"Of Sound Character" December 29, 2023

[Kevin L]

On shore. Pursued a few dead ends but finally made it. Fun time.

[mattythewsjpuzzler]

Ashore! Nice click at the end.

[Fogway]

Briefly signed onto Zoom yesterday to confirm that I was on the right track. Got back to it this morning and am now ashore. Decaf, please.

[JoeFlanders]

Ashore. Cute and clever as always. Easier than some of the recent ones.

[batfella]

With fresh eyes believe I found the path to be ashore

[Collegetowngirl]

What a pleasure to read all these posts. Like many others, we are at something that must be the right step one and trying to find step two. Hoping for the light to come on as it did for most of you and enjoying the time with Isaac for now!

[chatger]

Made it ashore with a little help after my first answer turned out to be a big ol' rabbit hole...
Nice puzzle.

[pchow13]

Finally dragged out of the ocean with nudges from the wonderful BarbaraK! I'm still dripping wet from being in the depths of the water for way too long

[CopperRiver]

Working on a slow swim to shore while visiting daughter and son-in-law in Dallas with my 5 week old grandson but getting distracted easily by the little nugget. Hopefully one of my ideas will show me the sand. Happy New Year to all!

[Hidden in 3D]

Solved while on the road to visit daughter, SIL, and granddaughter. Now that I’m on the shore, I’m wondering how Mr. Hidden can possibly see out the rear view mirror with all the presents in the back of our SUV. It took me longer than it should have to figure out the metanism on this one, but what a great AHA moment! Thanks Matt!

[Bob cruise director]

Good afternoon muggles

Greetings to our three newest muggles - @mcdonaldhotcakes , @ignatiusJ and @pchow13 .

We have 9 on the ship getting ready to ring in the new year with Isaac and the band. And we have 141 on the shore ready for a New Year's Eve hula party.

On the ship are

John77
Damaged
MileHighSolver
Adajeo
Katiedid
Momo
relic (and Maggie)
copperriver
Collegetowngirl

And on the shore are

clonefitz
Wendy
MikeyG
pjc
Al
michaelm
Mike H
Mister and Mrs. Squawk
MatthewL
Les
oldjudge
Gman
Beth A
Guffman
SamanthaA
Cap'n Rick
Beleagured Castle
Flying_Burrito
mikeB
Joe R
NebFaninCA
RobM
ajk
Barbara K
Sleepy
ky-mike
Bird Lives
DavyGravy
Steveb
Deb
DelanQ
Tom S
joe
Peter
chriscross
ray
Jace54
Meg
Heidi
AaronT
benchen71
Lee-Ann
Jim and Anita
boharr
minimuggle
Merry Potter
Cindy
Chris
Kay
BrennerTJ
Don and Cynthia
woozy
Yoda66
altosax
Craven_Mug_Craver
Toby
Tmart
SamKat9
MarkWoychick
RDaleHall
Laura
Jeremy
Bill
turbotron
Acarl
C=64
EVJ
Tom Wi
dk letter
Miki
Glyn
ColinM
Joepickett
darth
Beth T
Schmeel
hoover
Rita and George
Trey and Marion and Jill
TeamDoubleTow
elvanya
Jackie J
Char
Kas
Tina
DrTom
Lacangah
batfella
Barnhart6
docison
Cruise Director
Berto
KRM
streroto
D B Miller
Homer
sjm
straffin
lxpeterson
Ergcat
Don and Lisa
ImOnToo
regfish
SarasotaSun
BisbeeTam
HeadinHome
meowmiao71
Dickie_Dunn
mbryant
otlaolap
lbray
Al Laubenstein
EquityJam
Penny_Keatley
Doug C
kgiano
Justmarebear
JoDave
hunkra
Grover
jrdad
Crest
Libbypibby
Jarrod
Powers2020
OliviaL
H and J
JaneGummy
Fred
Lisa
mcdonaldhotcakes
ignatiusJ
mattythewsjpuzzler
b4alltime
Kevin L
Cindy N
Fogway
JoeFlanders
chatger
Hidden in 3D
pchow13

God luck to all winning the mug and making a New Year's wish to win the mug in 2024

[Adajeo]

Ashore after coffee, a croissant and revisiting all my scribbling from Thu & Fri.

[wescovington]

Finishing the year ashore.

[SJMcK]

On the shore

[Mister Squawk]

Lucky one for me. Saw the meta quickly. When you submit your entry, do you just give your address or do you include your phone number, too?

My understanding is that Matt Miller of the WSJ will reply to the winning e-mail, so no information is needed in the message body.

Be warned: heartbreak awaits.

[Olof]

Ashore to close out the year!

[Relic]

After spending way too much time chasing a promising (fool's gold ) rabbit, I called out for a tow rope to pull me free. Thanks @ship4u for towing me out of the mess I found myself in and nudging me toward solid ground.

As a result, I am ashore and looking for a Smithwick's Red Ale. Don, please toss me one if you have any left.

Happy New Year all

[John77]

I now consider myself on shore.

However, several episodes into the annual Twilight Zone marathon, I have little certainty it's the right shore. Or planet, for that matter.

Have a good weekend, and see you all next year.

[MajordomoTom]

late to solve - ashore
later to post - happy 2024 to all!

[HunterX]

Ashore. As with others, step 1 seemed obvious enough. Step 2 took a moment to pop out.

Happy New Year to all! I'd say "And good riddance to 2023," but I've been using a line like that for a few years now without it helping much. Also, 2023 turned out to be, at least for me, a lot better than the previous couple of years. So I'm not sure I'm expecting 2024 to be better.

So instead, I'll say that I'll raise a glass to making it through another year, with high hopes that we can make it through next year too. And thanks to the Muggles who provide a nice oasis (and Tiki Bar) throughout it all.