"Letter Openers" May 17, 2024

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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Wendy Walker
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"Letter Openers" May 17, 2024

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Hello, Muggles! I'm opening for @Bob cruise director today.

LETTER OPENERS | By Matt Gaffney

The answer to this week’s contest crossword is a six-letter adjective that does not apply to most crosswords.

Spreadsheet


EDIT: On the shore (which is where I will be literally this coming week!), 4:49 p.m. EST.

Bob also asked me to mention that there's an upcoming New England Muggle Meetup in Natick, Mass.
@Cap'n Rick provides the details:

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Good luck, fellow Muggles!
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Guinness me
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On that beautiful shore! Fun one!

(Beaten by @oldjudge by maybe 5 seconds, haha.)

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(And if your cat wants to write you a purr-fect note, you should letter!)
Less cross words, more crosswords.

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Ashore. Liked this one - feels like a funny metanism/idea to me.
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on the beach
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Ding ding ding!
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On shore! Good one, trickier than I thought at first.
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Safely ashore. (Another) Guinness please?
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Done and done
If I'm around, I am willing to join the Muggle Zoom room at other times to lend a hand to those in need.
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Solved
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On the beach! And happy to be on page one? Cabana boy says round one is on him!
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On shore!
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Got it! It helped that I did a meta similar to this years ago.
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Ashore on Page 1? Whoo!
Margarita me!
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Ashore via group solve. Very clever.
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first time on page one for me!
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Solved and ashore! Thrilled to join the early shore crowd for the first time in a while. Guinness please!
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On the beach from beautiful Vienna!
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:) Got it.

On shore.
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Ashore - and the Rabbit has his ears crossed that this will be another busy week.
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