"Back and Forth" - February 18, 2022

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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On shore. Elegant puzzle. Worth raising a glass to. Or two.
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Georgeall wrote: Thu Feb 17, 2022 4:47 pm If I find a world city too, can I get a mug?
Yes!
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On shore. Well done Patrick
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On shore! Thank goodness for an easy one.
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Hammertime wrote: Thu Feb 17, 2022 4:48 pm If it's 10 letters, I'm on the beach too.
I found a ten letter city that also uses letters from Utica and Al Sisti
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Georgeall wrote: Thu Feb 17, 2022 4:47 pm If I find a world city too, can I get a mug?
"major"?
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Ashore! Page 4 is pretty good for us!

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Ashore!

Glad I came here before submitting. I solve the grid electronically on my phone and only print it if/when I get stuck. I had a 10-letter word and was trying to figure out how to turn it into a major world city.
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Have only printed out the puzzle, but wanted to say congrats to Al. That's terrific! More later. Hopefully with a solve.
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Ashore, solved and submitted.
Congrats, Al!
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Georgeall wrote: Thu Feb 17, 2022 4:19 pm The PDF version says the answer is "a ten letter word." The electronic version says it is a "major world city."
Who you gonna believe, Bob cruise director or your lyin' electronic version?
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Ashore as well. About the same difficulty as last week's IMO but that one didn't jump out at me. This one did. Streak = 1.

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Ashore--
as determined by the judges -
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Joe Ross wrote: Thu Feb 17, 2022 4:50 pm
Georgeall wrote: Thu Feb 17, 2022 4:47 pm If I find a world city too, can I get a mug?
Yes!
Wikipedia does list one such 10-letter city -- a world city in the sense that it really is in the world and not somewhere else. And Yma Sumac is a famous, dare I say world-famous, singer.
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On shore.
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We have the answer and are ashore, but there's gonna be trouble about the city thing!
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I’m on the beach and sooooo late to the party. It’s the cabana boy's fault. He's having relationship problems and needed to talk for awhile. This puzzle is amazing!
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I am safely on shore!
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Ashore!! I LOVED this mechanism!!
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On shore! Fun puzzle and first time in a long time that I was confident enough in my answer to declare that on the first day!
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