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Sorry, no can do. I am WHIRING like crazy as I run around in circles....

Wendy Walker wrote: ↑Thu Sep 23, 2021 5:09 pm On the beach! Such a great puzzle!

That must be a fancy restaurant if it costs $3.00 just to look at the menu!

Good Saturday morning muggles.

First,-if any of my posts are more incoherent than normal it is because I have the Ryder Cup on one computer screen while I am posting WSJ status and figuring out the MGWCC. Whistling Straits looks like a great golf course but bring plenty of golf balls. But you probably can find a lot in the fescue. Would that I could hit the ball 300 yards even once.

Isaac has a big smile on his face this week as we have 28 on the ship and 77 on the shore. Pretzels and popcorn are free this week on the ship so he can keep the muggles happy.

And we welcome Nadine as our newest muggle

Keeping Isaac busy are (and Commodore, you are cut off for now)

John77
Gman
Scott M
SReh26
Zach
EVJ
GTIJohnny
SewYoung
Joepickett
Inca
tiagomeunome
hunkra
DannyWalter
Kalamitykatie
Billy M
pjc
copperriver
Commodore
Jace54
CPJohnson
JeanneC
Powers2020
jrdad
otlaolap
ZooAnimalsOnWheels
mrmd
Dennis
Nadine

And basking on the shore are

architect
docison
C=64
Wendy
MatthewL
Al
Mike H
Dannyvee
Mister Squawk
paige
Laura
periperi
Les
Dave C
Tmart
Schmeel
Anita
Carolyn SW
Barbara K
Cindy
oldjudge
Georgeall
Beth T
M and M
boharr
mattythewsjpuzzler
streroto
Bill
femullen
joe
Richard
OGuyDave
Beth A
David Wi
RPardoe
Meg
Heidi
joequavis
TeaJenny
darth
MajorDomoTom
Bird Lives
joevdz
ky-mike
Tina
Toby
Miki
RDaleHall
Jeremy
Moi
Ergcat
BEACHEDWHALE
Chris
ladybird
escapeartist
Jack
woozy
HeadinHome
MaineMarge
edot
Plymouth Rock
shalmanezer
dk letter
Blair
mydogsam
Daniel G
Josh
John B
dplass
Jordanian
TeamDoubleTow
EmilyW
Jackie88
Kris Zacharias
Levi12
benchen71
JennyByrd


Now back to the golf and Week 4

On shore and enjoyed this puzzle. Thanks for the youtube link of the zoom interview w/Matt Gaffney!

Still treading water with this one... congrats to all those on shore. have a drink for me.

Pretty easy grid for the team to finish off. Then nothing. Well, a few ideas. But none working at the moment. So I'm hanging with Isaac while the kids are probably playing video games having lost interest in the meta puzzle.

That gives me the chance to solve it after hours and hours of staring, then send them a text saying, "Yeah, I got it. It's pretty straight-forward. Don't you guys see it yet?" Gotta keep them from thinking I've lost my edge. Never know where that will lead...

Ashore! This was a satisfying one!

Bailey's and coffee, hold the coffee!

Cap'n Rick wrote: ↑Sat Sep 25, 2021 11:27 am That must be a fancy restaurant if it costs $3.00 just to look at the menu!

I think that's "$3 MENU" in RPN.

Mark me ashore! Had a stumble in the solving. A kindly fellow muggle suggested that something that I was using might need a slight adjustment. As I fussed and fumed at how unhelpful that was, I recognized the adjustment I needed and responded with a "thank you" instead of my initial planned response of...well...anyway, I didn't use it.

Fortunately I finished before work. I had to shift my schedule and was very sad to find out that they were short-staffed this afternoon. Bummer.

I'm also hanging with Isaac.

On the ship with Isaac. Not likely to get back to this before Sunday night so I guess it is a miss for me this week.

Like our Cruise Director, I've been immersed in Ryder Cup, so I'm very late in posting. It's clear to me that I am not in possession of "good crossword solver's thinking", certainly this week. Hanging with Isaac, happily, and not figuring on a beach side arrival this week.

Enjoy the weekend, Muggles.

Firmly on the boat with Isaac. Trying a few different methods, but I'm obviously clueless. Not even sure which direction the beach is. Going to keep staring at it and hope something clicks.

Have a great weekend everybody!

Finished the grid fairly quickly but no idea where to go at all. Any nudges would be greatly appreciated!

Found something promising but have screeched to a halt trying to make sense of it all. I guess I'll keep sitting here talking Isaac's head off.

Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Sat Sep 25, 2021 11:40 am Good Saturday morning muggles.

And basking on the shore are

ladybird

Unfortunately, Bob, you are giving me too much credit. I have apparently not been thorough enough in my perusal of the puzzle as I am hanging out on the ship. The fall flowers in the stern garden are lovely and the free popcorn is full of buttery goodness.

Haven't had as much time as usual this weekend, but feel like I've spent enough time that I should record my still-on-ship status, lest I start getting side-eye from Isaac.

LOL and just like that, something I noticed early on came back around and bam there it was. Post enlightenment strikes.
Don't worry Isaac, I still left you a tip. On shore now though, maitai in hand.

I was ready to going down a rabbit hole potentially too deep to not be able to recover from in time, and that's only when I saw the light. Phew. Would've been an easy miss. Now on shore.

I'm so lost I don't even see any rabbit holes to go down. Yikes.

Update: Found the major thing here in the puzzle. Now figuring out where to go with it for the solution.