"Overlaps" - March 5, 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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Schmeel
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Ashore!
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LaurenB
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#122

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On shore!

I surprised myself by figuring out the method to solve the meta waaaay before finishing the grid.
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martimeryard
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Ashore
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BethA wrote: ↑Thu Mar 04, 2021 4:19 pm On the beach! 🏖 🍷

I think Joanne Sullivan constructed one last year, too, for Women’s History Month.

Enjoyed it!
Good memory

Joanne constructed "In The Hopper" on March 6 of last year
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dk letter
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Struggled with the grid but was able to quickly solve the puzzle before completing the grid. A really nice construction!
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#126

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Easy swim to shore today, I'm sure it will be a crowded beach again this week
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Guy
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#127

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Ashore!
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#128

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Nice puzzle - solved and submitted, sitting on shore sipping Scotch
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Meg wrote: ↑Thu Mar 04, 2021 5:44 pm I’m on the beach. On my second margarita. The cabana boy is feeling just fine. Warm sun. Cool breeze. No mosquitos. Happy solvers on the shore.
Meg
It is with great restraint that I will refrain from commenting.
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Orangecane wrote: ↑Thu Mar 04, 2021 6:47 pm First on shore post! Took a couple of passes.
CONGRATULATIONS


Welcome to the beach. First of many I am sure.
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higgysue
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I forgot what day it was yesterday. By the time I remembered I was too tired to solve the puzzle. I’m onshore with another look this morning. Nice puzzle.
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MikeM000
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Thurman8er wrote: ↑Thu Mar 04, 2021 4:55 pm A new constructor! A female constructor! I can't wait to dig in!!
As an aside unrelated to the specifics of this meta (or metas in general), I've been quite pleased with the puzzles I've gotten with my subscription to the all-female crossword service Inkubator. Feel free to check them out....

https://inkubatorcrosswords.com

Edit: And since it was only 20 minutes after I sent this that I figured out the meta and submitted, I'll just add in the "on shore" comment here. Not as obvious to me as it was to a bunch of you, but got a good A-ha! out of it after trying a half-dozen Shenk/Gaffney-isms to no avail....
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Plymouthrock
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#133

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Am strand
Bring me my stein!
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Ashore! And my niece is now playing this week (and got the meta yesterday) after working with me last week. Fun!
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CopperRiver
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On the beach!
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Al Sisti
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Finally reached the beach. I missed an important aspect until this morning, so I made it harder than it was, but I would hardly call this easy. Guinness at 9:48 in the morning? Better wait an hour or so.
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Omnibus
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#137

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Ashore without too much effort. I suspect there may be a couple of rabbit holes for some fellow Muggles to find.
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auee89 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 05, 2021 9:40 am Ashore! And my niece is now playing this week (and got the meta yesterday) after working with me last week. Fun!
Have her create a name and post. We love muggles of all ages.
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SusieG
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I am ashore! I approached it as if it would be terribly difficult after the February puzzles, but it wasn’t. Interesting mechanism. Cappuccino for me.
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EVJ
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I finished the grid last night. The meta did not jump out at me the way it did for so many others. It’s pretty quiet in the bar but Isaac is whipping up a cappuccino for me. Maybe that will help me see the meta.
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