Wearing of the Green
◆ · By Capn Rick · Published 11 days ago
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The answer is someone who wears green.
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- Darth 🤓10:22 · 11 days agoOh, I needed to type that in the singular! haha Thanks, Capn!
- Capn Rick constructor · 11 days agoThanks, Darth. Yes, I'll probably get that from a lot of solvers today. Will have to address it in the Nudges.
- woozy 13:41 · 11 days agoAs well, I needed to notice themers themselves spelled something. When the second word (in the singular) failed I was wondering if you were doing some horrible easter egg.
- Capn Rick constructor · 11 days agoI don't think there is such a thing as a "horrible Easter egg," woozy. :)
- woozy 13:41 · 10 days agoRed herring then... something deliberately put in that requires a mechanism to actually see and the purpose of which is only to say "nope, you're on the wrong track".
- Cindy Heisler 2s · 11 days agoThanks, Cap'n! Fun.
- Capn Rick constructor · 11 days agoYou're welcome, Cindy! Glad you enjoyed it.
- michaelm 🤓7:25 · 11 days agoLoved it, Cap’n, but as a Sixers fan, I’m obligated to give you the Bird on this one. Thanks!
- Capn Rick constructor · 11 days agoHa ha! I'll gladly take "Bird" again any day! Love that photo of him exchanging "niceties" with Dr. J.
- Dave C 3s · 11 days agoI guessed it right away with all the references to basketball and then quickly saw the over/under with the "green" items. Cleverly done.
- Capn Rick constructor · 11 days agoThanks, Dave. Yeah, those basketball entries that spell C-E-L-T-I-C are "wearing" (or "have on") the "green" entries that spell B-O-S-T-O-N.
- Moreo5 🤓12:29 · 11 days agoNice one year commemoration with 77A!
- Capn Rick constructor · 11 days agoThanks, Moreo5. Glad you spotted my SSS plug!
- imontoo 3s · 11 days agoThanks, Cap’n! Nice one for a SSS.
- Capn Rick constructor · 11 days agoThank you, imontoo. Glad you enjoyed it!
- KayW 🤓6:51 · 11 days agoYay!!! I got a sportsing meta! And I already saw several Easter Eggs. Now time to make sure I found them all... Nicely done - thanks!
- Capn Rick constructor · 11 days agoHa ha! Thanks, and congrats, Kay on solving a "sportsing" meta. Good luck with your Easter egg search! (Don't forget the two "overs" in the 52A clue, which is positioned directly "over" 58A UNDER.
- KayW 🤓6:51 · 11 days ago... and just saw the nudges. Yeesh, I missed HALF the metanism - I thought those bball terms were just the usual superb Cap'n Easter Eggs. VERY nicely done!
- MatthewL 🤓5:58 · 11 days agoFun one, Cap'n! Saw it almost right away, which is how I like my Sunday puzzles. Thanks, Rick!
- Capn Rick constructor · 11 days agoThanks, Matthew. I'm glad I got the difficulty dialed in correctly this week.
- DavyGravy 2s · 11 days agoThe basketball court in the center of the grid is a nice touch. Very clever!
- Capn Rick constructor · 11 days agoThanks, Dave. I needed to make this grid 16x15 to accommodate the doubling-up of the stacked themers. It still retains symmetry, but it's vertical this time.
- Bird Lives 4s · 11 days agoWhen my first guess CELTIC was marked wrong, my impulse was to go with JASON TATUM, but then I thought of history, making him only one of many many. Thanks for the green memories. And Havlicek stole the ball.
- Capn Rick constructor · 11 days agoThanks, Jay. I can still hear Johnny Most announcing that famous steal!
- Tyrpmom 🤓12:56 · 11 days agoWasn’t careful in my solving. I blame the ease of guessing on Crosshare.
I see it’s all there if you pay attention.- Capn Rick constructor · 11 days agoThanks for solving, Tyrpmom. I expected to see a lot of "Boston Celtics" (plural) answers today, which is why I tried to emphasize "someone" in the prompt.
- ajk 🤓7:06 · 11 days agololololol even though I test solved this I missed half of it (in my defense, I test solved it like 2 months ago
). Spotted CELTIC but missed the BOSTON part this time around - Capn Rick constructor · 10 days agoI made so many different versions, Alan, that I almost missed parts of it myself.
- Carolyn 3s · 11 days agoLots of fun!
- Capn Rick constructor · 11 days agoGlad you enjoyed it, Carolyn.
- whimsy 🤓1:01:37 · 10 days agoI must have tested a very early version -- I don't remember this! (I thought I remembered testing something that had St. Pat as the answer, or was that something else?...who knows?
) And just now I only entered CELTIC at first because that jumped out at me before I even noticed the turtle, and the onion, and the other greenies. I'm just too close to the subject, I suppose.
Anyhow, terrific work! We're lucky 
to have you and your puzzles, Cap'n! Thanks!- Capn Rick constructor · 10 days agoThank you, Claudia. Yes, you tested an earlier version back in January, but I know I significantly rearranged and changed a lot of things since then. Heck, I was still tweaking it the night I posted! Hopefully we'll finally be able to run one of your fine puzzles on SSS this year!
- Pair O Ducks 🤓5:43 · 10 days agoSolved yesterday but came back and read the nudges today to see if I missed anything... never noticed the sports terms, haha! I only saw the "green" things and then used the UNDER clue to know where else to look. In my defense (see what I did there?), I'm not familiar with ECLAT, CAGER, or TIPOFF in a sports context, but hey, 3 outta 6 ain't bad, right? Impressive work, Cap'n!
- Capn Rick constructor · 10 days agoHi Lydia. Thanks for solving and for the feedback! Coming up with 6 basketball-related entries that spelled CELTIC was a bit tricky. CAGER is an old term for a basketball player, and every game starts with a TIPOFF at center COURT. ECLAT isn't a basketball term per se. I'm just using wordplay there with "Fanfare" as in viewing "Fare" for sports "Fans".
- Pair O Ducks 🤓5:43 · 10 days agoI hope you didn't take it as a criticism! Wasn't meant to be by any means. I am just very much not a sports person, so for me to recognize any of the words is a win in my book! "Fan fare"... I love that!
- Capn Rick constructor · 9 days agoOh, no, I didn't take it that way at all. Just trying to explain the method to my madness.
- Meta World Peace 9s · 5 days agoHow many billions of $ is your puzzle on the market for, Capn? Take that to the TD (Bank)!
- Capn Rick constructor · 5 days agoHa! Well, I don't know about "billions," Meta, but I do receive a $5 - $10 donation on occasion. Thanks for solving!