"Rename That Tune" - July 17,2020

[billkatz]

Solved.

[EmilyW]

On the ship once again. I have become a regular at Isaac's bar. At least the beer selection is good. I will take a Boulevard Manhattan Social Club please.

[lbray53]

Got it but only with SIGNIFICANT nudges so I am declaring myself plucked from the ocean and back with Isaac considering this one a learning experience.

[hcbirker]

Got it but only with SIGNIFICANT nudges so I am declaring myself plucked from the ocean and back with Isaac considering this one a learning experience.

Every meta is a learning experience!

[Bob cruise director]

Our final report has 59 on the ship and 73 on the shore

First we give a warm welcome to our newest muggle - copperriver

And for those who jumped overboard but did not make it to shore, the ship has a crack rescue team which brought you back on the ship

And we have a bunch emerging on the ship since lunch
Colin
Schmeel
Hidden in 3D
Ksoav
Geezer
FrankH
Jeremy
ImOnToo
Flamel616
Natalie
femullen
ReB
LittleGood
Jud
VanVeen
Tom Wilson
the Thurman8er
and Emily W

While making it to the shore are
DrTom
MajordomoTom
edot
Tmart
C=64
Trey and Marion
jimbo1
Vincent
Matthew M
copperriver
cbarbee002
markhr
Billkatz
ladybird
and lbary

Last thing - the link to the Tuesday Zoom is at. All are welcome to tell of their travails or successes this week. It should be an interesting discussion.

forums/viewtopic.php?f=18&p=26576#p26576

[ImOnToo]

Got it but only with SIGNIFICANT nudges so I am declaring myself plucked from the ocean and back with Isaac considering this one a learning experience.

Every meta is a learning experience!

[ImOnToo]

Got it but only with SIGNIFICANT nudges so I am declaring myself plucked from the ocean and back with Isaac considering this one a learning experience.

Every meta is a learning experience!

I totally agree! When I stay on the ship, I take away another arrow for my future quiver!

[Flamel616]

Whatever the "incredible", "impressive" meta is, it's way beyond my understanding. I've spent an hour and a half just combing through the grid and the clues, and I have nothing. Throwing in the towel, congrats to all who saw it. Isaac, your strongest soda, please.

[Doug C]

Hail Mary time. Submitted a guess but from somewhere far off shore.

[Abide]

Solving this on the WSJ app Thursday kept me keelhauled most of the weekend. By this afternoon I couldn't remember what the puzzle was about. Printed out a fresh grid tonight and the swim to shore came pretty quickly thereafter.

Moral: Beware the app.

[Al Sisti]

Finally limped onto shore, after acknowledgement from a Mugglemate that I was on the right track. And I really was... had the right idea, but for some reason I decided to dance around with every permutation of the mechanism, stopping just short of the solution. I don't deserve a Guinness, but it's about 127 degrees in my house now, so I should have one just to stay dru...hydrated.

[norrin2]

Threw up a last minute Hail Mary. I'll bet 5 dollars it's wrong. Any takers?

[spotter]

I feel like I'm close. Can I please PM someone to see if I'm on the right train of thought? If I am close I don't want to be kicking myself for missing the obvious...

Edit: Got a couple responses. No need to hit me with more, thanks!

[Colin]

Your avatar made me jealous. I am playing tomorrow with predicted temperature in the 90's and heat index over 100.

OK Bob, you’ve opened the door to bragging rights! My avatar shows me teeing off on Hole 6 (Juniper) at Augusta National 2004, about 2 weeks after the masters. It didn’t cost me a penny and this was my only par. Par 3 course in the morning, luncheon in the clubhouse, and my pretend ‘Masters’ in the afternoon. Members tees, of course. Classic example of right place, right time.
“Fairways & Greens” to you for tomorrow - stay cool and drink like a fish (water of course!)

Great opportunity. My nephew and I went to the practice round of the Masters last year. Tremendous experience. You can not appreciate the hilliness of the course until you walk it. Where are the member's tees as we did not see any real tee boxes except the ones the pros played from.

We were at the par three when Nicklaus, Player and Watson played together - I got some great shots of legends of the game.

Members tees are a good pitch forward. But now I’m jealous! I saw those three on TV and remember the fun and some pretty good shots! Historic moment.

[MaineMarge]

The ship is listing precariously toward port
( Isaac’s bar side), so I’m heading to shore pronto. I won’t be submitting since it required a nudge from a kind Muggle. Even with that nudge In the right direction, it took me a long time to find what I know is the right answer. Tough one, from cackling Matt for sure.
Please take it easy on us next time, OK guys?

[spotter]

I was almost to shore and had the lifeguard come pull me in the rest of the way. Going to skip submitting as I wouldn't feel like a champion drinking from the mug this week. I don't think I'd have made the last step on my own.

[FKelly]

Found something intriguing, however, it only seemed to work for (7/8)x100 = 87.5% of the answer. Then I found another piece, I think.
Could someone PM me and confirm or deny what I found?

[Memay131]

Totally flabbergasted this week!

[PJM]

Ashore with ten minutes to spare!

[Joe Ross]