"Some Real Duds In There" - August 27, 2021

[CopperRiver]

Ashore quickly after completing grid. TGIF. Stay safe and healthy all Muggles and have a great weekend.

[escapeartist]

I don't think this is a spoiler,

but I asked my wife to rent this best picture nominated film from the local library for us to watch tonight.

What a terrible and creepy pile of hot steaming garbage we just wasted our time watching.

I am now henceforth banned for making any further movie recommendations in our marriage.

[SingleMalt]

On Shore I guess. Hopefully I just didn't add to the collection of Rabbits I have mistakenly mounted to my wall!

[DianeA]

On shore. Actually finished Friday morning, but thought it might be too easy. I wanted to give it another day to mature. A little gun shy since the past two weeks were utter failures in solving ability.
I had seen and semi-enjoyed this film, but i'm terrible with titles...needed Mr. G to nudge me to completion. What was that movie i watched last night, too?

[Jackie88]

On shore!

[PJM]

On shore!

[Guy]

Ashore

[Flying_Burrito]

Onshore. Easy one this week - what am I going to do with the rest of my time?

[Annabelle]

On shore after a looooong voyage. Got the meta path this week, just need a little help from Mr. Google's buddy Mr. IMDb for the final answer. Enjoyed the grid and the hidden clues.

[Kris Zacharias]

On shore--if there is any room left!

[ZooAnimalsOnWheels]

I'm on shore! I heard we might be running low on drinks at the bar, so I brought a 6-pack of Racer 5 IPA with me in honor of last week's puzzle.

[Bob cruise director]

Good Saturday morning muggles

First a welcome to our newest muggles - Glorfindel, katnhat, joshuacory, TheDopeFromHope, technohumanisteach, Thags, JoeFlanders, AndyF, mydogsam and one renamed muggle SingleMalt. Great to have many more muggles. Several of our new muggles have given us their backgrounds under Come Aboard/Introduce Yourself viewtopic.php?f=23&p=65875#p65875

For our new muggles and everyone else, we have a zoom get together every Tuesday at 7:30pm Eastern time. The link can be found at Come Aboard/New Link to Tuesday Muggle Meet Up viewtopic.php?f=18&t=1003. We talk and cry about this week's WSj meta, sometimes the Monday Muggle Meta, the MGWCC or any of the other metas. It is a great way to meet others with the same obsession that we all have. There is also the tab at the top of the page for Muggle Zoom Room. The zoom room is open at any time for muggles to get together and cosolve.

Also Joe Ross has put up a banner announcement with a link to the WSJ Crossword Course which is a great learning experience. Also under Come Aboard/FAQ's Community/Solving Resources there are several topics of interest including - Past WSJ Crossword Contests and Solutions, Hints for Solving Mets Contests and our Guidance on Hints/Nudges among others.

Last thing before our weekly status - Peter Abide has created a calendar of metas at the top of the page.

And as always, if you have any questions or suggestions, please let us know

This week we have a mob scene on the beach - socially distanced of course with 1 on the ship and 220 on the beach. Our record for the most muggles on the beach is 250.

On the ship is the MadHatter - C'mon Josh - we are going for a record and don't need you drinking with Isaac.

And the mob on the shore is

LadyBird
Bill Bovard
Joe Ross
KayW
Hidden in 3D
MatthewL
boharr
auee89
BarbaraK
Brian M
mlvilv
pjc
michaelm
Meg
docison
Tmart
oldjudge
joe
Al
C=64
DrTom
Steveb
Tom Wi
sanmilton
Jim and Anita
paige
Begbie
Scott M
Beth A
Wendy
Georgeall
Cindy
Chris
jrdad
Omnibus
Mike H
Homer
Gman
Heidi
mattythewsjpuzzler
SewYoung
Josh
Dannyvee
Franklin
joevdz
Joepickett
802puzzler
Powers2020
whimsy
meowmiao71
Beth T
RobM
Laura
Bill
JaneGummy
Jean
David K
Dave C
hoover
jdb
Ron
sruss43484
TeaJenny
hunkra
escapeartist
Dow Jones
RPardoe
Schmeel
femullen
MajorDomoTom
JimJim
AnnieMac
czeemuggle
BrennerTJ
higgysue
Rita and George
Mister Squawk
kfahey
Blair
mntlblok
CPJohnson
mindle
MamaE
Zagman49
eagle1279
Tina
Bird Lives
dpl11
darth
joequavis
Bill Swerski 13
M and M
Glyn
dplass
SReh26
Deb
kdubs
RDaleHall
NuYear68
CallMeShane
Anita
rwillhrco
Commodore
brulo
sfed
Guffman
mydogsam
Cap'n Rick
MikeM000
cheryl w
benchen71
Eric P
Zach
ky-mike
Ergcat
ajk
jh773
regfish
azdataboy
AndyF
Richard
TeamDoubleTow
lbray
LittleGood
woozy
Jace54
MarkWoychick
Moi
Jeremy
rosiegirl
meekmouse
Matthew
sunnyseattle
JeanneC
Henry Paul
joes
EVJ
mitchel674
seahawks seashanty
mbryant
WSJosh
Cindy N
BeTheLight
Prozach
ADS
EmilyW
stmv
ALS
Trey and Marion
Magistra
John B
cinny
b4alltime
dk letter
Littlegreycells
qvart
William
Barry
Bill Buchanan
JoeFlanders
Miki
Mary F
sharkicicles
Peter L
sf592000
Orsys
Doug C
JennyByrd
edot
ahimel
Daniel G
Thags
jmorgie7
MaineMarge
cbarbee
Colin&Chuck
RichA2
Nalugirl
technohumanisteach
Geezer Weezer
Kalamitykatie
SusieG
streroto
TheCatt
JRS51
clueless_solver
DannyCincinatti
D B Miller
bread-girl
Big Mac
iggystan
livpolfan
Kimberly
RussHiggins
yourpalsal
Roberta
JetStream
cpelster
TheDopeFromHope
joshuacory
katnahat
HunterX
dudeski
Olof
Susan G
Glorfindel
Phil and Kelli
copperriver
Sean
Rad26
Diane
Gerry
Douglas
Guy L
SingleMalt
Jackie88
PJM
Annabelle
Flying_Burrito
Kris Zacharias

Let me know if I missed anyone in the crowd.

[SReh26]

Onshore. Easy one this week - what am I going to do with the rest of my time?

fight w relatives like I’m doing?

[Ergcat]

Onshore. Easy one this week - what am I going to do with the rest of my time?

fight w relatives like I’m doing?

I’m using my “free time” to pack to go to Iceland on Tuesday!

[TheDeej]

Ashore! After trying, and utterly failing, the last 4 weeks it feels good to finally be able to say it. Beer me!

[MamaE]

While we're waiting, let's see if Armond can find us a more secluded spot... (just seeing if there are any other White Lotus fans here )

Whatever we do I do not want to go out on the sunset cruise LOL

We have to ask for a better beach.

I’m sure there are other muggles that have a plunge pool and I want one too LOL

[LesY]

Well, since we're going for a record -- ashore.

[Fishoutowater]

Ashore. Agree it was easy this time around.

[Flying_Burrito]

Onshore. Easy one this week - what am I going to do with the rest of my time?

fight w relatives like I’m doing?

I’m using my “free time” to pack to go to Iceland on Tuesday!

Ergat, rule # 1 of Wedding Crashers, sorry I mean Mugglers:
Never leave a fellow Muggler behind: you got to take some of us to Iceland

Second rule: blend in by standing out

[diplomatt]

Here on the beach!