"From Top to Bottom" - November 20, 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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Okay, nudge me when it's soup.
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Hector wrote: โ†‘Thu Nov 26, 2020 4:13 pm Last Tgiving BrianMac posted to start the thread an hour later than usual (2:02 Pacific time it says for me).
Where's the Evan Williams? I may not last that long.
Whole blood, platelets, or plasma: Donate 4 in 2024

PLATELET ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ.
๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ENORMOUS ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ:
๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฌ% ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ,
๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ% ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ,
๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ & ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฎ. ๐—ฃ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—”๐—ฆ๐—˜ ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—”๐—ฅ๐—˜!
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#303

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lots of us milling around here.
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C=64 wrote: โ†‘Thu Nov 26, 2020 4:15 pm lots of us milling around here.
I trust that's an alphabetical listing of patheticists and not ordered by patheticism. Although that would be spot on.
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Someone posted the Numbers Puzzles at NOV 26, 2020 10:00 AM ET, so there is hope for a WSJ Crossword Puzzle Contest.
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Hector wrote: โ†‘Thu Nov 26, 2020 4:13 pm Last Tgiving BrianMac posted to start the thread an hour later than usual (2:02 Pacific time it says for me).
2019 rules should not apply to 2020!
Good luck, fellow Muggles!
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At least Al Sisti wonโ€™t get it by 4:15.
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It'd be funny if it was already going on a new thread, and we're all here talking on this one...
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Hypothesis: these are automatically posted by someone's laptop, and they go home to, say, Ohio for the holiday.
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Hector wrote: โ†‘Thu Nov 26, 2020 4:19 pm Hypothesis: these are automatically posted by someone's laptop, and they go home to, say, Ohio for the holiday.
Nobody in Ohio is smart enough to intern for the WSJ Puzzle crew.
Whole blood, platelets, or plasma: Donate 4 in 2024

PLATELET ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ.
๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ENORMOUS ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ:
๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฌ% ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ,
๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ% ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ,
๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ & ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฎ. ๐—ฃ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—”๐—ฆ๐—˜ ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—”๐—ฅ๐—˜!
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Hector wrote: โ†‘Thu Nov 26, 2020 4:19 pm Hypothesis: these are automatically posted by someone's laptop, and they go home to, say, Ohio for the holiday.
OHIO! "WITH GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE"!! ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME! DAYTON! SWING STATE!! BIRTHDPLACE OF 8 PRESIDENTS!!!! ... woof. sorry. Don't know what came over me.
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Well, that does it. Gotta go set up for the Cowboys game, including getting my own damn Guinness. Fortunately, I won't be wearing what I envision the Tiki Bar waitresses do.
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You have no idea how reassuring this is...
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I have nothing scheduled at 4:00 on Thursdays. Should I be worried? (as I repeatedly click Refresh)
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I came here to post that I'm already on shore for today's puzzle, hoping to get on the first page; by posting here does that mean that I'm on the zero-th page?
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It's live at tinyurl.com/mugglespuz
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Is there a cache where Shenk puts the puzzles? I remember someone's old post to this forum with a link to a site with the WSJ puzzles stored by year and month, but I cannot find it just now.
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Jim and Anita wrote: โ†‘Thu Nov 26, 2020 4:30 pm It's live at tinyurl.com/mugglespuz
And where did you find it? We need a pdf.
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Jim and Anita wrote: โ†‘Thu Nov 26, 2020 4:30 pm It's live at tinyurl.com/mugglespuz
...and is the meta instruction visible anywhere in this puzzle? I see the title but nothing else.
Contest Crosswords Combating Cancer (CCCC) is a bundle of 16 metapuzzles created to help raise money for cancer-related charities. It is available at CrosswordsForCancer.com.
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KayW wrote: โ†‘Thu Nov 26, 2020 4:43 pm
Jim and Anita wrote: โ†‘Thu Nov 26, 2020 4:30 pm It's live at tinyurl.com/mugglespuz
...and is the meta instruction visible anywhere in this puzzle? I see the title but nothing else.
I used the link at Crossword Fiend (http://herbach.dnsalias.com/wsj/wsj201126.puz) and changed the 26 to 27, and at about 1:06pm Pacific time it downloaded the .puz file for me as normal, including the meta instruction. Using AcrossLite (or whatever) you can then generate a pdf out of the puz file.
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