100. "Sliders" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=ODkyMDExMzc4ODEyNDYwMg

    Thanks.

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  101. "Sliders"

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=ODg3NjgzNzkxMzkzOTI5

    Nice, thanks!

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  102. "Worst Case Scenario" - 7x7 themed:

    **gruntz**

    M&A

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  103. "Worst Case Scenario" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MTQxODkzMzg0Njk5OTIyOQ

    Thanks!

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  104. "Worst Case Scenario"

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTgxNDcyMzg0NzU4NzU1Mw

    Thanks!

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  105. "Spot the Lizard" - 7x7 themed:

    **gruntz**

    M&A

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  106. "Spot the Lizard" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTE0NDAxMzg4MTE5Nzg1OQ

    Thanks!

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  107. "Spot the Lizard"

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MTU0NTE5Mzg4MzY2Njc2Ng

    Thanks! Some lizards also have stripes.

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  108. "Business Mergers" [aka "Desperate Business Mergers"] - 8x7 12 min. themed:

    **gruntz**

    M&A

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  109. "Business Mergers" [aka "Desperate Business Mergers"] --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTI5MzU5MzkzNTMzNTY5Nw

    Thanks!

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  110. "Business Mergers"

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MjU3Mzg1Mzk0NDEwOTI1Ng

    Thanks!

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  111. "One Sic Puppy" - 7x7 themed:

    **gruntz**

    M&A

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  112. "One Sic Puppy" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=ODU5Njg0NDAxMzE0NzU2MA

    Thanks!

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  113. "One Sic Puppy"

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MjQ0NjQ2NDAxNzQ4NjY4OA

    Thanks!

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  114. "Blankety-blank Story" Harder than its inspiration! Thanks.

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTE5MDAzNDAzMzgyOTE1Ng

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  115. "Clued Right From The Start" Very nice, thanks!

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTA4NTQ0MDM0NDMwMjc5

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  116. "IQ Test" Whew, passed, thanks!

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTQ0NzIzNDAzNDc5ODc3Nw

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  117. "Sliders" Thanks!

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTQ0NzIzNDAzNDc5ODc3Nw

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  118. "Worst Case Scenario" Nice, thanks!

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MjI0NzM5NDA5MDQwMTI4Ng

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  119. "Spot the Lizard" Fun, thanks!

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=ODMxMTU0MDkwODcyODcy

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  120. "Desperate Word Square #136" - 7x7 desperate:

    **gruntz**

    M&A

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  121. "Desperate Word Square #136" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NjcyOTYxNDEwODE0NTU2Mw

    Thanks!!

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  122. "Desperate Word Square #136"

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTc0NjQxMTkwMzE5NDQ

    Thanks!

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  123. "Business Mergers" Nice, thanks!

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=Nzg1NTQwNDEyMzMzMDQ5Mg

    ReplyDelete
  124. "One Sic Puppy" Fun, thanks!

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NjE5ODQxMjQxODY3Nzc

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  125. "Desperate Word Square #136" Fun, thanks!

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTM2MjE3NDEyNDUxMjExNA

    ReplyDelete
  126. "Dictionarily Speaking" - 7x7 12 min. themed:

    **gruntz**

    M&A

    ReplyDelete
  127. "Dictionarily Speaking" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTQ5MzgyNDE4ODQwOTY4Mg

    Thanks.

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  128. 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!) ...

    "Mostly AI-Generated Stuff" - 7x7 12 min. themed:

    **gruntz**

    M&A.I.

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  129. "Mostly AI-Generated Stuff" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NzkzMzg5NDIwMzcyMzY1OQ

    Thainks.

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  130. Runtpuz AI-generated recap of solution to: "Mostly AI-Generated Stuff".

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTg5MDc4NDIwNjA3MjkxNw

    M&A Help Desk

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  131. "Dictionarily Speaking"

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MjkwMzIzNDIyMjQ0NDAxOA

    Thanks!

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  132. "Mostly AI-Generated Stuff"

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTIyNDExNDIyOTI3NDQ0Ng

    Amazing what those runty computers can't do! Thanks!

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  133. "Dictionarily Speaking" Nice, thanks!

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MjM5MjI2NDI2OTk3MzUwNg

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  134. "Mostly AI-Generated Stuff" Fun, thanks!

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MzMzMzc1NDI3MDcyNjI3Nw

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  135. Stumpy Stumper: "Wiener Dog Runt #54" - 16x3.5 12 min. themeless:

    **gruntz**

    M&A

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    Replies
    1. BUT, but ... Corrected version appears below. In original version, M&A plumb forgot about a joke clue he meant to use, at 9-Down.

      M&A

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  136. Corrected version, due to eagle-eyed test-solver @r.alph:

    Stumpy Stumper: "Wiener Dog Runt #54" - corrected 16x3.5 12 min. themeless:

    **gruntz**

    M&A House of Corrections

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  137. "Wiener Dog Runt #54" - corrected --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTMwODE5NDI3OTUwMTc3Ng

    Thanks! (I was just about ready to start when the notice of a correction came up. Would never have solved without it!)

