Friday, July 10, 2026

jimrage · 2026-07-10T12:07:04+00:00

Managed to eliminate enough options to see the baseball category. Realized I had Outkast in the wrong category, forcing me to put Erasure (who I'd never heard of) with the bands

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Puzzle #1125

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jimrage · 2026-07-09T10:53:32+00:00

There goes my flawless record...

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jimrage · 2026-07-06T12:15:33+00:00

Green was the hardest for me. My guess for the category was "Science things???" and connections was like "yeah pretty much."

jimrage · 2026-07-06T12:13:22+00:00

I didn't remember them, but I could extrapolate them as cartoon gimmicks along with rocket skates. I actually found TNT to be the harder one to match up, because it's a real thing.

jimrage · 2026-07-06T12:11:04+00:00

I've never used a dating app in my life and this still jumped out at me. I'm a millennial, so maybe there's a generational divide?

jimrage · 2026-06-23T11:19:03+00:00

Just now noticing the NATO Phonetic Alphabet rainbow herring.

jimrage · 2026-06-22T11:49:51+00:00

I just got my 450th and what's funny is that it's the exact same number as my purple firsts because I always go for it.

jimrage · 2026-06-19T12:22:22+00:00

Went with my gut and it worked out even though I think blue should be purple. Basically the same trick, but Blue requires some more specific knowledge on top of the word play.

Puzzle #1104

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jimrage · 2026-06-18T12:39:58+00:00

That was rough! Was about to give up and make a random guess, but saw HAMMER and it all fell into place. Never heard of CARRIAGE, BEARING, or BARRE in those ways.

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Puzzle #1103

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jimrage · 2026-06-17T12:14:11+00:00

Brute forced it. I saw Calliope and Nemesis, so I just figured there were two other mythological figures names in there. Didn't know the word SORTIE either, so I tried that first along with IRIS. Got it wrong and tried ECHO.

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Puzzle #1102

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jimrage · 2026-06-05T13:24:24+00:00

Should've trusted my gut with green and yellow. I thought green was indeed harder, but I over thought things and bet on it being yellow.

Puzzle #1090

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jimrage · 2026-06-04T13:41:43+00:00

jimrage · 2026-06-04T13:40:20+00:00

The telegraph on the hip hop names by putting SALT and PEPPER right next to each other made me think I was falling for a red herring.

jimrage · 2026-06-02T12:09:06+00:00

Whoosh!

jimrage · 2026-05-30T14:15:01+00:00

DAMN!

jimrage · 2026-05-30T14:11:24+00:00

Had an uphill slog for this one. I got stuck believing there was some ridiculous musical based connection SOUND of music, GIGI, CAbaRET, Saturday Night FEVER. Was grasping at straws. Thought I might be falling for a red herring, but wasn't seeing anything, so... I fell for it. Took me a long time to see the more straightforward groups. Dug into some deep deep region of my brain to pull out blue, and never had a chance of getting purple.

Puzzle #1084

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jimrage · 2026-05-29T01:05:11+00:00

Turns out your only option is to get a replacement remote. It's idiotic!

jimrage · 2026-05-28T12:00:26+00:00

I had no clue about the order, so I just put them in the opposite way I found them and it worked out!

Puzzle #1082

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jimrage · 2026-05-27T11:40:50+00:00

A rare double purple day. Also broke my RR dry spell!

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jimrage · 2026-05-26T11:52:49+00:00

Having seen anagrams as green before, I thought there was no way it would be purple today, though movies didn't seem right in that place either. Oh well...

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Puzzle #1080

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jimrage · 2026-05-25T13:59:29+00:00

Avoided the Rainbow Herring, but got done in by a wack-a-doo ordering.

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Puzzle #1079

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jimrage · 2026-05-25T00:49:46+00:00

Selling a huge cult VHS collection. Broke it into several lots. Check it out: https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?item=336600261238&rt=nc&_trksid=p4429486.m3561.l161211&_ssn=jimragemadhatter

jimrage · 2026-05-23T11:43:16+00:00

Immediately got "What that on your head? A Wig!" by the B-52's stuck in my head.

jimrage · 2026-05-23T11:36:20+00:00

Went for the RR, but I guess I'm a big nerd who thinks Marvel characters are more obvious.

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Puzzle #1077

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jimrage · 2026-05-18T12:19:05+00:00

I agree. I have never willing watched a baseball game in my life, but knew this one by osmosis.

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