"Letter Openers" May 17, 2024

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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On shore. First on page two wins a beer, no?
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:tropical_drink: :desert_island: On the [ADJECTIVE REDACTED] shore.
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On shore. A diet Pepsi, please!
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on the {redacted} shore also
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MikeyG wrote: Thu May 16, 2024 4:11 pm (And if your cat wants to write you a purr-fect note, you should letter!)
But what if it's a tom?
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MikeyG wrote: Thu May 16, 2024 4:11 pm On that beautiful shore! Fun one!

(Beaten by @oldjudge by maybe 5 seconds, haha.)

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LOL, my watch said 3.4 seconds, but who’s counting.
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So... I thought there'd be a nice bridge from the ship to the shore.

But it only had one plank.

splash... lost at sea
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Got it! Diet Coke, please.
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On shore - lots of twists and turns for me to get to the right spot this week
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On the shore. Late start. Could’ve made page 1 if I’d started a little bit earlier. Oh, well.

(Screwed up and sent the wrong answer, though. Don’t know how I managed it because I had everything right in my notes.)
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On shore. Maybe a glass of wine tonight instead of bourbon. Nah. What was I thinking?
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Ashore! More to it than I thought. G&T please
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Geez. That was tough.

Because it was so hard I'll have Blue Curacao, Ameretto, Vodka, Swet and Sour mixed drink. It's that kind of day.
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Finally on shore. Made a mistake which tripped me up for a bit.
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Ashore...finally.....Tito's and Soda with a lime please.
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On shore... but spent a lot of my solving time on the last 10% or so of this lol
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Ashore with the aid of The Discorders. Very clever
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On shore and smiling at this super good Gaffney! Tending to our garage sale as part of the neighborhood sale this afternoon. I’m thinking Old Fashioneds and Garage Sales go together, right? 😀
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Ashore with lots of help from Discord. I never would have gotten this one on my own.
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Still page 1 at 5:06? Oh boy. A 2 hour flight did not help. I see what has to be at least part of the metanism but for the life of me cannot get an adjective out of it.

Weekend in Nashville will hopefully get the creative juices flowing.

Stay well all
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