"Jewel Case" - August 13, 2021

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KscX
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#261

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On shore after visits to many a rabbit hole. My first instincts were correct though - just needed to dig a little more.
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Annabelle
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Back in the game after vacation with no access and a couple of weeks stuck on the boat. On shore this week! Fun with the grid and the meta!
Croakker
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#263

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Hi all, working on this one with the wife, but we are stuck.... any nudge would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!
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EdStrong
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#264

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Ashore at last
Kristen123
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#265

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Would love a nudge please!
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Bob cruise director
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Good Sunday afternoon muggles

We welcome a couple of new muggles since yesterday - Waxford and Croakker - always great to have more muggles

We have had a steady stream of muggles getting to the beach and several more joining Isaac. We have 16 on the ship and 144 on the shore (for are numerologists, it is rare to have the ship be a square number, the shore be a square number and the ratio be a square number)

On the ship since yesterday are
SusieG
Henry Paul
Colin
Mord
streroto
Kristen123
Croakker

While increasing the shore party are

minimuggle
Moi
JaneGummy
Jackie88
copperriver
auee89
phofer
Phil and Kelli
Flying_Burrito
SReh26
EVJ
CPJohnson
mattythewsjpuzzler
sharkicicles
BrennerTJ
MamaE
Trey and Marion
M and M
Richard
Waxford
Magistra
KscX
Ed S
Jean
Brian M
John B
Annabelle
James D
TheCatt


Good luck and stay safe
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802puzzler
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#267

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On the ship at this point! It's been a busy weekend and I have just barely finished the WSJ Friday and Saturday and MGWCC grids. I'm going to take a break before trying to decode the metas...
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AnswerPfinder
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802puzzler wrote: Sun Aug 15, 2021 2:08 pm On the ship at this point! It's been a busy weekend and I have just barely finished the WSJ Friday and Saturday and MGWCC grids. I'm going to take a break before trying to decode the metas...
I'm up here enjoying your 802 domain while puzzling this weekend! What a spectacular couple of days weather-wise!
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MatthewL
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Well, I'm ashore (finally), but only through the good graces of Meg and her cabana boy. They very kindly swam out to where I was going down for the 3rd time, and towed me to shore. Needless to say, no mug for me this week. But, I will have a Moscow Mule to celebrate being on terra firma.
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fuggedabowdit
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#270

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Ashore, just looked at the meta. [spoiler removed]
Never trouble trouble til trouble troubles you !
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mlvilv
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Dragged ashore with the help of nudges. I was never going to get there on my own and was def overthinking this one.
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mntlblok
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fuggedabowdit wrote: Sun Aug 15, 2021 2:40 pm Ashore, just looked at the meta. [spoiler removed]
Oh, that's harsh.
michaelm
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Finally on shore with a gentle nudge.
Hope a Muggle sees a long-awaited inbox message tomorrow.
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ajk
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*Finally* ashore after a kindly nudge. Don't think I would ever have gotten there on my own, despite having attempted something related to the right mechanism at one point (in addition to many things unrelated).
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#275

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mntlblok wrote: Sun Aug 15, 2021 3:15 pm
fuggedabowdit wrote: Sun Aug 15, 2021 2:40 pm Ashore, just looked at the meta. [spoiler removed]
Oh, that's harsh.
[spoiler removed]
Never trouble trouble til trouble troubles you !
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fuggedabowdit wrote: Sun Aug 15, 2021 3:47 pm
mntlblok wrote: Sun Aug 15, 2021 3:15 pm
fuggedabowdit wrote: Sun Aug 15, 2021 2:40 pm Ashore, just looked at the meta. [spoiler removed]
Oh, that's harsh.
[spoiler removed]
Oh, *now* I get it. (Possible spoiler).












[spoiler removed]
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802puzzler
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#277

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On shore! Phew, that was a close one! Happy hour can start now LOL!
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Thurman8er
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#278

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ASHORE!
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SingleMalt
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Bob cruise director wrote: Sun Aug 15, 2021 1:16 pm Good Sunday afternoon muggles

We welcome a couple of new muggles since yesterday - Waxford and Croakker - always great to have more muggles

We have had a steady stream of muggles getting to the beach and several more joining Isaac. We have 16 on the ship and 144 on the shore (for are numerologists, it is rare to have the ship be a square number, the shore be a square number and the ratio be a square number)

On the ship since yesterday are
SusieG
Henry Paul
Colin
Mord
streroto
Kristen123
Croakker

While increasing the shore party are

minimuggle
Moi
JaneGummy
Jackie88
copperriver
auee89
phofer
Phil and Kelli
Flying_Burrito
SReh26
EVJ
CPJohnson
mattythewsjpuzzler
sharkicicles
BrennerTJ
MamaE
Trey and Marion
M and M
Richard
Waxford
Magistra
KscX
Ed S
Jean
Brian M
John B
Annabelle
James D
TheCatt


Good luck and stay safe

Grim News......

I was on the beach enjoying a healthy pour of Singlemalt when a fellow muggle stopped by to strike up a conversation. She was acting strangely as I started to describe my heroic solve this week. After the conversation fell into an awkward pause she delivered the bad news. Say, is that rabbit hunting gear in your backpack there? Can I see some proof of admittance sir?

Having being outed as a bagger of an especially clever rabbit take me off the shore party. I am beginning the long slow paddle back to the ship.
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we need an Elmer Fudd toon - hunnin wabbits!!
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