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Read Between the Lines

· Di Capn Rick · Pubblicato 2022-08-31T11:18:50.639Z

Meta Prompt
The meta answer is a mystery novel.
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  • Cindy Heisler solved 2022-08-31T11:51:56.143Z
  • boharr solved 2022-08-31T12:11:32.059Z
  • hoover solved 2022-08-31T12:29:21.177Z
  • JM solved 2022-08-31T12:30:08.825Z
  • Hector solved 2022-08-31T13:02:38.284Z
  • Shmuel Schmell solved 2022-08-31T13:14:36.386Z
  • rjy solved 2022-08-31T13:24:32.893Z
  • Wendy S HeadinHome solved 2022-08-31T14:13:53.192Z
  • Mr Tex solved 2022-08-31T14:28:07.811Z
  • KayW solved 2022-08-31T14:41:08.626Z
  • I K Snamhcok solved 2022-08-31T15:48:32.451Z
  • woozy solved 2022-08-31T16:13:30.544Z
  • DIS solved 2022-08-31T17:02:05.092Z
  • Carolyn solved 2022-08-31T17:38:49.990Z
  • oldjudge solved 2022-08-31T17:39:59.493Z
  • Cindy Weatherman solved 2022-08-31T17:57:53.494Z
  • Meg solved 2022-08-31T18:03:34.886Z
  • Gutman solved 2022-08-31T19:25:48.879Z
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  • whimsy solved 2022-08-31T19:50:28.185Z
  • DebbieC solved 2022-08-31T20:31:26.690Z
  • CPJohnson solved 2022-08-31T20:35:45.106Z
  • Tyrpmom solved 2022-08-31T20:51:39.703Z
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  • Abide solved 2022-08-31T22:05:22.322Z
  • edestlin solved 2022-08-31T22:11:54.636Z
  • andeux solved 2022-08-31T22:53:14.978Z
  • dplass solved 2022-08-31T23:50:05.390Z
  • Darth solved 2022-08-31T23:54:33.737Z
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  • ReB solved 2022-09-04T20:27:24.912Z
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  • BarbaraK solved 2022-09-05T00:19:17.984Z
  • DrTom solved 2022-09-05T05:08:18.981Z
  • Qmark solved 2022-09-11T23:17:14.645Z
  • Dawn Landry solved 2022-09-12T21:15:35.827Z
  • Anonymous Crossharer solved 2022-09-26T21:29:20.621Z
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  • Cindy Heisler 2s · 2022-08-31T11:53:49.285Z
    Very fun puzzle. I love mysteries, so I saw the meta right away. That doesn't usually happen, but it is nice when it does! Thanks, Cap'n Rick.
    • Capn Rick costruttore · 2022-08-31T12:58:11.163Z
      Thanks for solving, Cindy!
    • boharr 3s · 2022-08-31T12:12:02.478Z
      Love it!
      • Capn Rick costruttore · 2022-08-31T12:58:48.189Z
        Thanks again for the pretesting help on the earlier version, Bob!
      • hoover 3s · 2022-08-31T12:30:28.058Z
        Thanks for the MEOW!
        • Capn Rick costruttore · 2022-08-31T12:58:59.619Z
          You're welcome, hoover!
        • Shmuel Schmell 2s · 2022-08-31T13:18:47.099Z
          Good puzzle! I saw the answer before the mechanism - so I backsolved this one. It might not be so easy if you're unfamiliar with the novel.
          • Capn Rick costruttore · 2022-08-31T16:42:50.486Z
            Thanks, Shmuel!
          • rjy 3s · 2022-08-31T13:44:28.472Z
            Thanks Cap’n!
            Curious if I caught everything intended: AGATHA, AND, THEN, THERE, WERE… there’s a TEN, as in “Ten Little Indians”, was there a NONE? Or anything else tucked way?
            • woozy 🤓15:14 · 2022-08-31T16:18:28.055Z
              OOO is then none.
            • rjy 3s · 2022-08-31T13:49:37.231Z
              Nevermind, I had ADD for 14A, so I picked up AND from within 3D. Missed the symmetry that then would have led to the 000. Nice!
              • Capn Rick costruttore · 2022-08-31T16:44:08.816Z
                Thanks for solving, rjy! Glad you found all the pieces to the puzzle.
              • Wendy S HeadinHome 🤓4:35 · 2022-08-31T14:14:27.319Z
                Smooth and fun in every way! Thanks!
                • Capn Rick costruttore · 2022-08-31T16:44:58.789Z
                  Thanks, Wendy. Glad you enjoyed the read.
                • KayW 🤓5:49 · 2022-08-31T14:43:58.267Z
                  And I would add - 13D describes it nicely!
