"Thorough Enough" - September 24, 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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Finally got it. Took me longer than it should have.
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#42

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Count me ashore, Bob
Definitely more difficult than we've had for a while for wsj. Great puzzle!
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#43

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Ashore! Margarita, please!
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Sitting in a Rocky Mountaineer train headed to Vancouver. Grid done on my phone. I think I have step one, but not enough bourbon has been consumed to thoroughly understand where to go from here.

Plenty of time to solve.
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On shore.
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On the beach. Had a lot of fun with this one.
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#47

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Fun one. Took a while after I found the path, which I always like.
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Ashore. An early AHA, but then foraged the swamp of despair, plowing the path of an old Pilgrim until progress... At last! (Blessed be Google!) ;)
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ky-mike wrote: ↑Thu Sep 23, 2021 7:48 pm Sitting in a Rocky Mountaineer train headed to Vancouver. Grid done on my phone. I think I have step one, but not enough bourbon has been consumed to thoroughly understand where to go from here.

Plenty of time to solve.
We did that train ride several years ago. Enjoy!
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I’m on the beach with 3 margaritas lined up. The cabana boy is working on the new tapas menu.
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Wendy Walker wrote: ↑Thu Sep 23, 2021 5:09 pm On the beach! Such a great puzzle!
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But what if I want to whir?
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My usual mental block kept me staring at the grid for too long, but I'm now on shore. But here in the East, the rain here is much too heavy for this tiny umbrella someone put in my drink.

I wonder how many solvers didn't need Google.
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Bird Lives wrote: ↑Thu Sep 23, 2021 8:30 pm My usual mental block kept me staring at the grid for too long, but I'm now on shore. But here in the East, the rain here is much too heavy for this tiny umbrella someone put in my drink.

I wonder how many solvers didn't need Google.
I probably didn’t need it, but used it to confirm.
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Solved the meta, but I think I pulled a brain muscle in doing so. Fantastic.
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Another "Gaffney Gulp" when I started.... But now confidently on the beach. Outstanding puzzle and construction. On to a Laver Cup weekend and celebrating in Boston with a Lone Pine Brightside IPA now in hand. Hats off to Mr. Gaffney for this one.
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Solved and submitted.

The perfect antidote to three days of hybrid zoom meetings!
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Finished the grid. Have a few notes written down but will need to resume tomorrow.
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#58

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Hooray for reverse engineering. For 6 out of 8. Solved. Found 2 remaining letters.
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On the beach with a severe comment about the grid on this one.

I did the same, used six for the missing two.
"Lots of planets have a North", the Ninth Doctor.
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On shore (and off the train). Solved just as we pulled into the train station. Flying home tomorrow. Will look at MGWCC on Saturday.
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