I neighed for too long. Now I'm horse. (Sorry to saddle you with this.)
@Mike Sad to her this bit of whoa, but you must have known that into each life some reins must fall.
Today I learned the International Monetary Fund cannot help you get pregnant.
@Katie Hah! Me too. A vole is way too much like a mole!
@Katie Actually, they can,... but, in all likelihood, you don't want their help.
@Katie @Phil 🤣 Same. Oh, THAT burrowing rodent!
Naturally, I thought it was the IMF that assisted with pregnancies: who would turn down the International Monetary Fund when the doula presents the invoice for cervixes rendered? And of course I figured there is something called WAZZ HANDS -- giving me WACKA$$ES. Jazz hands sounds a little icky to me, like some weird love scene in which some crazy virtuoso is playing Keith Jarrett on your g-spot. Ah well, turns out I was playing Wack-a-mole rather than Jack-a-vole. Just like yesterday, never would've guessed the revealer. Well played! Very Wednesday feel, mature and confident, hardly any glue or crosswordese. And what to say of "The Horse's Mouth," Joyce Cary's 1944 masterpiece of a novel, starring Gulley Jimson, a madman, an artist, saint and sinner, self involved twerp or divinely inspired creator of beauty? Played beautifully by Alec Guinness in the film version he's all of that, he's all of that, as well as a horse's ___.
@john ezra -- "Cervixes rendered" ... Triple "Hah!"!!!! Made my morning! Et tu, emu.
25A = EASE, not EASy (In case anyone else gets caught in the same fly trap.) I really loved OAT sitting in the middle of the puzzle, feeding all the HORSES and JACK ASSES. Fun puzzle. Thanks, Avery Gee Katz and Aaron Gee. I hope everyone enjoyed their Veterans Day. *Especially* any military veterans in our community. Thank you for your service!
Much to like, for me: • The scrabbliness, just a Q short of a pangram. • The scattering of lovely answers – STRUT, RABBITHOLE, RIMSHOT, GNASH. • The strong fauna supporting cast in a horse-themed puzzle: CLAMS, WINNIE THE POOH, GNAT, VOLE, STY, EELY, RABBIThole, detOXed, and those boobies in the clue. • Enough vex to please my brain – trying to guess the revealer (no success but such sweet work), and even that lovely clue [Early sign of life, perhaps], which had my brain scampering all over the place. • The sweet backstory of the puzzle co-made by a brother and sister who make crossword puzzles for each other as birthday presents. When I dwell for a spell, in a puzzle, and, seemingly, everywhere I turn, I run into things that happify me, I leave that puzzle beaming and thinking it’s going to be a very good day. What a gift! Thank you so much for this, A&A, and congratulations, Aaron on your debut!
@Lewis I always appreciate your positive comments on the puzzle when I come here. I heard your town is still recovering. I hope you and yours are doing OK.
70A (“Went clickety clack”) reminded me of an incident when Sam, about age 9, came into the room where I was working at my computer and, spying a long out-of-use IBM Selectric, asked me what it was. I went over to the machine, inserted a sheet of paper, turned the machine on and hit a few keys to demonstrate. I went back to my computer as Sam began hitting a number of keys. After about a minute, she called over to me, “Dad, how do you make it print?”
If you're interested in another take on today's puzzle (not that there's anything wrong with Sam Corbin's fine column), go to Diary of a Crossword Fiend to see my little review. I'm glad that the tech guild strike is over. I've missed hanging out here. Thanks for the fun puzzle, Gee siblings! And congratulations on your NYT debut, Aaron Gee!
@Eric Hougland They’ve got you back in Texas again!
@Eric Hougland My failing I'm sure, but I can't find the review. I think I went to the right site - you're on the masthead and have comments listed - but I couldn't find it. Switched to desktop mode in my mobile browser, which helped a little bit but no dice. Anyway, hi. ____________________ Jesse Goldberg 8/28/2024 for Puzzle of the Decade (emu filler)
Yikes, first Tuesday I failed in 6 months. Never heard of a VOLE and was convinced mOLE was right. Couldn't think of IVF and thought tEET over FEET, so even when I tried FEET/ImF it was still wrong
@Steven M. For me, I wouldn't say needing two cheats counted as "failure", but disconcerting for a "Tuesday". It was the bottom center that had me searching. "Went clickety-clack" is Friday level cluing, and of course I don't know many sports terms, such as 'oline'.
