"Shamrocks" March 17, 2023

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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BigPear
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Ashore!
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Quick swim to an Irish shore in my memory .. just across from Skellig Michael!
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The other Wendy. :roll:
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Ashore and landed at Giant's Causeway. 😁 Not a tropical beach but I love it just the same!

I'll have a Jamie and Ginger with a lime, please! First time I had one was at the Jameson distillery in Ireland. Now a perennial favorite.

Sláinte!
I don't have an inner child... I have an inner old lady. :geek:

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Beth Tyrpin
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#84

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🏖☘️
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MMe wrote: Thu Mar 16, 2023 6:52 pm Speaking of the NCAAs, anyone else with Princeton bragging rights? #15 > #2 ...
I had Yale, because we've owned the Ivy Tourney lately. Guess not this year.
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Ashore
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BarbaraK wrote: Thu Mar 16, 2023 7:36 pm
Abide wrote: Thu Mar 16, 2023 4:55 pm I have what must be the answer but one piece won't fit. Will need the Guinness first.

edit( eight minutes later): Ok I get it, but I don't really love it.
What he said.
What he and she both said.
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#88

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Ashore. Happy St Patrick’s Day.☘️
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#89

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On shore.
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Post by FKelly »

Puzzle solved and safely ashore!

Guessed the correct mechanism at the beginning, but could not find a starting point.
Spotted an interesting rabbit hole and visited with Alice and the White rabbit for a spell. His name is Bob.
An Irish Prayer from auld lang syne, but today everyone is Irish and should work for all nationalities. Even Scots like Robert Burns.

May those who love us, love us;
And for those who don't love us,
May God turn their hearts;
And if He doesn't turn their hearts,
May He turn their ankles,
So we will know them by their limping.
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“That which was reached by us,” to (sort of) use last week’s parlance :-)

Have a great St Patrick’s Day weekend!
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Joining the St. Patrick's Day party on the already-crowded beach.
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late start, late(r) finish, on the beach, yes, it's going to be a crowded party isle this weekend

time to dig the pit for the whisky pig. No, we aren't burning whisky, we're drinking it while waiting for it to finish roasting.

Isaac - I left you a case of Jameson's, but I don't expect you'll need all of them. You can enjoy what's not sold, would be a sham to let it go unappreciated.
"Lots of planets have a North", the Ninth Doctor.
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On shore, after making it a couple of orders of magnitude harder than it should have been...
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MajordomoTom wrote: Fri Mar 17, 2023 1:14 am time to dig the pit for the whisky pig. No, we aren't burning whisky, we're drinking it while waiting for it to finish roasting.
Thank you for the great memory! Spent an overnight on a 'whiskey pig' using someone's sober idea (at the time it was hatched) of stuffing its cavity with rice wrapped in muslin. Tasty, right? Well-seasoned & slowly cooked in natural broth.

The rice was perfect, the few spoonsful we could salvage. About dawn, just when the sewn seam was directly above the coals, the expanded rice wanted to be out, dousing the works. The pig was good to go, but we had to scramble to excavate the pit & rebuild the fire.

Fortunately, the whiskey made it hilarious rather than frustrating.
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Well, someone has to keep him company.

Ahoy, Isaac!
For nudges, feel free to PM me. I won't have a clue how to help you, but you might shove me ashore.
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Ashore!
Quick(ish) solve.
Sometimes when I don’t see it immediately, I have to remind myself of the genius Ronseal advert https://youtu.be/HJlCK2A9bAY.
“It does exactly what it says on the tin.” :lol:
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FKelly wrote: Fri Mar 17, 2023 12:18 am May those who love us, love us;
And for those who don't love us,
May God turn their hearts;
And if He doesn't turn their hearts,
May He turn their ankles,
So we will know them by their limping.
Interestingly, that prayer was posted at the entrance to the Shaker Heights Country Club. I wonder if @Bob cruise director put it there on one of his golf trips. :)
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Definitely onshore although one piece has me scratching my head.

Time to have my Irish-themed drink of choice, I suppose...

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