"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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Tony S
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Ashore. I agree that the grid was tougher than the meta.
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#42

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Ashore!
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Richard
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#43

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Grid was tough for me. Now for the meta.
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Saxerbrau wrote: Thu Mar 05, 2020 5:31 pm 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.
I open the thread within a minute of when the contest gets posted on the WSJ web site. I have no clue how some solve it that fast. I am in awe
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I too thought the grid was harder, but then I wondered: are Matt's and Mike's clues easier by some objective standard, or have I just gotten used to their style, and this was a new voice whose accent would take some getting used to but would then seem as easy as the others? But the meta was pretty much a gimme.
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I made this one way harder than I should have. I took the title to mean something else. I am now safely ashore!
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tim1217
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hcbirker wrote: Thu Mar 05, 2020 6:16 pm I made this one way harder than I should have. I took the title to mean something else. I am now safely ashore!
I think I probably went down the same path...
Trey
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Marion and I are definitely in the sand.........good one and glad to be relaxing with the crowd.
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Eric Porter
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It took me a little while to see it, though I also had my job to do. At least I'm on shore.
Now I can focus on solving the MMMM which I still haven't gotten but is also supposed to be easy.
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On shore! Nice to arrive on Thursday!
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hcbirker
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Eric Porter wrote: Thu Mar 05, 2020 6:30 pm It took me a little while to see it, though I also had my job to do. At least I'm on shore.
Now I can focus on solving the MMMM which I still haven't gotten but is also supposed to be easy.
I wouldn't call the MMMM easy. I did have to use Google.
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Richard
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On shore. Meta for me was fun and somewhat easier than the grid.
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Solved. Wish I could see the mmmm mega meta.
Martin
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Ashore. Joanne is new to Friday, but has constructed other puzzles, including the 2/18/20 WSJ (along with Amy Goldstein). She's an "insider," helping Mike with submissions.
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Ashore! Nice to have a different meta constructor, and this was a good one!
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Jim and Anita
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Happily ashore. We really enjoyed this one. It made us smile. :)
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elan
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Ashore! I'm just back from a long trip Down Under and enjoyed a nice meta to welcome me home.
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Ashore.
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The 1.5 stars currently showing seem about right, though come to think of it it might have made a good week 3.
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D&D
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