"Two by Two" - November 27, 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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On dry land, toes in the sand.
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On shore.
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on shore, it's going to be full this weekend.

as are we all.
"Lots of planets have a North", the Ninth Doctor.
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On shore - Happy Thanksgiving!
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On shore.

I had some problems with the last puzzle titled "Two by Two", also by Mike Shenk, but this was the easiest one we've had in a while.
It wasn't until after I had the answer that I realized why the puzzle was built this way.

Poor Isaac, he's going to be spending Thanksgiving alone.
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Staying aboard. Cooked the family turkey dinner and enjoyed it well. Looked for the puzzle at 4:10 but only saw prior posts about an intern with lack of support. Decided to wait til after dinner and a little TV. Got the puzzle later nad filled in the across lite while watching TV. Solved the grid but I am now sucked into a PBS special about "The Mayflower" called "The Pilgrims" on our local PBS station. Will sleep of the turkey coma and leave the meta for the morning.

Happy Thanksgiving all.
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On shore.
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Solved
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Onshore, and on the verge of a food coma! Going to be crowded this weekend.
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Ashore! Solved the meta while watching the PBS special at about 1630 AD.
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On shore! Happy Thanksgiving, all!
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On shore!
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Solved, finally, after the Byelorussian kvass wore off.
I printed the pdf from billum, but couldn't see what was happening with the meta. (I also struggled a bit with the grid. Not a speed solve this week.) The puzzle felt weird not being in the official format. Then I printed the WSJ version, started filling in the grid mostly from memory, and the mechanism became obvious.
First attempt = KAS 3+
Second attempt = KAS 1+
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On shore and drinking my Thanksgiving beer, Holiday Weekend by Prairie.
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On shore.
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To paraphrase Chief Brody, You're gonna need a bigger shore.
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It would be nice if we could find a permanent place to post the link to the latest contest puzzle in Across Lite format:
http://tinyurl.com/mugglespuz

Every Thursday, at about 4:07 PM ET, it switches to the new contest puzzle.

In any case, it might be a good URL to bookmark.

As long as I'm here plugging the link, I'll add my name to the list of folks on shore, waiting for a table to be scrubbed clean. Everyone is well spaced, making the beach look like a rookery for masked boobies.
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On shore. Whoo, that was a tough grid!
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On the beach! Been a long time since I've felt the sand between my toes.
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On shore.. Another gift from Mike.
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