"A Year to Watch" - December 31, 2021

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Pop the cork Isaac! Ashore and ready to ring in the new year. Glad to be done with 2021.
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Fun puzzle and happy to say I'm ashore with a Belvedere gimlet in hand.

What a year! We had a covid scare this week and thankfully that's all it was since we tested negative. Saturday January 1 will bring us our 6th grandchild and we can't wait to meet him! Life is good and we are truly blessed.

Cheers to all and stay safe out there, fellow solvers!
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#83

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Ashore...Happy New Year!!
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Did the grid but couldn't make sense of the meta. Then realized I forgot to look at the prompt, which turned out to be helpful. Now on shore! (And in Kauai, so literal as well as figurative).
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I am just solving this after returning from our 48th Winter Bananaversary, a reunion of my Boy Scout camp staff from the '70s. I am happily ashore, two Martinis and several good and reminiscent laughs in. Happy 2022 and happy TV Time, everyone.
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Ashore. Wishing you all a Happy New Year!
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:desert_island: :tropical_drink: ๐Ÿฅณ On shore at last. Fresh eyes and caffeine this morning helped.

Happy New Year, all!
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Miki wrote: Thu Dec 30, 2021 10:44 pm On shore
Page four
Getting a mug?
No, just a hug...
Happy 2022!
To you, and ewe and U2
on shore with you,
alone this puzzle i could not do.
my age has shown
but luckily you remind me i don't have to do it all alone.
here's to more puzzles in 2022,
maybe next friday i'll be the one
to get you to the beach
so neither of us has to admit defeat!


thank you for bringing me into the puzzle world this year, and teaching me how to approach the metas. each week i get better at them but this week was just way out of my league!
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Joey Avocado
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#89

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HNY

On shore
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#90

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On shore. Took a good night's sleep and some coffee.
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Was on a false lead at first, then saw some of what I needed to see. After sleeping in, I woke up somehow knowing the answer even though I didn't know I got there. Sure enough, when I looked at the puzzle, I saw the path and the answer.

Ashore.

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With a huge amount of googling, I believe that I have made it to the shore.
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Ashore!

Happy and Healthy New Year to all of you!!!๐ŸŽ‰
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Ashore.
Relaxing late last night, no grid in front of me, ta-da. Go figure.

May you all manage to keep your glasses at least half full of whatever makes you happy!
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Ashore!


"Solve well, and be not led astray by words intended to deceive."

Indeed!
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Joe Ross wrote: Fri Dec 31, 2021 9:42 am Ashore!


"Solve well, and be not led astray by words intended to deceive."

Indeed!
Concur! and ashore after getting my better half's brain to collaborate this morning
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Fun and quick! Happy New Year!
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OK, finally ashore! Took a couple of wrong turns, thinking I โ€œknewโ€ what to do before taking myself off the wrong path.

Iโ€™ll save my drink for this evening - not sure Iโ€™ll make it to midnight. Happy new year, everyone!
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Meg wrote: Thu Dec 30, 2021 5:06 pm On the shore. The cabana boy wants to know when he should start taking down the decorations. I told him to ask our cruise director.
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Tell the cabana boy - indoors after New Years when he sobers up. Outdoor January 6 or when the weather permits.
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Bob cruise director wrote: Fri Dec 31, 2021 10:02 am
Meg wrote: Thu Dec 30, 2021 5:06 pm On the shore. The cabana boy wants to know when he should start taking down the decorations. I told him to ask our cruise director.
Meg
Tell the cabana boy - indoors after New Years when he sobers up. Outdoor January 6 or when the weather permits.
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