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.
I'm disappointed to have broken my streak with this puzzle, which I should have gotten but my brain just wouldn't see it, and no amount of banging my head against the clipboard was going to help.
Pride goeth before the nudge? Now for some coffee and an aspirin.
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I don't have an inner child... I have an inner old lady.
Meta solver by night, proud independent bookstore owner by day!
After numerous nudges I am finally on shore.
I was basically pushed and towed all the way so won’t be submitting. This one was just hard to see.
Good luck to everyone else.
Ashore. A satisfying way to start the day. Enjoying a little Country Gold on WNCW as all western NC dwellers should. Off to sled before approaching the day like a grown-up.
KscX wrote: ↑Sun Jan 17, 2021 10:20 am
Ashore. A satisfying way to start the day. Enjoying a little Country Gold on WNCW as all western NC dwellers should. Off to sled before approaching the day like a grown-up.
Where in WNC? I'm in Franklin!
I don't have an inner child... I have an inner old lady.
Meta solver by night, proud independent bookstore owner by day!
Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Fri Jan 15, 2021 12:02 pm
Good Friday morning muggles
The tenders bringing muggles to shore have been very busy with 86 on the shore and 5 hanging with Isaac.
I have been wondering
if the people who got this easily have had children or grandchildren around to see animated movies
or
how many people like me have not seen an animated movie for 30 years and are clueless and having to slog their way through with extensive use of google.
I have little kids and I think it definitely helped to be familiar with vast array of animated movies. I don’t think I would have gotten this without that background. I don’t have the patience to spend too much time banging my head against the wall with these. I tend to just give up if I don’t fell like I am on to it relatively quickly.
Good morning muggles. Our report is a bit early today as it is too nice not to go for a walk
One reminder in case you missed it - the WSJ will not be published tomorrow so the meta answer will not be published until Tuesday but I am sure that the solution will be posted here after midnight and the post mortems will be here tomorrow (thanks to the red underlines, I won't be getting PM's from the editors and English teachers as I want to put a "u" in mortem, the don't cut engineers any slack)
On a positive note we a new muggle - tonearm
And we have 21 on the ship and 147 on the shore
Joining the growing crowd on the ship are
Heidi
Cynthia J
Susan G
RichA2
Colin
Jennybyrd
whimsy
madhatter5
flyingMoose
joes
TeamDoubleTow
otlaolap
and Frank
Getting to shore both by swimming and with a tow are
jeanrosz
Tom S
DrTom
ImOnToo
zacmoretz - probably with help from Aunt Norma
Hamrock
b4alltime
Janet P
Sarasotasun
Fishoutowater
Nlobb
phofer
cbarbee002
mpmanning
MaineMarge fresh out of the penalty box
jennifer
Isw
rosiegirl
David K
Cap'n Rick
KscX
Paul D
Dom
Cindy N
Big Mac
halseymac
tonearm
EVJ
and Liz D
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Wendy Walker wrote: ↑Sun Jan 17, 2021 11:48 am
I thought everyone might be amused by the email I just received re: a meeting at the historic house where I volunteer:
"Thursday at 2:00 for our budget meeting. Wendy, we will get you home by 4:00."
I finished the puzzle yesterday and am going stir crazy today... My husband suggested I plan a long trip for later when it's safe someday!!! Any favorite suggestions?
Nlobb wrote: ↑Sun Jan 17, 2021 12:50 pm
I finished the puzzle yesterday and am going stir crazy today... My husband suggested I plan a long trip for later when it's safe someday!!! Any favorite suggestions?
