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"Backdrops" - November 1, 2019

Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2019 4:05 pm
by Bob cruise director
Happy Halloween everyone

This weeks contest is by Mike Shenk and is called Backdrops

The answer to this week's contest crossword is a five letter noun

Good luck to all

Re: "Backdrops" - November 1, 2019

Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2019 4:23 pm
by Hector
Quick & tidy.

Re: "Backdrops" - November 1, 2019

Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2019 4:34 pm
by Al Sisti
Not as quick, but just as tidy. Guinness me please!

Re: "Backdrops" - November 1, 2019

Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2019 4:43 pm
by Meg
Ohhh! Now I get it! That was fun! On the beach with a margarita.

Re: "Backdrops" - November 1, 2019

Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2019 4:45 pm
by joequavis
I'll have a scotch and water, hold the scotch. On shore

Re: "Backdrops" - November 1, 2019

Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2019 4:50 pm
by Scott M
Count me on shore! And I'll have the other half of @joequavis's scotch & water.

Re: "Backdrops" - November 1, 2019

Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2019 4:51 pm
by BarbaraK
Wow, it’s déjà vu!

“Backdrops” was the title of a WSJ meta just over three years ago - the one I won my mug in! So I liked this one even before I started. Hope this week is also lucky for muggledom.

Can I get my prized mug filled at the beach tiki bar, please?

Re: "Backdrops" - November 1, 2019

Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2019 4:51 pm
by Wendy Walker
I like the title. Figured out 3 of the 5 letters and knew what the other 2 had to be!

Re: "Backdrops" - November 1, 2019

Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2019 4:55 pm
by Streroto
Ashore. Pretty easy one.

Re: "Backdrops" - November 1, 2019

Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2019 5:00 pm
by FrankieHeck
Beer me, please. On shore.

Re: "Backdrops" - November 1, 2019

Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2019 5:04 pm
by ky-mike
Count me on shore.

Re: "Backdrops" - November 1, 2019

Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2019 5:13 pm
by LesY
Ashore! Very cool.

Had an idea while driving home (yeah I sometimes try to figure these out on my head when staring at it won’t work). It didn’t get me there but it must have dislodged my brain, because I almost immediately jumped to the right path.

Cheers to the weekend and good luck to all!

Re: "Backdrops" - November 1, 2019

Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2019 5:26 pm
by TMart
On shore. Pumpkin ale today?

And I see my favorite actress at 13A - she didn't win the Oscar, but she won me a mug!

Re: "Backdrops" - November 1, 2019

Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2019 5:26 pm
by Julie O
on shore, this is the quickest I have solved on of Mike's puzzles, so I'm concerned I have come up with a red herring, but my answer seems tidy.....

Re: "Backdrops" - November 1, 2019

Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2019 5:38 pm
by BrianMac
On shore. Happy Halloween everybody!

Re: "Backdrops" - November 1, 2019

Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2019 5:38 pm
by Cindy
Solved. But forgot to post. Stopped to make a Halloween cocktail! Smoky Harvest Apple Cider Margarita.

Re: "Backdrops" - November 1, 2019

Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2019 5:40 pm
by sharkicicles
Glad you folks are saying this is easy. Might as well be Easter today for as many rabbit holes as I’ve seen.

Re: "Backdrops" - November 1, 2019

Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2019 5:44 pm
by Darryl H.
Count me ashore. I'm with Scott, JoeQuavis can have my water as well.
I dunno how y'all feel, but this was week 2-ish for me.

Re: "Backdrops" - November 1, 2019

Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2019 5:50 pm
by Eric Porter
I'm on shore. I had a harder time than usual with the grid.

At first I went down a rabbit hole which turned out to be very similar to the correct way to solve it. While looking for confirmation, I stumbled on the correct path.

I'm guessing we'll have fewer than 1000 correct answers for the third week in a row.

Re: "Backdrops" - November 1, 2019

Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2019 5:58 pm
by Jazzvibist
Ashore (enjoyable solve and, as expected, an ingenious Mike Shenk construction).