"Short Stories" - August 30, 2019

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"Short Stories" - August 30, 2019

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Welcome back for another WSJ contest. This week's contest is by Matt Gaffney and is titled "Short Stories"

The answer to this week's contest is a place where people might be short with each other.

Good luck with the grid and the meta.
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Done. Pleasant grid and tidy, mid-difficulty meta.
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Ashore. Cute one. Decks cleared for MGWCC week 5. Nice to see you, Hector! Hope the kegs are already flowing!
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done and done.
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On shore. Took a quick trip down one rabbit hole before getting my mind right.
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Ashore. Perhaps I’ll have a Sam Smith’s Oatmeal Stout ... 😜
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Ashore for 6 in a row.
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Onshore. Well-constructed but not too hard.
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On shore.
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Duh. Safely/eventually home. I don't deserve a Guinness, so I'll skip right to a refill.
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Done and dusted. 99% sure I am on the correct beach, just a little iffy on the proper way to arrive at part of the answer. Hell, beer me. Yeet!
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On shore! That was fun! (Heidi)
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Got it, after being stuck for a while at the last step. Holding my breath (not literally) for the week 5 MGWCC....
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On shore! I didn't think my first thought would work out, but it seemed to. This puzzle wasn't one of my all-time favorites, but I like it better after thinking about it some more, and at least I got one Gaffney meta this week!
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Quickly on shore. Enjoyed this one!
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I need to get faster at solving the grid to compete with you speed demons. Solved.
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On shore! Interesting bit of trivia at 25D. Also, Christopher Adams has a meta this week. http://arctanxwords.blogspot.com/
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Beth Tyrpin wrote: Thu Aug 29, 2019 5:00 pm I need to get faster at solving the grid to compete with you speed demons. Solved.
My guess is that the need is to get faster at solving the themed answers, but that guess doesn't help me as much as I'd like it to.
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It took a bit of struggling but I am on the shore enjoying one of Al's Guinness's
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Ashore. I'll have a beer please.
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