"Double Trouble" - December 3, 2021

[mbryant]

On shore. Hit me while in bed this morning.

[LivinaDogsLife]

Ashore!

[BethA]

The Saturday Variety puzzle finally showed up. And it’s a cryptic!!!

@Jeanrosz
@hcbirker
@auee89

[Joe Ross]

The Saturday Variety puzzle finally showed up. And it’s a cryptic!!!

@Jeanrosz
@hcbirker
@auee89

@MikeMillerwsj was on the case early this morning.

[higgysue]

On shore. Was on the tip of my tongue for about an hour! Finally coaxed the answer out. Will have to go see what is day 3 in the "Advent Wine" box tonight.

I have been loving the Advent wine calendar! But you are behind, Advent started November 28. Drink up!

[Ben B]

On shore! We solved the grid Friday night but could not solve the meta before driving to a scout campout. The meta came to me when I awoke this morning.

Camping while Muggleing.

Loved this puzzle. Thanks Matt.

[Henry Paul]

"Make it a double Isaac!" he said, easing into his regular stool, which after the past 8 (10?) weeks of steady use had begun molding to his frame. And as he sipped his drink, through narrowed eyes he watched the people cavorting on the shore, pondering over and over, the lost meaning that so many had easily gotten.

[sanmilton]

Greetings from West Palm Beach! (I'm traveling again, so just getting to the puzzle this morning.) I'm on shore after one of the most satisfying "Aha!" moments in many a week. Wonderfully clever, Matt!

[Barney]

Put me next to Isaac for the duration.

[cheryl w]

On shore. This was quirky but I liked it.

[cbarbee002]

Got the answer before the total mechanism, but now looking for an empty seat spot on the beach. A rare “double” for me (WSJ and MGWCC); that said, it IS a week one. :-/

[Bob cruise director]

Good Saturday morning muggles

One thing that is great about this couple of weeks is that we have more new muggles. This week we welcome lakeplacidskater (shades of 1980?), Onaquest, Ckel313, chankins, and drbockel2. Great to have more muggles

And what I love about reading all the comments to find who is on the ship or the shore are all the unrelated but humorous comments. This week we have the punsters out in force and for those of us who remember before interstates, the Burma Shave signs.

So far we have 13 on the ship and 148 on the shore.

The ship party keeping Isaac in business are
MajorDomoTom
Kas
higgysue
mattythewsjpuzzler
CPJohnson
JeanneC
Josh
Deb
copperriver
drbockel2
SReh26
barney
Henry Paul

And the shore party getting drinks from Meg's cabana boy in his Christmas speedo are

femullen
RPardoe
Mike H
BEACHEDWHALE
Al
hoover
joe
Georgeall
David K
Wendy
Beth A
MatthewL
Dannyvee
DCBilly
Jordanian
Toby
ky-mike
michaelm
BrennerTJ
Laura
Jace54
oldjudge
RobM
whimsy
Anita
Bill
JimJim
auee89
CallMeShane
dpl11
Tmart
periperi
NuYear68
Amanda Hugginkiss
Carolyn SW
Chris
Harbo
Jean
Homer
Omnibus
Bird Lives
ZooAnimalsOnWheels
TeaJenny
Tom S
Scott M
minimuggle
Steveb
Beth T
rjy
RDaleHall
yourpalsal
Meg
boharr
Kay
Barbara K
TeamDoubleTow
Cindy
sharkicicles
hayburner
KaiS
Les
otlaolap
Fred
Rita and George
Upstater
Ron
benchen71
Miki
Joe R
Eric P
Hidden in 3D
EmilyW
Tina
MaineMarge
darth
Jack
EVJ
joes
Acari
woozy
pjc
MarkWoychick
HeadinHome
JennyByrd
Zach
dk letter
DannyCincinatti
Franklin
FatJack
MikeM000
JaneGummy
Lacangah
ALS
dplass
Ergcat
Moi
Beth C
ImOnToo
Lube On
Kerry S
Joepickett
Glorfindel
MamaE
Bonnibel
DrTom
Adajeo
iggystan
Shirley
roberto
Larrry
jgholl
chankins
kfahey
Gerry
Heidi
tmitchell
Tomgebhard
WSJosh
Gman
RichA2
HunterX
Cindy N
kamashdas
cinny
Blair
mntlblok
mbryant
dudeski
drbdb
czeemuggle
Phil and Kelli
ship4u
Grover
Mary F
Ben B and son
John B
LivinaDogsLife
Joseph B
Olof
Michael
Ckel313
Onaquest
lakeplacidskater
ladybird
Katiedid
cbarbee
sanmilton
cheryl w


Have a great day and stay safe

[TheDeej]

Ashore! Two in a row. Knew the answer before the complete solve, but very satisfying AHA moment. Love it! Barkeep, think I'll have the same as last week; B&T with Harp here!

Have a great weekend everyone!

[markhr]

Spent quite a while at the ship's bar, but upon trying again this morning I made it quickly to shore.
A quirky but enjoyable puzzle.

[diplomatt]

Making egg nog on the beach!

[Scott M]

On shore. Was on the tip of my tongue for about an hour! Finally coaxed the answer out. Will have to go see what is day 3 in the "Advent Wine" box tonight.

From the WSJ Wine Club by chance? So far we're three for three on liking what came out of the one I got for my wife as an early gift. At least I've enjoyed the sips she shared with me.

[bigtuna]

Got it! Struggled more than last week going down a few blind alleys but the light bulb went on during my third run at it. Nice to be ashore!

[M and M]

Definitely a forehead slap answer. We had all of it lined up in front of us and just couldn't close the deal. OUCH. If only slapping our foreheads would always joggle the answer loose!

Anyway, safely on shore and ready to party.

[ajk]

So far we have 13 on the ship and 148 on the shore.

My initial post was overly vague since I was just lazily quoting a prior one, but you can add me to the shore count.

[HunterX]

I posted a question a couple of weeks ago, and saw others post the same question. But I never saw an answer. So I'll try again, as I'm quite curious...

What happened to the "Rate the difficulty of the meta" option?

I keep wondering whether I missed a rancorous discussion which was resolved by a pact to "Let us never speak of this again." Which would explain the forum's silence on the matter. Perhaps someone used one too many Oxford comma during the debate?

("There, there, poor Oxford comma. I still like you. Here, let me tell you a story about a party I had where I invited two strippers, Hitler and Stalin....")