Puzzle Description:

(This puzzle was recovered from the 2016 database crash. Puzzle creators, please edit this puzzle and put the real description here!)

#1: Jota (jota) on Jul 29, 2019

Excellent! So much detail! Thanks!

I found this from the crash and just re-edited it—enjoy!

https://www.google.com/search?q=nyc+subway+showtime&tbm=isch&source=hp&ei=STzlYsqOJ-WiptQP3qe3sAc&oq=subway+showtime&gs_lcp=ChJtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1pbWcQARgAMgYIABAeEAUyBggAEB4QCDIGCAAQHhAIMgYIABAeEAgyBggAEB4QCDoICAAQsQMQgwE6CAgAEIAEELEDOgUIABCABDoLCAAQgAQQsQMQgwE6BAgAEANQ3wdYpBxgyTBoAHAAeACAAUaIAaQHkgECMTWYAQCgAQGwAQA&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-img#imgrc=1iskDOSyMCwnuM

I’m not sure how to post links, so this is a second try. You can Google "NYC subway showtime" for many examples

How do I make restored puzzles available for solving? I think this one was lost in the crash.

Jill, they should all be available and editable as usual. But this one doesn't seem to be associated with your username. I can re-connect this to your account so that you can edit it. It already is available for solving -- the lost puzzles were restored.

To make a link, you can just post a URL in a comment and the software will *usually* recognize it and make it clickable. That doesn't work in the puzzle title or description, but it does work in the comments.

Wow! NYC is my hometown, but I haven't lived there since 1983, and I've never seen anybody do this! That is wild!

Hey Jill? I looked it up, and there are about ten puzzles from the database crash that are probably yours but aren't connected to your account. If you think the ones with author name "JT" are all yours, I'll put them all in your account. Please let me know!

Found to have a unique solution by valerie.

Found to be solvable by line and color logic alone by valerie.

The picture looks like Keith Haring artwork. Neat!

https://www.ecosia.org/images?q=keith%20haring%20colorful%20people

Yes, JT = Yidl = me

It would be great if you can put them in my account, Valerie. And if you're ever in NYC again, let’s ride the MTA so you can see showtime.

Here’s a question: I often find that my iPad won't let me click on squares and keep going. The keyboard jumps up and covers the puzzle with every click. Have you run into that before? Solving takes forever when that happens. I just re-solved Eustace under those conditions and it was brutal.

https://images.gawker.com/792394956004756626/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800.jpg

It looks as though NYC doesn’t want these showtime acrobats anymore. I love them.

Jill, your puzzles should be connected to your account again. Let me know whether you can access them?

The site doesn't work well on touchscreens. I am not sure if I am going to tackle that -- maybe someday? Though I should at least look up what causes the keyboard to jump up like that.

Oh that picture, with all the bored-looking people totally ignoring the amazing acrobat!!

Not me! I’m the one dropping a dollar in the hat.

Hm. I looked up what makes the keyboard pop up on touchscreens, and put an attempt at a fix on the staging site. Jill, could you try this puzzle on your ipad and see if it has the problem:
https://staging.webpbn.com/35293

No problem with this one, but not all puzzles give me the problem.

Hm. I'll try copying the change to the main site to see if it helps.

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