Fun! And I vote for keeping the difficulty rating.
Meg 3s · over 3 years ago
Not the first time symmetry has taken me down the wrong tunnel! Thanks, Will.
Hilary Parsons 🤓4:25 · over 3 years ago
Enjoyed this one very much.
CPJohnson 🤓3:19 · over 3 years ago
I got it! Thanks, Will!
Anita and Steve 🤓3:00 · over 3 years ago
Fun one! I like seeing the difficulty rating. Helps set expectations.
Cindy Heisler 2s · over 3 years ago
I vote for keeping the difficulty rating. Although I get frustrated with myself when it is a 1/10 and I have trouble solving it!!
MajordomoTom 🤓10:27 · over 3 years ago
bottom's up
MajordomoTom 🤓10:27 · over 3 years ago
yes, I also vote to keep the difficulty rating, though I thought this was a 3/10 or thereabouts not a 6.
C64 4s · over 3 years ago
Agreed on both counts.
Gutman 10s · over 3 years ago
22D made search for this
Terpagator 4s · over 3 years ago
Wow, fantastic meta. Incredible you could find such natural phrases to encode the solution.
David Higgins 🤓7:05 · over 3 years ago
Great puzzle!
auee89 3s · over 3 years ago
Fun! I like the difficulty rating, although I thought this 6/10 was easier for me than last week's 1/10 :-).
Jimbo 4s · over 3 years ago
I also vote to keep the difficulty rating
bodhipepper 🤓10:00 · over 3 years ago
I like having expectations set with a difficulty rating, but might recommend a simpler Easy / Medium / Hard scale - or even adopting MGWCC "weeks" - as I think a ten point scale is trying to be too precise about something a bit more ineffable. Thanks for the puzzle!
Thanks everyone! I don't even need a HOT TODDY with the warm and fuzzy feelings I get from reading all these comments! Cheesy, I know, but I earnestly do appreciate all of your kind words! And it's nice to hear that most folks would prefer to keep the difficulty ratings.
StartChoppin 🤓8:46 · over 3 years ago
Although I'm an old person who remembers them, I've lived long enough in the national-cellphone era that I actually sat there for 10 seconds saying to myself "what the f* is a toll call?" I'll just use 10-10-321 since Larry "Bud" Melman is on their commercials, thankyouverymuch.
MamaEllen 4s · over 3 years ago
Excellent! Just crunchy enough!
Byron 🤓11:42 · over 3 years ago
Frustratingly, I gave up on the meta too soon, again. I didn't realize there were so many theme answers.