"Two for One" - July 23, 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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Cap'n Rick
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#61

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Ashore early this week! A Sam Summer will suffice!
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Ashore.
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#63

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Not much time 19 across. Safely ashore.
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SReh26
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Finished


the grid

sigh
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Dplass wrote: ↑Thu Jul 22, 2021 5:02 pm Onshore. After missing 2 (or 3? 4?) weeks in a row, yay!
Congrats!

Funny - I'm just the opposite :lol: After 3 weeks (shockingly) on page 1, cold reality has returned and I'm floundering on this one. I have (I think) all the pieces, but can't figure out how to turn the crank to get the final answer.

Ah, well... I have until Sunday; we'll see!
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On shore. Now to finish the grid so I can submit.
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mntlblok wrote: ↑Thu Jul 22, 2021 6:58 pm
LadyBird wrote: ↑Thu Jul 22, 2021 5:21 pm On shore.

After last week's debacle, I was glad to grab the RUDder with a steaDY hand and get to shore! Last week was torTURed meandering and this week was (almost) iNSTant recognition of the mechanism. I believe that the drinks are two for ONE at the tiki bar! I'll have a Magners.
Neither I nor the wifey have been able to even complete the grid this time. :-( We shall go out to dinner to celebrate a week ahead of what we hope to be *very* good news and combine efforts on same. Two months of trying these metas led us to assume that the grids would be "gimmes". Prepared to resort to Googling should our collaboration prove to be insufficient.

At least I've made some progress with miss LadyBird's shenanigans. These guys occasionally work the shore at our world famous muck diving site in West Palm.

I almost gave up on the grid too, but I got it. I didn’t even know googling was allowed (?) but I did/had to this time. Very good news? awesome!
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I got the grid but don’t see the entry point to the meta.
You’ll find me at the bar where Isaac seems to have a two for one special also!🍸🍸
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Fun one.
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First time poster and onshore! G & T coming up later today...
Check out "The MOAT MEOW Mashup Pack" here. US$10 for 14 metas that don't always abide by the "rules" of the game: asymmetry, 2-letter words, uncrossed letters, who knows. And this time there's a mega-meta! :shock:
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Ashore. Nice one Mike!!!


Stay well all
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benchen71 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 22, 2021 8:51 pm First time poster and onshore! G & T coming up later today...
Welcome to the Forum, Benchen71! We are delighted to have a new Muggle! Just let Meg's cabana boy know your gin of choice: Bombay Sapphire, Bluecoat or Hendricks?
Good luck, fellow Muggles!
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Anita wrote: ↑Thu Jul 22, 2021 5:24 pm Feeling blind. Grid solved without a hitch but am seeing nothing for the meta.
Me too, except I had one minor hitch and had to look up two clues to fill in one square. Had heard of the composer, but wasn't sure of the precise name and had no idea of the crossing answer.
I got nuthin' on the meta. Have totally lost my meta skills lately.
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@ladybird - before making a TURn on my way home today I had to braKE for a bird I was certain I would never see in downtown phillY !!!!!

No pix as I was driving…
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Obie J wrote: ↑Thu Jul 22, 2021 6:33 pm
SReh26 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 22, 2021 6:28 pm great, now I’m going to get ads for acne treatments for the next five years 😂
I hadn't heard that name since they sponsored "Shindig" in 1964! Ashore.
I started to enter another one until I discovered that it didn't have enough letters. Took me a while to remember the right one.
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Wendy Walker wrote: ↑Thu Jul 22, 2021 5:07 pm Whoo-hoo! Not only did I solve but thanks to the grid I also came up with a word that's been on the tip of my tongue all day!
Not 19A I gather…
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Obie J wrote: ↑Thu Jul 22, 2021 6:33 pm
SReh26 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 22, 2021 6:28 pm great, now I’m going to get ads for acne treatments for the next five years 😂
I hadn't heard that name since they sponsored "Shindig" in 1964! Ashore.
You remember a sponsor of "Shindig"? Remarkable.
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On shore! Happy to have a quick solve after such a challenging grid!
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Wendy Walker
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jdb wrote: ↑Thu Jul 22, 2021 4:51 pmOnshore as well!
YAY, another new Muggle! Welcome to the Forum.
Good luck, fellow Muggles!
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boharr wrote: ↑Thu Jul 22, 2021 9:10 pm
Obie J wrote: ↑Thu Jul 22, 2021 6:33 pm
SReh26 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 22, 2021 6:28 pm great, now I’m going to get ads for acne treatments for the next five years 😂
I hadn't heard that name since they sponsored "Shindig" in 1964! Ashore.
You remember a sponsor of "Shindig"? Remarkable.
The farthest back I go is Laugh In, Magic Garden and Family Affair.
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