Sail the seven seas

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• kieranjboyd 🤓5:05 · 2024-02-20T02:35:39.840Z

  Took me a while to figure out that each of the theme entries swapCtter! Nice one

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• Wayne Mesard constructor · 2024-02-20T03:20:06.347Z

  Jokes are always funnier, when you explain them, right?

  • CMMA = SALEm ma
  • HACGUP = haS A LEgup
  • TAKECAK = takeS A LEak
  • REHEARCVENT = rehearSAL Event
  • NACDEMA = naSAL Edema
  • USECXA = useS ALExa
  • BASC = basS ALE

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• Capn Rick 9:39 · 2024-02-20T03:50:06.758Z

  Loved the rebuses! I live about 10 miles from CMMA.

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  • Wayne Mesard constructor · 2024-02-20T14:19:32.147Z

    Hello from the south shaw!

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    • Capn Rick 9:39 · 2024-02-20T15:54:09.721Z

      Small world! By any chance, do you also construct meta puzzles? We are always looking for meta constructors over at https://www.xword-muggles.com/

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• Sendhil Revuluri 🤓3:25 · 2024-02-20T03:32:05.971Z

  Very clever! I didn't get the theme until well after I was done solving. (FYI tiny typo in clue to 5A.)

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  • Wayne Mesard constructor · 2024-02-20T14:14:10.857Z

    Fixed the typo. Thanks for catching that!

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• Adam 7:24 · 2024-02-20T20:36:26.462Z

  I'd recommend adding the SALE rebuses as an alternate solution :)

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  • Wayne Mesard constructor · 2024-02-21T00:26:45.756Z

    I wasn't sure if that made sense, since it only applied to the crosses. But I think you're right. (Also, I can never remember how to work the alternate answer controls for rebuses. But I just remembered that I wrote it down last time!) Thanks for the push to make this change!

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• Jacob Reed 14:00 · 2024-02-21T03:58:46.259Z

  Oof! This one was a slog for me. I didn’t get the SALE/SAIL homophone til way late and also couldn’t get it to solve with the revised until I eventually figured out I had to just put “C” in. Kept trying to fit NEOCLASSICAL or NEOCLASSIC for the domes. You should turn on alternate solutions for the rebuses. Probably a super fun puzzle and it’s just me having an off night!

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  • Wayne Mesard constructor · 2024-02-21T14:31:54.854Z

    It's not you, it's me . I think this is one of those puzzles where the solving experience doesn't evoke a reaction of "aha that's clever!" so much as "ugh, this feels like homework". I was hoping that the hint, the bigger hint, and the easy fill would smooth that out. But it seems like for a lot of people it was still (wait for it) rough seas.

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• Brian Callahan 🤓5:45 · 2024-02-22T16:28:20.595Z

  TAKECAK

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• Eric S 🤓16:05 · 2024-02-22T20:10:08.064Z

  I really enjoyed figuring this one out Wayne (didn't need the "bigger" hint). And Tracy and I were just in CMMA a couple weeks ago!

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• dooiemus 🤓12:00 · 2024-02-22T20:31:02.640Z

  Lovely idea and execution

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• T. G. 4:00 · 2024-03-01T00:54:57.241Z

  This was so much fun!

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