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Results of Manila | Somewhere Over the Rainbow
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Somewhere Over the Rainbow. June 12, 2015. Has welcomed its last visitor and is now closed. 23 solvers survived the journey and carried four commodities to start a new life in the capital. Here is the order they reached Manila Bay Pier:. At the pier, all entrants took turns devaluing certain items and investing in commodities of their choice. Several people, one of whom is James McGowan. That is exactly what happened. By putting all eggs in one basket you pretty much have 1 in 4 chances of winning si...
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Next destination: Manila | Somewhere Over the Rainbow
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Somewhere Over the Rainbow. May 9, 2015. My next event is inspired by the board game Manila. The year is 1821 and under the rule of the Spanish crown, you are orchestrating secret trades with other tribes in mainland Asia. Using punts, you load your boats with four precious commodities: coffee, ginseng, jade and satin. These will be worth a living once they are successfully smuggled out to Manila. I will incorporate all these elements into a puzzle adventure…. Your chances have just tripled! You are comm...
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Manila starts! | Somewhere Over the Rainbow
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Somewhere Over the Rainbow. May 10, 2015. Competitors can now hit the seas and head to Manila! Details are at the ABOUT MANILA. Page on the menu above, give it a good read before starting at the HARBOUR. Some of the puzzle ideas and examples were taken from Ko Okamoto, Nikola Zivanovic, Serkan Yurekli, Riad Khanmagomedov and WPC 2011 Hungary. Manila will be opened for 29 days ending on the 8. Any questions can be made here:. I have a question! Looking forward to see more of you! Leave a Reply Cancel reply.
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Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Golf ball propper-upper / MON 8-10-15 / Many countertop / 1980s hand-held puzzle craze
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Rex Parker in the News. Golf ball propper-upper / MON 8-10-15 / Many countertop / 1980s hand-held puzzle craze. Monday, August 10, 2015. Or a hint to the ends of the answers to the five starred clues). 8212; last words of theme answers are denominations of cheese. 17A: *Club used in a bunker (SAND WEDGE). 32A: *1980s hand-held puzzle craze (RUBIK'S CUBE). 41A: *Many a countertop) (MARBLE SLAB). 3D: *Inability to recall something (MENTAL BLOCK). 26D: *Riverboat propeller (PADDLE WHEEL). Word of the Day:.
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Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: 2008 Oryx Awards
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Rex Parker in the News. Saturday, January 31, 2009. Back in 2007, my fellow crossword blogger Orange and I started keeping track of our favorite crosswords, and teamed up to form the two-member squad called the American Crossword Critics Association. A year ago, we posted our joint write-up of first annual awards. These are typically themed Monday and Tuesday puzzles. Patrick Blindauer's New York Times, 10/6/08. Look, he turned a crossword puzzle into a dollar bill! It's adorable.and rectangular. Add MAN...
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Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: TUESDAY, Dec. 2, 2008 - Matt Ginsberg ("McHale's Navy" craft / Ford and Bush adviser Scowcroft / Classic British Jaguar)
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Rex Parker in the News. TUESDAY, Dec. 2, 2008 - Matt Ginsberg ("McHale's Navy" craft / Ford and Bush adviser Scowcroft / Classic British Jaguar). Tuesday, December 2, 2008. THEME: Sound of . 19 different sounds, which together create one big DIN ( 41A: All the sounds in this puzzle together? Was going on in the SE corner? Everything was cool and then [insert needle skipping/scratching sound effect here]. 66A: Classic British Jaguar. Never heard of that make of car (also, aren't all Jaguars "British"?
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Past events now available | Somewhere Over the Rainbow
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Somewhere Over the Rainbow. Past events now available. July 3, 2015. You might notice something different in the menu above. Past puzzles now available! You can grab puzzles from the very first event way back in 2012 up to the latest event, Manila, held last month. Speaking of which, a parcel from Nikoli arrived containing. These three books will be mailed out to Zach, Michael and Nick as SOTR celebrates its 3. Birthday. I have other events lined up for another exciting season. Leave a Reply Cancel reply.
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Welcome | Somewhere Over the Rainbow
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Somewhere Over the Rainbow. Welcome to Somewhere Over the Rainbow. I’m a lifelong puzzle solver of all sorts, but this blog will focus mainly on logic puzzles since I’m fortunate to have a worldwide and not necessarily English-speaking audience. This blog began in August 2012. So far, it is been what I’ve want it to be. Things were slow at the start but now my familiarity with blogging is improving. I hope you join me along the ride over the rainbow for another puzzling year to come! What do crosswords i...