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On shore. This meta made me smile.

Al Sisti wrote: ↑Fri Oct 11, 2019 5:40 pm

Bird Lives wrote: ↑Fri Oct 11, 2019 11:18 am

Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Fri Oct 11, 2019 11:01 am
Then Wendy would probably not know Lew Burdette = from the Boston and Milwaukee Braves

I remember listening on the radio to the game where Harvey Haddix pitched 12 perfect innings (1.33 perfect games) for the Pirates and lost to Burdette and the Braves. (I was young at the time, lying in my bed in the dark with Bob Prince's voice from the radio on my night stand.)

Then there was "Spahn and Sain and pray for rain..."

LOL, great minds think alike (check post 85).

Good one - answer finally flowed in.

On shore. I won't discuss the inane attempt at solving the meta which led me to wander around inside a rabbit hole for roughly 20 minutes. *facepalm*

OGuyDave wrote: ↑Fri Oct 11, 2019 12:40 pm Almost totally confident I'm on the shore.

Aside: How's the forum topic going to go if there's a puzzle contest whose meta answer is "shore"?

A couple years ago, there was one where the answer was BEACH. Commenters were so carefully avoiding using that word that someone really observant could have been spoiled just by noticing its absence.

I will not be able to sit down with the puzzle until tomorrow but you guys are giving me hope that I just might solve it!

Done and done. Clever construction. Good luck Muggles, it is now vino time!

On shore!

oldjudge wrote: ↑Fri Oct 11, 2019 7:34 pm

Al Sisti wrote: ↑Fri Oct 11, 2019 5:40 pm

Bird Lives wrote: ↑Fri Oct 11, 2019 11:18 am

I remember listening on the radio to the game where Harvey Haddix pitched 12 perfect innings (1.33 perfect games) for the Pirates and lost to Burdette and the Braves. (I was young at the time, lying in my bed in the dark with Bob Prince's voice from the radio on my night stand.)

Then there was "Spahn and Sain and pray for rain..."

LOL, great minds think alike (check post 85).

Yeah, sorry; I missed that!

Actually, the real quote is:

First we’ll use Spahn, then we’ll use Sain
Then an off day, followed by rain
Back will come Spahn, followed by Sain
And followed, we hope, by two days of rain.

On the beach...

The grid was easy, but then I was staring slack-eyed all day and seeing nothing while wondering why everyone here was talking about how easy it was. After I was woken by jet lag at 3am, I looked at the puzzle again and there it was. Funny how that works sometimes.

My husband doesn’t normally take much interest in solving the puzzle or meta but the completed grid happened to be on the table while we were eating lunch. After some discussion he saw the path to the solution so I am on shore. I hope he is prepared to share the mug

On shore! Yum. : ) ) )

On shore! That was fun. Once again, my 16-year-old non-crossword-loving daughter made a small contribution to my solve. I'll turn her to the dark side eventually!

oldjudge wrote: ↑Sat Oct 12, 2019 1:00 am Actually, the real quote is:

First we’ll use Spahn, then we’ll use Sain
Then an off day, followed by rain
Back will come Spahn, followed by Sain
And followed, we hope, by two days of rain.

I didn't know this. But, IIRC, I did have both of them on baseball cards, though God only knows how much pink bubblegum I chewed in getting there.

Good Saturday morning muggles

First a warm welcome to our newest muggle - dmil. We now have 481 muggles in our clan

And the Saturday WSJ crossword is not hard but is extremely clever. A fun puzzle

And an explanation for those that I miss. There are several reasons that you are on the list including I missed entering you in my spreadsheet, I missed typing you in the message and I have also found that some messages don't get posted right away on the blog and they show up later so they are not there as I go through the messages. When they do post, they are in order of when you entered them so unless I go back over the postings, which I rarely do, they don't get counted. Bottom line, is if you don't show up, please let me know.

So far we have 3 on the ship and 92 on the shore.

Keeping Isaac company and tending Marge's garden are
Janet
spotter
and Gerry

On the crowded shore are
LesY
Al
Frankie
Mike H
Beth T
Darryl
Laura M
Jean
Mark L
Tina
Heidi
ky-mike
Chris
Jazzvibist
docison
DB Miller
Wendy
Meg
sharkicicles
Moi
Tmart
troy
Eric H
scooby
Toby
Janet P
tim1217
Cynthia J
GlennG
Cindy
Steve B
tony S
Hector
Alexis'mom
STL-D
joequavis
Eric P
streroto
burd
Jack
ALS
damefox
Julie O
Tom S
31 Down
Barbara K
oldjudge
Bird Lives
Beth A
Frank
John B
Trey and Marion
Sean
Bill T
Barry
inca
Juliet
Brian
Bill H
a3jay
MaineMarge - I counted her even though she is tending her garden for now
Richard
Wdunbar
Joe R
gamera13
Josh
Deb F
Matthew
Guy L
OGuyDave
Paul D
Brian M
Rita and George
horsesense
BellPiper
bobbydeee
dmil - our newest muggle
Scott Medvetz - with his brand new mug on the way
Kay
JakeorJacob
Diane
Joedbee
EdStrong
Jim and Anita
Jiimmyjam
Jeff S
natalie
Beth C
Patty
Doug M
Kris
LLinNC - with help from her granddaughter

Good luck to all winning the mug. Maybe we can have another muggle winning

These puzzles emphasize how helpful it is to get a good night of sleep (when it's possible).

Nice to begin the day ashore; compliments to Matt Gaffney our 'puzzle chef.'

All the best to fellow solvers and may the forces of randomness become confused on your quests towards muggledom.

On shore!

Had more trouble with the grid than I did with the meta. Really liked this one though!

Finally aboard! Got sidetracked for a bit, but finally at the party!

Yay, got it. Stared at it for a while. Raked a bunch of leaves. Stared at it again and saw it!