"In The Hopper" - March 6, 2020

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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DBMiller
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Done and done
If I'm around, I am willing to join the Muggle Zoom room at other times to lend a hand to those in need.
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Streroto
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Crowded beach already!!!!! Ashore. Great weekend all!!
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Done
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On shore. First time I’ve finished the meta before the grid.
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Anita
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On shore!
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on shore
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I'm safely on shore. As others have noted, I had more challenges with the grid than the meta, but there is no ambiguity. I don't think we've ever seen a meta from this constructor before - thanks, Joanne! Now back to the Sweet 16 final. I have all 16 mini puzzles solved, just the meta left. And tomorrow is a week one...
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Toby
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Solved, and a lot of fun. Happy to see a woman constructor!
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On the shore after some discussion with my wife. More on Monday
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On shore. Fun puzzle!
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#31

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On shore. Fun meta from a new constructor.
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On shore. Nice week one puzzle.
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On shore. I also thought the grid was tough but the meta was easy.
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On shore.
Good luck everyone.
Hope all are enjoying WSJ's crossword contributions to Women's History Month.
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Done and submitted.

Back to the tax returns (I head the tax dept at a trust company here in St. Louis)
"Lots of planets have a North", the Ninth Doctor.
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Saxerbrau
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How the heck do you all finish the puzzle and meta in 17 minutes!? Do you have a machine that does it all for you? Is it the mysterious Crossword A.I. I’ve been hearing about on the dark web?! I’m spooked.
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MajordomoTom
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it's been up since a bit before 4 pm Central

speed grids, I've been trying to do them faster and faster.
"Lots of planets have a North", the Ninth Doctor.
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tim1217
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Ashore! And thank you Joanne for a challenging grid.

Also, with a new constructor, the Christmas poem is now complete...

‘Now Berry! Now, Gordon! Now, Shenk and Gaffney!
On Sullivan! on Muller! on Kelly and McClary!
From within cyberspace we yelled out the call,
Now puzzle us! puzzle us! puzzle us all!

Joanne's space was originally written as "On (TBA)" because up to that point we only had 7 constructors (including Shenk and his nom de plume...Kelly) and there are of course eight reindeer.
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Tony S
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Toby wrote: ↑Thu Mar 05, 2020 5:13 pm Solved, and a lot of fun. Happy to see a woman constructor!
Yes, we haven't had one since " Marie Kelly!"
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billkatz wrote: ↑Thu Mar 05, 2020 5:05 pm I'm safely on shore. As others have noted, I had more challenges with the grid than the meta, but there is no ambiguity. I don't think we've ever seen a meta from this constructor before - thanks, Joanne! Now back to the Sweet 16 final. I have all 16 mini puzzles solved, just the meta left. And tomorrow is a week one...
I'm on shore too. Very fun puzzle with a tougher than usual fill for me.

I too can now turn my attention to the Sweet 16 final puzzle. I'm sure of the words but have spent a LOT of time working on a Process of Elimination.
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