"Water You Looking For?" - June 17, 2022

[Annabelle]

On shore again! Fun puzzle, especially putting together the 10-letter combinations. Matt Gaffney's puzzle-constructing brain is a weird and wonderful thing!

[Mister Squawk]

I only see one solution and it's a lock. Looking forward to the actual solution, said the person who confidently submitted LANA two weeks ago...

[patpatchica]

Ashore, finally! After looking at it off and on all weekend, I finally had that AHA moment.

[Colin]

Father’s Day - Brooklyn,
US Open - Fitzpatrick,
Bartender - Isaac!

[ship4u]

Loved seeing the pictures and hearing about the good time had by all at The Whip. Wish I could have been there. We have been joined by more Muggles, so I will reiterate my standing invitation for any and all Muggles who happen to be traveling through Alabama on I-65 (or close by) to visit me at my house on Smith Lake in Cullman. Just let me know ahead of time so I can be sure to be there. PM me your email address if you want to come and I will send more info.

There is the epitome of "Southern Hospitality!" Thank you!

[billkatz]

Solved.
Can't remember if I posted this week...

[MamaE]

I believe I am on shore!

[KscX]

Got it- the last callers towed me in. That’s a lesson to go with your gut your ideas! I had the tools all along but tossed them aside. Frankly, I don’t think I ever could have put the tools to use without someone leading me. Thank you again to everyone!

[boharr]

Best Father’s Day present. My daughter got me a baseball scorebook and wants me to show her how to score a game. Hope I remember.

[Beth C]

Struggled all weekend, but I finally figured it out! Ashore.

[Bob cruise director]

Good evening muggles

Our final count is 6 on the ship and 182 on the shore. Good luck to all winning the mug

See you on Tuesday night or Thursday for the next WSJ meta

[Dplass]

Best Father’s Day present. My daughter got me a baseball scorebook and wants me to show her how to score a game. Hope I remember.

It's one of my favorite things to do at a game.

[flyingMoose]

Best Father’s Day present. My daughter got me a baseball scorebook and wants me to show her how to score a game. Hope I remember.

This is the one.

https://www.wirkmaa.com/wirkmaa_s_baseb ... _45944.htm

Not nearly the same as coming from your daughter, of course.

[OliviaL]

This one was a lot of fun! Finally on shore after a long struggle. I only see one answer that’s 100% so I’m going with it.

[bread-girl]

On the shore, though only 75% convinced. Such is life with the metas

[escapeartist]

IDLE MOTION - for the second best possibility - the oxymoron was just ripe

But I thought it was a bit of a stretch to call IDLE a synonym for Pacific so I kept looking and found....

[Joe Ross]

[OliviaL]

My rabbit hole was finding “MOISTURE” in COMMUNIST SPREE and “HYDRATE” in VERDANT HAY. I finally revisited my initial path, which was the correct one, but then spent way too long on SPOON / LAGOON before finally seeing MOTION / OCEAN. I enjoyed this one!

[PQ63]

I had COMMUNIST SPREE as Prague Spring and then submitted YEMENI IDEA as Arabian Sea. I knew I wasn’t a fan of this meta.

[31 Down]

Sorry but IDLE MOTION doesn't work for me. The solution is stone-COLD obvious.