"Squeeze Play" - September 6, 2019

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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BethA
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#81

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Just reporting in, totally lost at sea. Too many ideas as opposed to too few.

Must have used up all my mojo, being my best #7 on MMMM September and getting the mega meta!

I love gardening so that’s where I’ll be at the stern garden!

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FrankieHeck
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#82

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BethA wrote: ↑Fri Sep 06, 2019 7:18 pm Too many ideas as opposed to too few.
I have found so many things in this puzzle! None of them the right things, but still.
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#83

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Do muggles melt in the rain? It is 8 pm and our two muggles at the Red Sox/Yankees game are getting wet
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BarbaraK
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#84

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Saw these earlier this week and thought of Marge's garden on the ship. Bingo should be fun.


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Susan Goldberg
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#85

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With Isaac. He’s a good guy.
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GlennG
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#86

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I actually managed this one! Pretty slick!
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BarbaraK
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Aha! Finally realized that I was misinterpreting something important. I now have a four letter verb.

Oh, and in my meta haze, I forgot to mention earlier that right before doing the grid, I saw an article theorizing that 12D is really a giant 20A.
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martimeryard
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#88

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Feeling less confident about making my submission, but I'll consider myself having made it ashore this week. I will echo the frustration with 46A
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ky-mike
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#89

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Round tripper for me.

Done
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HowardHuddleston
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#90

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I have the feeling that it's right there in front of me, but so far I just don't see it. Shall relieve my frustration with Isaac for now.
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MarkL
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I heard Isaac placing orders Thursday night...

"Rabbit Hole Distillery Debuts New Kentucky Straight Bourbon"
Recent headline in my newsfeed!
Last edited by MarkL on Sun Sep 08, 2019 10:22 am, edited 1 time in total.
'tis... A lovely day for a Guinness!
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MaineMarge
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#92

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Hotdog! Think I’m getting it- currently batting 500, so we’ll see...although I may have to put my working arm on the gardening DL after all the note scribbling this meta is requiring.
Looks like I’ve reached the bottom of the fifth Isaac brought me, so I’ll run down to see him now.
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TMart
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MaineMarge wrote: ↑Sat Sep 07, 2019 6:42 am
Looks like I’ve reached the bottom of the fifth Isaac brought me
“Bottom of the Fifth” would be a great name for a bar in a baseball stadium!
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Jeff S
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#94

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So far I'm striking out on this one, but not yet giving up hope.
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BrianDavidson
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#95

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Finally got it. On shore after 2 weeks of striking out.
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Jeff S
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Jeff S wrote: ↑Sat Sep 07, 2019 7:53 am So far I'm striking out on this one, but not yet giving up hope.
Two minutes after writing that, I saw something I had earlier discarded as irrelevant, and three minutes after that I was safely on shore - strange how these things work!
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CPJohnson
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MaineMarge wrote: ↑Sat Sep 07, 2019 6:42 am Hotdog! Think I’m getting it- currently batting 500, so we’ll see...although I may have to put my working arm on the gardening DL after all the note scribbling this meta is requiring.
Looks like I’ve reached the bottom of the fifth Isaac brought me, so I’ll run down to see him now.
You can get it! I was stuck at the same place for a while, too.
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Janet P
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#98

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Made it to shore. After going to a full count, I saw that cottontail and followed him home!
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BethA
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On the beach!!! Had a "doh" rather than "aha" moment this morning, after switching to a totally different approach.

Dredged up a 7-year-old pic for my avatar to support the team for tomorrow night's game, (Bob) !! :-)
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BethA wrote: ↑Sat Sep 07, 2019 9:48 am On the beach!!! Had a "doh" rather than "aha" moment this morning, after switching to a totally different approach.

Dredged up a 7-year-old pic for my avatar to support the team for tomorrow night's game, (Bob) !! :-)
Beth
Where did you go astray? I am crushed beyond belief. LOL

Hopefully it will be a good game.
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