"Accentuate the Negative" -- June 16, 2023
- sharkicicles
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- Location: Chicago
Woke up this morning early to head back to the racetrack and sat down to take a look again with my coffee and… wow, I was making this way too difficult. Hopefully I’ll have more time to look at @DrTom’s great MGWCC later on.
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Do you have a new avatar or have I just not noticed this cutie before? Introductions, please!Elizabeyth wrote: ↑Sat Jun 17, 2023 9:04 pm :Ashore! This was an oddly quick one for me, must have just been in the zone. Celebrating with a glass of Costco margarita (don't judge, it's delish )
Sara
- Wendy Walker
- Posts: 1750
- Joined: Thu Apr 11, 2019 7:44 pm
- Location: Unionville, PA
Sunday morning report: 22 more solvers have reached Muggle Beach: Momo, Qmark, Collegetowngirl, ASchuchert, Ann, Bill Katz, Halseymac, ReB, Jen Irvin, JRS51, Joe S, Sleepy, Richard, Phofer, Florida Man 81, Eagle1279, Femullen, Elizabeyth, CravenMugCraver, Sphorning, Luscombe Driver, and (after a stint on the ship with Isaac) Sharkicicles.
Today marks the @BarbaraK's debut as a puzzle constructor! You can find her clever puzzle, "Party Animals," by clicking on "Other Meta Crossword Puzzles" --> "Sunday Summer Substitute."
Today marks the @BarbaraK's debut as a puzzle constructor! You can find her clever puzzle, "Party Animals," by clicking on "Other Meta Crossword Puzzles" --> "Sunday Summer Substitute."
Good luck, fellow Muggles!
- Dickie_Dunn
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Count me ashore! Hadn't had time to dig in until this AM but I was able to stay negative and get on dry land. Happy Father's Day! Nearly time to fire up the grill and crack a cold one.
Dickie Dunn wrote this, it's gotta be true.
- Cindy N
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- Location: Wisconsin
And ashore. Got confirmation that I was on the path, not a rabbit hole.
Good day for a berry weiss.
Good day for a berry weiss.
- Ben B
- Posts: 181
- Joined: Sun Apr 25, 2021 11:50 pm
- Location: Houston
We are on shore after “did not play” last week due to vacation. Will save that one for a rainy day. Happy Father’s Day.
- Secret Adversary
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Got it! Clever Mr. Gaffney.
Happy to provide nudges if you see that I have solved.
- pilsbandy
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Anyway I could call in the coast guard for a nudge towards shore? Been puzzling over this one since Thursday night, and my boat hasn't even found a potential course yet.
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Ashore. My initial “ashore” answer was (I think) wrong. After talking it through with my mom, I think I took the meta a step too far. We’ll see tomorrow!
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Throwing the towel and staying at the bar for the duration. Nothing even remotely plausible jumping off the grid at me.
- tonyrobots
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I was pretty tripped up by the one obvious clue (which is only really helpful at the last step) and led into all sorts of strange, twisty and dead-ended rabbit holes. Things finally came together this morning, bright and early. Great puzzle, Matt, and Happy Father's Day to all you dads!
- Cap'n Rick
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Ashore! Was in Newport, RI this week and didn't get a chance to work on this one until now. Nice mechanism!
- BarbaraK
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- Location: Virginia
Don’t forget Isaac’s Last Call zoom tonight at 8PM Eastern.
Share rabbit holes, get help if needed, generally discuss the puzzle.
And when everyone is done with WSJ, we can also discuss other puzzles if people wish. Like, say, today’s Sunday Summer Substitute meta that I just happen to have written;) and you can find at
viewtopic.php?t=2290
Share rabbit holes, get help if needed, generally discuss the puzzle.
And when everyone is done with WSJ, we can also discuss other puzzles if people wish. Like, say, today’s Sunday Summer Substitute meta that I just happen to have written;) and you can find at
viewtopic.php?t=2290
If you want help with a meta, feel free to PM me. The more specific you are about what you have and what you want, the more likely I can help without spoiling.
(And if I help you win a mug, I’ll be especially delighted.)
(And if I help you win a mug, I’ll be especially delighted.)
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If I was unmarried, I’m all suited up to apply for the position of Mrs. @Darth.
Just coming in from working in the garden in my Darth rain gear.
Probable chances Zero
Just coming in from working in the garden in my Darth rain gear.
Probable chances Zero
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- KscX
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- Joined: Sat May 02, 2020 12:09 pm
- Location: Charlotte, NC
Ashore- I’m turning into a Sunday starter, Sunday solver. Happy for a three week streek. And I have a Monday question.
- Wendy Walker
- Posts: 1750
- Joined: Thu Apr 11, 2019 7:44 pm
- Location: Unionville, PA
Checking in for the final leaderboard from the beautiful Liriodendron Mansion in Bel Air, MD, summer home of Dr. Howard Atwood Kelly (a surgeon who was one of the founders of Johns Hopkins Hospital), his wife, and their nine children. Medical Muggles have doubtless heard of -- or even asked for -- a Kelly clamp; yep, he invented it!
On shore with varying levels of certainty are Dickie_Dunn, kwyjibo, Cindy N, Ben B, Olivia L, Secret Adversary, Ben's Mom, Tony Robots, Debbie Rudy, Cap'n Rick, and KscX. Keeping Isaac company are Pilsbandy and Aragorn.
@Bob cruise director will be back next week to assume his regular duties, but it's been a pleasure filling in for him!
On shore with varying levels of certainty are Dickie_Dunn, kwyjibo, Cindy N, Ben B, Olivia L, Secret Adversary, Ben's Mom, Tony Robots, Debbie Rudy, Cap'n Rick, and KscX. Keeping Isaac company are Pilsbandy and Aragorn.
@Bob cruise director will be back next week to assume his regular duties, but it's been a pleasure filling in for him!
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Good luck, fellow Muggles!
- LadyBird
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For all the dads and grandpas out there....
(Pineapple upside-down cake)
(Pineapple upside-down cake)