"Backcourt Fundamentals" - April 30, 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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Eric Porter
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On shore.

I'm not particularly knowledgeable about the puzzle subject, but didn't have any problems with the meta.
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On shore.
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I floundered in the surf for a long time because my lack of knowledge of the subject, but am now ashore.
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Wendy Walker wrote: Thu Apr 29, 2021 5:50 pm Relieved to be on the beach. Sports two weeks in a row plus superheroes in MMM?! Next week I want gardening, grammar, Lord Peter Wimsey, cookie baking, and knitting, please!
If they're taking requests I'll have astronomy, cars and software engineering please.
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Ashore after a short side swim. Happy to be back to pencil and paper!!!!!

Stay well all
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On a literal beach on Antigua.
And ashore with this puzzle, too.
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#67

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On the beach, fun puzzle.
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Tried to make it difficult but now ashore, before dark even.
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TPS
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TPS wrote: Thu Apr 29, 2021 5:47 pm Not happening this week.
I know a lot about the subject, maybe too much, but this was a NEVER for me.
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Made it to shore, faster than I have in a while. Fun one!
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Ashore, now if I can just remember to submit my answer this week...I forgot to last week. 🤪
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Dplass wrote: Thu Apr 29, 2021 6:22 pm
Wendy Walker wrote: Thu Apr 29, 2021 5:50 pm Relieved to be on the beach. Sports two weeks in a row plus superheroes in MMM?! Next week I want gardening, grammar, Lord Peter Wimsey, cookie baking, and knitting, please!
If they're taking requests I'll have astronomy, cars and software engineering please.
I’ve noticed that I sometimes miss clues and/or metas in areas where I am knowledgeable or experienced. Not sure it would matter to me.
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Thank goodness, an easy one after a week where I’ve been getting my butt kicked!

Ashore - and hopefully a mojito will help lubricate my brain enough to solve that pesky MEOW puzzle!
- Just puzzling it out here in Delmarva :D
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Wendy Walker wrote: Thu Apr 29, 2021 5:50 pm Relieved to be on the beach. Sports two weeks in a row plus superheroes in MMM?! Next week I want gardening, grammar, Lord Peter Wimsey, cookie baking, and knitting, please!
Agreed! Mysteries, knitting, British authors, classic rock!
- Just puzzling it out here in Delmarva :D
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Wendy Walker
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MamaE wrote: Thu Apr 29, 2021 6:42 pm Thank goodness, an easy one after a week where I’ve been getting my butt kicked!

Ashore - and hopefully a mojito will help lubricate my brain enough to solve that pesky MEOW puzzle!
Keep at it with the MEOW puzzle -- it's awesome!
Good luck, fellow Muggles!
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I haven't solved the MEOW, either, but I'm ashore on Backcourt Fundamentals. Unassisted, too!
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ASHORE!
OK -- Those bad boy bunnies from the bar last week are reformed! I hustled them on to the ferry and booked them a warren of rooms in the island health resort.
Here they are having their detox carrot juice cleanser (while I have my 60A!)
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MamaE wrote: Thu Apr 29, 2021 6:42 pm Thank goodness, an easy one after a week where I’ve been getting my butt kicked!

Ashore - and hopefully a mojito will help lubricate my brain enough to solve that pesky MEOW puzzle!
I thought I saw your name on the leaderboard, no?
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Ashore. Easy, but nonetheless very clever, meta; 100% certainty this week. I found the grid mostly easy but needed a word finder to complete it.
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joequavis wrote: Thu Apr 29, 2021 7:02 pm [quote=MamaE post_id=53576 time=<a href="tel:1619736166">1619736166</a> user_id=795]
Thank goodness, an easy one after a week where I’ve been getting my butt kicked!

Ashore - and hopefully a mojito will help lubricate my brain enough to solve that pesky MEOW puzzle!
I thought I saw your name on the leaderboard, no?
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joequavis wrote: Thu Apr 29, 2021 7:02 pm
MamaE wrote: Thu Apr 29, 2021 6:42 pm Thank goodness, an easy one after a week where I’ve been getting my butt kicked!

Ashore - and hopefully a mojito will help lubricate my brain enough to solve that pesky MEOW puzzle!
I thought I saw your name on the leaderboard, no?
Not for that Lincoln puzzle - nope :( I got crickets
- Just puzzling it out here in Delmarva :D
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