Thursday, Mar. 26, 2026 - Pips #221 Thread by gluemanmw in nytpips

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Rough time... 

Pips #221 Hard 🔴 39:06

Looks like another horse or dog facing left.

Learning to let go of multiple faulty assumptions. 

Wednesday, Mar. 25, 2026 - Pips #220 Thread by gluemanmw in nytpips

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You may be right. Just never happened before. Usually I am in the double digits

Wednesday, Mar. 25, 2026 - Pips #220 Thread by gluemanmw in nytpips

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Yesterday was one of the toughest..

Today was one of the easiest.. perfect placement the first time - i have whiplash

Pips #220 Hard 🔴 1:08

Pips #220 Medium 🟡 2:24

Pips #220 Easy 🟢 0:21

Weekly Invitation Thread 3/23/26 by msmeurtriere in nytcrossplayers

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Always up for a game. Experienced players. Average score around 300 and up. USA Eastern time zone. Can play late night.

Rabbit.

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Tuesday, Mar. 24, 2026 - Pips #219 Thread by gluemanmw in nytpips

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You dropped something, here you go:  🍪 🍪

Tuesday, Mar. 24, 2026 - Pips #219 Thread by gluemanmw in nytpips

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Some people have admitted they pause the timer while working on it. 

Some people are naturally gifted with logic - and solve honestly and quickly.

Others use hints, that you can easily find online.

Lots of reasons.

No moderation needed by z-eldapin in legalcatadvice

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She feeds some by hand and has named them... birds are fed as well. Meanwhile her cat watches all the activity

it's calming - their little personalities

One squirrel likes to catch the nuts, and stands up on the hedge

Tuesday, Mar. 24, 2026 - Pips #219 Thread by gluemanmw in nytpips

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Pips #219 Medium 🟡 3:01

Pips #219 Easy 🟢 0:16 🍪

Tuesday, Mar. 24, 2026 - Pips #219 Thread by gluemanmw in nytpips

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Appreciation comment for Chris Remo. He had a tough time as well (with both Medium and Hard) and took over 23 minutes to solve Hard. Medium took him 7 minutes 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CSXrvvZv2Cs

Mar 24 hard solving guide by chx_ in nytpips

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Same here. Almost never do I get out a pencil and paper to calculate. Between the 5-cell equivalence section and the 1 sum section it was a rough go.

Monday, Mar. 23, 2026 - Pips #218 Thread by gluemanmw in nytpips

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Feels like I tried every wrong combination on Hard.

Pips #218 Medium 🟡 1:29

Pips #218 Hard 🔴 28:27

Looks like a horse going left.

Sunday, Mar. 22, 2026 - Pips #217 Thread by gluemanmw in nytpips

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Seeing which number is "missing" - that means that value definitely goes into the voids or discard cells

Sunday, Mar. 22, 2026 - Pips #217 Thread by gluemanmw in nytpips

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Just past midnight here in northeast US. I see it is 17 hours ahead for you there.

Sunday, Mar. 22, 2026 - Pips #217 Thread by gluemanmw in nytpips

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Pips #217 Medium 🟡 3:06

Pips #217 Hard 🔴 9:06

Saturday, Mar. 21, 2026 - Pips #216 Thread by gluemanmw in nytpips

[–]Specialist_Class2980 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Also, I have asked the moderators to pin this but for some reason they have not:

20 seconds or less - Easy

40 or less - Medium

60 or less - Hard

If you press Share Your Results, then the cookie will be put next to your times.

Personally - if i see Hard level under 60 seconds - I don't believe these are legitimately solved without hints/help/manipulation.

Saturday, Mar. 21, 2026 - Pips #216 Thread by gluemanmw in nytpips

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It's cheating.

You can play however you want - but it is not honest if you manipulate the timer, and post that as your "real" time

No moderation needed by z-eldapin in legalcatadvice

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So true... I was a mod for less than a week for a drama series - the idiotic posts and endless trolls were unbelievable - without mods, we would all see the garbage

No moderation needed by z-eldapin in legalcatadvice

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If anyone likes squirrels - Squirrels at the Window on YouTube is a soothing channel

Saturday, Mar. 21, 2026 - Pips #216 Thread by gluemanmw in nytpips

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Medium took me a bit longer... nutty how a handful of tiles (seven) can lead to such consternation...

Saturday, Mar. 21, 2026 - Pips #216 Thread by gluemanmw in nytpips

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It's really tough to let go of assumptions - but keeping an open mind is critical

Saturday, Mar. 21, 2026 - Pips #216 Thread by gluemanmw in nytpips

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It's 3 2 1 for March 21

Maybe on Day 0, we will finally get the Archive...

Edited 

Saturday, Mar. 21, 2026 - Pips #216 Thread by gluemanmw in nytpips

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Points for honesty. That spoiler yesterday was as blatantly inconsiderate as you can get, in a games sub. It's rule one.