"Please Find Enclosed" - July 2, 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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HeadinHome
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#81

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Nice smooth grid and clever meta for the holiday weekend. On shore where all muggles belong on the fourth! It'll be a giant party, I'm sure!
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The other Wendy. :roll:
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DannyWalter
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#82

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Wow. Ashore. For real. No sweat. Leapt off the page. Predict that Isaac will be very lonely this week.

Happy Independence Day! My personal favorte holiday.
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kamashdas
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#83

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On shore. Lots of ideas that made lots of gibberish followed by an aha and done. Short week, long weekend for me.
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Magistra
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#84

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That was a fun swim to shore. Had to take a nap between filling the grid and solving the meta, but it all came together. Happy Independence Day!
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Ergcat
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#85

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I must be overthinking because I’m keeping Isaac company.....

UPDATE::: ON SHORE !! I found my way to shore just after posting above ... I WAS overthinking it! 😂
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#86

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Beachfront property with a great view of the fireworks to come!
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On the beach before the fireworks begin. Whew!
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MamaE
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#88

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Partying on the beach!
- Just puzzling it out here in Delmarva :D
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#89

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so darn close, missing the last connection! I'll keep paddling around until inspiration hits.
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#90

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On the beach. It was a quick swim for a change. Did I get lucky or is the WSJ following the Gaffney weekly protocol?
My avatar proves that it is sometimes better to be lucky than good!
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escapeartist
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#91

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On the beach.

Not so difficult.
* 2022 WSJ Mug Winner - I bask in its Glory *
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SReh26
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#92

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The world‘s looking up
I‘m here with my pup 🐶
I know what‘s involved
I have it solved
So give me my cup 🍻

Im feeling so smug
I‘m here with my pug 🐩
I keep getting betta
at doing the meta
So give me my mug. 🍺

I‘m here with my pooch 🐶
No he‘s not a mooch
Ive found what‘s enclosed
Ive turned up my nose
So I‘ll get a smooch

Happy fourth to all 🇺🇸
if youve hit a wall
while doing the meta
it‘s sure to get bettah
not long you will stall.

No need to feel queasy
or even a bit wheezy
I‘m here with my dog 🐕
it‘s been no hard slog
This one‘s RELATIVELY easy.

(I don’t have a dog but it rhymed. Stay safe and healthy everyone this Independence Day weekend!)
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Eric Porter
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#93

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On shore, finally. All of these posts saying it's simple got me to look for something like that.

"Hard" ones like last week are easy for me because it's a pattern I recognize.
"Easy" ones like this week can be hard for me because I look for something too complex.

I ended up finding my way to the solution in a way that was unintended. I was upset that I didn't think of it sooner.
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JRS51
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#94

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It looks like I'll hang here with Isaac for a while, maybe all evening. I have the fairly obvious first step but have stalled out on finishing.
Hopefully I'll see it when I come back for another look.
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ImOnToo
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#95

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Woo Hoo! On shore!

Fun start to my 10-day vacation!
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docison
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Too much happening this afternoon to make it to page 1 (or apparently pages 2-4!). But happily onshore. Happy 4th to all!
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C=64
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Ashore. 🏖

The grid was a bit slow to complete because I didn't understand the theme answers until after I completed the grid and looked back. Then I had to tinker with my method to get the correct meta answer to shake out. But still fairly quick, around 30 minutes total.
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Joepickett
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#98

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Ashore. I liked that one.
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ADS
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Post by ADS »

Haven't read the comments yet, but I'm sure I'm not the only one to note that I am no longer 19A. Thursday night still only gets me onto page 5. Oh well, I'll have a beer! :)
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#100

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On shore!
…gosh, poor Isaac won’t know what to do with himself!!

(He’s just going to have to get over it.)
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