"Missing Links" - July 10, 2020

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"Missing Links" - July 10, 2020

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This week's contest is titled Missing Links by Mike Shenk

The answer to this week's contest crossword is a five-letter noun

And the WSJ is conducting a poll to improve the contest. You can fill out the poll at https://s.userzoom.com/m/MSBDOTY4UzI4MCAg


NOTE - THE SURVEY WILL ONLY BE OPEN UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING. THEY HAVE BEEN INUNDATED WITH RESPONSES



Good luck with the grid and the meta
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Beer me!
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At the beach on the sand, like the Professor and Mary Ann.

I thought this one was inspired...the kind I wish I could think of.
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I've got the correct rabbit hole... Help me find it?
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Nice one.
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Joe Ross wrote: โ†‘Thu Jul 09, 2020 4:33 pm Image

I've got the correct rabbit hole... Help me find it?
Oh, have you been golfing again Joe? ;)

(says the person who only ever played putt-putt golf. And probably left those courses looking even worse than that.)
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Yup. On shore. True to form for the last few months. I either get it in two seconds or torture myself all weekend.
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On shore! Fun one. Beer, please.
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Oof tough grid. Meta took more than a cursory glance too, but liked it! Count me ashore
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On shore! Tough grid, took a while to fill this one in.
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On shore after a bit of a slog through the grid. Found myself in Danvers (not quite Natick) but escaped after a wee bit.

Cheers!
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On shore! Mai Tai please!
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How do y'all do that????
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Woo-hoo! On shore. Grid beat me up. Lots of geography, and geography is not my strong point.
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Joining the shore party. Fun meta!
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Ashore. Loved this one!
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Ashore for sure! Grid was tough. Then a big blank. And then it came... Whew, now my life can resume.
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Ashore. I wouldn't say it was 1-star easy, but it wasn't quite a 2 for me either.
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And last weekโ€™s winner still not announced? Curiouser and curiouser...
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