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.
jrdad
Posts: 203 Joined: Sun Sep 13, 2020 8:42 am
#81
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by jrdad » Thu Dec 15, 2022 7:57 pm
mheberlingx100 wrote: ↑ Thu Dec 15, 2022 4:33 pm
On the beach!! Champagne today, it’s my birthday!
How fun; it's my birthday too!
I've got step one and two, but no plausible answer. Must be old age....
Sleepy
Posts: 145 Joined: Thu Sep 29, 2022 2:06 am
Location: Acton, CA
#82
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by Sleepy » Thu Dec 15, 2022 7:57 pm
Ashore. I think. Page 5? How can that be? It’s only Thursday. I’m kicking myself for taking so long!
Laura M
Posts: 1419 Joined: Thu Apr 11, 2019 11:49 am
#83
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by Laura M » Thu Dec 15, 2022 8:06 pm
On shore! Family and work prevented me from getting here sooner. I was nearly a cautionary tale for submitting in haste, but I caught myself in time!
Edit: Happy birthday to @mheberlingx100 and @jrdad ! My tiny baby turned 21 yesterday and I'm feeling ancient :-)
eagle1279
Posts: 312 Joined: Mon Nov 11, 2019 7:00 pm
Location: Indianapolis
#84
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by eagle1279 » Thu Dec 15, 2022 8:13 pm
I’m going to declare myself on shore, despite a lingering doubt. I’ll not submit until I’ve had a chance to think it through.
Edit: Oh, I’m celebrating with a bit of Cointreau. Yum!
DianeA
Posts: 106 Joined: Wed Feb 24, 2021 7:58 am
Location: Southport, NC
#85
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by DianeA » Thu Dec 15, 2022 8:21 pm
On shore. Had a break last week as we were in Las Vegas....hard to find an actual WSJ out there. (On-line doesn't work for me...i'm a print out kind of solver).
Still happy to be finished on a Thursday!
mbryant
Posts: 156 Joined: Sat Oct 17, 2020 2:52 pm
#86
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by mbryant » Thu Dec 15, 2022 8:36 pm
On shore. Very clever once again.
Char
Posts: 100 Joined: Thu Apr 11, 2019 8:14 pm
#87
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by Char » Thu Dec 15, 2022 8:42 pm
On shore- a fun one!
ajlying
Posts: 19 Joined: Sun Sep 04, 2022 8:44 pm
#88
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by ajlying » Thu Dec 15, 2022 8:48 pm
On shore! Wasn't sure at first because of a little jump but then saw something that confirmed it. Glad to be done today!
ImOnToo
Posts: 450 Joined: Thu May 02, 2019 5:28 pm
Location: Texas
#89
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by ImOnToo » Thu Dec 15, 2022 8:58 pm
On shore. Fun one!
Konnie
SJMcK
Posts: 226 Joined: Sat Jan 08, 2022 12:45 pm
Location: Stockbridge, GA
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#90
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by SJMcK » Thu Dec 15, 2022 9:19 pm
I solved this one, I’m shore of it.
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Steven McKinney
BigPear
Posts: 148 Joined: Sat Aug 13, 2022 3:47 pm
#91
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by BigPear » Thu Dec 15, 2022 9:31 pm
Ashore! Lucky for me I forgot about those numbers in parentheses till I kind of didn’t need them. Those are always just portals to rabbit holes for me. Cheers!
dot
Posts: 84 Joined: Sun Feb 06, 2022 1:12 pm
#92
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by dot » Thu Dec 15, 2022 9:46 pm
On shore! An error in our grid led us down some deep rabbit holes, but we were on the right track all along. Once we figured out the error it was a quick swim to shore. Whoo! H will have a Shirley Temple, and J will have a Taro Milk boba tea.
H & J
grwinski
Posts: 216 Joined: Sat May 18, 2019 2:39 pm
Location: Fort Collins, Colorado
#93
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by grwinski » Thu Dec 15, 2022 9:47 pm
Ashore!
Really, only to page 5 at this point in the evening? I'm surprised
But another fun one; - thanks, Matt G!
Rita and George
Merry Potter
Posts: 102 Joined: Fri May 27, 2022 8:15 pm
Location: Cincinnati
#94
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by Merry Potter » Thu Dec 15, 2022 9:48 pm
Got it! I’ll have a Great Lakes Christmas Ale or an Old Fezziwig, please!
If I don't win a mug, I can always make one...
but it won't have the same cachet.
Crest
Posts: 94 Joined: Fri Sep 18, 2020 4:41 pm
Location: Nashville, TN
#95
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by Crest » Thu Dec 15, 2022 9:49 pm
Safely ashore!
LizD
Posts: 89 Joined: Thu Oct 15, 2020 8:37 pm
Location: North Carolina
#96
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by LizD » Thu Dec 15, 2022 9:50 pm
Ashore after a stint being lost at sea (life kept me from doing the meta for a long time!)
Glad to see all my fellow cruisers again.
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I don't have an inner child... I have an inner old lady.
Meta solver by night, proud independent bookstore owner by day!
Kas
Posts: 274 Joined: Thu Jul 11, 2019 9:23 pm
Location: Usually in a rabbit hole.
#97
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by Kas » Thu Dec 15, 2022 9:55 pm
Finally, I’m on the beach!
And I was last week, too!!
My britches sure have gotten big
From this two-week Meta coup.
Next week will likely give me fits,
And I will fail the battle…
And get back to my normal self,
Described: “All hat, no cattle.”
Miki
Posts: 244 Joined: Fri Sep 13, 2019 8:32 am
#98
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by Miki » Thu Dec 15, 2022 10:15 pm
Two weeks of a gimme in a row. Happy holidays and a happy new year !
meowmiao71
Posts: 206 Joined: Sat Aug 15, 2020 2:20 pm
Location: New Mexico
#99
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by meowmiao71 » Thu Dec 15, 2022 10:20 pm
On shore!
DBMiller
Posts: 560 Joined: Wed Apr 10, 2019 8:59 pm
Location: New Hampshire
#100
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by DBMiller » Thu Dec 15, 2022 10:38 pm
Done and done. A couple of false starts, but finally caught that wascally wabbit.
If I'm around, I am willing to join the Muggle Zoom room at other times to lend a hand to those in need.