"This Stays Between Us" January 27, 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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DBMiller
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#81

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Done and seemingly done. Still waiting for the click, though.
If I'm around, I am willing to join the Muggle Zoom room at other times to lend a hand to those in need.
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billkatz
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#82

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Safely on shore - nice puzzle... My bus ride home was good for concentration.
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#83

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On shore! Fun one.
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MileHighSolver
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#84

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Cool construction. On shore!
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#85

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Ashore - fun solve!

May this be the ‘Year of the Mug’ for us all! Take care,
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#86

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I'm sure I'm on shore, but there's one part I'm not quite getting.

Go Chiefs!
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eisense
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#87

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Solved.
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#88

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Ashore, after (for me) three bona fide Aha moments. (The experts may have had just one or two.) This meta was well done and richly rewarding in the solving of it. A lot of time spent almost there, or so I thought.
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#89

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Ashore! What an impressive construction!
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#90

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On shore. This was a fun, very well-constructed puzzle. Thanks, Matt!
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Miki
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#91

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Nice. Ashore. But please keep it between us.
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#92

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Still asea. Chased two interesting rabbits to no avail. Will try again in the a.m.
Meanwhile, Isaac, please pour me a Jack Daniels Triple Mash, neat.
Then off to bed. Hoping for Friday enlightenment.
Good luck to all for a successful solve. If you see that I'm ashore - rare occasion of late - message me if you'd like a nudge. Be sure to include your progress so I can know better how to assist.

Alan A. and Maggie Muggle
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Laura M
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#93

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On shore! Pleasantly twisty.
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Miki wrote: ↑Fri Jan 27, 2023 12:22 am Nice. Ashore. But please keep it between us.
Ashore, but this is becoming wider known.
"Lots of planets have a North", the Ninth Doctor.
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Whoa!

That took me forever! Needed four shoelaces and a manual in tying knots but I got it all. Whoosh.

So, I'll have this drink I came up with tonight. Squeeze a quarter wedge of a Rangpur lime, add 3 oz. tequila, then 3 oz. pineapple juice, and then 6 oz. Bundaberg ginger beer. What should I call that drink. Whatever it's called, I'll have that.
So I just plain couldn't get my meta based on "Up the Down Staircase" to work.

My challenge it to constructors is to make a meta where the meta, theme or metanism is "Up the Down Staircase".
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#96

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Ay caramba! That was a trek and a half!! G & T me immediately, barkeep!!!
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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Joepickett
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#97

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Did the grid and looked once then put it away for an hour. Came back and found the answer. Ashore!
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Cindy
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#98

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eisense wrote: ↑Thu Jan 26, 2023 11:12 pmSolved.
Well said.
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MaineMarge
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#99

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Ashore.
What an interesting meta! After some time playing around with interpretation of the title last night, solving buddy @Bob cruise director and I saw the light and flew through this one without interruption or need of intermediary nudges.
How does MG come up with gems like this one week after week?!(interrobang).
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woozy wrote: ↑Fri Jan 27, 2023 2:46 am

So, I'll have this drink I came up with tonight. Squeeze a quarter wedge of a Rangpur lime, add 3 oz. tequila, then 3 oz. pineapple juice, and then 6 oz. Bundaberg ginger beer. What should I call that drink. Whatever it's called, I'll have that.
That sounds like a Mexican Mule
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