"Backdrops" - November 1, 2019

[Toby]

Solved, after one coincidence that delayed things a bit. I can't decide whether to have a cocktail or one of the little candy bars I have ready for the Trick or Treaters. Probably will manage both before the evening is over.

[GlennG]

Absolutely no clue, per usual.

[CPJohnson]

Solved.

[Tina]

On shore! Did this in between minding the door on trick-or-treat night. We'd better get more kids or I'm going to be left with too many leftover candies!

[Joe Ross]

...too many leftover candies!

There is no such thing. I googled it.

[hcbirker]

That was fun! I initially went in the wrong rabbit hole, but then I figured it out. Mike and Matt are crafty rabbits! (Heidi)

[Troysail]

Ashore. Having a nice Ipa at the Carolina brewery. Came to me in a 16A.

[Wendy Walker]

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.

Eric, I suspect we did exactly the same thing -- because that was my experience, too.

[BrianDavidson]

On shore. I chuckled when I got 47D.

[Dow Jones]

Solved and ashore. 6 pm and no trick-or-treaters yet. Oh well, there goes the diet !

[31 Down]

A frighteningly fast solve. Now on to the spirits.

[ImOnToo]

ImOn(shore)Too. 🏖

[docison]

On shore after a few hours of trick or treating. Happy Halloween to all!

[gdshort]

Fairly quick swim ashore aided by Halloween chocolate stolen from the kiddy basket.

[Beth Tyrpin]

A couple inches of snow didn’t keep the trick or treaters away. I think I found the coincidence that Toby found. That plus a couple false trails slowed me down a bit.

[Barry]

Just finished the puzzle. I’ll take a crack at the meta later. In my ten minutes of staring, nothing jumped out. But I saw a few possibilities, though that’s not necessarily a good sign.

[darthdriessen]

Took a while, but a quick solve and a 100%er once I saw the light. Guinness for a starter.

[mheberlingx100]

Went down a number of blind alleys on this, but finally saw the light. On shore.

[Bird Lives]

I must be missing something. I have an answer and method that fit with the title. But it wasn't neat and tidy. I've got a lot of leftover candies that I don't know what to do with.

[ChrisKochmanski]

Ashore!

This one came quickly, which is nice, because we're visiting, with no printer available, so I had to recreate the grid on grid paper, and so as not to wake the others, I did this one on the floor, by only the light of the laptop computer.

Oh, we Muggles are dedicated!