@Steven M. Me too, but in 9 months (since Feb. 20) Same square. Went over the puzzle twice, couldn't see it.
@Steven M. Working through puzzle archive recently and hit one about a 'part of the eye'. I had CORNE_ solved. Either CORNER or CORNEA worked and formed legitimate words in the cross as well. Just like VOLE and MOLE both worked with IVF and IMF. Just a nit, but I stumbled on the same area as you. It's frustrating to get stymied by such a small thing.
Captain Q, Watch out for 18 Across! Don't miss the ACAI berry or the chocolate or tortilla CHIP at ARBYS, and EAT the EGGY French toast and frittatas at IHOP. These constructors are making me hungry!
@Barry Ancona - OMG! This may be the worst clue yet! I am as unhappy as a CLAM at low tide. (Because we cannot feed at low tide... has nothing to do with clammers. There are also predators who molest us during high tide...)
I enjoyed the solve for the most part, even though I have never heard of KNICKERBOCKER and I don't understand how it relates to any sound a horse makes - but I know little about old NYC and horses, so that is on me. I sat on a horse (sitting was all it was) once, a long time ago, as a scared 9 year old boy on a trip to the Crimea, on a mountain overlooking Yalta. The horse was not terribly excited by the whole thing but it made no noises, whatever their names are. Does the specific silence caused by a lack of horse noises in particular also have an English name? To be fair, I know equally little equine terminology in Polish. As has been the case almost every week for months now, I found this puzzle to be closer to my idea of Wednesday rather than Tuesday difficulty. I guess I am the one who keeps making these grids unnecessarily challenging. Today I made a silly mistake that took me several minutes to spot. I am not good with some animal names in English, so once I had _OLE for the burrowing rodent, I confidently entered M there. I'm not very good at medical procedures, for short, so I did not think about the cross much (I should have though, as the International Monetary Fund can't have had anything to do with pregnancies). I mean, I know a mOLE is not a rodent, but then again Sacha is not how Slavs spell the male name, even thought a NYT puzzle in September claimed we do. In the end I caught the mistake, and found out your VOLE is our "nornica", meaning "burrower".
@Andrzej This might help with KNICKERBOCKER: <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nicker" target="_blank">https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nicker</a> I expect “nicker” is much less common than “neigh” or “whinny.”
Winnie the Pooh (A.A. Milne's, not Disney's) always makes me smile. And so a song: The more it snows (Tiddely pom) The more it goes (Tiddely pom) The more it goes (Tiddely pom) On snowing And nobody knows (Tiddely pom) How cold my toes (Tiddely pom) How cold my toes (Tiddely pom) Are growing
I galloped through this puzzle, practically at the speed of light! No congratulations. Reread it, and read it again. After a millennium OR SO of searching, I finally came to the column for help. The mistake was burrowed into the SW corner, a treacherous mOLE, which I had confidently entered without checking the down clue. Dumb, especially after all the pre-election bobbing and weaving and denials and changing of horses midstream. Even all that horsing around post puzzle did not detract from the pleasure of solving it. The fills were fun, imaginative, and just tricky enough to make this Tuesday a joyride of a different kind. Good job, Avery and Aaron. Please do come back soon!
@dutchiris I had the same thing happen to me, I debated leaving the V/m empty on my first pass but ended up not. Would have caught it sooner if I had.
@dutchiris I posted this 12 hours ago and can't figure out why it took so long to land. Emus are a puzzling bunch, sometimes more puzzling than the puzzles.
@dutchiris Exact same experience here! I know what a vole is but entered mole without checking the down clue. The mistake added around four minutes to my solve time! I’m not complaining, though! It was a fun solve and totally my error!
