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https://s.wsj.net/public/resources/docu ... 082022.pdf

Another fun one. Like his others — just chip away and it eventually falls together.

Thanks, Richard!
Playing this last night resuscitated my WSJ-damaged ego.

whimsy wrote: ↑Sat Jan 08, 2022 9:08 am Thanks, Richard!
Playing this last night resuscitated my WSJ-damaged ego.

Same here! These puzzles are great therapy in the weeks where I do not solve the WSJ meta, and trail mixes are my favorite variety puzzles. I always marvel at the construction.

Enjoying doing this with my coffee this morning. Still sad there were no candy canes this Christmas from Patrick.

Wow, that was a tough one. Patrick's puzzles are always wonderful fun!

Fun as always and some pretty long entries! I wonder how one even starts to construct one of these.

Fun puzzle. The last one I figured out was Trails 16 (B-ball player). Haha. Still lost on the WSJCC. Figures.

Much fun!

That was fun!

Enjoyed the longer trails this time as I found them quite helpful in solving the grid. Might be a fading memory, but felt like there were more and longer than usual trails this time around. (16, 16, 14, 14 letter trails)

Son of a gun, that was one tough hombré!

Finally cracked every nut.

Holy Moly that took awhile! Great puzzle as always.

RPardoe wrote: ↑Sun Jan 09, 2022 11:08 am That was fun!

Enjoyed the longer trails this time as I found them quite helpful in solving the grid. Might be a fading memory, but felt like there were more and longer than usual trails this time around. (16, 16, 14, 14 letter trails)

I think you are absolutely right about the longer trails. And they definitely helped me to solve the horizontal answers, too. I made a stupid mistake in one long trail ("a lonely place to wash up") that messed up that whole corner of the grid!

Quite the slog but so very satisfying

I need to check this forum more often. I love the WSJ variety puzzles and I missed this one somehow.