"We Were Just Leaving" April 21, 2023

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"We Were Just Leaving" April 21, 2023

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This week's contest is titles "We Were Just Leaving" by Matt Gaffney

The answer to this week's contest crossword is a well known hotel chain

We Were Just Leaving - spreadsheet

Good luck with the grid and the meta
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Ashore. Well executed overall, though not my favorite genre of meta.
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Ashore. Came to me in a flash. Beer me, Cabana Boy!
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On the shore! Clever, feeling proud of myself.
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:tropical_drink: :desert_island: Ashore.
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Ashore!

And coincidentally, heading to a hotel within an hour - bye!
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On the shore. Fun one.
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On the beach, saw it quicker than usual.
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Guinness me
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Aha! That was fun.
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On shore!
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On the beach!
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On shore.....
Going for a Vodka and soda tall.
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Ashore!!

Quite literally as we are on an island (St John as usual) and no printer.

Accomplished a page one after copying entire grid onto paper from computer then solving!

Stay well all
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Fun! On the beach!
Good luck, fellow Muggles!
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Ashore!
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on the beach
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Done and done
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Ashore
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On the beach!

Whoa, just got on page one a fraction of a second before other worthy solvers. It's been a while, so I will take the good luck....
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