                  • Capn Rick costruttore · 2022-08-31T16:45:41.247Z
                    Thanks, Kay. Yes, I was hoping someone would notice 13D.
                  • KayW 🤓5:49 · 2022-08-31T14:41:24.489Z
                    Great meta! Thanks, Rick!
                    • I K Snamhcok 🤓8:33 · 2022-08-31T15:56:39.908Z
                      Love ATTWN! Though “The Murder of Roger Ackroyd” is my favorite Agatha Christie. I selected it for the Geezers’ Book Club I’m in. None of the guys (it’s all men) had ever read any AC, the best-selling author of all time. Two of the group (there were about a dozen participating that month) liked it, a couple of others expressed confusion (“I couldn’t follow the characters”), and the rest didn’t bother at all (though they showed up, as usual, for the camaraderie — great folks!) Oh, well. Back to Lincoln and Churchill biographies.
                      • Capn Rick costruttore · 2022-08-31T16:46:35.282Z
                        Thanks, Chris. Your book club sounds like a fun bunch!
                      • woozy 🤓15:14 · 2022-08-31T16:20:57.359Z
                        Fun puzzle. I wasn't thinking about the mystery until I got to the entry "Agatha" (I was about 3/4 done with the grid) and remembered there was a meta to solve and thought about her books and saw AND THEN THERE right and looked for the "were" and I hadn't enough of the puzzle to see the none off the bat.
                        So clever but was there any reason or sign post to look for the key words th..... Oh. Now I see it! Bee line, Bow Line, Fence Line, Bread line etc.... But I'm not familiar with the terms OPEN LINE, SNOW LINE (oh, wait... I've heard of snow line) or HOT LINE.
                        • Capn Rick costruttore · 2022-08-31T18:12:57.775Z
                          Thanks, woozy. I was running out of LINES by the end of the grid!
                          • Capn Rick costruttore · 2022-08-31T23:57:52.631Z
                            Think telephones for both OPEN LINE and HOTLINE.
                          • Carolyn 3s · 2022-08-31T17:40:09.408Z
                            Lots of fun. I needed an easy one today. Thanks!
                            • Capn Rick costruttore · 2022-08-31T18:13:24.170Z
                              Thanks for solving, Carolyn.
                            • Bbaack 🤓14:13 · 2022-08-31T19:43:37.557Z
                              Clever and a lot of fun. Thanks Cap'n!
                              • Capn Rick costruttore · 2022-08-31T21:22:57.286Z
                                Glad you liked it, Bbaack.
                              • Tyrpmom 2s · 2022-08-31T20:53:37.109Z
                                Another lovely creation. Thanks.
                                • Capn Rick costruttore · 2022-08-31T21:23:21.048Z
                                  Thanks for solving, Tyrpmom.
                                • DebbieC 🤓9:32 · 2022-08-31T20:43:09.693Z
                                  Loved it! Very clever. Found Agatha and AND THEN THERE WERE 000 by their symmetry. Didn't catch the LINES until after I'd submitted and read it in the comments. Thank you for a lovely challenge/AHA moment.
                                  • Capn Rick costruttore · 2022-08-31T21:24:07.937Z
                                    You're welcome, Debbie. Glad you liked it.
                                  • dplass 6:54 · 2022-08-31T23:52:22.880Z
                                    Luckily I happened to notice the THERE dead center and thought, that's weird. As was the AND. And I put 2+2 together. It was only after solving and more staring that I saw the line words. Kinda like the day meta we saw recently. I didn't get that one the right way eiither...thanks for the puzzle!
                                    • Capn Rick costruttore · 2022-09-01T00:38:03.276Z
                                      Thanks for solving, David. A solve is a solve...
                                    • Darth 12:12 · 2022-09-01T00:01:23.605Z
                                      I saw the title emerge as I was filling the grid, Fast solve for me, but it was also one of my favorite books in my younger days so it was right there in my brain files. =) Thanks, Rick!
                                      • Capn Rick costruttore · 2022-09-01T00:41:10.792Z
                                        Glad you enjoyed it, Darth.
                                      • Ergcat 15:31 · 2022-09-01T16:23:13.172Z
                                        That was a good one! It took me a little while to realize where to look using "Read between the lines" but finally saw it! Thank you, Cap'n Rick.
                                        • Capn Rick costruttore · 2022-09-01T18:39:58.885Z
                                          Thanks for solving, Ergcat. Glad you enjoyed it.
