"Color Code" - July 24, 2020

[Wendy Walker]

On the shore and raising a special toast to my Dad! Thanks, Jack!
Incredible construction, Mike -- wow!

So, Wendy, tell us more about your father........
(JK -- not really looking for any hints.)

Whimsy, how kind of you to ask! Oh ... wait ... you wanted some specific info about Dad?

[LadyBird]

Totally confused about this meta. And totally confused about what the broadcasters are doing with the Cubs game. One minute the stands are empty. The next minute, there are "fans" in those same areas. I can understand piping in fake crowd noise, but this is really weird.

[flamingbear]

So first time here. I've already submitted a almost certainly wrong answer. Can I get a nudge? Not sure what the specifics of that involve. TY in advance.

You all are fast. Thanks for the help.

[diplomatt]

On the shore!

[Streroto]

Side discussion. Not sure 1A is correct. It certainly is not as of 2019.

I wondered about that too. That answer shows up in crosswords all the time, but I think it's pretty anachronistic in real life.

Actually there are 1A around US- Breckenridge has one that’s been there forever- and many in Europe. So not really anachronistic. But further research has confirmed my hunch that this particular clue/entry pair is wrong.

[Streroto]

WOW challenging metas two weeks in a row.

The good news is that we have new muggles - Elizabeth Cutler, cherikee and Amanda Hugginkiss. And the stern garden never looked so good - not a deadhead or weed to be seen.

The bad news is that we have 29 on the ship and only 45 on the shore.

Keeping Isaac in business (and he has plenty of cold beer and ice for mixed drinks and soda)
spotter
Janet
ky-mike
streroto
Scott M
Josh
MajorDomoTom
cbarbee002
Heid
DrTom
MarkL
Cynthia J
MaineMarge
whimsy
Gman
Jennifer
higgysue
ladybird
Janet P
GuyL
Tom S
your humble cruise director
Commodore
SusieG
michaelm
EVJ
RichA2
Elizabeth Cutler
and cherikee

And on the shore are

sanmilton
Steveb
Al
BrianM
Hector
Joe Ross
Meg
Wendy
Beth T
paige11
Frankie
TPS
oldjudge
Barbara K
C=64
Peter

Now back to staring at my marked up color coded second copy of this contest


damefox
Tina
Laura M
Eric P
Cindy
Larrry
boharr
billkatz
dplass
Chris
yourpalsal
Paul D
Domenic
joequavis
elementary
M and M
Rob M
Amanda Hugginkiss
JennyByrd
JeanneC
Ksoav
Jordanian
mattythewsjpuzzler
Trey and Marion
Plymouth Rock
Jace54
Homer
Kay
and Tmart

I am on my fourth such copy...

[BrianDavidson]

On the ship, not seeing it yet. Perhaps after wine with dinner...

[PeterLeea1a]

LAS. And as for skiing, Alta is my happy place.

[mheberlingx100]

I’ve submitted an answer but it really doesn’t feel right. It is more like I have an answer in mind and worked backwards to justify. I consider myself still on the ship, but I could spend hours more on this without doing any better.

[eagle1279]

Lost at sea again, spent two hours at the bar last night sipping bourbon and chasing rabbits, nodded off dreaming that I was playing 62A, for some reason woke this morning with a headache. Not encouraged when other says things like "another difficult meta..." But I'll keep trying no matter how much bourbon it takes!

[ky-mike]

Our cruise director missed me again (post #162). Count me on shore.

[Tom Shea]

My head hurts and I'm not even drinking.

Issac maybe a little Guinness, for medicinal purposes, of course.

This reminds me of the W.C. Fields quote:

Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite and furthermore always carry a small snake.

[MaineMarge]

On shore finally after some productive thinking in the stern garden.
As I waded up to the beach I saw signage indicating new guidelines for solving partygoers:
Positive
All Others

I’m heading left as this is a 100%er, Muggles.
Good one, Mike

[LesY]

Ashore after a small, kind nudge. Literally four words.

Spent two days on the first step and about two seconds on the second one. I may have a thought about preposition usage on Monday. Great puzzle!

Isaac sent me ashore with a Hardywood Tropication. Enjoying all the baseball chatter!

[MarkL]

All, rise! Raise your right hand and repeat after me, "I will never, ever, ever, question the severity or difficulty of a meta, nor express a desire for more difficult metas, nor speak critically of any constructor."

[Thurman8er]

Ashore!

[lbray53]

Have an answer but not sure why I think it is right. I was hoping to back into the support but so far that is sketchy. Looking for a very soft nudge. Officially on the ship this week.

[Colin]

Sleeping on it, after a tad more wine. The thing about spaghetti carbonara is that you need plenty of wine to cleanse the pallet of bacon, Parmesan, eggs, cream, butter and garlic. Any seconds, Isaac?
To those who say this one is easy - maybe wahr for you, but not wahr for me!

[whimsy]

I grew up in Colorado, and my local slopes had 1As, but I don’t recall ever seeing them at Vail even in the 70s. Probably just a fun pun.

Not a skier here but ..........I'm figuring just another reason for there to be a ? after the clue?

[Bob cruise director]

Dragged ashore with the help of the coast guard, harbor patrol, fire department, red cross and a couple of friendly muggles.

I will drinking at the tiki bar but not out of a WSJ mug.