"On Occasion" - December 10, 2021
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Richard
- Posts: 376
- Joined: Thu Apr 11, 2019 7:06 pm
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Thurman8er
- Posts: 393
- Joined: Tue Apr 09, 2019 3:05 pm
- Location: Fresno, CA
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Hidden in 3D
- Posts: 445
- Joined: Sun Nov 17, 2019 11:42 pm
Finally ASHORE! I would have been so disappointed in myself if I hadn't kept at it. I was on the right track all along, just didn't follow it far enough. Great AHA moment when I finally came to my senses!
Sara
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otlaolap
- Posts: 326
- Joined: Fri Sep 18, 2020 11:48 am
- Location: Palo Alto, California
Well, well, well, with three and a half hours to go, I have escaped from steerage. Now I declare "on shore", but with mild confidence only. Possibly I've gone from steerage to landfill -- what I am standing on is not the nice sandy beach others have described -- but it will do for now. There is a pending private message for me, and I'll read it as soon as I've sent the email from here to New York.
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femullen
- Posts: 543
- Joined: Fri Feb 28, 2020 1:02 pm
- Location: Shenandoah Valley, Virginia
Ashore just in time to board airplane home. Now I can have an in-flight cabernet.
For nudges, feel free to PM me. I won't have a clue how to help you, but you might shove me ashore.
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Flying_Burrito
- Posts: 372
- Joined: Fri Apr 16, 2021 11:24 am
- Location: Johns Creek, GA
Started way late but landed onshore. Nice little mechanism with corresponding quick aha. Lime La Croix pleaseeee, it was a tough weekend for the liver....
Senor Guaca Mole 
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haydendog
- Posts: 171
- Joined: Sun Oct 10, 2021 1:54 pm
- Location: Tennessee
Solved with a few much appreciated nudges! Happy to be ashore!
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escapeartist
- Posts: 478
- Joined: Fri Oct 09, 2020 12:24 am
Well I give up, and submitted a Hail Mary.
I saw something and used it for a phrase to make a last second TD bomb.
Gonna be slapping my forehead when the answer is revealed.
I saw something and used it for a phrase to make a last second TD bomb.
Gonna be slapping my forehead when the answer is revealed.
* 2022 WSJ Mug Winner - I bask in its Glory *
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Bob cruise director
- Cruise Director
- Posts: 5024
- Joined: Thu Apr 11, 2019 2:38 pm
- Location: Any golf course within 500 miles of Littleton MA
Our final count for the week is 17 on the ship and 162 on the shore.
Good luck to all winning the mug
Good luck to all winning the mug
Bob Stevens
Cruise Director
Cruise Director
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EmilyW
- Posts: 258
- Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2020 10:03 pm
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WSJosh
- Posts: 182
- Joined: Fri May 08, 2020 9:20 am
- Location: Nashville, TN
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roberto
- Posts: 11
- Joined: Sat Oct 02, 2021 3:17 pm
- Location: Milwaukee, WI
On shore with minutes to spare (hopefully). Completed the grid early on Thursday and didn’t see anything immediately and then life got in the way. Mini break in Chicago, holiday party and a busted furnace to contend with. Saw the meta after a little poking around rabbit holes while distracted by the Packer game 
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cpelster
- Posts: 21
- Joined: Sat Nov 14, 2020 3:08 pm
- Location: Lakewood, WA
Ashore!
I don’t see the Kas stars anymore. I even tried logging out and in again. What did I miss?
I don’t see the Kas stars anymore. I even tried logging out and in again. What did I miss?
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Joe Ross
- Moderator
- Posts: 6628
- Joined: Fri Apr 12, 2019 4:46 am
- Location: Cincinnati
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Joe Ross
- Moderator
- Posts: 6628
- Joined: Fri Apr 12, 2019 4:46 am
- Location: Cincinnati
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GTIJohnny
- Posts: 74
- Joined: Fri Sep 03, 2021 8:55 pm
- Location: Palatine, IL
I had 3/4 of the mechanism with the holidays and dates, but floundered thereafter. I Hail Mary'd "SET A DATE". Close, but that won't cut it.
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escapeartist
- Posts: 478
- Joined: Fri Oct 09, 2020 12:24 am
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BethA
- Posts: 701
- Joined: Tue Apr 09, 2019 6:44 pm
- Location: Beaver, PA
I sent in “It’s a date!”.
As long as we’re adding the apostrophe, might as well throw in the exclamation. Seemed like it was warranted.
As long as we’re adding the apostrophe, might as well throw in the exclamation. Seemed like it was warranted.
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ajk
- Posts: 1726
- Joined: Mon Dec 21, 2020 4:22 pm
- Location: Colorado
On Thursday I looked up the dates and thought to check the 14/22/25/1 squares, so literally had T A A E written on my (electronic) scratch paper. But it wasn’t until yesterday that I though to include the months, despite the 8-letter prompt. 
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PQ63
- Posts: 177
- Joined: Sat Jun 06, 2020 4:17 pm
I’m pretty sure 66A was a part of the mechanism. I did not see the path until I looked at DAY and its associated clue.