"Hotlinks" - June 25, 2021

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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On shore. May I please start drinking now?
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Well, I've got something I like well-enough so I'm going to call myself --
ASHORE

Now who wants to play beach tetherball?
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Online submission form AWOL this week? (Tried two different browsers)

Have the puzzle, but guess I will mail it in this week. Or wait for the form to be restored tomorrow?
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mitchel674 wrote: Thu Jun 24, 2021 7:50 pm Where is the link to the excel spread sheet this week? My WSJ won't come in the mail until tomorrow night.
Look under Come Aboard! - FAQs Community / Solving Resources - Joe Ross' Guide...
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#65

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Toes in sand, cocktail in hand
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#66

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On Shore, Caipirinha in hand.

good meta
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#67

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Late start, but easily ashore.
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#68

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In the sand.
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I'm in soundings: I hear laughter, tinkling glasses, and I smell booze.

Oh, it's Isaac. Never mind.
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For nudges, feel free to PM me. I won't have a clue how to help you, but you might shove me ashore.
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I can't tell if I'm lost at sea or just on a three hour tour...

Definitely not on shore :(
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On shore after expending a lot of brainpower! That was a right good challenge!
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Hanging with Isaac yet again.

On the rollercoaster: Patrick Berry - Yay!, Strange fill -- Uh oh!, Got the grid -- Yay!, What the heck? 6 does not go into 8 very well. Lots of 8 letter answers.

Isaac, check please. Retiring for the night.
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#73

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On shore. Fun, not too difficult.

I quickly saw what was going on. Then I thought something's not right. Then I got it.
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whimsy wrote: Thu Jun 24, 2021 8:25 pm
mitchel674 wrote: Thu Jun 24, 2021 7:50 pm Where is the link to the excel spread sheet this week? My WSJ won't come in the mail until tomorrow night.
Look under Come Aboard! - FAQs Community / Solving Resources - Joe Ross' Guide...
The blank form can be found here. Right-click, Open Image in New Tab, then Print or solve on tablet.
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#75

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Ashore. Fun puzzle.
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Um... I'm on *some* shore. It works and nothing is wrong with it and everything fits. But... doesn't feel like it was enough. And there's nothing that says this *has* to be it. This is the first time I've done it and my confidence is only 56%.

.... But... It actually works..... I'm going to have a long weekend second guessing myself....

By the way. When does the puzzle go up? For the last year or so I've been eagerly await Thurs 9 Pacific Time knowing its midnight on the east coast and getting to it. Until last week when I impatiently looked 20 minutes earlier and it was up. So getting home tonight and a little after 6 (9 EDT) and ... well, it's here. .... Has it been up all friggin' day all this time and I never knew because I never *looked*?
Funny story. I was all set to enter Par for the course for the CrossHare midi contest for April but I mistakenly thought midi meant 7x 7 and not 11 x 11. Oops. Well.... Here's a complex but **small** meta on the subject of golf.
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Last week--knew exactly what to do and ended up on page one.

This week--completely clueless. And I know I'm vastly overthinking this given the speed that some folks came ashore.
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Maybe not the strongest click, but enough.
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woozy wrote: Thu Jun 24, 2021 10:14 pm By the way. When does the puzzle go up?
1:01 PM Pacific 😁
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Had a hectic day. Got to this late and brain is fried. I see what I’m supposed to see, but not clicking yet. Looking forward to coffee and enlightenment tomorrow.
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