"Where's The Rest?" - September 11, 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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I'd say I'm safely on dry land...I submitted an answer I'm 99% sure is right. It's battling my Gaffney "SOS" problem - expecting another step when you already have the right answer in front of you.
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Got the grid and then nothing.
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I wake up at 3,
Analyzing rabbit holes.
Where's the rest? -Indeed.
Wir sind zu früh alt und zu spät schlau.
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In an ironic fashion, I am ashore. Nice puzzle! Not terribly difficult and a lot of fun.

I’m sad that I missed the WSJ live event yesterday. It was on my calendar, but work got in the way.
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Had land in sight all of yesterday, but needed the currents to shift before I found my way to shore this morning. Perhaps a Bloody Mary to start my day?

Stay well!
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Solved at 3:00 AM. Fortunately while I was sleeping! I will elaborate on Monday.
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Hmmm. Grid done. See path... Apply logic... get gibberish answer (?!#?#@?) Time to adjust the path a little for me. Very close to shore but not on dry land.
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SusieG wrote: Fri Sep 11, 2020 8:15 am In an ironic fashion, I am ashore. Nice puzzle! Not terribly difficult and a lot of fun.

I’m sad that I missed the WSJ live event yesterday. It was on my calendar, but work got in the way.
You can still watch it at

https://www.wsj.com/live-qa/wsj-live-ac ... 2E940488C6
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Beth Tyrpin wrote: Thu Sep 10, 2020 11:24 pm 🏝Bob, I apologize for the large gap between Beth’s.
statistical anomaly

we understand :lol:
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Kas wrote: Thu Sep 10, 2020 11:36 pm Hello Muggles! Just saying hi. Haven't actually started the puzzle yet, so I wanted to just bask in my groundless optimism for a minute...lol.
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RDaleHall wrote: Fri Sep 11, 2020 8:53 am Hmmm. Grid done. See path... Apply logic... get gibberish answer (?!#?#@?) Time to adjust the path a little for me. Very close to shore but not on dry land.
Keep going. I was in the same position most of yesterday evening
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On Shore.
Enjoyed the puzzle very much. Worthy AHA!
Mike Miller, Mike Shenk and Matt Gaffney put on a phenomenal live chat.
Loved the "inside baseball" regarding construction and publishing logistics.
Laughed out loud when noted aspiring constructors can "steal" someone else's block pattern but not their grid or clues!
At almost exactly the same age as Mike Shenk, I started solving at beginning of the "new wave", late 1970s.
Anyone on board with horror stories of the erudite "old wave"?
Looking forward to next week's event.
Hope everyone has a safe and nice weekend.
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Revisit... HOW DID I MISS THAT (#?$$$@?@) Cute final turn... and now on shore. Loved it.

Now onto the special release for next Thursday. What a great session with WSJ+ yesterday.
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Newbie question: Where and when do you find the solution?
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Wendy Walker wrote: Thu Sep 10, 2020 4:22 pm Solved! Pay attention while you're doing the grid!
This nudge is brought to you by the letters, W, E, N, D, & Y and by the number X.

X! - X! - X! - X! Let's sing a song of X!

How many is X?

[Edit1: Thoughtful input from more intelligent Muggles than me demanded change to original post. (TY!)]
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nkumar wrote: Fri Sep 11, 2020 9:46 am Newbie question: Where and when do you find the solution?
The Wall Street Journal posts it online with the following day's crossword's PDF (usually Monday's, unless Monday is a non-publishing holiday), at Midnight Sunday ET.

We also post it on this site, in each puzzle's Topic & HERE.

[Edit1: The readers' explanations & comments, here, far surpass those on any other crossword blog. :D ]
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PLATELET 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝗿𝗲.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘀 ENORMOUS 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲:
𝟰𝟬% 𝗽𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰,
𝟯𝟬% 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰,
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On shore! Really satisfying solve, especially at the end.
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nkumar wrote: Fri Sep 11, 2020 9:46 am Newbie question: Where and when do you find the solution?
The deadline is 11:59 pm on Sunday night. About a minute later the WSJ publishes the solution, and it usually is posted in here on Monday morning. Take a look at page 18 of the thread for last week's "City Blocks" puzzle (or, likely, page 18 in any week's puzzle thread :)) to see an official solution.

There's also a good blog called crosswordfiend.com that will have the solution and their writers' commentary (and reader comments) up on Monday morning....
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Done. I liked this one. Pretty clever.
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Ashore with some reservations and a question for the editors.
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