"Letters from Another Country" October 18, 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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Mister Squawk
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#81

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With the as always invaluable contributions of Mrs. Squawk, happily in shore and free to enjoy the weekend.
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#82

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Ashore. Oban 18
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#83

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Solved with my mother this week. A very satisfying journey to shore!
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#84

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On shore with a little backsolving
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#85

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Ashore! I thought it'd be easy for some reason and while the grid was harder than normal for me, the meta wasn't.
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#86

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This was a team effort even if we weren't in the same room! Fun to finally see the last step together! Have a great weekend!
Team DoubleTow=Ali (who posts here) & Alex
with occasional assistance from son
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SamKat9
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#87

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Ashore despite the attempts of my children to keep me at sea 😂
Shannon 🐱
PS: If you want help with a meta, PM what you have so I can help without spoiling too much. I've received lots of help in the beginning and I love to pay it forward!
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#88

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On shore. Amazing construct.
My avatar proves that it is sometimes better to be lucky than good!
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#89

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Solved jointly with Mrs. D! She saw the final step before I did.
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#90

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:tropical_drink: :desert_island: Ashore.
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#91

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Ashore!
Recommend paper and pen(cil) - but managed to solve on phone. Fun one.
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#92

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Made it to shore and what a fun trip to get there! Amazing construction, Mr. Gaffney,
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#93

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Loved it. Ashore and Bravo MG. It's 5 pm somewhere, don't feel like hitting the sack yet. Some JW Blue, no Cuban tonite
Senor Guaca Mole :mrgreen:
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#94

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One of the earlier shorings for me, but the other early ones I got were much squeezier than this. I was just about to give up multiple times, but each time just before I did, I noticed something else. Very nice puzzle.
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#95

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Ashore. It was a fun and satisfying solve. Now for a wee dram.
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#96

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ashore and a country on my list to visit, just not sure when we'll get there.
"Lots of planets have a North", the Ninth Doctor.
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#97

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On the beach! A satisfying AHA moment!! I'll take some ouzo, straight-up no chaser!!!
Check out "The MOAT Mini Pack of Marching Bands" here. US$5 gets you 7 Marching Bands which, hard enough on their own, now contain metas too. And once again there's a mega-meta! :D
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On shore! Kind of glad I didn’t get to this until about 10pm, because the late start meant that by the time I got stuck and thought I might try to get some Discord help, it was too late at night and no one was around. So I persisted and GOT IT ALL BY MYSELF! That last step was a doozy!!

Already sipping what’s left of an Old Fashioned which is good cuz the cabana boy appears to have gone home for the night.
The other Wendy. :roll:
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Ergcat wrote: Thu Oct 17, 2024 5:07 pm 🏝on shore🏝.

Needed a quick solve….Going to my grandson’s (Regfish7’ son) baptism this weekend !ACDC8249-3F6A-417E-A089-61BD39DEBAA4.jpeg
We did that last week for our 6th grand, Charles (Charlie).
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I had no idea before I found this website that I could even start on Thursday!! Although I do prefer paper and pen to solving on the computer. Tomorrow is a busy day but maybe Saturday I can join y’all ashore! 🤞🏻
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