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Re: "Overlaps" March 5, 2021
Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2021 4:40 pm
by Bob cruise director
BarbaraK wrote: ↑Sat Mar 06, 2021 2:38 pm
Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Sat Mar 06, 2021 11:54 am
Good Saturday morning Muggles
it is always fun to have a different constructor of these metas. I have nothing but admiration to anyone who can conceive of a meta and then implement it into a crossword grid.
We do have our newest muggle - Orangecane.
This week we have 4 keeping Isaac company and 177 on the shore. And let me put in a plug for Joe Ross's Excel files. This meta especially is much easier using the the file you can download on post #11.
Our ship's contingent keeping Isaac in business are
Tom Wi
flyingMoose
seans
beccacollins
and our crowded shore includes
... many many names...
Did you miss me? "Search" is not finding my name on the list, but there are too many to be confident I'm not really there with a typo.
That is three that I missed in the comments.
Re: "Overlaps" March 5, 2021
Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2021 4:41 pm
by Bob cruise director
MamaE wrote: ↑Sat Mar 06, 2021 4:39 pm
I'm a newbie - been doing MMMM for over a year but just starting the WSJ. Feeling rather clueless as I am definitely *not* on shore at all.....
Send me a PM with what you did and where you are struggling and I can give you a nudge
Re: "Overlaps" March 5, 2021
Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2021 5:00 pm
by Ergcat
I’m ashore! Struggled for a while a sea, getting tossed to and fro by the waves ( aka rabbit trails) but finally had my “aha” moment when I cleared the decks and started a fresh!! In hindsight, it is pretty easy but I’m a newbie...
Re: "Overlaps" March 5, 2021
Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2021 5:03 pm
by wb93
Made it to shore. Both puzzle-wise and for a week of vacation!
I’ve been on a roll for several months now, but struggled mightily on this one. Kudos to the constructor on a nice puzzle overall. Domo arigato.
Re: "Overlaps" March 5, 2021
Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2021 5:23 pm
by TheCatt
Onshore, but we needed a nudge this week.
Re: "Overlaps" March 5, 2021
Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2021 5:40 pm
by flamingbear
Count me onshore with everyone else. Nice to see a new name even if it was pretty easy.
Re: "Overlaps" March 5, 2021
Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2021 5:47 pm
by MamaE
Hooray! Thanks to a nudge from the cruise director, this newbie is on shore!! Here's hoping that next week I can do it without the nudge!
Re: "Overlaps" March 5, 2021
Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2021 5:54 pm
by Tom Shea
LadyBird wrote: ↑Sat Mar 06, 2021 9:58 am
For all you Guinness lovers out there....
I just finished reading a Lord Peter Wimsey novel (Murder Must Advertise) and was reading the biography of the author, Dorothy Sayers. One of her other professions was working as a copywriter for a London advertising firm. One of her popular campaigns was the animal-themed Guiness advertisements.
Did she do this one?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rbxBHoNJdY
Kind of personal for me, even if it isn't real. A friend of mine actually went there on an Ireland trip.
Re: "Overlaps" March 5, 2021
Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2021 6:32 pm
by debbierudy
Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Sat Mar 06, 2021 10:11 am
debbierudy wrote: ↑Sat Mar 06, 2021 6:30 am
Ashore, with coffee in hand and toes literally in the sand. My only worry about coming to the Florida Keys was how to get this puzzle printed - easily solved by a nice lady in the hotel office who is also a crossword fan. A manatee almost upended our kayak - glad they are herbivores!
Are you getting her addicted to metas and ready to become a muggle?
We discussed this and she mentioned that the Miami Herald also has a meta on Sundays to which she is hooked. I was happy to hear of our commonality and therefore accepted her devotion to the Miami Herald (knowing full well that our muggles group is the best!)
Re: "Overlaps" March 5, 2021
Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2021 6:45 pm
by Colin
Ashore! I am here!
Here on the beach with a beer.
Beer led me ashore!
Re: "Overlaps" March 5, 2021
Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2021 7:43 pm
by sphorning
First time for me to solve the meta before finishing the grid. Quick swim to shore. G&T for me!
Re: "Overlaps" March 5, 2021
Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2021 8:00 pm
by TomAndDenise
Denise and I met up this week on the beach. In like a lamb.
Re: "Overlaps" March 5, 2021
Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2021 8:58 pm
by Bob cruise director
debbierudy wrote: ↑Sat Mar 06, 2021 6:32 pm
Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Sat Mar 06, 2021 10:11 am
debbierudy wrote: ↑Sat Mar 06, 2021 6:30 am
Ashore, with coffee in hand and toes literally in the sand. My only worry about coming to the Florida Keys was how to get this puzzle printed - easily solved by a nice lady in the hotel office who is also a crossword fan. A manatee almost upended our kayak - glad they are herbivores!
Are you getting her addicted to metas and ready to become a muggle?
We discussed this and she mentioned that the Miami Herald also has a meta on Sundays to which she is hooked. I was happy to hear of our commonality and therefore accepted her devotion to the Miami Herald (knowing full well that our muggles group is the best!)
have her give us a test drive for a few weeks
no charge
Re: "Overlaps" March 5, 2021
Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2021 9:38 pm
by TeaJenny
Ashore. Margarita, please.
Re: "Overlaps" March 5, 2021
Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2021 9:56 pm
by otlaolap
DrTom wrote: ↑Fri Mar 05, 2021 11:43 pm
But as I said today in the hospital when a patient threw a bottle of high potency Omega 3 capsules at me, at least the wounds were super fish oil.
https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2021/03/03 (But I enjoyed the groan.)
Re: "Overlaps" March 5, 2021
Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2021 10:44 pm
by Michelle B
On shore with a bottle of Bartenura Malvasia di Casorzo. Anyone want a glass?
Re: "Overlaps" March 5, 2021
Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2021 11:06 pm
by Mulligan
On shore, I believe, but I'm pretty new at this. Do you get feedback when you submit your answer, or if I want to check it should I PM someone here?
Re: "Overlaps" March 5, 2021
Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2021 11:43 pm
by Deb F
Late to the party but happily on shore!
Re: "Overlaps" March 5, 2021
Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2021 1:01 am
by Al Sisti
Mulligan wrote: ↑Sat Mar 06, 2021 11:06 pm
On shore, I believe, but I'm pretty new at this. Do you get feedback when you submit your answer, or if I want to check it should I PM someone here?
No feedback, but you always PM any of the people who claim to be on shore. We'll all answer you, after all, it's not like you can change what you've submitted.
Re: "Overlaps" March 5, 2021
Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2021 8:35 am
by zacmoretz
Ashore. Feeling oh so smart these last five weeks...