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Staircase

Going downstairs, while singing the alphabet song. Some vb practice to us all. Would it be much easier to make it go from left to right instead?

Start file
                         A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
End file
                         A
                        BB
                       CCC
                      DDDD
                     EEEEE
                    FFFFFF
                   GGGGGGG
                  HHHHHHHH
                 IIIIIIIII
                JJJJJJJJJJ
               KKKKKKKKKKK
              LLLLLLLLLLLL
             MMMMMMMMMMMMM
            NNNNNNNNNNNNNN
           OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
          PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP
         QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ
        RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
       SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
      TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
     UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
    VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV
   WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
  XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
 YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

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1c1,26
<                          A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
---
>                          A
>                         BB
>                        CCC
>                       DDDD
>                      EEEEE
>                     FFFFFF
>                    GGGGGGG
>                   HHHHHHHH
>                  IIIIIIIII
>                 JJJJJJJJJJ
>                KKKKKKKKKKK
>               LLLLLLLLLLLL
>              MMMMMMMMMMMMM
>             NNNNNNNNNNNNNN
>            OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
>           PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP
>          QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ
>         RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
>        SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
>       TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
>      UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
>     VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV
>    WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
>   XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
>  YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
> ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Solutions by @nak38223985244:

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Created by: @filbranden

33 active golfers, 146 entries

Solutions by @nak38223985244:
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#8 - naka / @nak38223985244

10/24/2023 at 12:17PM

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#>12 - naka / @nak38223985244

10/24/2023 at 12:13PM

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#>13 - naka / @nak38223985244

10/24/2023 at 12:09PM

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#>14 - naka / @nak38223985244

10/24/2023 at 12:05PM

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#>16 - naka / @nak38223985244

10/24/2023 at 12:01PM

33
#>17 - naka / @nak38223985244

10/24/2023 at 12:00PM

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#>20 - naka / @nak38223985244

10/24/2023 at 11:58AM

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#>21 - naka / @nak38223985244

10/24/2023 at 11:57AM

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#>24 - naka / @nak38223985244

10/24/2023 at 11:49AM

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#>24 - naka / @nak38223985244

10/23/2023 at 12:55PM

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#>24 - naka / @nak38223985244

10/23/2023 at 12:52PM

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#>27 - naka / @nak38223985244

10/23/2023 at 12:50PM

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#>28 - naka / @nak38223985244

10/23/2023 at 12:47PM

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#>33 - naka / @nak38223985244

10/22/2023 at 12:13PM