"Out Of Bounds" - December 13, 2019

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"Out Of Bounds" - December 13, 2019

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This week's puzzle is by Mike Shenk titled "OUT OF BOUNDS".

the answer to this week's contest crossword is an NFL player whose number was retired.

Good luck to all in getting the meta and the mug
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Ashore! Got lucky with guessing the mechanism. Fun puzzle!
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On shore. In my wheelhouse
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Bob cruise director wrote: Thu Dec 12, 2019 4:15 pm On shore. In my wheelhouse
Look at you at the top of the board.
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On shore, as well. A fun meta, for sure.
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Also ashore. Will say no more for fear of spoilering.
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Ashore. Had to do more Googling than I generally like for a meta, but not nearly as much as for some of the recent MGWCCs, so it could've been worse. Football isn't my forte. Fun one though!
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I was ready to submit 20 minutes ago... glad I didn't. Guinness me please!
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Got it (by some miracle, given my sports “expertise” 😜).
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🏝🍹🥨
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My two weeks of hanging with Isaac have finally come to an end. On shore. Does the tiki bar serve egg nog?
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I'm definitely on shore, but I feel like I missed a shortcut...
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On shore. We don't really follow football but this was a fun meta. Thanks Mike.
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Ok! Not my wheel house, but I am ashore.
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That was.....weird. But lots of fun. And I have a slight quibble with it that I'll talk about on Monday. But I'm on shore.
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Quickly done, and brutally done. Had everything but one part of the meta for the longest time. Finally sussed it out.
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Safely on shore. Have a nice weekend everyone!
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Solved.
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Ashore
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Same as DBMiller; took way longer than it should have.
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