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@sotto voce Maybe you mean Peter Gabriel? I believe Robert Palmer was sneaking through the alley with Sally back in those days

@dutchiris I would also assume Judy Dench has no problem with DAME.

@Michael Weiland Maybe Gary Larson should change his name to Gerald Alabaster Larson III, esq. Might clear up some confusion in the comments 2-3 times a year

@Bill There’s a kind of history of New Orleans via street names by John Churchill Chase called “Frenchmen, Desire. Goodchildren, and other Streets of New Orleans “. Well worth a read. New Orleans is famously more of a crescent shape grid as opposed to square and the normal directionals (North, South, East and West) are rarely used, people are more apt to say, lakeside or riverside, uptown (west southwest) or downtown (northeast). Depending on the bridge one takes to get to the Westbank of the Mississippi you would travel Southwest (Luling bridge), Southeast (Huey P Long), due East (Crescent City Connection).

@Esmerelda My solve exactly. I went to bed with the bottom half complete but very little up top (with pLuG instead of FLOG slowing me down a bit) . Woke up and zipped through in <10 min. Slower than my average for Saturday with one confirmation look up for NEZPERCE of which I was not familiar.

@Rich in Atlanta I knew POKERFACE from the hilarious Christopher Walken rendition from SNL <a href="https://youtu.be/AJDx3H_hvI8?si=BbBo_mEHmrL2aenl" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/AJDx3H_hvI8?si=BbBo_mEHmrL2aenl</a> Watch the video before you pass on it

@Gretchen F 3.464 angry men Gone in 7.75 seconds 100 maniacs Haircut 10

@Steve L I believe Rob is referring to the column where she writes “The uvea is also called the vascular tunic, which sounds like a dress I’d like to own.” Now where’s my bloody tunic?!

@Kevin Between the pencil icon and the info icon there is a circle icon. If you’ve already completed the puzzle it asks if you want to clear the puzzle, however if you haven’t completed the puzzle it has the auto check option (as well as reveal letter or word etc) I use the “Games” app on my phone so the layout may be different

@Michael B. Anyone who has been to the Popeyes on St Charles and Erato would definitely hesitate to call it a “fast food” establishment. That said this is where I also kenned the theme today.

@Rich in Atlanta I think it has to do with brand names. I noticed this with OREO, Pre Shortz OREO was never clued as the cookie but “mountain: comb. form”. I assume GTO had a similar restriction. Emu food ( Oreos)

@ad absurdum 4/2/2019 I couldn’t let Gödel be wrong.

@Nancy J. Well I guess it’s better than the original Firecracker cheer: Firecracker Firecracker boom boom boom Firecracker Firecracker boom boom boom Boys got the muscles, Teachers got the brains, girls got the sexy legs, they win this game Though I think is was maybe a jump rope song?

@Steve L Reply to a servers question after a drink order? - - - DOYOUHAVEROOTBEER

@William Schrader I parsed it as Gen Y or Generation Y though I was not aware of the term Gen Alpha it came through crosses for me as well

@Andrzej SWAG is an anagram for “Stuff We All Get” a bag of freebies given to attendees at conferences or sponsored events.

@Dave Munger You mean when my mother said "pardon my French" she really WAS speaking French??? Now I wonder about her seal fascination...

@Bill in Yokohama Be sure to check out Ash Wednesday Blues by Anders Osboure - a fine addition to the playlist <a href="https://youtu.be/r10xMDb8uS0?si=kKMHYCgqdPLeh8-F" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/r10xMDb8uS0?si=kKMHYCgqdPLeh8-F</a>

@Mike This really doesn’t cut the mustard, I think you need to ketchup

@Steve L Maybe “Letterboxed” ?

@Chris I know right? Innova and Dynamic didn’t work. Though I do remember way back in the early 90s there were people who would use Ultimate Frisbees on the disc golf courses we used to play on so I guess it works. Amatuers!