"Never Forget" March 22, 2024

[SamKat9]

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Did anyone know about this book? Saw it on Amazon.

I wish I had time to check it out...I have less time for puzzles lately. It turns out infants are very demanding and toddlers are little dictators. I was not warned

[Jkj]

Finally ashore. Whew.

[michaelm]

On the beach!
Just got to the puzzle.
Starting to miss the Thursday 4 pm routine and hope to resume if only I can convince clients that their priorities need to be reset.

[Bob cruise director]

On the shore with a slight course correction from @Wendy Walker

Lots of shallow rabbit holes this week.

[hcbirker]

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Did anyone know about this book? Saw it on Amazon.

Yes! It is by our own femullen!

Awesome! Ordered it!

[Kas]

Oof. A rare instance where I literally don't even have a clue of where to start...huh.

[jimbo1]

On shore!

[diplomatt]

I am on the beach!
For some reason the "aha" moment was especially thrilling this week.
I think a celebratory mojito is in order.

[LesY]

Solved and ashore! This was very clever. When I saw it I felt like Gronk in that USAA commercial where the woman asks him about his serve: “OOOOHHHHH!”

Happy weekend to all.

[Joe Ross]

I wish I had time to check it out...I have less time for puzzles lately. It turns out infants are very demanding and toddlers are little dictators. I was not warned 😂

♥️
It gets easier. Then they become teenagers.

[clonefitz]

On the beach! After struggling to the shore the last couple of weeks, I've managed to tie my longest WSJ solving streak at 11 weeks. Now, hoping to start a new streak with MGWCC in a few hours.

[Joe Ross]

Ashore. Excellent, Grandmaster @MattGaffney!


Two of the best, two weeks in a row. We're witnessing some top shelf creativity, muggles.

[MatthewL]

Ashore. Went down a couple of rabbit holes that seemed promising at first, but no dice. Got the lightest of nudges from a kindly muggle, and after pondering it a while, finally saw it. Really is a triumph of construction, as others have said. I'll have a G&T, please.

[shays]

Ashore!

[ship4u]

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Did anyone know about this book? Saw it on Amazon.

I ordered my copy. Perhaps we can put our friend @femullen on the NY Times Best Seller List!

And, send him on a book signing tour!

[woozy]

Holy ####! That is a clever construction....... Give me.... something I forget what I like.

(I don't get why I didn't get it sooner. .... Oh, actually I do.... Hmm... use a ********** not a ********)

[Bob cruise director]

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Did anyone know about this book? Saw it on Amazon.

I ordered my copy. Perhaps we can put our friend @femullen on the NY Times Best Seller List!

And, send him on a book signing tour!

mine will arrive in two days.

[Bob cruise director]

Good Saturday morning muggles from a cold wet rainy day in southern New England and a cold snowy day in northern NE. @MaineMarge will be getting over a foot of snow today so appreciate the beautiful garden pictures she sends out.

The word that has been the most used for this meta is "amazing" and as @Joe Ross said this week and last week's construction are two of the most amazing that we have seen in the almost 9 years of WSJ metas.

And the massive crowds on the Friday zoom calls are a tribute to the constructors as well as @ship4u and @Wendy Walker for their time, patience and enthusiasm for helping out struggling muggles

So far we have 7 on the ship and 125 on the shore.

On the ship with Isaac enjoying the NCAA basketball games (unless you are a Kentucky, Auburn fan - so far no major upsets for the women - yet) are

Mike H
Katiedid
Homer
LittleGood
streroto
altosax
Kas

And on the shore are

Beleaguered Castle
Wendy
Meg
joe
boharr
Mme
ajk
ky-mike
MikeyG
ELSavage
BrennerTJ
Schmeel
hoover
Beth T
Rita and George
Jim and Anita
Dannyvee
CromsFury
Georgeall
docison
Cindy
oldjudge
Laura
Brainbow
whimsy
MajorDomoTom
Don and Cynthia
Tina
David Wi
DelanQ
stmv
Bird Lives
Trish
Guffman
jhseeman
RST
sweetc
flepper
Chris
SHIWUTONG
DavyGravy
minimuggle
Jeremy
JeanneC
C=64
SamKat9
Tmart
Barbara K
Merry Potter
NDStegs
Flying_Burrito
Cap'n Rick
dpl11
ColinM
dudeski
Zach
schmidzy
Toby
Kay
Eric P
newbymar and brothers
Birdbrain
mikeB
Jay
Miki
Yoda66
Dave C
elvanya
SarasotaSun
TeamDoubleTow
Joes and Natasha
Wescovington
Commodore
Beth C
Jayboy1
Acarl
Berto
Mikey and puzzle buddy Jane
Ergcat
JaneGummy
b4alltime
BigPear
EVJ
Joepickett
Jkj
Joe R
HeadinHome
Al
DCBilly
Jace54
JoDave
michaelm
Cruise Director
Fred
SJMck
chocoholic
Bob B
HunterX
CPJohnson
otlaolap
Al Laubenstein
MatthewL
Jean
Nlobb
M and M
JimJim
Don and Lisa
Les
mlvilv
Deb
MarkWoychick
batfella
sjm
jimbo1
diplomatt
Grover
DaveG
DunningKruger
benchen71
clonefitz
turbotron
Sleepy
Cindy N
shays
woozy

[lxpeterson]

Solved, with a sigh. Impressed by the construction, it as we all are. Still struggling with today’s Ezersky NYT puzzle…

[DrTom]

Well then, finally able to join the beach party. I had tried so many things with no joy, then this AM I saw somehting that I said, "Odd, hmm, odd again, hmm - wait a minute that cannot be random!" - and it wasn't. I assume I arrived at the right shore but if I did not I am happy enough with my answer that I'll give myself a win.