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1922

Strands #489
“Every second counts”
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1923

Strands #489
“Every second counts”
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The spanogram wouldn’t light up even though I had it right, but I gave it some time…

1924

Strands #489
“Every second counts”
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1925

Strands #490
“My hero!”
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1926

Strands #490
“My hero!”
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Powered right through it

1927

Strands #490
“My hero!”
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Solving this one while watching TDF live this morning.

1928

Strands #490
“My hero!”
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1929

Strands #490
“My hero!”
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1930

Strands #491
“Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh”
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Remember this song?

1931

Strands #491
“Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh”
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Interesting spangram choice. Thinking of Texas.

1932

Yep

Strands #491
“Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh”
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Looked for Camp Granada first.

1933

That thought went through my head as well but I’d wager the Times has these puzzles ready to go well in advance, even so, you’d think maybe they push this one out a bit.

1934

Strands #491
“Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh”
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Agreed on the timing of this one. :man_shrugging:t3:

1935

Strands #491
“Prescriptions plus”
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:large_blue_circle::large_blue_circle: I didn’t get the same puzzle

1936

Interesting. Maybe they changed it due to Texas situation

1937

I was wondering… I wouldn’t have thought of that but I can see it was mentioned in this thread. Im sure the NYT has been reporting on this and maybe thought the same.

1938

Interesting, I just checked and the new Prescriptions Plus puzzle is there now, no evidence of the summer camp puzzle.

I’m thinking an editor got wind of it and the change was made.

1939

Thats a whoops from the NYTimes games editor. Forgot what the theme of Monday’s autoloaded puzzle was and now we get two puzzles in one day.

1940

Round two

Strands #491
“Prescriptions plus”
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1941

Strands #491
“Prescriptions plus”
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Yup two different puzzles in one day. Was the first puzzle pulled because it was somehow inappropriate?