"Stuck In The Middle" April 28, 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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ky-mike
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#101

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Late start (that is just how many of my Thursdays work), but quick swim to shore. Not stuck with Isaac for very long this week. He didn’t even have time to finish making my drink.
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Char
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#102

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Ashore!
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RobM
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#103

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On the beach
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Acarl
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#104

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Ashore! This was a fun one!
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FatJack
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#105

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on the beach
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DavyGravy
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#106

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Ashore. Fun one!
If I’ve solved and you need a nudge, you can PM me. Happy to pay it forward. ;)
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femullen
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#107

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Was stuck in a muddle, but now I'm ashore.
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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Sleepy
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#108

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pookie wrote: Thu Apr 27, 2023 5:31 pm Ashore, Bob.
For once I started right after the puzzle was posted.
An hour and twenty minutes later I finally got it.
#2 Post by MMe » Thu Apr 27, 2023 4:05 pm, would you please tell me how in the world you downloaded, solved the grid and got the answer in 5 minutes?
Holy smokes, I'll never, ever, ever be able to type in the grid answers, let alone solve the meta that fast!
You and all of the page one solvers are amazing!
I agree with you, something is fishy with the page one entries! After I knew all the grid answers one week, I went back and timed myself filling in the grid a second time to see how fast I could do it. Still took almost 20 minutes! There’s definitely more to the story for “ashore” in 5 minutes. Please enlighten us!
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cheekumbaldy
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#109

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Yeah, this was a fun one. Happily ashore!
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Lube On
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#110

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Easier than most. Ashore!
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Richard
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#111

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On shore. I hope it is the right one.

Got a late start. Still time to rest before the NFL Draft.
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MMe
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pookie wrote: Thu Apr 27, 2023 5:31 pm #2 Post by MMe » Thu Apr 27, 2023 4:05 pm, would you please tell me how in the world you downloaded, solved the grid and got the answer in 5 minutes?
Answer is I didn't download or solve the grid, or it would have been a good deal longer. I used the online (web) app, having been refreshing the crosswords page for a minute. Then I solved only ... let's for now just say certain entries that looked like they'd be important to the meta, which didn't take me many crossing entries to solve once I saw what was going on. So I had a largely empty grid. Then I guessed at the mechanism and my first guess was correct (very unlike this week's MGWCC DNF!).

That said, it was 4 minutes :lol:
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Fogway
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#113

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Ashore. I will have a Paso Robles red blend, please.
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mbryant
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#114

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On shore. Another fun one.
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Happy
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#115

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Ashore.
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FKelly
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#116

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On the beach!
Stunning meta construction by Mike. There seems to be a Nippon undercurrent running through it. Hello, Mr G.
I'm amazed at how fast so many people solved it. It took me half an hour just to fill the grid!
Glad I A-61 some veggies yesterday.
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hcbirker
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#117

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On shore! Got to this late today.
Heidi
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chatger
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#118

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Ashore. Nice puzzle.
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Barnhart6
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#119

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Ashore…Jameson and gingerale
Thanks to all the muggles in this group. Participating is the highlight of the week!
Brian B
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Relic
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#120

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Oops, wrong rabbit!

UPDATE:
Actually, right rabbit, wrong application.
Corrected and now on shore! IPA me!
Last edited by Relic on Thu Apr 27, 2023 7:05 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Good luck to all for a successful solve. If you see that I'm ashore - rare occasion of late - message me if you'd like a nudge. Be sure to include your progress so I can know better how to assist.

Alan A. and Maggie Muggle
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