"Left Up In The Air" May 24, 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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Cindy
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#41

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Solved
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On shore. Hot. Beer please.
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Ashore
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#44

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Ashore.

Red Bull and seltzer.
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#45

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Ashore!

With a Citron Martini.

Shaken, not stirred.
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Ashore.
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Started an hour late but the first thing I tried worked. Always nice to work a Patrick Berry meta. I think I'll 37A with a margarita.
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#48

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Ashore
If I’ve solved and you need a nudge, you can PM me. Happy to pay it forward. ;)
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Alas, I am at the ship's bar. I was about to report "ashore", but my momentary BLip of excitement was crushed dUE to a fatal error in my metanism. When I realized this, I gave a GROan loud enough for the buSBoy to hear. Well, I must get back to work twEAKing my thinking.

fyi...this is life bird #700--seen Saturday at the Morton Arboretum
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Made it to shore thanks to my daughter!
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Saw nothing for a while and tried something mostly as a joke and... it was it. Then brought it ashore.

Um... it works and a hundred percenter but as for being tight clinch.... unless I'm missing something, this one is loose. It will flap in the wind and if you exceed 20 mph it'll go flying off.

Jose Cuervo. Lots of ice.
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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So close-- but stuck with an unsatisfying answer. . .
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On the beach!
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On shore. Thought we'd be up to page 5 or 6 by now.
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Got it!
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#56

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Finally had time to do this lovely Patrick Berry puzzle. On shore!
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Ashore! I didn't get it immediately, but I didn't spend very long trying unsuccessful things.
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Ashore. At first solving I didn’t get a click for my answer but after a moment I saw that it is a lock. Beautiful construction.
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On shore on page 3.
But now I know that it doesn't matter.

I WON THE MUG LAST WEEK!!!
Doing so after submitting the correct answer at 11:40 pm on Sunday night.

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTLGCYwR7/

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Ashore! A diet Pepsi, please!
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