This was so exciting and fun to do! I do them in print, but this one I entered into the online puzzle because I thought it might trigger a secret message or something. When it didn't, then I really had to think for a bit - and when I got the answer, it was so thrilling! I felt like a secret agent, with my special decoder ring, i.e., my brain!
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As an online puzzle subscriber, I had a heck of a time finding the contest results. Thought for sure it'd be a Wordplay item -- found it by Googling.
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I wish that selecting the correct word arrangement (left to right) would garner the solver extra points. Since the arrangement wasn’t specified, I spent more energy on settling on “left to right” than I did on solving the puzzle. Lol. Congrats to the winners!
what is a SMOY
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@rnrnry it's one of the rebus answers, the Y of SNOWDAY going down is replaced by KEY to make SMOKEY going across (127 A). That Y replaces the L in 1 down to make the YOU of the answer phrase YOU ARE OUT NOW.
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Could we see the word "KEY" placed in the appropriate four squares in the graphic for the posted answer grid? It appears to have been omitted entirely.
Dr W,
*Under* the filled-in grid, Will has provided the crossing words with the four "KEY" rebus elements.
@Barry Ancona
Yes, I see that -- but presentation is everything, and I still would have preferred what I suggested.
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Darn it! I was convinced it was YEAR CHINA TOAST SLEW.
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97% of submissions were correct. That’s impressive. Or at least it makes me feel better that I didn’t win with the odds of winning being one in 776.
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