"Ahead of Time" March 1, 2024

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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Barnhart6
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#61

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Ashore…

Fun little puzzle. Pour me a Jameson please!
Thanks to all the muggles in this group. Participating is the highlight of the week!
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grwinski
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#62

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Ashore! Thought we'd be a lot later in the list, (so we'll take it!)

Rita and George
Lee-Ann
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On shore! Glad to finally have a puzzle that does not require specialized knowledge to solve!
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LadyBird
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Ashore!

After being on base ZIlch two weeks ago, and totally not hiTTING the target last week, it was nice to see the preCISe mechanism pretty quickly this week. Perhaps my solving skills aren't totally patheTIC. I'll have a pina cOLAda.


Ria de Alvor, Portugal, October 2023
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SamKat9
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#65

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Ashore on page 4, I'll take white wine with a heavy pour (sorry for the rhymes)
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Ashore!
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Merry Potter
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#67

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Ashore- should have looked at it ahead of time!! :)
If I don't win a mug, I can always make one... ;) but it won't have the same cachet.
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MajordomoTom
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#68

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Ashore - it's going to be crowded this week, time to dig a pit for the kalua pig!
"Lots of planets have a North", the Ninth Doctor.
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#69

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🏝on shore🏝
Time for a G&T, I believe
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Ashore
CptnCodon
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It seems I'm a little late to the party. I'll try and get here earlier next time.

Diet Pepsi, please!
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Wendy Walker
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Meg wrote: Thu Feb 29, 2024 4:23 pm On the beach! The cabana boy is wondering if @Wendy Walker is wearing fishnets in that cute picture!
I think they might be, @Meg! I just hope they matched my red dress -- my mother made it and even embroidered the flowers on the yoke.
@Bob cruise director, I have only the vaguest memory that the winning word was "uncontroversial." I'm surprised my mother didn't write it down for posterity!
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Good luck, fellow Muggles!
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Jeremy Smith
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#73

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Started half-hour late but now on what should become a very crowded beach.
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HeyMikey
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#74

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After a week at sea I'm happy to be on dry land. Thank goodness it's not in a dry county. AVBC Winter Solstice Ale coming right up...
I prefer my kale with a silent K.
SHIWUTONG
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#75

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That word one.. On shore..
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Late start but on shore with the multitudes.
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Ashore!
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I am on the shore!
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Finally on the beach. Got lost down a rabbit hole and wandered around the warren for a while. A fresh look, and the answer jumped out at me.
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Wendy Walker wrote: Thu Feb 29, 2024 5:19 pm
@Bob cruise director, I have only the vaguest memory that the winning word was "uncontroversial." I'm surprised my mother didn't write it down for posterity!
I can only remember the word that I missed in my first spelling bee. I was in second grade and the word was PERFUME (which I spelled PUR because I was thinking of a cat). Not bad for a kid who wasn't even able to read (much less spell) in first grade.
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