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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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oldjudge
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Al Sisti wrote: ↑Thu Aug 11, 2022 4:39 pm Hi all… I’m Al; remember me? I used to solve metas. If I recall correctly, the verbiage is “I am on shore,” right? And then I request a beverage of some ilk? (now why did he bring me some milk?).
For my money, Al is one of the best meta solvers in the world.
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Much better perfromance by me this week - gladly ashore and enjoying some nice, cool weather!
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oldjudge wrote: ↑Thu Aug 11, 2022 5:53 pm
Al Sisti wrote: ↑Thu Aug 11, 2022 4:39 pm Hi all… I’m Al; remember me? I used to solve metas. If I recall correctly, the verbiage is “I am on shore,” right? And then I request a beverage of some ilk? (now why did he bring me some milk?).
For my money, Al is one of the best meta solvers in the world.
Aw, thanks Jay... but lately, you'd be losing your money. I've fanned on more than I've hit in the last month or so.
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Ashore, solved and submitted
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Ashore!
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Back on the beach this week.
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I think I am on shore, but would love to compare notes with someone else who is ashore to make sure I'm not down a rabbit hole that seems to work. Please DM me if interested. In any event, it's bourbon time!
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I don't care for 17A, Isaac, pour me another shot from that bottle on the end of the second row.
"Lots of planets have a North", the Ninth Doctor.
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Struggled a bit, but made it to shore.
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On the beach. G & T me (later this evening!)
Check out "The MOAT MEOW Mashup Pack" here. US$10 for 14 metas that don't always abide by the "rules" of the game: asymmetry, 2-letter words, uncrossed letters, who knows. And this time there's a mega-meta! :shock:
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Count me ashore. My, how the difficulty level can vary from week to week!
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Eep... Is it Thurs! I forgot!!!! Better get on board and get off!
So I just plain couldn't get my meta based on "Up the Down Staircase" to work.

My challenge it to constructors is to make a meta where the meta, theme or metanism is "Up the Down Staircase".
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Easiest WSJ meta ever for me.REDACTED
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Ashore. Gosh I wish my manager would move my 4pm ET Thursday meeting...
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😁🏝👏🏼🧉
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What a difference a week makes. Page one last week, stumped today. Going to put it down for a while and look at it again later with fresh eyes.
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I think I have it but not positive.

On the West Coast and can not keep my Thursday afternoons open for some reason.
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Dplass wrote: ↑Thu Aug 11, 2022 7:42 pm Ashore. Gosh I wish my manager would move my 4pm ET Thursday meeting...
I hear ya! The big project I was on always had our vendor touch-base meeting at 4pm on Thursdays.

So I retired.

Oh, but my kids still want to wait until Friday evening when Seattle-son can zoom. Oh well... Still waiting for my Lyft to the dock before I can board the ship tomorrow. Don't fill up more than a dozen pages until then folks! That'll be a lot of catching up for me to do.
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On shore!
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Ashore
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