"In Character" - February 19, 2021

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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Richard
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The February metas are easier than normal, but they are supposed to be teaching puzzles. I think the idea is to bring on more solvers, which is great.

Will March have puzzles that are somewhat harder but not that much in order to keep the new solvers involved or will they be doozies to pay us back for those in February?

Guess we will find out soon enough.
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M and M
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Easy and cute. We know tough stuff is coming.
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Jace54
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#123

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On shore, found this one much easier than last week.
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#124

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I am ashore.
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CPJohnson
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#125

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Jeanrosz wrote: ↑Thu Feb 18, 2021 4:25 pm On shore again! I’m sad I have to wait another whole week for the next one...
You don't! Check out the Other Meta Crossword Puzzles section on the Board Index. Many are free.
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MaineMarge
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#126

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On shore. Another good one for the newbies.
Actually we can all probably benefit from these reminder lessons as well. Always fun, Mike.
And I’ll have a big smile again tomorrow after I receive my 64A- Pfizer #2 😊
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SusieG
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#127

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On shore before completing the grid again. Looking forward to a glass of wine after working out. Glad I stocked up before the storm...wish I had done ether same with eggs and meat.
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Dplass
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#128

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Ashore
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dk letter
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#129

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A quick swim to shore - great construction!
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Dplass
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Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Thu Feb 18, 2021 5:25 pm
hunkra wrote: ↑Thu Feb 18, 2021 4:58 pm Ashore and thank goodness. As a librarian, if I didn't get this one quickly, I would be ashamed. Hope everyone is enduring the cold, snow and ice -- stay safe!
From my days at college, "cold, snow and ice" is an anagram for Hudson Valley :lol:
At Cornell they say the four seasons are "cold, snow, snow, and construction"
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Janet
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#131

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Easy peasy, quick and easy. And congratulations to Mars Perseverance!!!!
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#132

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A quick one on grid and meta this week.
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Ashore— fastest solve yet! Waiting for a week where we are all 18D by one of these... has to be coming up soon :)
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HunterX
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SusieG wrote: ↑Thu Feb 18, 2021 6:50 pm On shore before completing the grid again. Looking forward to a glass of wine after working out. Glad I stocked up before the storm...wish I had done ether same with eggs and meat.
Well, if you stocked up properly with wine, you won't even NEED eggs and meat!

(Or, at least you won't notice or care...)
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Sean
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#135

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On the beach!

Only got the grid half-filled when I figured out the meta. Shocked myself.
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PatentlyGator
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#136

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On shore after a short swim.
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Adodz
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#137

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Ok getting the hang of this...ashore! #3 for me!
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BarbaraK wrote: ↑Thu Feb 18, 2021 4:45 pm
docison wrote: ↑Thu Feb 18, 2021 4:33 pm On shore. What's the record for correct entries in a week?
2859 - 76% of 3762 submissions two weeks ago for TRIAL JUDGE
Interestingly, the number of correct entries for the last two weeks are just two apart - 2857 for Looking for That Spark.
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#139

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On shore! I like these easier ones!
Team DoubleTow=Ali who posts here, Alex & Maya the hound(with occasional assistance from son)
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flyingMoose
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Done. There is a certain irony regarding this answer which, of course, will have to wait for Monday.
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