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Good morning Muggles. Our Saturday report is early as we have to go out for the day.

The crashing sound you heard was our record being shattered as we have 176 on the shore already.

However first we welcome a bunch of new muggles - JoJoRabbit, lbary, A6spot, Cindy N, W3qn, jimswim, Clayden13, EVI, alboysmith and Lee-Ann

Our socially distanced muggles on shore are:

Brian M
Al
Beth A
Hector
Cindy
Joe R
streroto
Beth T
Tom M
Matt C
Frankie
docison
Tina
ky-mike
Wendy
Scott M
norrin2
dplass
Mike H
Julie
Meg
Jim and Anita
Chris
michaelm
Jeremy Smith
Heidi
Mark L
Vincent
Josh
femullen
flyingMoose
DrTom
David Wi
tenniswood
paige11
CPKdad
Peter L
Bob S
Glyn
OGuyDave
tonyrobots
ErikThor
MajorDomoTom
oldjudge
Janet
Jack
sharkicicles
Thomas W
D B Miller
Dow Jones
Bird Lives
Tim M
MileHighSolver
Les
David K
Jud
Stuart
spotter
Freida
Juliet
Devilbunny
ClayD
Paul D
Blair
TPS
sanmilton
Jean
higgisue
Laura
Eric P
Nalugirl
Rita and George
Doug M
RDaleHall
fstadler
Drysdale
ReB
JoJoRabbit
Barbara K
ALECgator13
mattythewsjpuzzler
Bill
dudeski
Jeffrey
802puzzler
Lisa Y
boharr
Ed S
Steve T
Lacangah
rex
EmilyW
Alan H
Trey and Marion
John and Beth
Marge
howardl
SusieG
scooby
Diane
Bill T
Omnibus
joe
Joepickett
Matthew
Schmeel
Stukmn
Flamel616
Kay
ladybird
tigerfly222
JimJim
bradisbrad
Geezer Weezer
Connor
Dennis
Tom S
jb321123
LittleGood
Robert DuPuy
TomandDenise
Kris Zacharias
Patty
scraps
ALS
lbary
Toby
Stu K
A6spot
Sara
Big Mac
JRS51
damefox
Steve Beck
Tony
ponchsteadyfish
Sam Gold or Susan G
yourpalsal
Cindy N
Jennifer
Sean Means
jimswim
stmv
txgordo
ImOnToo
Jackie88
Leslie
Natalie
alec
Steve1963
Connor
EVJ
Cynthia J
JeanneC
Brian
Beth C
Colin
joes
maprasad
HeadinHome
David
Frank
arlecchino
samandcampowercouple
William
LaceyK
diplomatt
Matthew M
Marge
UTHfan
eagle1279
Scott L
Head scratcher
Gerry
alboysmith
Lee-Ann

Who knows, we may hit 200 on the shore.

Long odds winning the mug.

Stay safe this weekend

Will want to know how many submitted correctly
This week. Drinking an IPA and it’s not even 10:00 am.
Savoring a victory.

Plymouthrock wrote: ↑Sat May 23, 2020 9:47 am Will want to know how many submitted correctly
This week. Drinking an IPA and it’s not even 10:00 am.
Savoring a victory.

We won't know until Tuesday or maybe Wednesday. There probably will be over 95% correct submissions based on past experience. I expect about 2300 or more correct submissions.

I see lot's of posts from Thursday - - I get the actual paper on Friday. I'm guessing that the on-line version is available earlier?

cbarbee002 wrote: ↑Sat May 23, 2020 10:28 am I see lot's of posts from Thursday - - I get the actual paper on Friday. I'm guessing that the on-line version is available earlier?

Yeah. About 4 PM on Thursdays.

On shore

Actually landed last night and had an IPA.

Tough to social distance on the crowded beach.