Fun puzzle: Spent most of yesterday in the 1D (or at least pre- and post-). Common procedure, no complications, and nowadays, outpatient. My Partner with me the whole time (1D excluded, of course). Now I can look forwards to six weeks off work, on FWL (Family and Wordplay Leave). Without pulling my 57-year-old copy of A. A. Milne off the shelf, does Pooh actually ever "sing" the clue to 51A, or just his satanic Disneyfication? Newton Falls, OH, boasts a covered bridge and *two* waterfalls, on West and East Branches of the Mahoning River, respectively. Worth a visit, I'd say. Two choices for today's playlist, brought to you Mr. Anderson, and performed on "period instruments": Martin Breinschmid adds a new meaning to "conducting from the keyboard": <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2LJ1i7222c" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2LJ1i7222c</a> On the other hand, those candlesticks!: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANaL80AsKVM" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANaL80AsKVM</a> (Sam, this is how I picture you.) Somemollusk isn't going to like today's puzzle.
@Bill Winnie the Pooh sings a lot in the books My husband has read all the books to our then 5-year old, including the songs :)
@Bill Wishing you a speedy recovery but enjoy the time off.
Took me a while to find vole instead of mole. Will there ever be a week in which the NYT doesn't use eel or eely? Sigh....
@Remi I got completely stuck on vole too and IVF seems so obvious in retrospect
@Remi you know the old saying, while the EELs are away, the OBOES will play! Now pardon me while I crack a pack of OREOs.
Whinny whinny……chicken dinny. A real honey of sis/bro teamwork. Hanky very much.
A somewhat Toughened Up Tuesday with a slightly silly theme. Except for the trauma for Captain Q, I approve. The movie of the musical Chicago was on my PBS station this past weekend. The play premiered in 1975. It was certainly ahead of its time. JAZZ hands and Razzle Dazzle certainly abounded. <a href="https://youtu.be/YW3MIixEps4?si=XpcUe2qLwisk7hLs" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/YW3MIixEps4?si=XpcUe2qLwisk7hLs</a>
Aaaaaaay! The A’s have it today. Avery and AAron with a grade-A Tuesday filled with AÇAÍ ALONE ACHEY AILS ARMPADS ARBYS and ATSIGN! The Fonz couldn’t have done it better. Have an A+ Tuesday all!
In case anyone else was wondering about the FEET in 69A: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/07/insider/and-now-the-good-news-its-dating-season-for-the-blue-footed-boobies.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ZU4.hE5-.3A2DK0Gzgu0T&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/07/insider/and-now-the-good-news-its-dating-season-for-the-blue-footed-boobies.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ZU4.hE5-.3A2DK0Gzgu0T&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</a>
@Justin I’ve been scratching my head about that answer until I came across this link. Thanx.
I'm so glad that I didn't peek at the revealer clue before I went back to try and figure out what the three theme answers had in common. I had some crosses already written in the revealer answer, but I hadn't really looked at them, or if, I had, I didn't remember them. I wasn't sure if NAYSAYERS was part of the theme because it was shorter -- but if I looked at the revealer clue to check, that would give everything away. So I assumed NAYSAYERS was a themer, re-read the answers, saw the homophones immediately, and blurted out HORSE'S MOUTH! And so it was. Delightful theme; delightful puzzle. I liked the fact that many of the clues provoked curiosity -- like "early sign of life, perhaps"; John Stewart's long-running feud restaurant (someone will tell me why they're feuding, maybe?) and "Internet deep dive, metaphorically". I feel like a lot of care was put into this puzzle and the constructors wanted us to have fun solving. I definitely did.
Also finished with ImF as I smugly did not even bother looking at the clue for 66A. Hope this collaborative debut generates the appropriate sibling revelry. Did you hear about the gardener who needed more irrigation? He made a fountain out of a vole hill.
I'm definitely improving. Only one square revealed, the T for both TNUT and the channel. A Knickerbocker Glory is a tall ice cream sundae with layers of fruit, nuts, syrup and cream, which originated it New York City in the early 1900's! Named after the Knickerbocker Hotel. We say 'snicker' not 'knicker' because 'knickers' are underwear for females. When my old auntie saw a handsome man she would say: "It's a sad horse that doesn't snicker at the sight of hay."
