"Round Five" February 23, 2024

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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Bob cruise director
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Good Sunday morning muggles. The slow slogging to shore continues as we have 17 on the ship and 114 on the shore.

so don't forget the Last Call zoom session at 8 pm ET using the link at the top.

Finding their way to the ship's bar are

ladybird
relic (and Maggie)
otlaolap
HunterX
Yoda66
rjy
mlvilv
Mirage
Mikey and puzzle buddy Jane
femullen
Beth A
Scott M
Burak

And making their way to the shore are

Renee
DannyWalter
Jean
batfella
ZooAnimalsOnWheels
JaneGummy
SingleMalt
Katiedid
Brainbow
CallMeShane
Alvibu67
bread-girl
LuscombeDriver
bigtuna
arecibo
DTownHoldItDown
JeanneC
joe
Bob B
JoDave
Archfrog
woozy

Good luck to all who are still slogging.
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C=64
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#162

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At sea, figuratively, but no 🦈 (or 🔥 or ⚡). In Vancouver for the weekend with Mrs. C=64 to watch the 🐻 let the 26A into the 🥅 in overtime. I have a rough guess but am obviously missing some steps, kinda like how I did an illegal turn across three lanes of traffic and a sidewalk to get to the hotel. Thanks, Google Maps!
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#163

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Happy to be on a shore. Not at all cofident with my answer but defensible unless I missed something in the grid. Enjoying my morning coffee until time comes to hang lights on our new patio cover. Such a tedious process!

Many thanks to @hcbirker for helping me rid myself of the bad rabbits and keep a firm grip on the good ones.
Good luck to all for a successful solve. If you see that I'm ashore - rare occasion of late - message me if you'd like a nudge. Be sure to include your progress so I can know better how to assist.

Alan A. and Maggie Muggle
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Joey Avocado
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#164

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Avocados are stuck

Send us a nudge!

Please
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#165

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Now on the beach! 🏖️

Phew!
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#166

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On the ship -- the pool deck, that is --
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Still not spending a ton of time on these, especially when they tax my vacation brain. :P
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#167

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Still on board. No shore in site this week.
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#168

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If anyone is willing to give us a nudge - we can say where we are at with the meta! Tricky it seems, but certainly excited for the Olympics now
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#169

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I remain at sea
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#170

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Onshore with a little help!
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#171

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I finally got the answer. I might have missed a step. If so, I went to the final step, with a lot of help from Google.
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#172

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23D, no hope this week. The scallywags on this 'ere crew ended up at the wrong meeting Thursday.
And 'ave yet to emerge.
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#173

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I’m on the ship. I have a nudge but am still struggling! At least I have eliminated some rabbit holes.
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#174

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Reached shore yesterday but have been busy. I was being too literal to solve quickly.


And I'll have what he's having...
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#175

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On ship. Nothing is working for even a rabbit hole I could claim to be in.
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#176

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Granddaughters just left.
One hour forty-nine page one!
Isaac! Movie please!
One world. One planet. One future.
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#177

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I thought I posted earlier but don’t see it. Ashore as of yesterday!
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#178

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Ashore! One particular rabbit held me in a hypnotic trance for 3 days.
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#179

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Okay. Made it to shore with a helpful nudge. Had the right step 1.
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#180

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Enjoying Isaac's company immensely!
Sara
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