"On Occasion" - December 10, 2021

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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Cindy
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Someone please tell me how to post a photo
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I'm ashore, thanks to dk letter's persistence and patience. (sigh) I should have seen the first step a lot sooner.
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Commodore wrote: Sat Dec 11, 2021 8:49 pm A late arrival at the beach party is fashionable, or so I am told. Happy to be here.
Commodore_107_1st_Floor_Walk_Out_to_the_Beach_from_Your_Patio_by_RedAw-Lower_Grand_Lagoon-Exterior_view-898447 2.jpg
Gammodog?
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Commodore wrote: Sat Dec 11, 2021 8:49 pm A late arrival at the beach party is fashionable, or so I am told. Happy to be here.
Commodore_107_1st_Floor_Walk_Out_to_the_Beach_from_Your_Patio_by_RedAw-Lower_Grand_Lagoon-Exterior_view-898447 2.jpg
Gammodog? Oh, wait. jpg sez Grand Lagoon. Google now sez Panama City beach. Have found some trouble in that vicinity - more than once. :-)
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Christmas lights delay.
Then, ninety minutes for grid,
Ashore in twenty.
One world. One planet. One future.
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#226

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It's good to be on shore after a month of tough puzzles! the grid this week took awhile - way longer than the meta.
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Still on the boat despite a friendly nudge. Sigh, apparently not my brain's type of meta.
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On the shore. The grid was a little difficult for me, but the meta came pretty quickly. Cheers!
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Am "ashore" *only* because someone took pity on my pitiful heiny and spoon-fed me the answer. Then, saw this as an opportunity toy with the wifey :-) - I mean, test to see what another reasonable human being could do with my gradually-doled-out-newfound knowledge. To date, am gratified to see her getting *nowhere*. :-) That so many Muggles have found this to be "straightforward" boggles my mind. (Am used to the different-species 15 minute solvers). May be that we "normals" (whoa, used to using that term for others) have no bidness trying to rub elbows with you guys. . .
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Late start, toes in sand!
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Cindy wrote: Sun Dec 12, 2021 2:43 pm Someone please tell me how to post a photo
There are two ways to post photos. To see them, you may have to click on the Full Editor & Preview button beneath the posting box, if you are using the Quick Reply:

  • From a photo posted on the interwebs, using its URL & the Insert Image above the posting box
Copy & paste the URL of an image posted on the interwebs (say the beach photo, above right) into the posting box.

Highlight the URL, then click on the Insert Image button ((mountain with sun)

Image

You can also use the phpBBCode image tag:

Code: Select all

[img]https://xword-muggles.com/right_header_image/beach_smaller.png[/img]

  • As an Attachment, via the Attachments tab below the posting box
Click on the Attachments tab below the posting box,

Click on Add Files button.

Select & upload the file.

Click within the posting box where you wish the photo attachment to appear, then on the Place Inline button next to the uploaded image file

beach_smaller.png

You cannot use the phpBBCode attachment tag unless you've uploaded the file. The tag looks like this:

Code: Select all

[attachment=0]beach_smaller.png[/attachment]
Hidden in 3D
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Still on the ship. Haven't had much time to devote to this one. But it sure is bugging me because I'm pretty sure I have part of the mechanism, just can't figure out what to do next.
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#233

Post by Ckell313 »

Been trying all weekend, but still on the ship. Would appreciate a nudge in these final few hours.
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#234

Post by Joey Avocado »

Finally the a-ha

Any weekend left?

On shore, hot cocoa w Baileys for 2 please :)
Ckell313
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#235

Post by Ckell313 »

Ok, I’m ashore thanks to a helpful nudge!
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On land!
Alltime favorite Meta answer: "SUE GRAFTON"
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MamaE
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Finally had time to sit down and work on this. Happy to say I am ashore!
- Just puzzling it out here in Delmarva :D
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#238

Post by haydendog »

Reaching out for some help! I’m not even sure I have the first step correct.
A nudge would be greatly appreciated!
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Post by pilsbandy »

Maybe I'm just on a rough streak, but this one is stumping me. I'm not even picking up on ANYTHING. No rabbit holes or anything. Could somebody offer a nudge?

EDIT: Nudge received and appreciated. Back to the grind...

EDIT #2: And now I am ashore!! I need to learn to stop overthinking these things. This was such a fun one!!
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#240

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need a nudge
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