"Double Trouble" - December 3, 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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#61

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Aha! On shore! Nice way to celebrate a birthday. Bottle of wine to be opened at dinner . . . .
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sharkicicles
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#62

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Got a late start on this one, but on the shore. A fun one!
If you like Rows Gardens check out my mini ones here: viewforum.php?f=41. Nudges are free on the off chance I’ve solved the meta.
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ajk
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#63

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sharkicicles wrote: Thu Dec 02, 2021 7:18 pm Got a late start on this one, but on the shore. A fun one!
This
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#64

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boharr wrote: Thu Dec 02, 2021 4:35 pm On shore.
EDIT: I jumped in the water too quickly, so I am not ashore yet. And OldJudge or some other deserving Muggle should move up here on page one.
I did same. So top two on page 2 are “page 1”
So sorry folks
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#65

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On the beach.
Galloping Great Gaffney puzzle.
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#66

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Solved. Forgot to post.
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#67

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Solved. Excellent aha moment, as others have noted.
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#68

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Ashore!

Very clever!

Rita and George
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Upstater
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#69

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Very clever! On shore.
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Just getting off from my, you know, Actual Job (which is not Doing The Meta...would that my work were more Gaffney-esque, but alas...), and my thought for the moment is that there should be a handicap system for those of us who will never make the Solvers' Page 1.

I acknowledge that this assumes I would actually make Page 1 anyway, and based on the last 4 weeks, that's clearly a fallacy.

But I can dare to dream, my fellow Muggles...DARE TO DREAM!!!
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I solved this one on the way home, which meant that my poor beleaguered husband, who was driving, was a captive audience and had no choice but to listen to me explain exactly how it all worked and how very clever I thought it was.

Kas wrote: Thu Dec 02, 2021 8:10 pm Just getting off from my, you know, Actual Job (which is not Doing The Meta...would that my work were more Gaffney-esque, but alas...), and my thought for the moment is that there should be a handicap system for those of us who will never make the Solvers' Page 1.

I acknowledge that this assumes I would actually make Page 1 anyway, and based on the last 4 weeks, that's clearly a fallacy.

But I can dare to dream, my fellow Muggles...DARE TO DREAM!!!
Easy! Just note what time you start and what time you finish; then compare your total time to the last post on page 1. If you're faster, consider yourself a page 1 solver and feel free to announce it here.
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MajordomoTom
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#72

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With Isaac
"Lots of planets have a North", the Ninth Doctor.
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First one in weeks for me.

I think this is the first time I got one while not looking at the grid. Was in the car on way home from the gym and bam.
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#74

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On shore! An exceptionally clever one in my opinion.
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ron wrote: Thu Dec 02, 2021 8:38 pm First one in weeks for me.

I think this is the first time I got one while not looking at the grid. Was in the car on way home from the gym and bam.
DWM -- Driving While Muggling
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#76

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Ashore!
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#77

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Ashore once again! Feels good to be able to get here two weeks on my own. It's more straightforward than you think!
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#78

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After having to spoon-feed the wifey all the clues, she now sits on shore. I don't. I'll bet it's gonna be a really cute one, too. :-(
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🛁 :desert_island: :tropical_drink: Inspiration strikes in the bathtub! Onshore.
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We were videotaping something for our son when we said the phrase in unison and joked it could be the meta phrase... It was!

On shore with much glee!
Team DoubleTow=Ali (who posts here) & Alex
with occasional assistance from son
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