TPS wrote: ↑Fri May 22, 2020 9:58 pm Some mood music for the crowed beach https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wSXTN2EfRo

Takes me back to the “Milk Bar” I worked as a teenager at a holiday resort (caravan park) in England back in the early 70s. Kids in the Milk Bar... their parents in the real bar upstairs. Israelites, Young Girl, Proud Mary, Something In The Air and many more classics lodged in my brain with fond memories of summers and a few early romances. No phones or other modern day distractions. The old wood-framed pin tables (with very high tilt tolerance) and the ‘video’ game, which ran a looped 35mm film of a dog fight and flashed a red light bulb in the viewer when your sights aligned with the enemy plane) were the only distractions. Kids actually practiced the art of face-to-face conversation 24/7 and there was very little bickering! But I apologize for wittering on...
Thank you TPS, for taking me back in time as music so often does.

cbarbee002 wrote: ↑Sat May 23, 2020 10:28 am I see lot's of posts from Thursday - - I get the actual paper on Friday. I'm guessing that the on-line version is available earlier?

https://blogs.wsj.com/puzzle/category/c ... d-contest/

Since you subscribe to the paper, you (likely) have an online subscription, & can
https://www.wsj.com/newsletters#puzzles

You will be emailed when the next puzzle is available online, including the weekday puzzle following Friday's - usually Monday's, unless there is a holiday - which contains the answer for the Crossword Contest (in the PDF).

Richard wrote: ↑Sat May 23, 2020 10:58 am On shore

Actually landed last night and had an IPA.

Tough to social distance on the crowded beach.

Lots of us are talking about crowded beaches, but if this https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/pra ... world.html is the beach, we'd have almost a mile of shoreline each!

Hooray! Joining everyone on shore.

Count me on shore!!

Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Sat May 23, 2020 9:04 am Good morning Muggles. Our Saturday report is early as we have to go out for the day.

The crashing sound you heard was our record being shattered as we have 176 on the shore already.

However first we welcome a bunch of new muggles - JoJoRabbit, lbary, A6spot, Cindy N, W3qn, jimswim, Clayden13, EVI, alboysmith and Lee-Ann

Our socially distanced muggles on shore are:

[...]

Who knows, we may hit 200 on the shore.

Long odds winning the mug.

Stay safe this weekend

How many will the shore hold before it tips over? I'm getting concerned this week...

ReB wrote: ↑Sat May 23, 2020 2:49 pm

Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Sat May 23, 2020 9:04 am Good morning Muggles. Our Saturday report is early as we have to go out for the day.

The crashing sound you heard was our record being shattered as we have 176 on the shore already.

However first we welcome a bunch of new muggles - JoJoRabbit, lbary, A6spot, Cindy N, W3qn, jimswim, Clayden13, EVI, alboysmith and Lee-Ann

Our socially distanced muggles on shore are:

[...]

Who knows, we may hit 200 on the shore.

Long odds winning the mug.

Stay safe this weekend

How many will the shore hold before it tips over? I'm getting concerned this week...

Good question as we are in uncharted waters. A mile is 5280 feet and we are 6 feet apart, that is 880 muggles per mile so I think we are safe for a while. And if the shore is 100 feet deep, that means it will hold all the submitters. LOL

Done and done. A Nordeast please.

I think I'm suffering quarantine brain. I've been clueless for a few weeks now and this one is no different. I feel like I should have it but I just don't. So someone has to keep Isaac company. Seems I've been elected. Happy Memorial Day weekend, Muggles.

Add me to the on shore list. Got to the grid late Thursday so didn't do anything more than fill it in. Was a swift solve when I looked at it Friday morning.

Deb F wrote: ↑Sat May 23, 2020 3:14 pm I think I'm suffering quarantine brain. I've been clueless for a few weeks now and this one is no different. I feel like I should have it but I just don't. So someone has to keep Isaac company. Seems I've been elected. Happy Memorial Day weekend, Muggles.

You can get it. You have gotten many that are much harder than this one. We need you on the shore.

On Shore.
Nice to have some excitement for this holiday weekend! Be safe and well everyone.

Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Sat May 23, 2020 3:57 pm

Deb F wrote: ↑Sat May 23, 2020 3:14 pm I think I'm suffering quarantine brain. I've been clueless for a few weeks now and this one is no different. I feel like I should have it but I just don't. So someone has to keep Isaac company. Seems I've been elected. Happy Memorial Day weekend, Muggles.

You can get it. You have gotten many that are much harder than this one. We need you on the shore.

No one gets left behind!

On shore