"Head Count" - June 12, 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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TPS
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Pretty sure I'm onshore - only second time ever before I finished the grid. If I'm right I can sorta thank PGW for it.

Edit: Nope. Found something related to the method but what results is meaningless.
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Onshore! Fun one, and educational.
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Ashore! And agree with the comment about thanking PGW. Keep at it.
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Got it. A fine meta that some will find easy and others impossible, maybe even moreso than usual.
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Nice meta mechanism. I’m on the beach. That is one cute cabana boy!
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On shore. Nice puzzle.

I got the meta very quickly this week, as opposed to last week where I really struggled. Sometimes the first thing I see happens to work.
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Solved
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Hector wrote: ↑Thu Jun 11, 2020 7:16 pm Got it. A fine meta that some will find easy and others impossible, maybe even moreso than usual.
I literally embody both ends of this spectrum. Had Step 1 inside of 10 minutes of looking at the puzzle. Literally would have spent the rest of my life trying to find Step 2 even though Step 2 should have been far easier than Step 1 (mainly because I had already discounted it for reasons only my brain could justify).
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On shore, but I bet there will be some complaints and more wrong answers than usual.
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Okay ... I think I just waded ashore, but I also think I was bitten by a shark during the initial swim. Somebody got some real splainin’ to do ‘bout this one!

(Which is to say: either I got the right answer or it was the mother of all red herrings that bit me!)
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Wow! IMHO one of the best this year. Found the grid a little more challenging than most; poked around a few promising rabbit holes before narrowing down to the correct path.

Done and ashore!
'tis... A lovely day for a Guinness!
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oldjudge wrote: ↑Thu Jun 11, 2020 8:11 pm On shore, but I bet there will be some complaints and more wrong answers than usual.
I'm 100% sure about my answer like I usually am. I don't see anything to complain about. I know that I tend to have an easier time on Shenk's puzzles than Gaffney's.

There are lots more 5 letter words than US Presidents, so we could certainly see some creative answers.
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I'm on the beach with an ice cold Miller Lite.
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Too many rabbits to count. Still with Isaac. Make it a double!
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Ashore! My weekend just opened up!
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MarkL wrote: ↑Thu Jun 11, 2020 8:39 pm Wow! IMHO one of the best this year. Found the grid a little more challenging than most; poked around a few promising rabbit holes before narrowing down to the correct path.
I think this was probably the toughest Grid this year for a WSJ CC puzzle - maybe longer.
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Hector wrote: ↑Thu Jun 11, 2020 7:16 pm Got it. A fine meta that some will find easy and others impossible, maybe even moreso than usual.
Lol. Count me at the ship bar for a while then...
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#38

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Meta easier than grid. Hit the beach with surfboard intact.
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On shore!
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On the beach! New streak begins today :-)
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