" WE’LL BE BACK SHORTLY" January 26, 2024

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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Jkj
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#81

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On shore. Love this one. Guinness please.
hoover
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#82

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Stared at this one for awhile, fell down a rabbit hole, clawed my way out, and swam to shore!
eisense
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#83

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:)
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Bob cruise director
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#84

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Joining the crowd on the shore

In the "I cudda been a contenda" category, after I opened the topic, I took my snowblower over to have the chute mechanism fixed, hopefully before the next significant snowstorm. And then there was dinner. If it had not been for these real life events, I would have been on page 1 (LOL)


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Kevin L
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#85

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On shore!
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#86

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Ashore, solved and submitted. Gotta love 65A!
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pjc
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#87

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Got started VERY late - and before I even looked at the puzzle, I checked to see how many pages of comments were HERE so that I could see what I was in for. Five pages - I found that inconclusive...

At any rate: ON SHORE.
FKelly
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#88

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On the beach with Barbie!

More realistic than Oppenheimer!
Harbo
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#89

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Ashore. The tide was washing in quickly this week.
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Dr.Buttbeard
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#90

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On shore!
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#91

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ashore
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#92

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On the beach, really.
Although We’ll Be Back (Home) Shortly from Key West 😢.
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SamKat9
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#93

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Ashore! Caipirinha me!
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#94

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On shore with the help of discord brainiacs. fun puzzle
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#95

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A la playa. Un Moscow Mule, senorita. Pero será mejor que sean dos en vez de una.
Senor Guaca Mole :mrgreen:
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#96

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As it did for Cruise Director Bob, real life - in my case, four hours in the garage waiting for installation of a new radiator - kept me from Thursday afternoon's true priority. Nevertheless, here I am, finally on shore, cartwheeling that I no longer leave a puddle of coolant wherever I park. (Don't eat the green snow.)

Have a good weekend, all. I retired at mid-month and am enjoying suddenly having a weekful of Saturdays.
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#97

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I'm late to the party, but I am on shore. Loved the clue for 15a, classic crossword head fake (not a spoiler).
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#98

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Ashore. 🏖🍹
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Ashore! This is one where I want to know more about how Gaffney constructed it and how he decided if a grid entry was too obscure. Fun though!
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On shore! Tough grid.
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