@Jane Wheelaghan With 86 total appearances, with an average of about 2 a year in the past 32 (the "Modern Era"), T NUT is worth remembering; it'll show up again, along with I BAR from yesterday (236 times total). ESPN and its subsidiary channels broadcast sports and nothing but sports. Yesterday, we had [Thunder shower] for ESPN, as the Oklahoma City Thunder are an NBA basketball team that might appear on ESPN. ESPNU is the channel that televises college sports, which are governed by the NCAA. Anything with TV sports is likely to be something having to do with ESPN. But the odd thing is, the two answers do not cross at the T... Anyway, the above is given just for informational purposes, especially the latter because it's very US-centric. Which reminds me, the word "knickers" originated on this side of the pond, as the name of short pants that came down to a few inches below the knee. The style went out of fashion in the early 20th century, but still lives on in American football uniforms, the occasional baseball uniform that is preferred by a small number of players (most wear long pants now) and horse racing jockeys. The British meaning was derived later and could be considered erroneous. (Of course, nothing is erroneous if everyone says it.)
I try to learn something from every day’s puzzle, so I’m sharing this very pleasant RABBITHOLE I was sent to today <a href="https://opensanctuary.org/glossary-of-horse-vocalizations-and-sounds" target="_blank">https://opensanctuary.org/glossary-of-horse-vocalizations-and-sounds</a>/
Lovely Tuesday puzzle with a delightful theme. Congratulations to the siblings and I hope we see more of them. I fell for the “Burrowing rodent” trap and then had to flyspeck to fix it after finishing what was a pretty breezy puzzle. Seeing Winnie the Pooh made me happy, and boy do I need reasons to smile these days.
@Shari Coats I’ll bet a lot of solvers learned today that (1) a mole is not a rodent, and (2) a VOLE is (and that it exists at all).
I'm amazed that so many didn't get IVF and went for mOLE instead of VOLE. I say this not as a SOLVINGDIS at all but just in "too close to the subject matter" amazement. I knew immediately it was either IUI or IVF, likely the latter and VOLE confirmed it. I usually trip on the common trip-ups of the day, myself, so it feels odd. Anyhow, it's good that most of the people commenting about it today aren't experts in seeking pregnancy assistance—and I offer my wholehearted support for anyone who might be on that crazy roller coaster ride. In any case, good puzzle. I really liked "Finger used to swear?" for PINKY, very cute, and also the Tom Hanks clue for ALONE. Most people think I'm very unreasonable about this but it still breaks my heart that Helen Hunt didn't wait for him (I know, I know) and instead married one of the very early on detectives from Dick WOLF's original Law and Order, Chris Noth. What can I say, the heart wants what it wants. Also, I don't really know why I so immediately knew KNICKERBOCKER but I already had the K and it just came to me. I was surprised it fit and it stayed. Anyhow, no NAYSAYING here. (Other than maybe EELY.) Hope you all are having a fine Tuesday!
@HeathieJ My sense is that the people who didn't know there was a critter called a VOLE went with mole and then didn't really look too hard at the initialism.
Cute theme and fun puzzle from the Gee siblings. Clickety-clack sounds a lot like clippity-clop, putting me in a horsey state of mind, so when TYPED showed up at 70A, I groaned. Some clickety-clack from Brendan Emmett Quigley along with the other members of the Boston Typewriter Orchestra: <a href="https://youtu.be/L771zwCJeGk?si=0QvA2UWT0bXwTEpP" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/L771zwCJeGk?si=0QvA2UWT0bXwTEpP</a>
Even if it comes straight from the horse’s mouth, I wouldn’t believe just any old Neigh, Nicker, Whinny. I agree with some others, this was a very fine puzzle, less fluffy fill than many a Tuesday (horsefeathers are chewier, I guess).
Wow, what a great puzzle. Not so easy for me, but I eventually got it and when I figured out the main clue I kept saying (out loud much to the annoyance of my wife) what an excellent puzzle.! Keep it up you two and thank you!
I don’t recommend eating at the place my tired brain misread 60A as: “Restaurant chain with a _palindromic_ name” Sorry about the breakfast test, but my goof made me laugh.
