#649 - "Look Both Ways"

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#649 - "Look Both Ways"

#1

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This week’s contest answer is a 10-letter phrase.
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#2

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Fun one. Have a great weekend, folks.
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#3

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Agreed. Just missed the last update, but it is a 100%er.

Now to see if I can decipher what Pete Muller is trying to get me to picture.
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Very nice. Please energize, Mr. Spock, whose first name we couldn’t pronounce.
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#5

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Fun one
Now back to MMMM...
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Got it. I rarely have the time to hop on one of these right at noon but I did today, leading to my highest leaderboard appearance ever at 25
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i loved the clue for 42A as should anyone who has tried constructing a crossword.
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#8

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Thankful for a quick solve for the GRID and Meta because I am going nowhere fast on Mr. Gaffney's other puzzle, the WSJCC and those darned ()!!!

Not confirmed yet but 100% sure it is correct.
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#9

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Beam me up, finally! (Confirmation pending.) I think this is the first time that I've been deep in a rabbit hole on a week 1, but I was being strikingly unobservant.

Edit: Confirmed!
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Beam me up!

Now back to Fireball. Got WSJCC.
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done and on page 1 (here)

now back to the WSJCC
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Beamed up - that was fun. And I'm very thankful for a MGWCC week 1 as I still see nothing on WSJCC or MMMM....
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#13

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Solved. This ones seems a bit more like a week 1.5 to me.
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This was a fun one. I’m not having any luck on the WSJCC, though.
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Beam me up!
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After chasing several misleading rabbits I finally saw the light and got this. I am heartened to see that many of you (like me) are still struggling with the WSJCC and MMMM.
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Beam me up.
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Beam me up!
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Solved.
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#20

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Beam me up. I am back after a couple of busy weeks. Still need to work on the last two. I closed my eyes when I submitted today's.
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