"Water, Water, Everywhere" April 25, 2025

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"Water, Water, Everywhere" April 25, 2025

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This week's contest is titled WATER, WATER, EVERYWHERE by Mike Shenk.

Cue the Rime of the Ancient Mariner from 11th grade English class

The answer to this week’s contest crossword is a three-word body of water.

Water, Water, Everywhere excel spreadsheet
SAVE to your drive.
OPEN from your drive.
ALLOW permissions.

Good luck with the grid and the meta. And don't let an albatross land on your ship.
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Ashore. (Not giving anything away, but particularly apt due to the prompt!)
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Got it!

BTW, isn't that a strange clue for DOUG?
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on shore. fun one.
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Ashore, as well. And, like docison, reticent to say more!
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There we go! Ashore!

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Less cross words, more crosswords.

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Safely ashore. Now for some Guinness!
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On the beach!
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On shore!
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Guinness me. Funny, that was my guess before I started.
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On shore after an initial hiccup.
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I am on shore.
Check out my meta crossword writeups on Crossword Fiend: https://crosswordfiend.com/author/conrad/
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Ashore!
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Ashore and on P1 for the first time in ages!
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On The Beach...Woohoo! Page 1!
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Ashore. Need a beer, please.
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Ashore.
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Success! It’s been a while since I’ve been on page one.
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Ashore
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On the beach!
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