@Cat Lady Margaret Yes! I misread the same, had the last two characters filled in already, and was briefly quite delighted to think that there must be a restaurant chain called "POOP" ! So sad. I'm disappointed. ____________________ Jesse Goldberg 8/28/2024 for Puzzle of the Decade (emu filler)
Gee whiz* Anyway - nice Tuesday puzzle. A bit of workout for me in some places and was not catching on to the theme at all until I finally worked out the reveal and went back and reviewed. And even then had to furrow my brow for a few seconds before I finally got it. No big deal. *and.. GEEWHIZ led me to my puzzle find today. It was the 'reveal' (or hint) in a Wednesday puzzle from January 29, 2011 by Kristian House. The other theme answers in that one: GMAILROOM GMANOVERBOARD GSTRINGTHEORY GSUITCASE I might put another puzzle find in a reply. ..
Taking forever to find my error — VOLE/IVF, not mOLE/ImF — contributed greatly to my time being nearly twice my average, plus the puzzle seemed a little crunchier than a typical Tuesday.
@Jim If it makes you feel any better, I fell into the same trap.
Well it coulda been a mole. Nice one sibs, thank you
Fun puzzle! I loved the gentle "misdirects" at 2D and 70A. [Finger used to swear?] was a gimme with the P already in, but my brain caught the wink! [Went clickety-clack] was a bit tougher (also because I try acrosses first, so initially didn't have much to go on). I was thinking locomotive before typewriter, that's for sure! Sadly, "clickety-clack" brought to mind two less-than-favorable (to me) ear worms! The ole "clickety-clack, don't come back", sure. But more insidiously -- and tangential to the clue -- is Judy Garland and her trolley... I don't even dare type the words! 😬 On a happier note 😉, we seem to have LOB a bit recently: two sports and counting! And I enjoy the rather frequent ETNA sightings -- and today's clue! Now for a moment of smugness: I (wisely, it turns out) left the first letter of _OLE blank, knowing full well the critter could be either a mole or a vole. And 60D sealed the deal, easy-peasy. My dad fought a constant battle with VOLEs over the near acre of grass in our backyard when I was growing up, so I know well of their burrowing capabilities! However, I always assumed that moles are also rodents -- TIL, thanks Sam! A lovely Tuesday grid, all-in-all. Thanks, KIDDOs!
@G I should have followed your wise plan and left the first letter off of the “Burrowing rodent” clue. I picked the wrong letter the first time through and then had to flyspeck to find my mistake. I will try to remember your tactic in future.
Crossing an actor with an actress seems unnecessarily Natich-y. At least make one from the domain of sports, politics, or academia to give those of use who are not media fans a chance.
Lou, As a general rule, your suggestion is well taken, but in this particular case, what crossing letter other that H did you consider?
@Lou Scheffer Eh, in principle, I suppose. But Michelle YEOH has been so well-known internationally for decades, acting in works of various genres in both film and TV, that her name should be a gimme for most solvers (except maybe those playing the archives decades from now), and even if you can’t remember how to spell her surname, I can’t think of any other plausible letter other than ‘H’ to complete C_AD for the first name of someone whose middle and surnames are “Michael” and “Murray,” respectively. In fact, I’ve never heard of the latter performer, but I happened to fill in the ‘H’ with the down clue using that exact reasoning, even though I would have known for certain from the across. I actually think this an example of good puzzle construction, precisely because you can rely on your general knowledge of phonology, spelling, and reasonably common names without having to know the trivia.
@Lou Scheffer not to nitpick but it’s NATICK, not NATICh Sorry - back to the regularly scheduled program.
Happy to see NAYA Rivera included. May her memory be a blessing.
To paraphrase the late, great Douglas Adams*, I love puzzle themes. I love the whooshing sound they make as they fly by over my head. Off to play with my neopet. * A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Right up there with Yeoh’s Everything Everywhere All at Once.
Could've been done in under 10 minutes if not for that pesky VOLE. Lost a whole four minutes to just that! IMF sounded perfectly natural for some medical procedure I wasn't aware of, but in retrospect IVF makes much more sense. Good stuff!
@George Especially early in the week, it’s more likely a procedure you’re just not thinking of than one you’ve never heard of. Realizing that got me up a major level many years ago.
Regarding short posts: It's true! The problem that was never a problem has nevertheless been fixed. How do you fix something that wasn't broken? A mystery......
Very fun puzzle and satisfying. Loved pinky swear.
