"You'll Never Solve This One" - October 21, 2021

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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RPardoe
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#61

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Solved and submitted.
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Ashore, Solved and submitted - good one
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#63

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Just finished the grid!
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On shore - I think

my answer totally works nice and neat and I'm about 95% sure of it

but it has me scratching my head though - either I'm way off the mark or there are going to be a lot of unhappy muggles Monday morning that didn't get it.
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#65

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Cute. Late start due to a flight but now on shore. Always fun to prove matt wrong!
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#66

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Last week’s meta was proclaimed to be clever by some of the early solvers, and it took me 3 days of staring and thinking to figure out what I needed to do. So, maybe another 2 days of work will allow me to solve this one. For now, Bob, I’m on my usual stool at Isaac’s.
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#67

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On the beach with a Guinness within reach.
One of my favorite Matt Gaffney metas.
A joy to solve this one, contrary to the title claim!
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On shore. Traveling today, so had hotel print a copy for us. Solved pretty quickly, but missed page 1 ( and 2 and 3)
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#69

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On the beach! Fun puzzle.
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I listen to the waves as they slap against the hull of the speedboat. Behind me, the great ship disappears into the distance. I know that many are still on the ship as many are on the shore in front of me. I close my eyes and listen to the sound of the boat and think about what lies before me, friends, food and drink and the celebration of the solution. I find myself heading ... on shore
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On shore with a smile.
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99% on the correct beach, submitted, I still need to finish the proof, but it has to be what I think it is.
"Lots of planets have a North", the Ninth Doctor.
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Okay, so I downloaded this one after a 12-mile early-morning hike and poked at it for a bit, but I badly needed a long nap to bring the little gray cells back to life, after which I swam lazily into shore. And now I’m looking for the cabana boy: I need coffee and a Danish!
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Another quick swim! 🏊‍♂️ 🏝
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#75

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On shore......pretty sure.
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#76

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Totally failed last week's -- but I loved this one and am hanging on the shore!
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After a very long hiatus…back to sailing and back to the beach. On shore for this one. 😊
Don’t bother me until I’ve had my coffee and done the crossword.
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#78

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Well, the title so far is proving itself to me. Maybe Isaac can serve up some liquid intelligence...
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Ashore! Finally
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Homer Buckle wrote: ↑Thu Oct 21, 2021 4:44 pm Got to shore quicker this week than last. Nice puzzle.

I dreamed last night that the puzzle came out and the long across answers were titles of past puzzles and I had to dig up the old puzzles to find the answers. Does this suggest I am addicted and need therapy?
I believe PGWCC and MMMM (or maybe MMM) both did this.
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