"Low Spirits"

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WEDNESDAY NIGHT UPDATE

57. Naptown Kid
58. Hidden in 3D
59. Joe Ross
60. damefox
61. LadyBird
62. Carolyn

[cbarbee002]

Had an epiphany. OTC.

[BrianMac]

Shamed off the couch by Peter.

[HeadinHome]

Off the couch on this one, but back on soon to tackle the WSJ I just printed out. So many puzzles, so little time...

An enjoyable puzzle, Peter!

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THURSDAY NIGHT UPDATE

63. Laura M
64. Mike D (crosshare)
65. cbarbee002
66. Schmidzy (crosshare)
67. BrianMac
68. HeadinHome
69. ThomTaddio (crosshare)
70. CPJohnson
71. Jeanrosz

[hoover]

A slight tap on the back of my head (with a 42" Louisville Slugger) righted my wrong.

Man, I would love that chair, haha.

Not me, man. Every time I see this picture I think how creepy that chair looks. Like a giant hand grabbing your *.

[MikeyG]

A slight tap on the back of my head (with a 42" Louisville Slugger) righted my wrong.

Man, I would love that chair, haha.

Not me, man. Every time I see this picture I think how creepy that chair looks. Like a giant hand grabbing your *.

I didn't even think of that; I just love baseball, haha (so I can at least get the ottoman!)

[SewYoung]

I just now looked at this again after setting it aside for a few days and slapped myself in the head for not getting it sooner. Finally off the couch.

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FINAL COUNT AND REVEAL

72. Jeanne C
73. Sew Young
74. jacobstautzy

A new MMM record, with 10 submissions via crosshare. Toughish grid, not-as-tough meta. Glad everyone liked it!

Credit: KayW

Re: 39-Across -- Cool "Happy Days" dude with a magic fist that apparently had electrical powers

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Winner: #22

@MamaE

[Wendy Walker]

@Meg , is that you depicted in the cartoon in entry #69?
Congrats, @MamaE!

[Meg]

@Meg , is that you depicted in the cartoon in entry #69?
Congrats, @MamaE!

That’s me, all right! That purple dress is one of my favorites. And the 6-pack on the cabana boy is quite something!

[RPardoe]

A few folks that claimed off the couch were actually watching a pageant.

Now that we have the reveal - any details?
Granted I didn't look very hard when I read this, but have no idea what ensnared a few folks.

[Abide]

Now that we have the reveal - any details?
Granted I didn't look very hard when I read this, but have no idea what ensnared a few folks.

There were a decent number that initially submitted something like bartender/"at the bar"/"raise the bar". Most of these had not noticed LIMBO in the southeast. @DrTom raised, lowered, and probably hurdled before he saw what was intended.

[woozy]

Oh... I thought the Limbo was a reference to "low" but not essential. I saw the BAR in the long clues and for the LOW I looked what was below them but it didn't occur to me those were limbo bars... and the letters below were actually limboing.

[whimsy]

Not sure what it says about me that when I saw the first BAR I immediately looked for Chocolate -- (well, that does raise my spirits! )

[BrianMac]

Looking for an MMM submission for this week if any constructors out there have one they would like to contribute. Just shoot me a PM.

Thanks!

Edit: Got one! Thanks everyone who volunteered!

[MamaE]

@Meg , is that you depicted in the cartoon in entry #69?
Congrats, @MamaE!

Thanks Wendy!

[oldjudge]

@Meg , is that you depicted in the cartoon in entry #69?
Congrats, @MamaE!

That’s me, all right! That purple dress is one of my favorites. And the 6-pack on the cabana boy is quite something!

Six pack? I hope it is Guinness—Yum!