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  138. "Wiener Dog Runt #54" (original)

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=ODI4Mjc0MzE4MjUyOTY0

    Thanks for the runt, and the correction, M&A and r.alph, but solved it OK without the fix-up.

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  139. "Wiener Dog Runt #54" Fun, thanks!

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MjM2MDQ1NDM1NDU0Mjg2OA

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  140. "Under Pressure" - 7x7 12 min. themed:

    **gruntz**

    M&A

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  141. "Under Pressure" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTM2ODYwNDM2NDcyOTAzNg

    Thanks!

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  142. "Under Pressure" - I folded under pressure!

    http://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.

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  143. "Many-Layered" - 7x7 themed:

    **gruntz**

    M&A

    p.s. Easy theme, but still might be a biter. Has a triple-? clue, f'instance.

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  144. "Many-Layered" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTExMjgxNDQ1MzUzNTYwMQ

    Thanks!

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  145. "Many-Layered"

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MTQ1MjQ3NDQ2MDkxMDY0Mw

    Thanks!!

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  146. Stumpy Stumper: "Jaws of Themelessness #4" - 8x8 themeless:

    **gruntz**

    M&A

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  147. "Jaws of Themelessness #4" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=Njg0ODY2NDQ4NTg2MTY1Mg

    I was utterly stumped indeed. Thanks.

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    Replies
    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

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  148. Runtpuz biterly recap of solution to: "Jaws of Themelessness #4".

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NjU4MDMzNDUyNTczODgzMQ

    M&A Help Desk

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  149. Here's a runt with regular black squares, for a change:

    "In All Senses" - 7x7 themed:

    **gruntz**

    M&A

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  150. 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.

    M&A

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  151. "In All Senses" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=Njg5Mzc0NDU0MDI5OTE4Ng

    I'm anonymous. THanks!

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  152. "In All Senses"

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=Mjc2NDkyNDU1MTY2MTQ1Nw

    Thanks!

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  153. "Under Pressure" I get it - now :-( Nice, thanks!

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MTM1MzIzNDYwNzQ3MDY5MQ

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  154. "Many Layered" Fun, thanks!

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NzMyNjAzNDYwNzkwNTM2OQ

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  155. "Sound Good with U?" - 8x7 12 min. themed:

    **gruntz**

    M&A

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  156. "Sound Good with U?" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MTMzODE1NDYxNzM4NjYyMQ

    Thanks!

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  157. "Sound Good with U?"

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MzU4NjIzNDYyNDc1NTQwOA

    Nice, thanks!

    ReplyDelete
  158. "Tower of Babble" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDcyMTEwNDYzMjk0Njc4Mw

    Thanks!

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  159. "Tower of Babble"

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDc2NDUxNDYzNTM0NTI1Mg

    Too tough for me, but thanks!

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  160. "In All Senses" I guess I'm not in all of mine. Thanks!

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDg1OTc2NDY5ODU5ODk1MA

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  161. "Group Hugging" - 7x7 themed:

    **gruntz**

    M&A

    ReplyDelete
  162. "Group Hugging" --http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTI3MzQwNDcxNDQxNzExMg

    Thanks!!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. @BobK. - Gonna hafta plead "not guilty" on that Matt Gaffney dealie.

      M&A

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    2. Sorry, just thought it was a striking coincidence!

      https://xwordcontest.com

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  163. "Group Hugging"

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=ODUyMDY4NDcyMzcwNzA3NA

    Thanks!

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    Replies
    1. @Kirk: Gotta also plead "not guilty" to whatever NYT connection puz is. I reckon I just spend too much time on breedin the runtz.
      M&A

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  164. "Close But No Cigar" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NjAxNTI0NzQ1ODk3MjU4

    Thanks! -- Again, I am Anonymous!

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  165. "Sounds Good With U?" Very cute, thanks!

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTQ3OTM1NDc4MjU3NDgzNA

    ReplyDelete
  166. Runtpuz close recap for solution to: "Close But No Cigar".

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MzI3OTM0Nzg1NTc0MDM0

    M&A Help Desk

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  167. "Close But No Cigar"

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=ODM4NTU3NDgxMDIzODI0Ng

    Not even close! Well OK after I checked for errrors. Thanks!

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  168. "Jaws of Themelessness #4" Fun, thanks!

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NjU2NTE0NDg3MTc5MzYzMw

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  169. "Tower of Babble" Weird, thanks!

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MTU3ODMwNDg3MjkyMzIwNA

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  170. "Group Hugging" Fun, thanks!

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTY1MTQxNDg3MzI2ODY1MQ

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  171. "Close But No Cigar" Cute, thanks! (I wasn't even close).

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NjUxNDczNDg3Mzg3MjI3MA

    @r.alph, we need another thread, thanks!

    ReplyDelete
  172. Finicky Diner" --

    http://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDk0MDg2NDg3ODg2MDEwOA

    Thanks.

    ReplyDelete