Jan 05, 2012 One Word Wonder Puzzle

Nice one. I stared dumbly at the results of step 1 for a minute before I figured out what I was supposed to do for step 2...

Very, very nice, dennis!

Plain enough!

Very neat puzzle. And good for Jeb!

[3] I'm STILL staring dumbly.

I think it helps to ignore the last 3 words. The wording is probably only weird because it had to be to fit.

Lotsa work but worth it, nice puzzle though it took me too long....

Nice

Very well done!

Got the message; don't understand.

[12] ditto

It would have helped if I had noticed the starter hint sooner :-(

Any salt for step 2?

Ahhhh, nice one!

I stared at that way longer than a minute before it dawned on me. I need to start a support group of people with mental blocks when it comes to OWWs.

Sign me up for that group. I couldn't tell you how many times I get stuck...including tonight. Still don't have it.

EDIT: OK...so I FINALLY figured it out...but I still need to be a part of the group.

Dang, missed top 100 by 2 places because I got off alignment a couple of times. Still a great puzzle.

OK can anyone help with step 2 I got the message just not sure what to do with it

Gotta go to bed PLEASE TG me salt on step 2

I felt that there a certain word could have been included in the first step results to make things clearer, and like [8] it seems to me that not every word that was there was useful, and not every word was key for figuring out the second step, but I see that every word, and indeed every character, was in fact necessary to resolve completely the second step.

Can't figure out what to do in step 2 and I know it must be obvious...

DUH...I made a critical mistake in part one or step 2 WOULD have been obvious. [Kicking myself]

Thanks for the salt, JWillOH.

Got on a hoodie for when people start sprinkling the salt. Got the first part.

[23] forget the hoodie. I got margarita glasses.

I thought it was obvious how to decode without the bonus T and O to get things started. Pretty easy as these things go.

Yes! Two OWWs in a row that I've been able to do. Was stuck regarding step 2 for a little bit; then the light came on when I realized that you just do exactly what it says.

Yeah still staring at step two after reading all the comments.

It's not potato...

[23] time for tit for tat-- total blank here
maybe later this morning

Not seeing 2nd step. Salt/TG please.

Edit: Got it. One more word in the 1st step sentence would have made things clearer for 2nd step.

Sign me up for that support group, too!

I got it! Great puzzle :)

Gotta love when that Aha moment hits you.. Nice puzzle

wow....that second step is not hinted at very directly..... IMHO.

Cant get the second step......

I got "remember to drink your ovaltine". What am i doing wrong?

Second step is a bit vague, but necessarily so. I hope this isn't too confusing, but after you decipher the symbols, **just pretend** that the word "every" is between the fourth and fifth word.
Nice puzzle dennishiding!

[36] - between fourth and fifth or before 'sixth'.

Wow, would never have gotten 2nd step on my own. I guess [36] is awfully salty but just what I needed. Thanks JWillOH and Dennis!

[36] did it for me too

Thanks, that this one came out caught me by surprise. Still recovering from start of the year work week. :) Glad a lot of folks figured it out. Yep [36] should help a lot.

great puzzle. just a great puzzle

This puzzle was > the last puzzle

15 minutes left! help I don't even have step 1

Thanks [36] wouldn't have figured that out without your salt!!