"The Party Starts at 10" - December 31, 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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LesY
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Solved. Perhaps an “anti-pageant?”
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On shore! Happy new year!
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Toes in the sand, drink in hand. If you can guess what the answer has to be (and what else could it be?), it's not hard to find.
Jay
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Jeremy Smith
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Bird Lives wrote: ↑Wed Dec 30, 2020 4:05 pm Each year at around this time, The New Yorker magazine publishes bit of verse, “Greetings, Friends,” which is basically a long exercise in dropping names – some that you know, many that you don’t but think that you would if you were at all up to speed with the news, science, the arts, etc. You can find this year’s version here. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020 ... stmas-poem

So I have put together a bit of doggerel with names that should be more familiar, at least to visitors to xword-muggles.com.


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Jay’s post is, without a doubt, the post of the year.
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Flananigans
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On shore. Headed to a champagne tasting!
Happy New Year to all!
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Eric Porter
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Bird Lives wrote: ↑Wed Dec 30, 2020 4:56 pm Toes in the sand, drink in hand. If you can guess what the answer has to be (and what else could it be?), it's not hard to find.
I'm on shore. I was having trouble saying something about how obvious the answer was without getting into spoiler territory. Before I'd solved it, I had trouble coming up with something that was a 4 word phrase.

Happy New Year!
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joequavis
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Ashore! Happy New Year, everyone!
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On shore...I think
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Ashore. Quick swim.

Happy New Year all!!!

Stay well.
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DanA
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On the beach!

Go Gators! And go Beth’s UC Bearcats on the 1st!
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Well, given last week’s charitable gift, I expected another easy swim to shore this week, and so it proved! I’m enjoying the feel of warm sand under my feet! Oh, cabana boy ... 😜
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Powers2020
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On the beach and ready for next year! I've really enjoyed being a part of this fun crew the last few months! Time for a delicious Clase Azul Reposado to warm up...

Happy New Year, Muggles!
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Tom Mueller
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On the beach!

Happy New Year everyone!
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Jeremy Smith
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Sand between my toes!

Happy New Year all!
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Meg
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I’m wiggling my sandy toes. Daughter will be making homemade hummus for New Year's. Yum!!
Great Poem! I’m really impressed!
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dk letter
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A quick solve! Happy New Year everyone!
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PQ63
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Ashore with a glass of champagne. It’s going to be a crowded beach this weekend.
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Ashore!
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HunterX
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Bird Lives wrote: ↑Wed Dec 30, 2020 4:05 pm Each year at around this time, The New Yorker magazine publishes a bit of verse, “Greetings, Friends,” which is basically a long exercise in dropping names – some that you know, many that you don’t but think that you would if you were at all up to speed with the news, science, the arts, etc. You can find this year’s version here. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020 ... stmas-poem

So I have put together a bit of doggerel with names that should be more familiar, at least to visitors to xword-muggles.com.


Greetongs s.png
I'll drink to that doggerel!

But maybe not until after I've done the meta. Haven't even had a chance to look at it yet. Though from the number of folks solving in almost record time, I'm not worried!
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ky-mike
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ky-mike wrote: ↑Wed Dec 30, 2020 4:45 pm Pretty certain I have it.

Bonne Année
I definitely had/have it. Just had to better understand what Matt was thinking.
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