"Stress Test" - July 3, 2020

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"Stress Test" - July 3, 2020

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This week's contest is by Matt Gaffney and is entitled "Stress Test"

The answer to this week's contest crossword is what you'll get for a correct answer

Good luck and have a great holiday
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Safely in the sand... loved this one!!! Guinness me please?
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Fun!
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I'm done like Peter Gunn! Guinness me, please!
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Ashore. Milk me, please! Wait, that didn't sound right....glass of milk, please. :lol:
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Disappointed because I deduced the answer before figuring out the meta... but I think that means I'm getting better at these with experience.

Time for a 16 oz Northwest Pilsner from https://www.occidentalbrewing.com/
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Well, this is... is this what I think it is??
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I'm not 11D!

That is: I got it!

Good one!
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I'm on a shore, and I'm pretty sure it's the right one. Enjoyable swim. I'll take something fruity and strong today.
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On Shore.
Hope everyone has a chance to relax at least a little this holiday weekend.
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Well that was different! Time for a Hendricks & Fever Tree Elderflower tonic.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
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Laughed out loud (OK, chuckled out loud) when I got it.
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At least I got the grid this week. Meta? Not a clue.

Count me still aboard, skipper.
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Done and done. Once again, a very nice puzzle!
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I'm on shore!!
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On the beach. A bit on the wacky side in my opinion!
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Ashore. I'm meh on this one. Definitely on the wacky side, as Meg said.
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On Shore - Nice one.

When I went to the forum, last weeks shows at the top of the list for some reason and this week is the second one right below it. I saw it and it was barely after 5 on Thursday and thought "21 pages of comments already!!"
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On shore. This is why I love metas. You look and look and you don't see anything and you don't even know what you're looking for and then all of a sudden you finally see it!
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On shore! That was fun!
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