"King Me!" - April 30, 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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TMart
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On the beach quickly after doing this on my phone since my internet is down due to a storm. Lots of fun and very Shenky! I’ll take one of those Guinesses if Al left any for the rest of us.
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Got this fast. Particularly liked 7D
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#23

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On shore! That was quite a puzzle! Great one Mike!
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Hector wrote: Thu Apr 30, 2020 4:50 pm Got it. Step 2 proved ornery for me. Good one.
Me too Hector!
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mheberlingx100 wrote: Thu Apr 30, 2020 5:18 pm On shore, having chased the wrong rabbit for a short time. I’ll place my order for a Guinness to be served once Happy Hour starts in the Pacific time zone.
During quarantine, Happy Hour is all day! (Just kidding).
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#26

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Nice and easy. On shore.
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Ashore!

Very fun!
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TMart wrote: Thu Apr 30, 2020 5:31 pm On the beach quickly after doing this on my phone since my internet is down due to a storm. Lots of fun and very Shenky! I’ll take one of those Guinesses if Al left any for the rest of us.
The only thing better than a Guinness is a Guinness with friends.
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#29

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On shore. Fun puzzle! Now, on to my weekend - where to go? What to do? Alas, nowhere and nothing.
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On shore.
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Wendy Walker wrote: Thu Apr 30, 2020 5:30 pm Wow, I had to do some serious remedial work before I got this one!
Wendy, you have a (kinda old by now) PM.
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Ashore after a bit of floundering.
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#33

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Ashore. Nicely constructed puzzle!
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#34

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Good golly goodness, that took me longer than it should have. On shore, but I think I'll head to the coffee bar.
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#35

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Lots of fun! And the explanation will have to wait until Monday, but I solved it without realizing a major hint provided. It did make me laugh afterwards.
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On shore!
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#37

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On shore! Not to be negative, but I did not particularly like the grid or the meta. I do usually enjoy Mike’s puzzles; this one not so much.
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#38

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grid finished, but can't think of any angle to go at. One day i'll be as smart as you guys! anyone want to tutor a newbie please feel free to message.
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On shore! That was a fun one. But I'm embarrassed to say I had to google something I shouldn't have had to in order to solve.
Contest Crosswords Combating Cancer (CCCC) is a bundle of 16 metapuzzles created to help raise money for cancer-related charities. It is available at CrosswordsForCancer.com.
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Ashore. We enjoyed this puzzle very much. We thought it was fun and imaginative. Thanks for the good time Mike.
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