https://wolfhusky.net/duncan/wp/2006/06/frac-2-part-5/ My little corner of the web Tue, 31 Dec 2019 22:33:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wolfhusky.net/duncan/wp/2006/06/frac-2-part-5/#comment-4154 Sat, 03 Jun 2006 17:24:07 +0000 http://woofwoofarf.wordpress.com/2006/06/02/frac-2-part-5/#comment-4154 Checkpoint 10
For the record, that’s totally where we lost it.
Once we figured out we’d be taking the brown line somewhere– but before we’d solved the puzzle– I figured we should head inbound since there were more stops in that direction than the other, thus making it more likely that our next destination was that way– by the time we realized my error and doubled back, we ended up on the same outbound train as Yuk, and that was pretty much the end of it.
In re: the brute force solution of trying each word against eighteen possible combinations, that’s not exactly how I did it– it’s more efficent to start with three letter words and figure out which ones are “the” or “and”, for example, then try to figure out other words from context and only use the grid to verify. It’s sort of like doing an acrostic puzzle (which, incidentally, might be something to include next year.)
In re: hubcaps vs. wheels, it’s a sonic thing– the first word of the next line in the piece the team name is taken from is “perhaps”. Plus, hubcaps is an inherently funnier word.

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