Connect Four
◆ · Di ajk · Pubblicato 2 mesi fa
Meta Prompt
The meta answer is a means of online connection
Happy Monday
This puzzle was inspired by a few different ones I think, but I don't remember if there was any particular one that set the wheels in motion. It's not too difficult, but there is one slightly more subtle step.
Thanks to Wendy Walker and Abide for test solving and improving a few key aspects, and thanks as always to Joe Ross for tech support.
Nudges Wednesday (but I'm always available to help via PM), solution on Sunday.
Hope you enjoy!
cheers,
Alan
cheers,
Alan
NUDGES in order of increasing nudge-ness:
The title is an instruction
The title is an instruction
Which four might you be looking to connect?
Each themer has two words that can be connected
Connected by what? Another word
How do you know which word? Consult the clues
Pronto per iniziare?
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Commenti
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- benchen71 2s · 2 mesi faVery nice! Good work, Alan.
- Darth 🤓15:49 · 2 mesi faNice, Alan! The sheep shears being cold (cold cuts?) threw me off for a minute...like there might be another step. I couldn't see anything else or think of anything that might go with LINK, so I submitted it quite expecting it to be an incomplete answer. :P
- Berto 1s · 2 mesi faHa - exactly my thought!
- ajk costruttore · 2 mesi faThanks. :) Originally that clue literally said cold, but Wendy helpfully spotted that it would confuse folks. Sorry that the revised version also did so. :)
- Meg 2s · 2 mesi faVery nice! Thanks, Alan. I thought at first you had a typo (Heavens!) with "kerosine", but learned something instead.
- ajk costruttore · 2 mesi fa:) Glad you liked it
- ajk costruttore · circa 2 mesi fabut, lol, that is a typo (because it was a clue that got changed after Wendy saw the puzzle). Totally my fault--should be fixed now :)
- boharr 3s · 2 mesi faThanks, Alan
- ajk costruttore · 2 mesi faGlad you enjoyed
- MatthewL 🤓7:18 · 2 mesi faNice one Alan -- just my speed for a cold Monday morning. Thanks for the puzzle!
- ajk costruttore · 2 mesi faYou're very welcome :)
- KayW 🤓6:48 · 2 mesi faNice one, thanks! Tho after I got the four letters, I spent a few minutes trying to figure out how to get an online connection from KILN (theme entry order) before I looked at related-entry grid order LOL.
- ajk costruttore · 2 mesi faHa, it never occurred to me to check whether the other order also spelled a word. Wendy noticed though, but by that time the prompt had been improved from 'a 4-letter word' to it's current form, thanks to a suggestion from Abide :)
- HeyMikey 3:47 · circa 2 mesi faDoh! The same thing happened to me! I thought I would have the answer before the nudges came out but I didn't realize the correct order until Wednesday morning.
- bhamren 2s · 2 mesi faThe meta prompt pretty much gave it away. Then after getting 2 letters I was sure and backfilled
- ajk costruttore · 2 mesi faYeah, sometimes these things happen. :)
- DavyGravy 1s · 2 mesi faI saw ABBEY and my mind went right to ROAD and I remembered the the 16A clue. Everything fell into place from there. Kudos on a really squeaky clean grid too. Thanks for the puzzle Alan!
- ajk costruttore · 2 mesi faGlad you enjoyed. :)
- Alex Sisti 3s · 2 mesi faI'm like "KILN"? "KILN"? Is this a reference to forging steel? Then I made the connection. Great job.
- whimsy 🤓13:45 · 2 mesi fa"Connection" -- ha-ha! And I got an extra chuckle by mistakenly using T first instead of N (Oops --navel not tube!) "KILT" ? "KILT"?
Good fun! Thanks, Alan!- ajk costruttore · 2 mesi faGlad you enjoyed :)
- ajk costruttore · 2 mesi faThanks :) Glad you liked it
- Gutman 2s · circa 2 mesi faYeah. I put kiln before the head slap.
- HeadinHome 🤓2:22 · 2 mesi faI sketched out a lot of grids trying to align letters ala Connect Four the game. The similarity of ALF…(10D) / FLEA (19A) to hALF (56D) / FLEE (68A) just had to lead somewhere. But it didn’t. Nudged into the right track.
- ajk costruttore · 2 mesi faUgh, sorry for the herrings. Those things are pesky :)
- michaelm 🤓8:17 · 2 mesi faChilly or cold, loved the BAA clue, he says sheepishly. Thanks for linking us to another excellent MMM on Crosshare Alan.
- ajk costruttore · 2 mesi faGlad you enjoyed :) And yeah, I was happy Wendy suggested a way to save that one :)
- DrTom 🤓16:45 · circa 2 mesi faGood gosh, did I ever try to make this 1-2 into a 3-4. I was connecting 4 of the same letters, trying to find 4 things in common with the words, etc. It took an ajk nudge to alert me to what should have been obvious "connect the 4 things" and after that it was off to the races (and off of the couch of course). This is one of those SADs, but I'm happy that I did it and happy that Alan posted it.
- ajk costruttore · circa 2 mesi faGlad you enjoyed in the end :)
- Sharkicicles 2s · circa 2 mesi faThanks Alan! nice one this week.
- ajk costruttore · circa 2 mesi faGlad you liked it :)
- woozy 🤓13:41 · circa 2 mesi faStep 4: Find a synomyn for a KILN or oven in the grid.Step 3: Find a clue beginning with CREW (as in TEST CREW and CREW SOCKS)Step 2: Fins a four letter entry that shares 3 of its 4 letters with AVIS to expand the grouping ASST-ATAT, TEAM-MAKE, SCAM-CALM, ELSE-LEDE-FLEE-FLEA-HALF, and FLEA-LANE.Step 1. Find a Word Ladder for all the 4-letter entries.Step 0. Figure the connection between puppys sitting in laps, biting ankles, and having FLEAS has to do with the Red Hot Chile Peppers.
- ajk costruttore · circa 2 mesi faSorry for the rabbit holes :)
- HeyMikey 3:47 · circa 2 mesi faNice puzzle, Alan -- thank you. I like how we needed 1) the clues and 2) the correct order of the final letters. Like some others, I scratched my head (and then banged said head against the wall) with KILN, until I found the correct order.
- ajk costruttore · circa 2 mesi faYeah, I just got lucky that the improved prompt ruled that one out. The perils of 4-letter answers I guess. :)
- Steve M 59:49 · circa 2 mesi faNice. Needed some nudges, but I got there. Thanks!
- ajk costruttore · circa 2 mesi faGlad you got there in the end. :)
- Alvibu67 3s · circa 2 mesi faI accidentally got an F instead of the L and ended up with FINK! I thought maybe X (FKA Twitter) had changed its name again!
- ajk costruttore · circa 2 mesi fa
- Carolyn 3s · circa 2 mesi faNice puzzle! Thanks for the nudges.
- ajk costruttore · circa 2 mesi faGlad you liked it. :)
- Bird Lives 3s · circa 2 mesi faGood one. I was too inflexible to stop thinking about letters. I had to go to the nudges, then kicked myself. Thanks.
- ajk costruttore · circa 2 mesi faGlad you enjoyed, thanks. And yeah, I was a bit worried about people chasing letters. :)
- Dave C 3s · circa 2 mesi faIt took all the nudges, but finally....
- ajk costruttore · circa 2 mesi faGlad you made it :)
- kurtalert 🤓5:07 · circa 2 mesi faNice. Enjoyed this.
- ajk costruttore · circa 2 mesi faGlad you liked it :)