May 2024 Contest - Gimmick Midi

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• kurtalert 🤓2:30 · 2024-05-21T14:35:55.691Z

  Hah, nicely done!

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  • Sendhil Revuluri constructor · 2024-05-21T16:35:38.688Z

    Thank you!

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• Sam 🤓5:31 · 2024-05-21T14:56:30.832Z

  Fun solve! Are there multiple solutions for 23A/23D? You've got DINE, LINE, MINE, and PINE. Maybe I missed part of the gimmick.

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  • Sendhil Revuluri constructor · 2024-05-21T16:36:35.054Z

    That is an even better idea! (Normally I would say that this was just sloppy construction, but now I can use the gimmick as an excuse )

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  • woozy 17:03 · 2024-05-28T14:58:12.413Z

    I had fine with isn't a solution.

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• heron 5:22 · 2024-05-21T21:15:51.699Z

  was expecting O in the slot! i'm a bit confused why it's E--is it because it stands for "eye"?

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• heron 5:22 · 2024-05-21T21:16:16.579Z

  OH i just got it--really nice construction!!

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  • Sendhil Revuluri constructor · 2024-05-21T23:47:49.317Z

    Thank you! I was thinking about adding a hint to the Constructor Note, or else circles of the diagonals. Thoughts?

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    • heron 5:22 · 2024-05-22T01:49:57.981Z

      i think marking the diagonals with circles would make it clearer

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    • woozy 17:03 · 2024-05-28T15:01:06.237Z

      Definitely need a constructor note. I'm completely baffled.

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• riotblob 7:17 · 2024-05-22T12:53:08.709Z

  aha, I didn't spot the gimmick, and had FINE/FINES for 23A/23D, so got myself a bit stuck. clever construction! I agree that circling the diagonals would make it easier to work out (I had put an O)

  I'm not sure about 19D - I only know this as "WHILE away the hours", where the past tense versuon would be WHILED.

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  • Sendhil Revuluri constructor · 2024-05-22T15:50:10.206Z

    Thanks for solving and for the feedback! (I added some alternate solutions for the 23A/23D crossing per @strom's suggestion. I'll add some in the center square too. I don't think I can add circles now, unfortunately!)

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• woozy 17:03 · 2024-05-28T14:59:57.558Z

  Okay. I'm dense. I don't get the center square or the flashing alternate answers. What's going on?

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  • Sendhil Revuluri constructor · 2024-05-28T18:35:37.625Z

    Totally valid! The initial solution for the center square was "E" — and was only a white square at all because of the "Gimmick" theme. The reason it was an "E" was because the seed of the grid was the diagonals of "E" in the whole grid. But several folks said that it wasn't clear (especially without those "E" squares being circled) so I added in some alternate solutions that seemed "natural" — again, mainly leaning into the "gimmick".

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