"Third Time's The Charm" - January 10, 2020

[Bill S]

On shore. Came quickly this week - now I can enjoy the best NFL weekend of the year.

[FrankH]

On shore.

[Trey]

Marion and I are on shore! She gets a little more credit this week, but we got it.......luck to all.

[Bird Lives]

Funny that I happened to be listening to Ella Fitzgerald while approaching the middle third of the puzzle.

Have a great weekend, all!!

On "The Cole Porter Songbook," Ella sings a word very similar to the meta answer. The exact word appears in another Porter song, not so well known, but a great one that Bill Evans sometimes played.

[Bird Lives]

Two roads diverged on the crossword page
The wrong one — the one I took —
Seemed solid at this early stage,
So it was hard to disengage
For twenty minutes — what a schnook.

Returning, sure I had step one,
I checked the title one time more,
Picked up where I had once begun,
Changed paths, and voilà --done and done,
And quickly made my way to shore.

[sharkicicles]

This one was just tough enough to be fun without frustration. On shore.

[Jeanrosz]

I’m on the shore for sure! Good puzzle

[MajordomoTom]

I've got the grid, and the mechanism actually helped me finish the grid pretty quickly.

But not 100% on my answer, don't see how it connects to the title of the puzzle, so I'll hang with Isaac for a while, probably pass out on the bar and wake up in the morning with the answer embedded on my forehead.

EDIT: definitely something 40D, I'm not a fan of IPAs/hops.

EDIT EDIT: on the shore

[Deb F]

Thanks for opening the topic. I am home now and can work on the contest

I had just assumed you were still sitting shiva for your football team.

Signed,

A Raiders Fan
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That was definitely a possibility but I was out in 25 degree windy weather photographing a short eared owl

Awesome photo!!!

[Deb F]

On shore. I have a puzzle-crush on Patrick Berry. I, too, love Rows Gardens, among his others.

[Lucas S]

Channeled my inner Ken Jennings to make it to shore early this week. Now if I can just channel my inner James Holzhauer while making my NFL bets, it should be a good weekend!

[FrankieHeck]

Late start, after literally spending the day at the bar. But onshore.

[WBYonder]

On shore. With all the people abandoning ship, Isaac must be stocking up the bar for some doozies to come!

[Tony S]

I've got the grid, and the mechanism actually helped me finish the grid pretty quickly.

But not 100% on my answer, don't see how it connects to the title of the puzzle, so I'll hang with Isaac for a while, probably pass out on the bar and wake up in the morning with the answer embedded on my forehead.

EDIT: definitely something 40D, I'm not a fan of IPAs/hops.

I felt the answer was a 100%-er that connected with the title quite well. I'd be interested (on Monday) to see what you're thinking.

[Tony S]

On shore. I have a puzzle-crush on Patrick Berry. I, too, love Rows Gardens, among his others.

Patrick Berry crafts amazing puzzles but his Trail Mix drives me crazy.

[MajordomoTom]

I've got the grid, and the mechanism actually helped me finish the grid pretty quickly.

But not 100% on my answer, don't see how it connects to the title of the puzzle, so I'll hang with Isaac for a while, probably pass out on the bar and wake up in the morning with the answer embedded on my forehead.

EDIT: definitely something 40D, I'm not a fan of IPAs/hops.

I felt the answer was a 100%-er that connected with the title quite well. I'd be interested (on Monday) to see what you're thinking.

that rabbit hole was small and smelly, so I abandoned it.

I've found one I'm much more attracted to and on a different shore. That matches the title nicely.

on shore. 99%.

[billkatz]

Safely on shore.

[ErikThor]

On shore and it's New Beer Thursday!

[DBMiller]

Done and done

[Richard]

Had some help from my son but am on shore and enjoying an IPA.

Grid seemed a little easier than normal, enjoyed the meta.