Cryptopix

WOW my third grader figured it out before me!! she was 10th!!!

Well, my first three reasonable answers don't work.

edit: post-n-solve.

Ha! The cluing was elegant in its finesse.

Eek. Not a fan.

Nice one, Kilgore

Not taking any of my variations...

Funny! :)

I've tried a couple of answers that I think should work, but that fail to do so.

I just squeaked by at 100.

5 seconds...I hate being late

Very nicely done.

Dew not want...

wow that took longer than it looked

"Sorry, 'don't' is not correct."

Well, it's not "cannot" "undo" or any of the other variants I've tried. Too open-ended for my taste

[15] I got it from what you posted.

don't do it, is not the answer. :-(

[15] you also pushed me in the right direction! I had been staring at it for hours with no luck.

"Sorry, 'donut' is not correct." this is a Crypto not OWW.

I think this should have been a Yoda answer:
"Do or do not... there is no try."

Dang, this was one of those ones that you can get from the thumbnail. Pity I went to bed early yesterday.

like others I have tried most possibilities.

is this a true crypto?

am I looking for a known phrase?

[22] Yes, it's a known phrase. It's also part of a Hall & Oates song title. (I am ashamed to admit that I know it.)

[23] that gave it to me immediately, tyvm!

LOL! I needed [23] also.

very nice!

I can't go for that,
can't go for that,
can't go for that.

[22] Aha!

[16], [18]: Oh the irony!

eghh....

Well, it only took me a day. And I'm proud to admit I remember zilch about [23] Hall & Oates!

I kept thinking of Frankie Says Relax...don't do it

[31] lmao!!!

399 prior solvers so this is OK: -of

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