"Head Count" - June 12, 2020
- grwinski
- Posts: 221
- Joined: Sat May 18, 2019 2:39 pm
- Location: Fort Collins, Colorado
Well, sometimes you just see it.... we're on the beach!
(that should have been the same for last week -- but when it doesn't, it just doesn't!!)
Rita and George
(that should have been the same for last week -- but when it doesn't, it just doesn't!!)
Rita and George
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- Posts: 151
- Joined: Sat Apr 04, 2020 2:51 pm
- Location: Houston
How are ya’ll getting the puzzle - my WSJ app doesn’t show the Friday puzzle on the list?
- BethA
- Posts: 655
- Joined: Tue Apr 09, 2019 6:44 pm
- Location: Beaver, PA
Can you see it here? I got to it at 4:23, but I was a little late today.
https://blogs.wsj.com/puzzle/
- BethA
- Posts: 655
- Joined: Tue Apr 09, 2019 6:44 pm
- Location: Beaver, PA
That’s crosswordese to me. I learned it by doing many crosswords. Like eke, etui, etc. If this is a spoiler, please delete.
- boharr
- Moderator
- Posts: 3365
- Joined: Fri Sep 06, 2019 8:57 am
- Location: Westchester, NY
On shore. Although my poor meta memory needed nudging. But now for some actual lakeside shore!
- ChrisKochmanski
- Posts: 2400
- Joined: Tue Apr 09, 2019 9:51 pm
- Location: Saline, Michigan
Our power was out all day today (thankfully it was beautiful out on the back deck), so with the lights now finally back on, I’ve completed the grid (a fairly tough one), and I’ve just begun staring for the meta, with nada yet. Oh, who needs to sleep.
- ChrisKochmanski
- Posts: 2400
- Joined: Tue Apr 09, 2019 9:51 pm
- Location: Saline, Michigan
Always post that you’re getting nowhere on the meta, because two or three minutes later you’ll see what you need to be seeing, and within a few more minutes you’ll be ... ON SHORE!
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- Posts: 302
- Joined: Sun Apr 05, 2020 5:12 pm
Happily on shore, a lot faster than last week. As with a previous post, I saw Step 1 right away, and struggled a bit with Step 2 until the light dawned. Time to kick back on the beach.
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- Posts: 85
- Joined: Tue Apr 23, 2019 2:30 pm
Wow, both Mike and Matt are leaving me stranded at sea for the last few weeks. May yet again this week. Seeing nothing...no more meta mojo for me
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- Posts: 101
- Joined: Fri Jul 05, 2019 2:24 am
On shore. Really good mechanism but the grid is kind of sloppy. Usually very obscure and ugly fill is there to assist the theme related fill, but here you have some real stinkers that are not connected to the meta mechanism. Seems like a bit more editing could have helped on this one.
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- Posts: 85
- Joined: Thu Apr 25, 2019 11:18 pm
On the shore, and it's a welcome sight after spending last week on the ship watching the revelers at the tiki bar through binoculars. I didn't grasp this one immediately, but when I looked at it again over lunch (and after a nap), my brain finally figured out what was going on.
- yourpalsal
- Posts: 177
- Joined: Fri Feb 07, 2020 2:28 am
Thrilled to join the beach party after two frustrating weeks at sea. The grid was definitely harder than usual. Meta took half the time, and it’s elegant. Now for the real dilemma: late night snack or melatonin?
- Wendy Walker
- Posts: 1859
- Joined: Thu Apr 11, 2019 7:44 pm
- Location: Unionville, PA
Where our minds are these days: A text exchange with Dearest Partner:
WW: Solved!
DP: Fast.
WW: The title was HEAD COUNT.
DP: Lined up waiting for the barber.
WW: Seriously?? Ruffini's is open? You are getting a haircut??
DP: No, just kidding about the counting of heads.
WW: Solved!
DP: Fast.
WW: The title was HEAD COUNT.
DP: Lined up waiting for the barber.
WW: Seriously?? Ruffini's is open? You are getting a haircut??
DP: No, just kidding about the counting of heads.
Good luck, fellow Muggles!
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- Joined: Sun Mar 29, 2020 2:38 pm
- Al Sisti
- Posts: 2124
- Joined: Thu Apr 11, 2019 1:28 pm
- Location: Whitesboro NY
Yep...eventually. And with a nudge.Wendy Walker wrote: ↑Thu Jun 11, 2020 4:36 pm Very nice, Mike! On the shore! Al, did you get the correct answer last week?
- Al Sisti
- Posts: 2124
- Joined: Thu Apr 11, 2019 1:28 pm
- Location: Whitesboro NY
...and finally on shore with this one. Probably too early for a Guinness.
- Janet P
- Posts: 553
- Joined: Tue Apr 09, 2019 6:29 pm
Never too early for a Guinness! I'll have one, too
- Janet P
- Posts: 553
- Joined: Tue Apr 09, 2019 6:29 pm
- Kris Zacharias
- Posts: 230
- Joined: Sat Apr 13, 2019 2:05 pm
- Location: Reading, PA
On shore. This one came very easily, unlike the metas from the last couple of weeks. As I've seen others say, sometimes answers just click because they are in line with the way in which the solver thinks.