I got enough to grok it - now I have to reverse-engineer a bit!
Meg 2s · 2022-10-10T23:09:00.837Z
Be not afraid of the Google.
I K Snamhcok 🤓9:26 · più di 2 anni fa
Good to have you back at puzzle-making, Al. As a fellow old fart, it’s great for me to actually know the cultural references. (Hope you don’t mind the OF reference. In truth, you’re ageless!)
oldjudge 3s · più di 2 anni fa
Nice job , Al!
boharr 4s · più di 2 anni fa
Fun as always. Thanks, Al.
whimsy 12:34 · più di 2 anni fa
Very nice! Great to see you back, Al! Confused at one point because I couldn't count rows -- but then --a big smile!
Laura M 🤓7:16 · più di 2 anni fa
Nice one! I actually knew how to program in 42D at one point, don't remember much now though...
Bbaack 19:23 · più di 2 anni fa
Very nice symmetry, which allowed me to eliminate "choral". And I love the fact that Usher works in 2 ways. Very well done!
Alex Sisti costruttore · più di 2 anni fa
Still, I wish I had checked for unintended possibilities... like "choral" and "earwig"... ooof.
Usher was my first thought when I saw the prompt, but it has taken me this long to backsolve!! Better late than never. Thanks, Al!
michaelm 🤓3:55 · più di 2 anni fa
Nice to have you back, Al!
Late arrival to the show, so may need one to quickly show me to my seat.
kurtalert 13:51 · più di 2 anni fa
Nice! Took me a while to find the S, even after it was obvious that the answer was USHER... I kept looking only in that middle column. Doh! I had CHORAL and VENTURE initially, too, which threw me off. Really fun puzzle!
ReB 4s · più di 2 anni fa
I had the mechanism from the onset, but finding the words you had in mind was difficult, especially since CHORAL fit so well (as a performance-related word) with COSTUME, STAGEHAND, AND OVERTURE. But "all's well that ends well".
Alex Sisti costruttore · più di 2 anni fa
Yeah, I missed Choral -- which was fitting -- and Earwig, which wasn't (except for the ones around the smushed jujubees or Junior Mints).