Moi aussi! … or is that Australian? Either way, this meta made me Laa-Laamheberlingx100 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 08, 2021 7:40 amC’etait tres difficile!. I also poked around the ooh la la rabbit hole given all the la’s.Colin wrote: ↑Mon Nov 08, 2021 6:57 amMe too! Still can’t believe the blatant use of a decoy in the clue to 1A. Seemed like it had to indicate the first step of the meta and was excited to brush off my high-school French - to no avail. Tipping my hat to all who solved this sans aide!mheberlingx100 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 08, 2021 6:28 am
I also went at the French rabbit hole with pick and shovel. I tried listing all the three letter French words I could find in the grid to no avail. I thought the lower right “surrey” might be “sur riz” (on rice) or “sur ris” (on and laugh) which of course was nonsense. I also spent some time on Louis XIV (le roi soleil) trying to make SAL ATE into “soleil”. Nothing there, nor from “Apres moi, le deluge”.
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It's all luck!. I got my mug about 4 years ago on a month when there were over 1000 correct entries. And I hadn't been doing them for very long by then either - I had only discovered the contest maybe a year earlier.
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Maybe I'm emailing my answers to the wrong address. It *is* crooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooswordcontest@ wsj.com, right?
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Probably just sending them too early.Al Sisti wrote: ↑Wed Nov 10, 2021 5:20 pmMaybe I'm emailing my answers to the wrong address. It *is* crooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooswordcontest@ wsj.com, right?
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Looking for some redemption this week after getting skunked the last 2 contests.
Bring it on!
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Looks like it'll be a three peat...escapeartist wrote: ↑Thu Nov 11, 2021 12:04 am Looking for some redemption this week after getting skunked the last 2 contests.
Bring it on!
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It has been almost 5 hours since the puzzle posted and only 5 people are ashore! I would post my frustration on this week's forum but it may be several days before I wouldn't be accused of Page One Encroachment.
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Same. That's why I posted here.
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hahahaha! You're totally right! (so far - 3 days left to figure this one out!)Dplass wrote: ↑Thu Nov 11, 2021 8:32 pmLooks like it'll be a three peat...escapeartist wrote: ↑Thu Nov 11, 2021 12:04 am Looking for some redemption this week after getting skunked the last 2 contests.
Bring it on!
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There's an S missing in that email address.Al Sisti wrote: ↑Wed Nov 10, 2021 5:20 pmMaybe I'm emailing my answers to the wrong address. It *is* crooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooswordcontest@ wsj.com, right?
THAT'S your problem.
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