"Unfinished Business" September 29, 2023

A place to discuss the weekly Wall Street Journal Crossword Puzzle Contest, starting every Thursday around 4:00 p.m. Eastern time. Please do not post any answers or hints before the contest deadline which is midnight Sunday Eastern time.
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mheberlingx100
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Dog paddling in circles, so I’m not sure in which direction the beach lies.
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I assert without proof that I am ashore. What I've got has to be the answer. If this proves false, I have got the mother of all rabbits.
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#43

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Ashore. Good one
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#44

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Ashore… nice one. Got the nieces and nephews hooked on metas while at the Jersey shore. Time for a Cape May IPA!! Can’t wait to nudge them in the morning!
If I don't win a mug, I can always make one... ;) but it won't have the same cachet.
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Ashore! And page 3 which is pretty good for a newbie like me!
Time for bed now though, I’ll have my Guinness tomorrow. 😴
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Miki
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#46

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Ashore
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#47

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Too many rabbits. I'll be listening at the Zoom.
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#48

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I keep telling myself, just keep swimming, just keep swimming...
Thanks to all the muggles in this group. Participating is the highlight of the week!
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Zagman49
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#49

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Solved.
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mattythewsjpuzzler
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#50

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Still at sea. Must be "one of those" (he says blaming the puzzle/constructor and not himself).
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#51

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I am on the beach after looking at this grid on and off all day. Too late for a drink now, but I'm so glad to have solved before the week 5 Gaffney hits!
Check out "The MOAT MEOW Mashup Pack" here. US$10 for 14 metas that don't always abide by the "rules" of the game: asymmetry, 2-letter words, uncrossed letters, who knows. And this time there's a mega-meta! :shock:
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I’ll have a Meister Brau or maybe a Roma Old Fashioned on this Ryder Cup morning.
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Finally ashore after a marathon swim. Maybe a nice oxygen mask through which I can still sip a Maitai? Tnx.

Holeee cow y’all. When you see it it will be a quick and satisfying reward to all your staring, I promise.
The other Wendy. :roll:
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#54

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phew. so glad it's not just me.

How can something with such an obvious title and obvious starter be so... oblique?
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Not a meta, but, yeesh!, that was tough to create.
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I have that same feeling I had last weekend when I stopped paddling my kayak on a windy lake for one second and was just spinning around like a cork in a whirlpool... looking forward to the Zoom later today!
Channeling Molly Weasley on a good day.
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Ashore after floating on my back and staring at the sky for quite a long time.
Shannon 🐱
PS: If you want help with a meta, PM what you have so I can help without spoiling too much. I've received lots of help in the beginning and I love to pay it forward!
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Flying_Burrito wrote: Thu Sep 28, 2023 9:48 pm
HeadinHome wrote: Thu Sep 28, 2023 7:53 pm Wow. Stuckety stuck stuck.
You made me smile HeadinHome as I used the same words (verbatim and ad nauseam) over the past couple of months. I work in Tech consulting for banks for one of the big 4 and we are building interfaces (or APIs for any other techies out there) for an asset leasing app named Stucky (named after his owner Richard Stucky who made a fortune out of it). Often at 2 am as I burn the midnight oil I repeat those same words.

Apologies to people who were trying to get to page 2 and were inadvertently bumped by my digressing post.
Well I've been using almost those words trying to figure out what I am sure I have to do but can't.
NUDGES!I am always willing to give nudges where needed; metas should be about fun, not frustration. Send me what you have done so far because often you are closer than you think!
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Ashore! I was completely stumped, and then suddenly I wasn’t.
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Friends, please join us on the Zoom group solve at 4:30 p.m. Eastern time today! All are welcome, whether you have solved or not. Just click on the Muggle Zoom Room icon at the top of this page.
I am on the shore but needed a great deal of help from the always-patient "Other Wendy," @headinhome. This was a hard grid and an elusive meta!
On a happier note: Introducing my new cat, Felix!
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Welcome to the family, Felix!
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The other Wendy. :roll:
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