172. A Piece of Pi

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Hello hello! World Baseball Classic has been fun to see - Dominican Republic has an absolutely stacked lineup, so I foresee them and Japan in the finals, but you never know!

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Puzzle #171 answer: SLINKY

Correct entries: 48

Shortest explanation: Take the six across words starting with the letters in the word "SPRING" and "spring forward" these letters one in the alphabet.

SEAL --> TEAL
PVC --> QVC
ROLO --> SOLO
IAMB --> JAMB
NAT --> OAT
GULL --> HULL

Play alternates with these in the grid. In grid order:

SOY (Milk type)
LOCK (Door component)

IKEA (Where to buy home decor)

NAVY (Shade of blue)

KEEL (Part of a ship)

YODA ("Star Wars" character)

Get SLINKY, another type of spring! (But now I have to bounce!)

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This is the last puzzle of the Winter Solvestice, so we'll go every other week until the summer, if I still have plenty of ideas in my brain for metas, haha. This one will be, oh, about a Level 3.14. Thanks to all of you for solving all season long!

Good luck, and may all your solves be beautiful!

Mikey G

The 10-letter answer to the meta is what I hope you don't find this puzzle to be.