Late puzzle find, inspired in a quite roundabout way. My desk is right next to the door to the back porch and I'm often out there watching the birds at the bird feeder and chipmunks and squirrels on the ground. This is the time of year when the starlings have returned and there are often 30 or 50 of them on or underneath the feeder out there. There's a bunch out there right now. Anyway... vaguely inspire by that, it dawned on me that CLARICESTARLING is 15 letters. And yes it's been answer in 3 puzzles but most notably a Wednesday from August 23, 2006 by Kevan Choset. The other theme answers in that one: CHRISTOPHERWREN (also 15 letters) PETERFINCH SHERYLCROW And the reveal clue/answer was: "Former N.B.A. star with a hint to 17-, 23-, 52- and 60-Across :" LARRYBIRD Thought that was quite clever. ..
I didn't understand how WINNIE and KNICKER related to HORSESMOUTH so it was one of those puzzles where I completed it just by knowing the words rather than with the hint. At any rate, I liked the puzzle. The symmetry of the grid is so pleasing
Quick question (as soon as I recover from the very poorly clued 18A...) People keep referring to the EMU issue whereby shorter posts get delayed as having been solved. Yet my posts are still sometimes delayed. Where is the fix?
@CaptainQuahog I think certain words may trigger a human evaluation to check the context in which a word is used. I've had posts delayed, and when I look them over, I see a word that could be a problem. When I reword it, it goes through right away. Eventually, the original post shows up, but it could be 8 hours later.
@CaptainQuahog My understanding is that the problem is not a question of delay (comments are still being screened), but of inoffensive comments being deleted for no apparent reason.
70A (“Went clickety clack”) reminded me of the Bob's Burgers episode where the family goes on a cruise for a day. Louise gets her nails done -- but in a real Edward Scissorhands style (including toenails). Each time she runs across the boat deck, she says "clickety clackity" under her breath. Now my wife and I say "clickety clackity" every time our cat runs across the hardwood floor. Loved this puzzle, even if the clue wasn't related to Bob's Burgers!
I knew VOLE … used to live next to a field full of them. But LEGIONARY, nope, and at first I wasn’t confident about ARBYS. But when I got the music, surprised me, and then I looked it all up.
Here are a couple of horses nickering. (Autocorrect wants bickering.) <a href="https://youtu.be/zK65bOb5KBw?si=yNZA18DfctV47lrB" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/zK65bOb5KBw?si=yNZA18DfctV47lrB</a> Definition of Knickerbocker A descendant of the early Dutch settlers of New York broadly : a native or resident of the city or state of New York —used as a nickname This is where NYC's NBA (basketball) team's name comes from.
@Vaer Here's a good article on the origin of the moniker "Knickerbocker": <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diedrich_Knickerbocker" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diedrich_Knickerbocker</a> Let the incomparable Lotte Lenya serenade you while you read it: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf2zNfNigBI" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf2zNfNigBI</a>
RE: 42A; I've never watched his show, but as I understand it, Jon Stewart had a (manufactured) feud with ARBY'S, and the chain embraced it with a keen sense of humor, and enjoyed all the free publicity. To rephrase, they took his beef with a grain of onion salt.
As a former Peace Corps Volunteer in Zaire (12 Down) I was pleased to see the second mention of that wonderful country - Sight seen in Virunga National Park, clued last week - in the Crossword. When I got my invitation letter to go to Zaire, I had no idea where it was. Where’s Zaire ? I asked everyone. Of course, no one knew it was the new name for the Congo.
I’ve never been less on a constructor’s wavelength, but I enjoyed Avery's comments.
Knickerbocker was a gimme for me, not necessarily as the personification of NYC in old cartoons, but as a stand-alone word for a New Yorker. That just makes me fees sooooo old!
Times Rita, We can thank Washington Irving for that (along with "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle"). Irving completed A History of New-York from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty, by Diedrich Knickerbocker (1809)... <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Irving" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Irving</a> Don't forget to visit Sunnyside! <a href="https://hudsonvalley.org/historic-sites/washington-irvings-sunnyside" target="_blank">https://hudsonvalley.org/historic-sites/washington-irvings-sunnyside</a>/