"Connect Four" May 5, 2023

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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haydendog
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Ashore!
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Count me on the ship. I’ve looked at this off and on all weekend and I’ve got nothing. I’m either going to kick myself when I see the answer or it’s going to be an I never would’ve gotten that kind of situation. Couple more hours and we’ll see…
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OTB. On The Beach
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Ashore with lots of help.
Usually found struggling with the meta late Saturday and Sunday night.
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Not gonna happen. So sad: I had been doing well.
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mlvilv wrote: ↑Sun May 07, 2023 10:28 pm Count me on the ship. I’ve looked at this off and on all weekend and I’ve got nothing. I’m either going to kick myself when I see the answer or it’s going to be an I never would’ve gotten that kind of situation. Couple more hours and we’ll see…
Same here. Even the rabbit holes were not as creative as in past weeks. And I thought I was alone...
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Hangin' out with Isaac on the ship.
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Threw a Hail Mary, so we'll see if I "connected".
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My hail Mary was submitted exactly at midnight. Probably would not be accepted.
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Miki
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Now I'm glad of my last second wrong submission. It's fitting that I submitted Woody Woodpecker. Get it? ...
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Here's an illustrative version of the solution:

Connect Four.jpg
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A quickly disregarded red herring for me was ETTA above James Polk. I thought ETTA-JAMES-POLK might be the kind of connect four Matt was looking for. For all you budding setters, this might be a good basis for an interesting meta.
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Whoa whoa whoa… would Mighty Mouse count? GHTY are right next to each other too!
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Huh? Can the solution be explained another way? I still don't see it. I got the four-letter words/group, but how does that get to FLINTSTONE?
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JerryF wrote: ↑Mon May 08, 2023 12:21 am Huh? Can the solution be explained another way? I still don't see it.
https://crosswordfiend.com/2023/05/07/w ... ore-149211
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Great job Ben! And lest we forget, a tip of the hat to Alan Reed, the original voice of Fred Flintstone.
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MileHighSolver wrote: ↑Mon May 08, 2023 12:21 am Whoa whoa whoa… why would Mighty Mouse count? GHTY are right next to each other too!
Because it has to be a separate “word” in the answer to be consistent with the others.
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JerryF wrote: ↑Mon May 08, 2023 12:21 am Huh? Can the solution be explained another way? I still don't see it.
I don’t see it either. I like to learn from the ones I miss.
“I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year’s fashions”. Lillian Hellman
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MileHighSolver wrote: ↑Mon May 08, 2023 12:21 am Whoa whoa whoa… why would Mighty Mouse count? GHTY are right next to each other too!
The H isn't connected to T. The theme entry letters are adjacent, and in order.
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