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wsj OP t1_j0hhswm wrote

Reply to comment by bewildered_forks in I’m Mike Shenk, Crossword Editor for the Wall Street Journal. AMA. by wsj

I'm not sure I have an absolute favorite. One of my favorite Friday contest puzzles was "Rainbow Connection." (I won't spoil it in case you can find it on the WSJ site.)

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wsj OP t1_j0hiuiz wrote

Hi, Maddie here from the WSJ interrupting for a minute. Here's a link to Rainbow Connection: https://www.wsj.com/puzzles/crossword/20180629/41573/index.html?mod=wsjreddit

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MikeMiller315 t1_j0hjcg6 wrote

Thanks Maddie and adding that the hidden answer to that contest is a color.

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Mulletgar t1_j0jgsvn wrote

Genuinely feel like I'm missing something. Is there a peculiarity to the WSJ puzzle I'm unaware of? Completed this puzzle (thanks for link) and nothing jumped out as being exceptional. Maybe the performance in a '69 football game but before my time.

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isblueacolor t1_j0jncyw wrote

I was confused too.

There's a meta-puzzle (not shown on the page) that asks for a certain color. One of the clues suggests how to find the answer.

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RunDNA t1_j0jpqn7 wrote

It's a very tricky one.

>!The colors of the Rainbow are: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, and Violet. And each of those seven initial letters only appear once in the whole puzzle: R, O, Y, G, B, I, V. And if you join those seven letters in the puzzle they make an arrow which points to the diagonal solution to the Color Puzzle: TEAL.!<

https://crosswordfiend.com/2018/07/01/wsj-contest-june-29-2018/

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