"Trick or Treat" - October 29, 2021

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"Trick or Treat" - October 29, 2021

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The title to this week's contest is "Trick or Treat " by Mike Shenk

The answer to this week's contest is a Halloween costume choice

Good luck with the grid and the meta



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Ashore!

Eerily, I was the first solver for last year's Halloween puzzle as well. 👻
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Ashore!

Lonely beach. Am I on the right one?
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By golly, I think I've got it! Ashore!

Just compared notes with @TeaJenny, so it's official!
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😁🏝🎃
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ON shore.. I really liked this one!!
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If you are nibbling around the edges on this toughie like me, this special message will probably cheer you up!
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On shore.
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Finally on shore. Co-solving really helped on this one. The cabana boy is wondering why there are so many people in the water and so few on the beach. I told him to get ready for a large influx this evening.
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On Naboo. But, what's this? Looks like some kind of hologram of a cool looking bartender!?!
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Solved! I enjoyed this one, but I have a nit to pick about a distracting cross-current that almost kept me from making it to shore.
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Solved, I think. I needed a hint to get me to come up out of a very deep rabbit hole.
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I've found *an* answer, but I don't like it. 10 pm and only 13 posts?

UPDATE: After consulting with rjy, I've realized my tenuously defensible answer was wrong. Won't be submitting this week.
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Ashore (I’m pretty sure, looking to confirm). Very cool concept, elegantly executed with a solid click.

Update: confirmed!
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Totally forgot the 4.00 pm start but reached the beach fairly quickly.
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Grid complete with a few ideas, but still at sea.
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For every hour that passes without a solve, I am eating a piece of Halloween candy to cheer myself up.

At this rate, there shall be none for the trick or treaters.
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Ashore. Pretty sure as well.
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I've got a strong start on it, I'm sure. But am not quite to the beach yet.
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Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Thu Oct 28, 2021 4:02 pm
I think I can safely post on page 2 now... @Bob cruise director was this a birthday gift? Best gift ever!

And while I think we might be on to something, right now we are rowing with one oar.
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