"Stress Test" - July 3, 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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bhamren wrote: ↑Thu Jul 02, 2020 5:14 pm 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!!"
It's the last comment that brings the topic to the top. So if someone now comments on last week's, it will put that topic ahead of this weeks.
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People: Fun or Wacky?
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Once again - not a clue. I think its been about 2 months since I got one of these.
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Aha - I’m on shore! That was fun. Wacky is a good word for it - love the idea!
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Ashore! I thought it was wacky, too. But I guess I’m in the “in a good way” camp, because like BirdLives I literally laughed out loud. Thanks for shaking it up, Matt!

Happy Fourth to all!
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On shore. I loved this one!

Dare I mention that 56D was the E in PAGEANT?😉
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Wacky. But solved.
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I thought this one was great fun except that I'm not sure I'm interpreting it correctly. I'm going to hold off submitting and think about it a little more.

Edit: What the heck, submitted. I'm not 100% sure I'm on the right shore, but anyway it's nice here!
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Ashore for sure! :D And now that our zoom coterie is growing, I scheduled our meetup a little earlier on Tuesday so it can run longer before I have to go teach my class...

YourPalSal's Muggle Meetup
4:30pmPT, 7:30pmET on Tuesday, July 7
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Solved and Submitted.
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Ashore & submitted. Extremely well done and fun, Matt!

boharr wrote: ↑Thu Jul 02, 2020 5:21 pm People: Fun or Wacky?
100% fun and a recent favorite, IMHonestHumbleO. Well-constructed and a new or less-used mechanism. Great AHA with a fun twist to a clear, unambiguous answer.

A Blacksmith, please and thank you...
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[Edit1: Disregard the following. Isaac is unmasked for the Fourth. TY, LauraM!]
BTW: Isaac is without his mask, today, on two cache-cleared browsers. Have to assume it's a server cache issue.
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boharr wrote: ↑Thu Jul 02, 2020 5:21 pm People: Fun or Wacky?
It seems like it’s always me and you bud - we ride the meta short bus together :lol: :lol:
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TPS wrote: ↑Thu Jul 02, 2020 6:04 pm
boharr wrote: ↑Thu Jul 02, 2020 5:21 pm People: Fun or Wacky?
It seems like it’s always me and you bud - we ride the meta short bus together :lol: :lol:
There's a bar on that bus though. So we won't be stressed.
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Joe Ross wrote: ↑Thu Jul 02, 2020 5:48 pm BTW: Isaac is without his mask, today, on two cache-cleared browsers. Have to assume it's a server cache issue.
No, the flag background is new for the 4th. I think that BrianMac wanted to give us a holiday break from thinking about masks :-)
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On a non-related topic, I would like to pass along a thanks to Mike shenk for his fun puzzles for kids of all ages in the wsj last week. Very clever and my kids and husband loved it!!! I hope he sees this.
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Joe Ross wrote: ↑Thu Jul 02, 2020 5:48 pm Ashore & submitted. Extremely well done and fun, Matt!

boharr wrote: ↑Thu Jul 02, 2020 5:21 pm People: Fun or Wacky?


BTW: Isaac is without his mask, today, on two cache-cleared browsers. Have to assume it's a server cache issue.
Nope. Brian said for the 4th of July we’ll be partying like it’s 1776.
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I'm happy for those whose toes are in the sand, but I am just not seeing anything so far.
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Ashore! Clever one, and now to enjoy the long weekend!
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Ashore—starting to enjoy these metas after ignoring them for several years!
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Tina wrote: ↑Thu Jul 02, 2020 5:15 pm 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!
Speak for yourself! If I don't get it instantly I likely never will. Hence I only get really easy ones...
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