"Start In Fear" October 28, 2022

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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mlvilv
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#181

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Still at the bar on the ship. I thought I had something but I couldn't make it work for all five. Still looking...
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#182

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So delighted to get to solve this together with Alex! A great way to wrap up the weekend!
Team DoubleTow=Ali who posts here, Alex & Maya the hound(with occasional assistance from son)
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#183

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Definitely a tough one. Needed to radio Sea Tow to haul me in, but I'm on shore.
Ahoy! Check out my meta puzzles here! Check out "Smooth Sailing Sundays" here!
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Al Sisti
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#184

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10 pages of posts and I still have nothing. Well, I guess I can go back to the MGWCC, where I have... nothing. Anyone have a TV Guide puzzle?
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Joe Ross
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#185

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#186

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Desperately seeking nudges…. I’ve got literally nothing.
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#187

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Ashore after a kind and subtle nudge that took me all day to make sense of. Satisfying!
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littlepigeon
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#188

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*wipes brow* finallllly got it after a very clever nudge. wish I’d been able to solve on my own, but a great aha moment nonetheless. congrats to everyone who made it there solo.
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BarbaraK
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#189

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Isaac's last call Zoom session is at 8PM Eastern. Everyone's welcome, shorebirds and those still at sea.
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If you want help with a meta, feel free to PM me. The more specific you are about what you have and what you want, the more likely I can help without spoiling.

(And if I help you win a mug, I’ll be especially delighted.)
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mrmd
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#190

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On shore thanks to a nudge from WLW. How clever!
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ajlying
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#191

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Didn't get much time to sit in this one. Seeing it's a (legit) Gaffney puzzle, think I'm gonna end the weekend still on the boat.
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JAQT
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#192

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Totally lost at sea. I can't even make it to Isaac's bar.
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rjy
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#193

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Ahhhhhh, finally got it thanks to Isaac’s Last Call. Great puzzle, Mike! More nudges required than appropriate for submission, but fun nonetheless with a lovely group of aha-preserving (actually, aha-enhancing) folks. Cheers, all!
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#194

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Our final count is 33 on the ship and 109 on the shore.

Remember to join us on Tuesday at 7:30 ET for a discussion of both the WSJ and MGWCC metas (beats watching the election returns and no politics)
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LadyBird
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#195

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Ashore thanks to the helpers at Last Call. No submitting for a mug for me, but good luck to all those who are submitting!
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#196

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ajlying wrote: ↑Sun Oct 30, 2022 8:07 pm Didn't get much time to sit in this one. Seeing it's a (legit) Gaffney puzzle, think I'm gonna end the weekend still on the boat.
That's the thing, recently Shenk's puzzles look more like Gaffney's and viceversa
Senor Guaca Mole :mrgreen:
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JAQT
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#197

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Thanks to a friendly nudge from @arecibo, I am now safely ashore.
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Beeth
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#198

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Pretty demoralizing to win the mug last week and not be able to solve this week. So it goes.
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Katiedid
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#199

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I didn't see anything every time I picked it up since Friday. Then we've been on the road all day today. Still don't see anything. Oh well.

EDIT: Thanks for the nudge. It came fairly quickly after that. Fun one.
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haydendog
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#200

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Made it to shore, needed a nudge from WendyW to get started, then took awhile to find what I needed to solve. Phew!
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