Again, strongly disapprove of including a word from the category in the set. And I feel for the non-USians with Green. No notepad.
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Puzzle #1019
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Skill 98/99
Uniqueness 1 in 288

Stats are on my side that Green should have been Blue. No notepad.
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Puzzle #1018
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Skill 97/99
Uniqueness 1 in 159

Pleased to have placed Purple correctly. Another day where I spent too much time not remembering something (“food truck” today) is a thing. No notepad.
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Puzzle #1017
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Skill 99/99
Uniqueness 1 in 130

RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/116285779443178748

I guess it’s just as well I’ve procrastinated eBaying my old routers. Might even be worth the trouble now.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@botgov/116284820151085855

Wow, the “be best” design is just as ugly as you might think.

Legit Purple-first. Blue by elimination, but clear once found. No notepad.
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Puzzle #1016
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Skill 99/99
Uniqueness 1 in 67

Sloppy mistake from multitasking and forgoing the notepad. Vibes and ambiguity failed for Yellow/Green.
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Puzzle #1015
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Skill 91/99
Uniqueness 1 in 90,909

Less surprised at today’s low solve rate. Was not familiar with two of the Purple items, but felt good enough about the rest of the solution (and they were namey enough) that I rolled the dice. Ambiguity worked for Green/Yellow. Entirely missed the currency mislead. Didn’t like that Blue had so much redundancy. No notepad.
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Puzzle #1014
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Skill 99/99
Uniqueness 1 in 144

A little surprised this had as low a solve rate as it did. Not at all surprised that reverse-rainbow was the commonest Purple-first winning order. No notepad.
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Puzzle #1013
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Skill 99/99
Uniqueness 1 in 85