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SF, CA
I had "SETTLE" (resolve) for "METTLE" (resolve), and it really made the center of this puzzle a challenge.
My favorite puzzle in a long time, and color me impressed that every missing letter entry was also an acceptable word (as noted in the column). Kudos for the work on construction this must have taken.
I love ON KEY KONG so much. With a voice like that, maybe Mario should have been worried that Kong could steal the princess.
Brutal. Double my average time for a Friday. I had problems in every quadrant.
I wouldn't have known HUNDO P, but I have heard HUNDO without the P for many years in reference to a $100 bill. So thumbs up for the cluing choice from me.
BAD ASSES and BS METER in the same puzzle? We're through the looking glass on the use of saucy slang, aren't we.
I was perplexed by the misspellings, but overjoyed to see my alma mater show up. A little love for WASHU, the Harvard of the Midwest (or so they said when I was applying back in 1989). Go Bears!
@Selective Walrus I live in California and I've never heard of it either. Must be a SoCal thing.
@Matt When I was in high school in the 80s, you could buy software that would let you make a Zork-style game of your own. A friend and I spent a couple of glorious months programming a game based at our school with all the requisite Zorkian misdirects and grues (who were teachers we didn’t care for). It’s one of my best memories of the time, and this clue made me smile and think about it.
@Steven M. Not just you. I made my first pass through the across clues and was shocked by how little I had filled in. Took awhile before it finally broke open, and I ended up a good 20% over my normal Tuesday time.
@Steve L I just came to complain about it (or at least note it as maybe a touch Naticky).
@Caitríona Shanahan Treed can mean "trapped in a tree", in which case you might find yourself out on a limb.
What's the trick that I'm missing here? I've filled in the grid, and all the squares are correct, but I can't get the "you're done" screen. Do I need to make a rebus with each of the missing letters?
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