"Signs of the Times" January 20, 2023

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"Signs of the Times" January 20, 2023

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This week's contest is title "Signs of the Times" by Mike Shenk

The answer to this week's contest crossword is an event

Signs of the Times spreadsheet

And as a reminder
Email your answer—in the subject line—to crosswordcontest@wsj.com by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time
Sunday, Jan. 22. A solver selected at random will win a WSJ mug. Last week’s winner: James Egan,aka b4alltime,
Benicia, CA. Complete contest rules at WSJ.com/Puzzles. (No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited.
U.S. residents 18 and over only.)



And this week's earworm is

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Ashore. Pretty impressive execution of the idea, imo. Suspect it will play somewhat differently from last week's...
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Ashore!
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On the shore!
Good luck, fellow Muggles!
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Ashore - nice (quicker) swim after floundering last week. I'll take a Tank 7 in honor of the Chiefs!
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Speedily on shore.
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Ashore
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Ashore! Wow, in the time it took me to type that, 3 people jumped ahead of me. In any event, beer me quick, Cabana Boy -- gonna be a horde arriving soon.
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Ashore.
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Contest Crosswords Combating Cancer (CCCC) is a bundle of 16 metapuzzles created to help raise money for cancer-related charities. It is available at CrosswordsForCancer.com.
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Yay, I got it!
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Guinness me
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On shore!
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Ashore!
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Safely ashore and ready for a Guinness: “Tall, Dark and Have Some.”
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On shore, good to be here after last week’s failure!
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On shore! Quick one this week.
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Grid tougher than meta. Ashore!

Streak now stands at 1.
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On the beach! Just made page 1!! G & T me barkeep!!!
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On shore.
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