"Stuck In The Middle" April 28, 2023

[eagle1279]

An aside I hope some of you will enjoy ... without spoiling, one of the clues resolves to a well-known magic incantation which might be taken as so much gibberish but its actually a bastardization from the Hebrew and from the beginning of the book of Genesis at that: It translates to God saying: "I will create according to what I spoke" or "according to my word". Enjoy.

Interesting! Reminds me of one of the speculative origins of “hocus pocus” as a corruption or parody of Latin words from the Mass.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hocus-pocus

[SoccerMom]

On shore! Fun construction this week!

[iggystan]

On shore. (Yay, this week I clicked with Mike!)

[sphorning]

On shore! Really struggled with some of the clues, but then it all made sense. Happy weekend to all!

[Bob cruise director]

Good Saturday morning muggles

First our thoughts and prayers go out to Cathy @LadyBird and her 5 month old grandson who is in the hospital. All of muggledom hopes he will get healthy quickly and return to his grandmother's arms.

And we welcome our newest muggle - fourletterword. Great to have more muggles

The tenders to shore have been busy since Thursday afternoon and we have 229 on shore and 2 on the ship.

Our shore mob includes

Mme
docison
Wendy
oldjudge
pjc
chriscross
ajk
Jace54
Joe R
michaelm
Mike H
mattythewsjpuzzler
joe
Cap'n Rick
Dannyvee
Gman
Eric C
bagman
Paul D
Meg
clonefitz
D B Miller
DCBilly
streroto
Scott M
Deb
MarkWoychick
NebFaninCA
Cindy
Schmeel
CallMeShane
Jean
CromsFury
Lee-Ann
sweetc
Al
vandono
DebbieC
Beth T
Chris
Ron
boharr
BrennerTJ
girubato1
lxpeterson
Georgeall
Jim and Anita
Steveb
Ergcat
minimuggle
Guffman
Moi
Rita and George
rliebert
Al Laubenstein
sf592000
CPJohnson
stmv
Don and Cynthia
darth
Laura
hunkra
SJMck
CAe39
AaronT
Les
Barbara K
mikeB
Trey and Marion
kurtalert
haydendog
NuYear68
Qmark
Eric P
Blair
TheFusionMoose
Sleepy
MileHighSolver
Zagman49
benchen71
Justmarebear
Dow Jones
Tina
whimsy
Jeremy
Bird Lives
sharkicicles
Lyman
Anita
pookie
kgiano
schmidzy
fourletterword
mbryant
RobM
Heidi
Char
ky-mike
Fred
relic (and Maggie)
Happy
Lube On
FatJack
DavyGravy
femullen
Fogway
Barnhart6
chatger
Acari
Richard
cheekumbaldy
Merry Potter
dudeski
rjy
JeanneC
Liz
EVJ
M and M
JRS51
turbotron
Franky_T
eagle1279
ReB
altosax
JetStream
Nlobb
Doug M
RussHiggins
Omnibus
Hidden in 3D
Dickie_Dunn
Flying_Burrito
BigPear
Lacern
Bonnibel
Harbo
woozy
HeadinHome
Joepickett
Momo
Kas
b4alltime
Franklin
qvart
CdnMG
Inca
higgysue
H and J
Tom Wi
Miki
MajorDomoTom
Bill
Henry Paul
mlvilv
Trish
ZooAnimalsOnWheels
copperriver
EmilyW
Jackie J
Berto
ALS
DannyWalter
Alvibu67
Kay
dpl11
Beth A
hoover
TeamDoubleTow
Mister and Mrs. Squawk
Googly
MaineMarge
MikeyG
Joes and Natasha
Zach
Guy L
jhseeman
Glyn
JimJim
Homer
JerryF
OliviaL
TeaJenny
WSJosh
lisajoy
meowmiao71
jrdad
lbray
Penny_Keatley
JaneGummy
DrTom
sjm
Tom S
SingleMalt
LittleGood
Crest
Ben B and son
Janet
hottieruth
Dennis
PlymouthRock
Grover
ImOnToo
Amanda Hugginkiss
otlaolap
escapeartist
MatthewL
RDaleHall
Flamel616
Katiedid
Kris Zacharias
Barney
FloridaMan81
Cindy N
RichA2
Libbypibby
mrmd
James D
Fishoutowater
BreeZynCO
Susan G
JAQT
HunterX
SusieG
Head scratcher
jmorgie7
Colin
Jarrod
iggystan
sphorning

Good luck to all and stay safe

[aaugusti]

Finally started this morning and made it ashore!

[cbarbee002]

Think this might set a record for solves. Happily awaiting a shot (or three) of Eagle Rare.

[Commodore]

Got the ship off the reef and into shore. Thanks to young Master Chadburn here 'splaining the tichnology to me.

[rexthree]

Been away from the forum for awhile but back this weekend and made it to shore.

[Cinny]

On shore since Thursday evening. I just forgot to post.

[SamanthaA]

Ashore!

[curtremarks]

On shore, enjoying the weekend. Should have done the puzzle instead of watching my Bruins lose!
All the best,
Mary and Curtis

[Collegetowngirl]

On shore. Many here saying this was effortless but it wasn’t for us. Saw a part of it after finishing the grid last night but couldn’t see the next step. Luckily during our 8 mile morning walk/hike, hubby suddenly said, what if … and then it was a fun solve after we got home. Inspiration from
natural surroundings maybe!

[Prozach]

On shore.

[dk letter]

Ashore! Now onto the MGWCC!

[KscX]

Quick swim to shore here. I had a couple .394 pale ales at the Dawes concert in celebration.

I had to stop browsing the forum to go check Dawes tour dates! Hope you ’d it.

[caf.caf]

Ashore!!

[KscX]

Just made it back here after tax season. Last week I worked the grid but didn’t have the brain power recovery yet to even consider the meta! Pleased to say I’m back ashore today. Kudos to @aschuchert for making it back sooner than I!

[LadyBird]

I am ashore.

First...an update on our little 5-month old grandson. He is on the mend, although he will be in the hospital for at least another day to make sure the GI symptoms keep improving and the severe dehydration doesn't come back. He even had a little smile in the pic our daughter-in-law sent. Thanks for your thoughts/prayers/concern!

And for the second week in a row, Mr. LadyBird plays a key role. He saw step one and I took it from there.

[debbierudy]

Ashore!