"A Tale of Twelve Cities" April 19, 2024

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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otlaolap
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#121

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Ashore. Wife and doctor telling me to hydrate. Darn: I'll have a glass of water. But at least this week, unlike the past two weeks, I am drinking it and not floating in a boat on it.
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John77
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#122

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Done.

Grabbing my beach spot before the giant cruise ship disembarks. Sapphire martini with 3 plain olives please.
Wir sind zu früh alt und zu spät schlau.
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jrdad
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#123

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Joe wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 4:58 pm On shore... but isn't there something a little weird going on here?

EDIT - Never mind. I didn't see the numbers.
Same here. It seemed un-Gaffneyesque at first. Thanks for the clarification. Fun puzzle.
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Birdbrain
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#124

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Ashore! and on Thursday, which is rare/unprecedented for me.
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CPJohnson
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#125

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Ashore!
Cynthia
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ZooAnimalsOnWheels
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#126

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On shore early on Thursday. Think I'll have a Dogfish Head 90-minute IPA.
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Merry Potter
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#127

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On shore… gotta have a Pilsner Urquell! Don’t forget to submit 😀
If I don't win a mug, I can always make one... ;) but it won't have the same cachet.
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Justmarebear
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#128

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On shore, now just need a mug for my beverage. Happy weekend
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Aragorn
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#129

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Ashore! And as someone who has spent a fair amount of time in Oklahoma, I can vouch for “obscure” 😀.
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zach
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#130

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Ashore!

And by my very approximate estimate (so approximate that this should in no way be perceived as a spoiler for the math geeks), there is approximately a 1 in 167,000 chance that this week’s contest winner resides in the meta answer, and that would be straight up awesome (even though it wouldn’t be me)!
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regfish7
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#131

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Ashore! Back after a long hiatus. Not used to a Thursday solve!
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Greta1234
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#132

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Ashore.
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kgiano
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#133

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Ashore - yay for me!! Made it on page day one!!! Corona Familiar, por favore.
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pilsbandy
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#134

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First time ever on shore on Thursday I think. Also 24 days sober today, so I'll take a virgin rum and coke.
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woozy
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#135

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Off to a really late start.

Don't get much less challenging than this. Well, they do...

I'll just have a lemonade. It's hot and I'm tired.
Funny story. I was all set to enter Par for the course for the CrossHare midi contest for April but I mistakenly thought midi meant 7x 7 and not 11 x 11. Oops. Well.... Here's a complex but **small** meta on the subject of golf.
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Miki
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#136

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Ashore.
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Relic
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#137

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Ashore! I appreciate y'all making room for Maggie and me. Thankfully I BYOB'd as refreshments are beginning to run low. I'm having a Hoppenheimer IPA, with a cabernet chaser. Yum!

And, thanks Matt for a fun puzzle and giving me the weekend off!
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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chocoholic
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#138

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Ashore. A Bordeaux blend, please.
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Joepickett
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#139

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Ashore
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lbray53
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#140

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On the beach. I could have declared two hours ago BUT it took me that long to fill in the southwest backsolving grid from the answer.
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