"Winter Fall" - December 17, 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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Ashore! Finally got one on my own after a long drought.
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#42

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Solved. Fun puzzle!
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#43

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On shore! Iโ€™m ready for the nog of the egg Isaac!
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#44

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Ashore. Still pondering on one piece, but definitely have the meta.
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#45

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Made it ashore!
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#46

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Ashore. ๐Ÿ–๐Ÿน
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#47

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On the beach. Grid -- medium. Meta -- eh. Answer -- cute. Beer me!
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#48

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Ashore... Eggnog over a scoop of kahlua ice cream please.

One of my fastest times. Wish I had started on time.
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#49

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On shore! Another tough grid, then it took me some time to get the pieces to fit together properly. Enjoying the unseasonal warmth that allowed me to get out on the links today!
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#50

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Ashore without the Cruise Director walking me down the gangplank for a change.
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#51

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Cabin Boy! My chair! Put it down right here!
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And fetch me something wet from the Tiki Bar!
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#52

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On shore.
The bad news: Cornell shut down early in finals week because of an increase of Covid cases.
The good news: Daughter is home early for the holidays and she's healthy.
More good news: We are about to drink to that.
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#53

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Did the grid, didn't get the meta, went out to run an errand, looked again when I got back and saw it immediately. Always nice when that happens!
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#54

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Ashore. Enjoyed this puzzle on a cool, windy winter day. Now, I should get around to my Christmas shopping.
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#55

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Cheerfully ashore and heaving a sigh of relief that the November streak of disasters did not reappear this week. We're still jumpy from that. ;)
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Beth Tyrpin
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#56

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I really love this kind of meta. ๐Ÿ
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Kas
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#57

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Grid: Done.
Meta: ...close, but not...quite...sigh.

I blame 64D: PTSD from relation to prior Meta is obviously distracting me.
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#58

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Had this solved a couple of hours ago, then @DrTom said it was "easy" and it threw my game off.

Whiskey, please.
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#59

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In the sand.
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#60

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On Naboo. (I can pretend I'm in Maui, though.... sipping Kahlua... with a WSJ mug in hand!... :lol: )
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