"The Play's The Thing" - April 9, 2021

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"The Play's The Thing" - April 9, 2021

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This week's contest is titled "The Play's The Thing by Matt Gaffney

The answer to this week's contest crossword is a word from Hamlet's "To be, or not to be" soliloquy

And is dedicated to our own Toby

Good luck with the grid and the meta


20210409 WSJCC — The Play's the Thing — Excel form
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Solved, with Google.
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:desert_island: Onshore, forsooth.
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(With apologies to Limerick Savant)

I’m sitting with toes in the sand,
A frothy-topped Guinness in hand.
With practice I find
That my meta skills shine,
But my limericks aren’t very good.
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Onshore - fastest in a while.
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Ashore!
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Ashore. Happy to join the party earlier than usual. Perhaps an hors d'oeuvre before the libations begin.
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Onshore.
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I'm terrible at Shakespeare, but I'm on shore.
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On shore!
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I've missed the theatre. Glad to see a puzzle like this. Happily on shore and ready for a nice Martini!
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Al Sisti wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 4:19 pm (With apologies to Limerick Savant)

I’m sitting with toes in the sand,
A frothy-topped Guinness in hand.
With practice I find
That my meta skills shine,
But my limericks aren’t very good.
Not very grand? (At least they scan!)
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on shore! An English major's dream... ( :

a round of mead, of course!
The other Wendy. :roll:
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On shore.
That brought back memories of high school English!
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On shore! First time on Page 1!
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On the shore!

EDIT: And here's my 2D for missing most of the Muggle Zoom call on April 6 ... Was it worth it?
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On shore! Am I on page 1?
Yes!! The cabana boy is busy trying on costumes. I'm having yet another margarita. It’s so warm here on the beach.
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Ashore after a little consultation with Dr. Google. Not the easiest swim for me ... 😜.
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On shore after spending each of the last two weekends with Isaac! Good to be back on the beach!
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On shore! Spent the day scrubbing the deck, so I could go for a cold frosty brew.
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