"Show Them The Way" - October 9, 2020

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"Show Them The Way" - October 9, 2020

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This week's contest is titled "Show Them The Way" by Matt Gaffney
The answer to this week's contest is a three word phrase naming something parents hope their kids will avoid.

Good luck to all with the grid and the meta

and all you muggles in Delta's way, stay safe
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On shore. Time for a glass of merlot.
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Done and done
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And there you go! On the beach drinking a lovely Oregonian pinot noir.
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I am on shore
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Done and done...time to hunker down for yet another storm up our poop chute
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Onshore - might be crowded this week - Bring a mask!
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On shore -- but so many wrong turns! Guinness me please...
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Been gone for a few weeks but Iโ€™m back solving! On the beach! Yea!
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Onshore. Now back to :shock: at MMMM...
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Isaac, I am 31-A with the entry at 57-A. Pull that 43-D off the shelf, won't you old boy?
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Just got home, about to start the puzzle. Must get Peter Frampton out of my head.
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On shore, but suspicious. Could a Matt Gaffney meta really be this simple???
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tim1217 wrote: โ†‘Thu Oct 08, 2020 4:58 pm On shore, but suspicious. Could a Matt Gaffney meta really be this simple???
I had that thought as well - But I had today off and had a 3 martini lunch so if this had been any harder I might not have been able to finish the grid let alone solve the meta.
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It wasn't THAT easy (at least for me). Just kept trying different things until something worked.
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On shore, after many dead ends. I really have to keep my brain in check sometimes.
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On shore. Now back to Fireball.
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On shore. Looking for fellow 73-A at the Tiki 24-A.
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On shore with one of my fastest swims in recent memory. Thank goodness.

International break means time for our annual neighborhood socially distanced pub crawl tomorrow night. Keg Grove Duke on my tasting list.
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