Jennifer
Colorado City
@Alan Young Wookiees (with 2 Es) are from the planet Kashyyyk (with 3 Ys). "They're not the phonetics you're looking for."
@Matthew Conroy I'm shocked at how many have commented that they're unfamiliar!
TIL that CAREER is a verb. Or: TIRBIGOAIFTATT (Today I Relearned Because I'm Getting Old And I Forget Things All The Time)
Wow, this one was tricky! Thank you! I love a puzzle that isn't filled with gimmes and tired cluing. I've added lots of new factoids to my file!
@Ken W. TIL that JEDIS isn't a word...
@Robert I came to the comments to see if anyone asked, "Are the circled letters in the room with us?"
Ooof! That was a tricky one! I finished it without looking at the column for hints (a big personal win!), but I had no idea what the trick was. The MOPEDS fill bothered me, so I knew there was *something* going on, but my weeks-long battle with influenza has left me with little left for sitting and musing over a theme. Ha! That said, now that I've read the article to discover the double dip bit, I'm once again highly impressed by others' abilities to come up with this kinda thing! Brilliant! Well done.
@sotto voce I grew up in Wisconsin, where Aldi is a staple. I moved to Colorado in 2019 and they still aren't out here yet. The closest one is 400 miles away in Kansas. (Yes, I've checked.)
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