"Back and Forth" - February 18, 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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BarbaraK
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#101

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Lyman wrote: Thu Feb 17, 2022 6:09 pm Ashore. Perhaps a world city next week?
I wouldn’t be surprised. Start now trying to guess what it will be?
If you want help with a meta, feel free to PM me. The more specific you are about what you have and what you want, the more likely I can help without spoiling.

(And if I help you win a mug, I’ll be especially delighted.)
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#102

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Ashore. Blantons for me - - in about 3 hours after a school board call. :-/
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sanmilton
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#103

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Chuggle-y, gluggle-y,
Where’ve you been recently?
Major world cities or
Isles on a cruise?

Just don’t get hooked on the
Benzodiazepines.
Do as we Muggles do:
Break out the booze!
RobM
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#104

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Easy swim to shore this week. Beach will be very crowded by Sunday night
Magistra
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#105

Post by Magistra »

On the beach!
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#106

Post by BEACHEDWHALE »

On Shore! Easy Peasy...
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#107

Post by Homer Buckle »

Really fun puzzle to do - safely ashore and headed to a Tiki Bar in St. Petersburg!
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#108

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Ashore! And it’s only Thursday. (Amazing for me…)
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Toby
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#109

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Solved. Patrick Berry never disappoints.
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#110

Post by Charles Stevens »

Solved this over a frose at a Manhattan bar.

Was it the hardest puzzle? No. But the ease with which Patrick Berry creates these is awe-inspiring. What a mind.
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#111

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Ashore after a pleasant swim. Great meta!
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#112

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Congratulations to Al Sisti for an honor long overdue. 👏
“I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year’s fashions”. Lillian Hellman
Dplass
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#113

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Ugh, completely stumped. Maybe I'll have post-enlightenment.

Update: ashore, see below.
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Shirley
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#114

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Ashore! Fun! Fun! Thank you, Mr.Berry.
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#115

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Ashore. Nice to have a quickie!
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#116

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Ashore! Fun puzzle.

Don’t know how well this translates over, but in the ‘wordle-verse’ this was a 3/6 for us (assuming that 1/6 = “nailed it before even filling out the grid, 2/6 = solved it in the time it takes to pour a beer after filling the grid, 3/6 = solved in the time it takes to calmly sip a beer after filling the grid, etc.). We typically are “somewhere between 4/6 and 5/6” solvers, with an occasional 3/6 and 7/6 thrown in. We’ve never had the “Sunday at x pm epiphany,” which would be 6/6 I suppose.

Good health, good cheers, and happy solving,
Dplass
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#117

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Dplass wrote: Thu Feb 17, 2022 6:59 pm Ugh, completely stumped. Maybe I'll have post-enlightenment.
Ashore. Amazing construction.
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#118

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Super fast solve… i think even if i had attacked it right at 4pm i woulda missed page 1 though; took me about 20 minutes for grid + meta, which included tending to some supper cooking. I am ready for some Baileys in my coffee, and some knitting. Brain tired from work work work.
The other Wendy. :roll:
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#119

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On shore. Beer me!
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#120

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In shore. Fun one!
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