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MGWCC #253 — Friday, April 5th, 2013 —“Book Club”
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS: Week 5 means tough! Solvers were tasked with finding a European capital, and the theme entries’ identities weren’t totally clear. The 9 and 10 pairs of the pinwheel looked like...
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MGWCC #254 — Friday, April 12th, 2013 —“Hey, Watch the Language!”
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS: Well, that was easy (assuming you avoided one trap). 580 solvers found LITTLE WOMEN as last week’s famous American novel. The four main characters of the book, sisters Meg, Jo,...
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MGWCC #255 — Friday, April 19th, 2013 —“Shake It Up”
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS: Who were the mysterious group of people skilled in language hidden in last week’s puzzle? Twelve languages concealed themselves one letter off in the six theme entries: CHAI BISQUE...
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MGWCC #256 — Friday, April 26th, 2013 —“Diamond Girl”
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS: Was your mind boggled last week, as 1-across and 61-across suggested? Instructions asked for a 17-letter word, and there were just three hints: 1) BOGGLES / THE MIND up top and...
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MGWCC #257 — Friday, May 3rd, 2013 —“Anxious Moments”
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS: It wasn’t really an Oscar-winning actress we needed last week, it was a left fielder! 147 solvers noticed that symmetrically-placed entries covered eight of the nine positions in...
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MGWCC #258 — Friday, May 10th, 2013 —“Site Unseen”
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS: Which of New York City’s five boroughs served as the answer to last week’s meta? With theme entries of LARYNX JINX, PHALANX THANX, MANX QUINCUNX and SPHINX LYNX we’re evidently...
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MGWCC #259 — Friday, May 17th, 2013 —“Where in the World…?”
EARLY POST TODAY: I’ll be gone all day so I’m posting early (I don’t fully trust WordPress’s autopost). Probably won’t be verifying entries until this evening, so please don’t fret if you don’t see...
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MGWCC #260 — Friday, May 24th, 2013 —“Theme Material”
EARLY POST AGAIN THIS WEEK: Travel day, so early post. Again please don’t fret if you don’t see your name on the leaderboard until this evening, since I’ll be on planes today. LAST WEEK’S RESULTS: By...
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MGWCC #261 — Friday, May 31st, 2013 —“This Might Upset You”
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS: [A strand of the fabric] read all six theme clues last week, the answers of which described someone known for wearing a letter on their clothing: 23-a LORRE BREAKOUT ROLE was...
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MGWCC #262 — Friday, June 7th, 2013 —“Group Activity”
FIVE YEAR ANNIVERSARY + TIP JAR WEEK STARTS NOW! It was 5 years ago this week that MGWCC began! How time does fly; let’s do 5 more. The yearly tip jar week also begins today, so if you’ve enjoyed the...
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MGWCC #263 — Friday, June 14th, 2013 —“Bring Forth the Fourth”
TIP JAR WEEK: A NEW RECORD, AND 36 HOURS TO GO! 36 hours left in Tip Jar Week! And we’re at $9,175 (including checks), meaning we’ve already surpassed last year’s total by about a hundred bucks. Can we...
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MGWCC #264 — Friday, June 21st, 2013 —“AV Club”
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS: Tricky for Week 2: a lowish 274 solvers found TESTY as the word describing how some people get while working metapuzzles (I won’t name names!). They noticed two things: first, that...
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MGWCC #265 — Friday, June 28th, 2013 —“Found in Translation”
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS: Tough Week 3: just 55 solvers found TONY SOPRANO as the famous fictional character requested by the instructions. The six theme entries were: 19-a ["Please Read the Letter"...
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MGWCC #266 — July 5th, 2013 — GUEST CONSTRUCTOR MONTH, PUZZLE #1 —“Who Am I?”...
GUEST CONSTRUCTOR MONTH: It’s July, and that means it’s the 2nd Annual Guest Constructor Month here at MGWCC! For various reasons, Guest Constructor Month this year will consist of five puzzles even...
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MGWCC #267 — July 12th, 2013 — GUEST CONSTRUCTOR MONTH, PUZZLE #2 —“Spell...
GUEST CONSTRUCTOR MONTH: It’s July, and that means it’s the 2nd Annual Guest Constructor Month here at MGWCC! For various reasons, Guest Constructor Month this year will consist of five puzzles even...
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MGWCC #268 — Friday, July 19th, 2013 — GUEST CONSTRUCTOR MONTH, PUZZLE #3...
GUEST CONSTRUCTOR MONTH: It’s July, and that means it’s the 2nd Annual Guest Constructor Month here at MGWCC! For various reasons, Guest Constructor Month this year will consist of five puzzles even...
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MGWCC #269 — Friday, July 26th, 2013 — GUEST CONSTRUCTOR MONTH, PUZZLE #4 —“A...
GUEST CONSTRUCTOR MONTH REMINDER: This is the last Friday of July, but a reminder: for various reasons, Guest Constructor Month this year will consist of five puzzles even though July only has four...
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MGWCC #270 — Friday, August 2nd, 2013 — GUEST CONSTRUCTOR MONTH PUZZLE #5...
GUEST CONSTRUCTOR MONTH FINALE: A reminder that today’s puzzle counts as Week 5 of Guest Constructor Month, not the first week of August. We’re treating August as a four-Friday month that will begin...
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MGWCC #271 — Friday, August 9th, 2013 —“The Need for Speed”
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS: Tricky Week 5 meta from Dave Sullivan last week, including an intentional red herring to weed out Those Who Hadn’t Fully Grokked. The four obvious theme entries were: 18-a [Sleep,...
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MGWCC #272 — Friday, August 16th, 2013 —“Interior Design”
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS: Did you make it to Lollapuzzoola 6 last weekend in New York City? I did, and it was a blast. Hard to imagine the circumstances that will keep me away from LPZ7 next summer! In...
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