Beach Puzzler 2024

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