"Ringing In the New Year" - December 27, 2019

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"Ringing In the New Year" - December 27, 2019

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Are we ready for a new decade??

This week's contest is titled RINGING IN THE NEW YEAR by Mike Shenk.

The answer to this week's contest crossword is "something associated with New Year's Eve"

Good luck on the contest and winning the mug
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Ashore for the new year! Good one Mike!
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LesY wrote: Thu Dec 26, 2019 4:24 pm Ashore for the new year! Good one Mike!
Going for Al's record of the shortest time are we?
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Ashore!!! Very clever and very enjoyable. Thanks Mike!
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Followed by “pencil drop”, the muggle version of mic drop!
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On shore, with cognac in hand. Great puzzle!!
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On shore. Wow, that was a tough one to end the year. Happy New Year, Muggles!
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Ashore. 100%er. Could easily have struggled with this. Glad I did not.

Happy New Year to all!
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Got stuck halfway to shore for a bit, but then I suddenly saw which way to go and quickly swam the rest of the way. Nice one! Happy New Year to all!
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Confidently jumped off the Lido deck into the water, swam a bit, treaded water for a bit and FINALLY made it to the beach and my favorite tiki bar. Nicely constructed, Mike! Happy New Year to all muggles everywhere!
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Solved. Very enjoyable. Happy New Year to all.
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Got this very quickly. Happy New Year everybody!
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To shore quickly on this one. Fun!

Now as for this week's PGWCC ... hopelessly lost at sea!
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Man, am I glad I didn't send in what I almost had... excellent puzzle!! Now -- finally -- Guinness me please?
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early at the bar, plenty of time to get ashore.

Four Hands Absence of Light please (their seasonal peanut butter chocolate milk stout, it's amazing).
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That's the toughest one we've had for a while, IMHO! Fantastic puzzle to end the year!
Good luck, fellow Muggles!
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Ashore! Took me a minute to see the whole picture. Very cute!
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Ashore! I had an easier time with this one than some of the recent puzzles, though I wouldn't exactly call this one a gimme.

About 45 minutes ago I was pretty sure I had it, but was actually on the wrong shore. I had a solution that I was going for which wasn't correct, but I still expect a few people to submit it. Fortunately the correct shore was close by.
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On the beach! 🏖 🍺
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What a lovely way to ring in the new year.

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