"Now That's a Gift!" - December 24, 2021

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"Now That's a Gift!" - December 24, 2021

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This week's contest is titled "Now That's a Gift!" by Mike Shenk

The answer to this week's contest crossword is a word related to Christmas.

Good luck with the grid and the meta


Now That's a Gift! - Excel
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On the beach (after solving the puz file that automatically loads into my phone app). Egg nog, me please!
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:desert_island: :tropical_drink: :christmas_tree: Onshore. Egg nog for me, too please!

Thanks @Jeremy Smith for the link:
https://www.fleetingimage.com/wij/xyzzy/21-wsj.html

Happy Festivus to the rest of us!
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Solved. I’d love some of the egg nog, please!

Happy Holidays to all!
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Sand. Toes. Guinness. Refresh.
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On the beach! 🏖 🍷

⛄️ Happy Holidays! ❄️
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On shore with the .puz linked above! (It's called "Now That's A Gift!" and is by Mike Shenk.) Really weird that it's there and not on the WSJ site.
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Well this is kinda a lump of coal
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Can anyone share a pdf?
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oldjudge wrote: Thu Dec 23, 2021 4:36 pm Can anyone share a pdf?
It's up there in the 1st listing. Man, this page one thing is screwed! :lol:
The other Wendy. :roll:
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Guess I'll wait for the WSJ; I can't open a .puz file. (Or if I can, I don't know how to do it.)
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On shore. Merry Christmas!
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Sanded!
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Yeah! On shore…. Page 1?
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Finding the puzzle was the hard part :lol:

If you're done and settling in for a long winter's nap, I can recommend this week's Muggle Meta Monday puzzle, which has almost 80 correct entries by now:

LINK viewtopic.php?t=1358
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Quick trip to a jolly shore! Merry Christmas Muggles!
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Ashore!
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The board doesn't seem to like PDFs, so here's a JPEG
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On shore (for a change)
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On Naboo. Isaac looks like he's serving up good spirits... (but I've left the ship)
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