                                        • DrTom 4s · 2022-09-02T20:50:54.828Z
                                          Wow, did I ever make this puzzle puzzle more difficult. I kept trying to find alternates for the different lines, like SIDELINE = Sports Venue, BEELINE - Job Hunter's Site. I even missed all of the LINES the first time round, but when I went back then the AND THEN, which had caught my attention early and then I discarded it, started to look better. By the time I got to THERE I knew where I was going and arrived at the novel's subsequent title. Nice one Cap!
                                          • Capn Rick costruttore · 2022-09-02T22:41:02.051Z
                                            Thanks for solving, DrTom! Metas always seem easier in hindsight, don't they?
                                            • DrTom 4s · 2022-09-05T05:10:15.038Z
                                              Oh LORD yes - particularly if they are about a "Butterfly"
                                          • ReB 7s · 2022-09-04T20:31:44.502Z
                                            I was thinking this novel all along, especially with the Agatha at 67A, but was remembering the title incorrectly. But after checking the second nudge, when I took another look "between the lines" all of a sudden the first AND leaped out at me - and then the correct title immediately to mind and it was off to the races. But that's the way metas work - self-inflicted blindness sometimes until suddenly enlightenment arrives.
                                            • ReB 7s · 2022-09-04T20:40:22.680Z
                                              That is, I was remembering the title as "Ten Little Indians"...which was the beginning of the poem, not the end, which of course was the origin of the title.
                                              • Capn Rick costruttore · 2022-09-04T23:51:54.208Z
                                                Thanks for solving, ReB. Yes, there were a few different titles for this novel.
                                              • Qmark 3s · 2022-09-11T23:30:48.467Z
                                                Came very late to the puzzle, but enjoyed it, Rick (needed nudge 2 to get to the finish line) Like many folks this was the first (of many Christie mysteries I read when I was young)...thanks!
                                                • Capn Rick costruttore · 2022-09-12T11:47:37.182Z
                                                  Better late than never, Qmark! Thanks for solving!
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                                                Spelling competition
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                                                  Spelling competition
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                                                  Manatee
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                                                  Fries or slaw
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                                                  Plus
                                                5. 15A
                                                  Professor's goal
                                                6. 16A
                                                  Subsequently
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                                                  Fiddle stick
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                                                  Combined
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                                                  Nearly unsolvable
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                                                  Wonderland visitor
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                                                  Leaves out of the bag?
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                                                  Red-ink item
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                                                  Designer Cassini et al.
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                                                  Irish lass
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                                                  "Science Guy" Bill
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                                                  "Are you a man ___ mouse?"
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                                                  Use an epee
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                                                  Oxfam and CARE, e.g.
                                                19. 39A
                                                  Big meeting: Abbr.
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                                                  Yonder
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                                                  "Smooth Operator" singer
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                                                  "___ I" ("Me too")
                                                23. 44A
                                                  Moolah
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                                                  Cab alternative
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                                                  Fish eggs
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                                                  Part of SASE
                                                27. 51A
                                                  Manx or Maine Coon
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                                                  Dodger manager, once
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                                                  Job hunter's site
                                                30. 58A
                                                  ___ Sketch
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                                                  Ready for business
                                                32. 62A
                                                  Fame
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                                                  Spicy
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                                                  Used to be
                                                35. 67A
                                                  First name in mystery
                                                36. 68A
                                                  Pedometer's starting point
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                                                  Bamboozle
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                                                  AT&T and Verizon, e.g.
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                                                  Wild blue yonder
                                                Verticali
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                                                  Rum-soaked cake
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                                                  Chemical compound
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                                                  Co-founder of Polaroid Corporation
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                                                  Tampa neighbor, for short
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                                                  Fair-hiring initials
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                                                  Selects carefully
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                                                  Black-and-white cookies
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                                                  "The Things ___ for Love" (10cc song)
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                                                  Mt. ___ (1980 Washington erupter)
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                                                  "10 Things ___ About You"
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                                                  Easing of govt. restrictions
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                                                  Doesn't ___ expected (has a twist)
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                                                  Cartoon frame
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                                                  Tofu base
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                                                  Did not disturb
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                                                  Like the TV program "60 Minutes"
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                                                  ___-Cola
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                                                  Top medals, in Barcelona
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                                                  Must
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                                                  Born
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                                                  Boorish
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                                                  Refreshing cold soups
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                                                  "Garfield" dog
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                                                  Transmit
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                                                  Had prior knowledge of
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                                                  Poem of praise
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                                                  Sports venues
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                                                  Summer hrs. in Denver
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                                                  Mature
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                                                  January, to Juan
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                                                  Feudal lord
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                                                  Historical record
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                                                  "Phooey!"
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                                                  Fictional pirate
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                                                  "That's not ___!" (parent's warning)
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                                                  Nonprescription: Abbr.
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                                                  Abbott's first baseman
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