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This is how I interpret it, too. What am I missing?

• Jimbly 6y ago
  Because of the ".*" on either end, it's just having a sequence of 8 somewhere that are mirrored, could be the first 8 or last 8, not strictly the middle 8.
  • lkbm 6y ago
    Yeah, sorry for the bad formatting. I probably should've taken the time to make it not markdownify the asterisks. Without them, it is mirroring the middle eight.
  • darkerside 6y ago
    I misread the parent post and I was interpreting the clue correctly after all. Thanks for helping clarify. It was a fun puzzle.