"Knowledge Base" February 16, 2024

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"Knowledge Base" February 16, 2024

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This week's WSJ contest is titled KNOWLEDGE BASE | By Mike Shenk

The answer to this week’s contest crossword is a group of people.

Knowledge Base spreadsheet

Please note that the WSJ will not be published on Monday February 19th. So you will not be notified that you have won the mug until Tuesday. However the contest closes Sunday night at 11:59 pm. And we will have our normal lamentations for @The XWord Rabbit after midnight on Sunday.
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Got it! Fun.
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Guinness me
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On shore. Fun stuff.
Check out this very cool project by many of your favorite muggles to raise money to fight cancer. You get a fun puzzle bundle and good causes get $. Win-win: Crosswords for Cancer
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Ashore! Saw one part immediately but was a silly goose about the other for a bit.

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I ask myself that all the time (in life and in metas). Good luck, Muggles!
Less cross words, more crosswords.

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Ashore on the beach or on a sandbar soon to be covered by the tide.


EDIT: I have a candidate for the Rabbit Award.
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Officially requesting a whack upside the head.
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That was tricky! Ashore.

And just realized there was another piece in this which makes it more clever. Hats off to Mike.
Last edited by docison on Thu Feb 15, 2024 5:37 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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:tropical_drink: :desert_island: Ashore.
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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MikeyG wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 4:28 pm Ashore! Saw one part immediately but was a silly goose about the other for a bit.
Ditto!🥂🏝️

I’ll predict a big crowd for the zoom solves this week.
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Ashore!
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on the beach!
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Solved with some inspo from the Discord crew :)
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On shore.
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Solved
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On the beach. Not my fave Shenk puzzle, but that’s just my probably uninformed opinion. I’m happy to be here on page 1 and to have such nice friends on or near the beach. And doesn’t the cabana boy look nice in his new Speedo?
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Still page one? I'll take it. Ashore!
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That took me an embarrassingly long time considering I belong to that group of people.
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On the beach! Lovely aha!! Old Fashioned, 4 pillars style!!! Page one!!!!
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On Naboo. Landed after being waylaid in a space-time continuum. Hey, is that @MikeyG in the crowd?
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