"Opposite Day" September 13, 2024

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"Opposite Day" September 13, 2024

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This week's WSJ contest is titled OPPOSITE DAY By Mike Shenk

The answer to this week’s contest crossword is a five-letter word appearing in the clues.

Opposite Day Excel Spreadsheet
SAVE to your drive. OPEN from your drive. ALLOW permissions.

For the neurotic muggle scorekeepers, the statistics from last week were not announced this week. Hopefully we will get them to satisfy our record keeping obsession.

The next three weeks your cruise director will be a cruise participant and hopefully be able to have access to the metas from the rivers of Europe. @Wendy Walker will be filling in for me and doing her normal excellent job.
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I think I'm on shore. Great one!
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I'm pretty sure I'm on shore. I'll take it!
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On shore after a long absence.
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Got it! Late start, but would not have affected my place here.

Yes, excellent meta.
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Ashore.
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Paginated. Toughie for sure.
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Ashore!
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Wow. I don't know how I stumbled into that one, but I did! On shore. Tricky.
Happy to give nudges. If you notice I've solved, please tell me about avenues you've explored so I can nudge you in the right direction and not off a cliff.
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Ashore
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Team solve assisted swim to the shore. Very fun.
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Solved with some Discord help
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Ashore! With help from the discord - tricky one!
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On shore thanks to Discord. All I can say is WOW. Not sure what I'm gonna drink tonight but it's gonna be a double.
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Dang! Toughest puzzle we've had in ages, but I'm on shore! Headed to the garden to calm my brain.
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Good luck, fellow Muggles!
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Finally made it to shore!
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🏝on shore🏝. Thanks to the group solve in discord! I’m in Bucharest, România and I think I’ll have an Aperol Spritz!
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Ashore - pulled in a lifeboat by the swim team! Would never have gotten that on my own.🥸
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Ashore.
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Ashore
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