"Power Pack" May 26, 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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#61

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on shore - amended my earlier “so lost” post, but adding a post here in case cap’n has counted past that number of posts to total the solvers.
The other Wendy. :roll:
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#62

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Ashore!

After being stuck at the bar with Isaac for way too long. Shoulda had this much sooner. I believe I fell asleep over my Fitzgerald twice.
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#63

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hcbirker wrote: Thu May 25, 2023 6:29 pm
ky-mike wrote: Thu May 25, 2023 5:17 pm I'm seeing something, but apparently not everything I need to see. Sitting on the sundeck with a mai-tai watching the sun slowly go down. Maybe tomorrow will bring enlightenment.
Enjoy your Mai Tai! Meta can wait!
Tomorrow is yet another day!
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Isaac has been missing us, so we're catching up on old times at the ship's bar.
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#65

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Safely ashore for what looks like a rare Memorial Day weekednd without rain. A salute to those who gave their lives for us.
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#66

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Thought I would swim quickly to shore and foundered on the fringing reefs. Seems something pretty obscure based on posts so I will bide my time. Daughter and fam here for weekend sooooo I’d better get on it

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#67

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Ashore!
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Ashore
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Ashore4us. We bid goodbye to Isaac and made it to the beach. Clever but not in my wheelhouse, this one.
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On the beach! I’m going to jinx myself by saying that this is my longest streak of successful solves.
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#71

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FIRST TIME ASHORE!!!!!

Thanks to the Muggle that I DMed telling me that I was on the right track and only one tiny step away from the answer - that did it!!!
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#72

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I'm pretty sure I now know the answer, and a wild story for the Zoomers. Ed will be shaking his head for sure.
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#73

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Ashore. Don't usually solve on Thursday but printed it out and had a smooth solve - 32m total for grid + meta.
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Curious to know if anyone can claim to solving this without Google.
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Abide wrote: Thu May 25, 2023 10:12 pm Curious to know if anyone can claim to solving this without Google.
Not me!
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#76

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ship4u wrote: Thu May 25, 2023 9:20 pm Ashore4us. We bid goodbye to Isaac and made it to the beach. Clever but not in my wheelhouse, this one.
Good4u!
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Hurray! The themers are marked! I won't have to bang my head against the wall!

....

Oh, ####! The themers are marked! That means they are oblique.


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Wham! It hits you like a 2 by 4 to the head when you get it. Don't think nudges will be possible.

So... Rum, pineapple juice, orange juice, coconut juice and shaving of nutmeg. Why? because that's a Pain Killer.
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#78

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Solved.
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Abide wrote: Thu May 25, 2023 10:12 pm Curious to know if anyone can claim to solving this without Google.
Definitely not me!
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Ashore!
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