"We're Back in Business" - July 16, 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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edot
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#61

Post by edot »

Ashore!!
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woozy
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#62

Post by woozy »

Wow. Getting it hurt!

Ashore. Painkiller (orange juice, pineapple juice, coconut, rum) for me.

What a rabbit hole!
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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mlvilv
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#63

Post by mlvilv »

am I overthinking this?? I got nothing.
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cbarbee002
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#64

Post by cbarbee002 »

Ashore. Grid took longer than the meta for a change. Always fun when it clicks right away. Margarita(s) for me!
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woozy
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#65

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"am I overthinking this??"

No. You are not.
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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Wendy Walker
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#66

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Oh, thank goodness: I am on shore! I had the right idea from the start, but my execution was flawed. Yes, it's a 100 percenter, but I notice that the difficulty level has crept upward from 2.5 to 3 stars.
Meg! Send your cabana boy over, por favor -- time for some salsa lessons!
Good luck, fellow Muggles!
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dk letter
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#67

Post by dk letter »

Ashore! Another amazing construction - wow!

Luckily I was able to recover after I fell in what was probably the same rabbit hole that a few others have mentioned - ouch!
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#68

Post by Sean »

On the beach!
Funny enough, yesterday I was actually on a beach, on the shore of the Great Salt Lake. This has absolutely nothing to do with the puzzle; I just found the juxtaposition humorous.
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sharkicicles
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Scott Lindholm wrote: Thu Jul 15, 2021 6:48 pm I was in Chicago for a baseball nerd meet up, waited in our daughter's apartment for the rain to let up so I could walk to Murphy's. I had company--and lived to tell about it! In case you're not sure, that's me he's sitting on.
Sox fan here, but Murphy's is definitely legendary. If there was a long haired bartender who served you there, hope he's doing ok and he served you well!
NDStegs
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#70

Post by NDStegs »

Ashore.
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cbarbee002
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#71

Post by cbarbee002 »

Finally getting some time with Oliver. <3
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SReh26
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#72

Post by SReh26 »

Level Three and I‘m full of dread-ah
I got nothin, I‘m seeing red-ah 🤬
Against the wall Im banging my head-ah
Another Thursday another meta

Cruise Director, he left town
Wendy ably took the crown 👑
We know she won’t let us down
I got nothin, Im playing the clown 🤡

Seeing this and I‘m seeing that
In the meantime I‘m getting fat
Who all solved it, even my cat🐱
We will have to have a chat

Sleep and coffee may do the trick ☕️
I am feeling a little sick
and I have a bone to pick
That smarty pants cat just called me a hick

In the meantime it‘s getting late
solving the grid sure was great
It’s pretty obvious where I rate
solving the meta will have to wait
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Eric Porter
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#73

Post by Eric Porter »

On shore.

I wasted a few minutes thinking that the answer was something more difficult, but it was right there in front of me.
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#74

Post by Dplass »

Difficult grid for me...no sign of land in sight.
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MamaE
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#75

Post by MamaE »

I seem to struggle with the puzzles everyone else says are easy.....hoping something pops up soon. Still on the ship :(
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- Just puzzling it out here in Delmarva :D
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femullen
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#76

Post by femullen »

Some say, "Too easy!" Others say, "Amazing construction." In my experience, these statements are incompatible. Are the Easy Riders showing off, or are they just lucky?

Sitting next to MamaE at Isaac's Place.
For nudges, feel free to PM me. I won't have a clue how to help you, but you might shove me ashore.
M and M
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#77

Post by M and M »

Done, but um... Anybody else feeling a "but um..." ?
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Gwert
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#78

Post by Gwert »

Was it really that easy? Am I missing something?
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Post by dudeski »

Ashore
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Post by C=64 »

🏝 🦈 Ashore, but there was a bit of self-inflicted thrashing around before I made it to the beach. I like the mechanism, but the final answer is a bit underwhelming.
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