"Golden Years" - January 14, 2022

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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Meg
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#21

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On the beach! Very nice puzzle. I can’t tell you what the cabana boy is doing because all of his activities show up as spoilers.
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Cindy
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#22

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Solved
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Larrry
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#23

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On shore.

On last weeks, I didnt solve, even though I scanned the diagonals. Obviously scanned them too quickly.

I'll have an IPA.
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#24

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Ashore. Time for a delicious triple dry hopped double IPA from Abomination Brewing. I won't publicly post its expletive-containing title.
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Beth Tyrpin
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#25

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🏝🥰
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#26

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Got it.. I’m onshore!
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#27

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Guinness me. It was not hard to guess the answer but I thought Matt’s mechanism was very clever.
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#28

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Pretty sure I have it. Consider me onshore.
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#29

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Ashore as well!
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#30

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On shore. Can't believe I waited for the mechanism to reveal itself before I had a drink.
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#31

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I knew who it "had" to be but just had to make sure. Very nice puzzle!
Good luck, fellow Muggles!
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#32

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On shore. Now I will actually do the puzzle.
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On the beach, wondering how I got here! G & T me (but later this evening, Aussie time.)

Edit: Oh, that's how I got here. I feel as though I've earned that G & T now!
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#34

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On the beach.
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#35

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On shore. Like many here, I was confident in the answer before beginning the puzzle. I'm not sure if there's a double mechanism at work, but I had enough to confirm my early hunch. Time for a Manhattan!
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#36

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On shore.
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#37

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On shore. In line at the tiki bar just in time.
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#38

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Had the answer before seeing the puzzle. Did the puzzle. Stared. Saw a thing. Got to a place.

Feel like I am missing something. But calling myself ashore.
Happy to give nudges. If you notice I've solved, please tell me about avenues you've explored so I can nudge you in the right direction and not off a cliff.
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#39

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Ashore.
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Page 2? Dang.

Ashore... wonder if I'm missing the clincher to put it home (two things don't work) but I have it.

I'm ashore and I'll have .... what she's having.
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