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Mets Puzzle

Benjamin Grimm Aug 15 2022 04:21 PM

I've been playing some online Acrostic puzzles lately, and decided to try my hand at creating one. (I found a utility that makes it pretty easy. Doing it by hand would be maddening.) Anyway, here it is. It's Mets-related, so it belongs in this forum. If I make more of them I may fully incorporate it into the UMDB. If you've never done an Acrostic before, you fill in the answers in the lower section and as you do, you start to be able to fill out the boxes in the upper part, which contains a quotation. The first letters of each solved clue at the bottom spells out the author of the quote. If I haven't explained it well, there's a more comprehensive explanation here: https://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/puzzles/acrostic-puzzles.htm Anyway, here's the puzzle. I hope you enjoy it. https://ultimatemets.com/puzzle1.php

Lefty Specialist Aug 15 2022 04:23 PM Re: Mets Puzzle

This. Is. Totally. Awesome.

Benjamin Grimm Aug 15 2022 04:36 PM Re: Mets Puzzle

Let me know what you think. Too easy? Too hard?

Edgy MD Aug 15 2022 04:50 PM Re: Mets Puzzle

It's totally puzzling. I believe the second clue should be four words.

whippoorwill Aug 15 2022 04:57 PM Re: Mets Puzzle

I love acrostics! Not feeling well so I'm printing it out to work on in bed

Benjamin Grimm Aug 15 2022 04:58 PM Re: Mets Puzzle

Edgy MD wrote: I believe the second clue should be four words. Yes, I caught that myself a few minutes ago and have corrected it.

seawolf17 Aug 16 2022 06:23 AM Re: Mets Puzzle

I have qualms with your "F" clue. I'd go with "Oscar nominee for 'Juno'" or something along those lines.

Benjamin Grimm Aug 16 2022 06:36 AM Re: Mets Puzzle

Yeah, but she was "Ellen" then. I originally had it as "She used to be Ellen" but realized that was bad, and changed it to "He".

seawolf17 Aug 16 2022 07:00 AM Re: Mets Puzzle

Yeah, but it's bad form to deadname.

Benjamin Grimm Aug 16 2022 07:07 AM Re: Mets Puzzle

Hmmm. I wasn't aware of that.

Benjamin Grimm Aug 16 2022 07:12 AM Re: Mets Puzzle

Okay, I changed it. Thanks for pointing it out.

whippoorwill Aug 16 2022 07:20 AM Re: Mets Puzzle

Realized pen and paper were not going to work since it's interactive lol Love the idea though! Personally I suck at Proper nouns

Benjamin Grimm Aug 16 2022 07:23 AM Re: Mets Puzzle

It would have worked on paper, it's just harder to correct mistakes.

cal sharpie Aug 16 2022 07:40 AM Re: Mets Puzzle

Very nice. I'm a big acrostic fan and have done the NYT acrostic every other Sunday for probably 30 years. They don't use punctuation which makes it more difficult.

metsmarathon Aug 16 2022 07:58 AM Re: Mets Puzzle

wow, that was hard. the formatting was messing with my head. 94 is part of the same word as 95. that had me stumped for a long ass time.

whippoorwill Aug 16 2022 08:08 AM Re: Mets Puzzle

cal sharpie wrote: Very nice. I'm a big acrostic fan and have done the NYT acrostic every other Sunday for probably 30 years. They don't use punctuation which makes it more difficult. Cal not even apostrophes? That's the first thing I look for

cal sharpie Aug 16 2022 08:27 AM Re: Mets Puzzle

Yeah, no apostrophes - never mind commas or periods. Also, much longer than this quote.

Fman99 Aug 16 2022 12:36 PM Re: Mets Puzzle

This is great and I had no clue on hardly any of it. More please

Benjamin Grimm Aug 16 2022 02:15 PM Re: Mets Puzzle

Both puzzles are available on this page: http://ultimatemets.com/puzzles.php For the second puzzle (dated August 16) I was able to have some of the clues relate to the Mets.

whippoorwill Aug 16 2022 04:12 PM Re: Mets Puzzle

Oh my heart I love this

Edgy MD Aug 16 2022 05:55 PM Re: Mets Puzzle

It looked kinda small on my screen, but I was able to work it out.

Benjamin Grimm Aug 16 2022 06:21 PM Re: Mets Puzzle

Yeah, I had to use the zoom option in my browser for the larger puzzle.

Edgy MD Aug 16 2022 07:03 PM Re: Mets Puzzle

My browser wouldn't blow it up with a zoom-in. All the other elements of the page enbiggened, but not the puzzle.

Benjamin Grimm Aug 17 2022 08:59 PM Re: Mets Puzzle

There's now a third puzzle. http://ultimatemets.com/puzzles.php

Edgy MD Aug 17 2022 09:55 PM Re: Mets Puzzle

What is a "British male monarch"? I've never heard of such a thing.

Benjamin Grimm Aug 17 2022 10:36 PM Re: Mets Puzzle

Should it be "male British monarch" instead?

Edgy MD Aug 17 2022 10:38 PM Re: Mets Puzzle

I just think it's funny, because I've practically come to think of the UK as a by-definition matriarchal society. It's been a long time since that lyric has been sung in earnest.

Benjamin Grimm Aug 18 2022 04:21 PM Re: Mets Puzzle

The fourth puzzle has been posted. http://ultimatemets.com/puzzles.php

whippoorwill Aug 18 2022 05:54 PM Re: Mets Puzzle

‘E' had me stumped. Good one!

whippoorwill Aug 22 2022 01:41 PM Re: Mets Puzzle

Btw I also did not know that about Todd Zeile

Benjamin Grimm Aug 22 2022 08:10 PM Re: Mets Puzzle

It's a fun fact! I have more potential puzzles in the pipeline, but the Acrostic Machine that I've been using has been down for the last few days. More to come... eventually.