"Hitting the High Notes" January 5, 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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Jeanrosz
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#201

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Dragged to shore…but solved…
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Streroto
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#202

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Bludgeoned to shore thanks to a kind muggle. No mug this week. Kudos to all who solved-

Stay well
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Colin
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#203

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Count me in the bar,
First week hard in ‘twenty-four!
Omen? Oh dear Lord!
One world. One planet. One future.
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bread-girl
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#204

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On the shore (nudged)! Mug hopes will be alive next week 😊
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pipster
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#205

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Stared at it for 3 days. Finally admitted defeat to the wife and tossed it in the trash. Not 10 minutes later I thought, “Hmm, I wonder if…”

Ashore. Finally. No nudges.
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Hidden in 3D
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#206

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It looks like I'm staying on the ship this weekend. Alas, I had such high hopes for increasing my meta-solving success rate in 2024!
Sara
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spiderman
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#207

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Could really use a nudge. Just can’t make it on shore!

Edit: Ashore thanks to sleepy!
Last edited by spiderman on Sun Jan 07, 2024 8:27 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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mitchel674
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#208

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spiderman wrote: ↑Sun Jan 07, 2024 8:18 pm Could really use a nudge. Just can’t make it on shore!
Same here. I'd love a last minute nudge. I got nothing.
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DianeA
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#209

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Stuck at the bar with Isaac.....not a bad place to be, but frustrating.
I haven't a clue.
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Bonnibel
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#210

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Stuck at the bar. A few rabbit holes have turned up nothing so I'll just enjoy my vodka gimlet.

Congrats to all who solved! My brain is obviously in need of adjustment.
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Ann
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#211

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Not on the shore. Just turned to it and see nothing. ☹️
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Bob cruise director
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#212

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Our final report

First a welcome to @spiderman = more muggles is great

The final count is 27 on the ship and 135 on the shore

Have a great week
Bob Stevens
Cruise Director
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Aragorn
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#213

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On board with Isaac for the duration and waiting for the reveal. Have a couple of suspects but no patterns emerging. Will be curious to see if any were on track or if it is something else entirely.
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KscX
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#214

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Ashore thanks to nudges from the fabulosi of the forum. Many thanks!
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rjy
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#215

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FINALLY ashore! Got a nudge that told me what I already knew, started typing a response enumerating everything I had done and as usual, the very act of typing that out led me to the answer. Quite the odd phenomenon.

Still time for a cabana pour tonight - looking at you, Whistle Pig!
Ray
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Hidden in 3D
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#216

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Hidden in 3D wrote: ↑Sun Jan 07, 2024 7:58 pm It looks like I'm staying on the ship this weekend. Alas, I had such high hopes for increasing my meta-solving success rate in 2024!
And almost two hours later, it all makes sense. Mark me as Happily on the Shore, @Bob cruise director!
Sara
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BisbeeTam
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#217

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Brain hurts. Admitting defeat. Hanging with Isaac.
“Wherever you go, there you are.” - Buckaroo Banzai
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lacangah
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#218

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Gasp, wheeze, … plop - ashore!

Just squeaked in, similar to my hometown Steelers and the playoffs. I assume that my mug odds and the Steeller SB odds are similarly long :-)

Cheers,
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#219

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Ashore. I'd done everything like the thing you needed to do except for that one thing, apparently.
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Archfrog
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#220

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Ashore at the last minute again- I need a good deadline to get the ideas flowing!
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