![]() ![]() Have a marvelous Monday, and I’ll see you tomorrow! It’s a fun game but I prefer the other word puzzles like the crossword and word search. I’ve added a poll down below (□) to see how many of you play the Sudoku. The EN coupled together brought EVEN into view which left TEMPERED to be sussed out with minimal effort. The letter layout had five E’s which definitely caught my attention. ![]() Like the clue words, the final solution was no trouble at all. If you have a guess, be sure to let us know! My best guess is that it’s part of the number 6 but the curve didn’t seem right. ![]() Since Sudoku uses the numbers 1 through 9, I was unable to figure out what this other crooked number was. If you look at the number 2, you’ll see that there is another number partially drawn to its right. The second detail was more complex and left me a bit confused. We see the number 4 already on the board and its eyes are looking forward instead of back towards the commotion on the sideline. There were a couple of details in this piece that happened to catch my attention. Number 2 has a nonchalant attitude about the situation and states that “it will all work out.” The dialogue informs us that number 3 is anxious to get on the grid as he verbalizes his frustration with the pace at which the game is being played. The banner overhead says “SUDOKU CHAMPIONSHIPS” and we see the numbers 1, 3, and 2 on the sidelines waiting to be played. Today’s cartoon was a break from the norm with the main characters being numbers instead of people. If you have a pick, be sure to let us know in the comments section down below. Although all of our clue words well jumbled, they were all instantly visible so I’ll forgo choosing one as the most difficult anagram of the day. We did see it used in a surprise answer of “TIDY PROFIT” on 6/27/16 so perhaps David only uses it on even-numbered years. PROFIT ended up being the oldest of the bunch with its last appearance on 10/02/14. SHEEN looked new to me once it was solved but a search revealed that it was last used on 10/08/15. Good Monday morning, everyone! All of the clue words that we see today are old favorites. Do.THE 2 WAS MUCH MORE EASYGOING THAN THE 3 BECAUSE THE 2 WAS – – – Tuesay, June 12, 2018, Tracy Gray and Samuel A.Wednesday, July 18, 2018, David Steinberg.Wednesday, July 25, 2018, Emily Carroll.Saturday, July 28, 2018, Natan Last, the J.A.S.A.But CMON, it's a debut puzzle (!!), it's a cool idea, and I learned a lot today, so it's getting a big thumbs up from me. REFARM, EATER, and SIZERS were a bit of a NUISANCE, but a shiny AMULET and tumbling ACROBATS are enough to distract me, at least, from the lesser elements. And who doesn't enjoy the mindless entertainment of a JUMBLE from time to time? REDACT (19A: Black out, in a way) is an excellent word, and it's an odd coincidence that it crosses MADLIB, an activity created through REDACTion. And I wasn't just trying to lose because she was a cute little five-year-old. MANCALA is a game I remember playing with Colum's younger daughter (although I didn't know the name of it until just now) when she was about five. I like that four different meanings are used here. My favorite alternate name is "Capital 3," which is hilarious.Īnywho. ![]() The Wikipedia article on what they call the "number sign" is pretty interesting. The former being created (probably) in the 1960s (originally might have been "octotherp") by employees at Bell Labs as a joke, and the latter coming into common use at around the same time, possibly because it resembled cross-hatching. Also, the two names given in this puzzle - OCTO THORPE and HASH TAG - are the two most recent of all the names, it seems. I was not aware of its use in proof-reading to mean "space," but the clues at 27D and 48A could have called for nothing else. Interesting that the symbol has so many variant names and uses. ![]()
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