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Sat Dec 23, 2023 2:22 pm

karstopography wrote: ↑Sat Dec 23, 2023 6:51 am Connections
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Yikes! I knew these! Have some coffee first please!
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Sun Dec 24, 2023 6:39 am

Slight malfunction this morning.

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Sun Dec 24, 2023 7:47 am

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Sun Dec 24, 2023 8:17 am

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Sun Dec 24, 2023 9:47 am

Oh my gosh, Mark and karst - how did you do that? The last two categories rang no bells for me!

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Sun Dec 24, 2023 9:55 am

ddsack wrote: ↑Sun Dec 24, 2023 9:47 am Oh my gosh, Mark and karst - how did you do that? The last two categories rang no bells for me!

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The blue category just came to me. The purple category only made sense after the fact.
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Sun Dec 24, 2023 9:58 am

I wonder if there’s a time we could all agree on, maybe 3 pm ET? after which we could discuss freely without worrying about spoilers. What do y’all think?
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Sun Dec 24, 2023 10:01 am

I should have gotten the blue set -- ouch! But had never heard of this "use" of the purple category.
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Sun Dec 24, 2023 10:05 am

Mark_Thompson wrote: ↑Sun Dec 24, 2023 9:58 am I wonder if there’s a time we could all agree on, maybe 3 pm ET? after which we could discuss freely without worrying about spoilers. What do y’all think?
Sure could do!

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Mon Dec 25, 2023 1:15 am

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Mon Dec 25, 2023 1:45 am

Purple first? You rebel.
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Mon Dec 25, 2023 7:45 am

Tough day in PuzzleLand.
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Mon Dec 25, 2023 10:42 am

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Tue Dec 26, 2023 1:41 am

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Tue Dec 26, 2023 6:45 am

Don’t know about that purple category today.

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Tue Dec 26, 2023 7:09 am

Got a good chuckle out of it!

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Tue Dec 26, 2023 8:37 am

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Yuck, that’s a few more lines than I’m used to
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Wed Dec 27, 2023 8:39 am

Was very close to making a mistake but caught it just in time

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Wed Dec 27, 2023 2:36 pm

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Thu Dec 28, 2023 8:16 am

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