BEACH PUZZLE July 2024

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Across
  1. 2. Cindy and Ernie’s other house
  2. 5. Use it for booking, or for exercising, or both
  3. 6. Fabulously gritty
  4. 12. This kind of olive is probably never found in a martini
  5. 13. Blazing sticks, but not blazing saddles
  6. 15. This year, a heavenly attraction
  7. 19. Tommy B specialties
  8. 20. Fourteen different carnivores can be found here
  9. 21. Looks great in red
  10. 25. Wine can usually be found here, and sometimes champagne
  11. 27. Breezeway guardian
  12. 28. Neck and neck
  13. 31. 12-20# tests are popular
  14. 33. Built on land and in the air
  15. 36. No connection to Green Lowes
  16. 37. Sometimes spotted offshore
  17. 43. Some prefer to call it “Turtle Island”
  18. 44. Easily attracted beach thieves
  19. 46. Ichabod and Carla have this in common
  20. 47. MB van for the stars
  21. 48. First to predict the solar eclipse
  22. 51. Where you might hear “Bonjour world”
  23. 53. Brickyard beverage of choice?
  24. 54. Propelled a shell
  25. 55. Often, a dinner “go-to”
  26. 57. Get your signal here
  27. 60. They were three brothers, a cousin and a neighbor
  28. 62. Friendly shower watchers
  29. 63. A lover of the sea
  30. 67. Night time entertainment
  31. 68. Local bird legend
  32. 70. A slice of the beach
  33. 71. East Coast wave riding started here, maybe
  34. 73. Wilmington’s longest resident
  35. 74. Protective pile of sand
  36. 75. Scottie Scheffler’s least favorite color, probably
  37. 77. Won’t get rich with this, probably
  38. 78. The moon is their influencer
  39. 80. No connection to Blue Lowe's
  40. 82. New Year’s beach libation
  41. 83. Foot thongs?
  42. 84. Relating to the open seas
  43. 87. Memory keeper
  44. 88. An al fresco cleaner
Down
  1. 1. 1st and 3rd quarter (more or less) events
  2. 3. She’s always on our mind
  3. 4. One of our rescue team’s new gizmos
  4. 7. Often associated with pokery
  5. 8. You’ll probably need flashlights to find these
  6. 9. She’s our scarf-wearing pelican
  7. 10. Our nutless lawn greenery
  8. 11. Also known by the letters I, L and M
  9. 14. Our outdoor jewelry modeler
  10. 16. TDF finish 2024
  11. 17. Locale of our heavy nightlight
  12. 18. Squishy stingers
  13. 19. Half above, half below floater
  14. 22. Exclusive OKI organization
  15. 23. Another nickname for the “West End”
  16. 24. Enough of them will cause a “code purple"
  17. 26. One way across the Intracoastal Waterway
  18. 29. Can make you feel red hot
  19. 30. Sandhills was its host
  20. 32. It’s one Drive away
  21. 34. It now comes in a “quiet” version
  22. 35. Born in Moncure
  23. 38. Long floaty thing
  24. 39. Flesh protector
  25. 40. Office equipment for lucky vacationers
  26. 41. Bridge wrecker in Charm City
  27. 42. Bipeds only pay a buck to ride this
  28. 45. A small man’s swimwear; also, small men’s swimwear
  29. 49. More fun than a water pistol
  30. 50. Built in a week
  31. 52. OKI parking spot requirement
  32. 56. The Green Swamp is one of few places you’ll find these in the wild
  33. 58. Yellow is her standard standers
  34. 59. A gator’s seasonal sleep
  35. 61. Salty water
  36. 64. It’s now OK to do this in NC
  37. 65. Some are good stand-up comedians
  38. 66. Minnesota's cutest meteorologist
  39. 69. Often found beneath an arch
  40. 72. A really great big brother
  41. 76. Weapon of choice on July 4
  42. 79. “Moody” fishing
  43. 81. Periodically winks at Oak Island’s lighthouse
  44. 85. Pretty cool stuff
  45. 86. Water “hand signals”