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[GBO Possum]

A 5/5 difficulty in which the purple one jumps out at me is really rare.

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Puzzle #912





Skill 97/99
Uniqueness 1 in 96

[Mikey]

I know it must be hard for Wyna Liu to come up with a fresh puzzle every day but purple was absolutely insane today.

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Puzzle #913

[Danoff]

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Puzzle #913

[Mikey]

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Puzzle #914

[Danoff]

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Puzzle #914

[Danoff]

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Puzzle #915

[Mikey]

Blue was harder than purple again today for me. Wonder if this'll be a trend.

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Puzzle #915

[Mikey]

It sure is beginning to look like a trend now.

I'll repeat my complaint of a few days ago. If I'd wanted sports questions I'd've done the sports edition. Quit it, Myna and give us Brits a break.

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Puzzle #916

[Danoff]

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Puzzle #916





Good god that was a hard one. I solved blue with three, and had a guess for number four. Also my knowledge of yellow is pitiful. Took me literally hours.

[Mikey]

Also my knowledge of yellow is pitiful. Took me literally hours.

I hope it's not breaking the rules to discuss specific groups, and I promise not to make a habit of it.

The fourth yellow was largely a process of elimination for me. Luckily there's no such thing as strawberry pants.

[Danoff]

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Puzzle #917





Ok no. Nope. Not on board with blue. Also green is not particularly cool with me either.

In terms of rules for the thread, I just try not to spoil anything.

[Mikey]

Blue was harder than purple again for me today. It had a tenuous link at best.

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Puzzle #917

[Danoff]

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Puzzle #918

[Mikey]

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Puzzle #918

[Mikey]

Yay... a not horrible puzzle from Ms. Liu today.

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Puzzle #919

[Danoff]

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Puzzle #919





Blue was not for me.

[Mikey]

Purple was the usual tortuous muck typical of this puzzle.

I didn't know one of the blues and had to research it.

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Puzzle #920

[Danoff]

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Puzzle #920








Purple overlapped, and i wasn't able to figure out which 4 belonged because I wasn't familiar with a word in another category. That confusion led all the way back to the first 4 being the red herring group. I thought blue was the red herring group.

[Mikey]

From now on I'm going to automatically assume the hardest category is blue. It was near impossible today for me as usual.

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Puzzle #921

[Danoff]

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Puzzle #921