"Flight of Fancy" March 15, 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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Streroto
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#21

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Ashore!!! Bummer just missed page 1! Took a bit but then there it was. Great construction. How does he do it????

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Got it!
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#23

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Ashore from the group solve. Nice construction
If I’ve solved and you need a nudge, you can PM me. Happy to pay it forward. ;)
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#24

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I have a quick 10-minute break at work, which ends at midnight, and all I want to do is stare at the grid some more, haha.

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#25

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On the beach! Lovely aha moment!! Old Fashioned, please!!!
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#26

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Ashore4us!! Took quite a bit of work to get there. Brilliant construction Mr. Shenk!
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#27

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Ashore!
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Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
Made by environmental street artist Bordalo out of recycled materials.
(Not the answer. :P )
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#28

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Got it!
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#29

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Took a very long trip to shore.
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#30

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Ashore with help of discord hints. What a fun puzzle.
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#31

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On Shore...
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#32

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On shore!
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Managed to wade through the two feet of shallows that I had left to cover after being towed in the rest of the way by the Discord crowd. Yowza. Never in a million years. :lol:
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#34

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On the beach at Tapas in Hilton Hawaiian village. Stella for now. A light lunch beer.
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#35

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On shore, basically by accident. It was a good aha moment.
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#36

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Oof, that was tough. But extremely clever.
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#37

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Oh, my oh my. I refuse to be confounded. You hear me?! Refuse! And... oh, my. Oh, my.
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#38

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Ashore

Solidly
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#39

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Ashore
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#40

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Ashore! Woohoo! My personal best finish! Time for a Bombay Sapphire martooni!
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