#696 - "Four Score"

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Beam me up! Nice one Matt, and nice apology for last week. I forgive you!
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#22

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:alien: :flying_saucer: ditto :arrow_up:
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#23

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Late to the party because I had the joy of watching my nephew compete in a national cross-country meet at Lehigh University. It hardly seemed fair that there were some Olympic runners in his race!
Good luck, fellow Muggles!
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Beamed!

Up, that is!
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Beamed up!
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#26

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beamed up. now back to the WSJ meta.
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Beamed up! Glad for an easy week 1!
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Beamed up here too. A 20-minute effort, just as a week-1 ought to be.
The other Wendy. :roll:
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#29

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On the board
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#30

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19A amused me.

“Do you know where the ___ is?"

Four letters. At least the answer wasn’t “baby.”
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Beamed up quickly as usual for a week one. I wish I could say the same for weeks 2-5.
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Barney wrote: Sat Oct 02, 2021 5:50 am 19A amused me.

“Do you know where the ___ is?"

Four letters. At least the answer wasn’t “baby.”
“Dang it, left it on the roof of the car again.”
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Transported in the Denver airport.
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#34

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Late to post but beam me up - I can only tremble in fear thinking about what Matt has on offer for the "TENTH MONTH" ...
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#35

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Energize!
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Beamed up. I was not 100% sure on my answer so I sought confirmation before pulling before asking for transport.
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#37

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Beamed. Tried to make it hard. Week 1. Week 1.
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#38

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Beamed up, but still confused by one thing which I will ask about on Tuesday….
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Answer submitted. Not yet confirmed.
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#40

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Once again I am stumped by a week 1. Don’t know if I’ve got Matt anxiety or what.
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