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I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again. Themeless Sundays are always a huge disappointment to me. I look forward to the Sunday puzzle all week because it is the perfect mix of challenge and fun. A themeless Sunday misses out the fun bit - just something to, well, power through.
Did anyone else feel traumatised by the C+ ? I would have been mortified by a C in school. Just me? 🙈😂
Well I guess I was one of those who did “ inishfay this olehay uzzlepay without ussingsay its emethay.” That’s not entirely true. I got the reference to pig Latin, I just couldn’t work out exactly how, even after completing the whole thing. I kept trying to relate the “ay” sound to the start of the answer, not just the last word. It’s always a bit of a let down when a puzzle just doesn’t click.
Cute theme. Slightly annoyed that I had to look up an answer on a Tuesday. I didn’t know SERVO, tried GENZEe and GENZEd but GENZER would never have occurred to me.
After complaining about themeless Sundays a couple of weeks ago, it only feels right to come back to say what a joy this one was. I love, love, love it when you go through your first and even second pass thinking, hmm, something isn’t right here, and then you have that aha moment and it all clicks into place! So clever and so fun. Great way to start a Sunday 🟧🟨🟩🟦🟥
@Sebastian I think it was The Eighth Wonder ? Also, To Be or not To Be (ala Shakespeare)
@logical right? I got the theme, but kept expecting there to be more of a link between the animals.
@B other days often have themes. Thursdays are are known for having some sort of “trick” such as a rebus or missing letters.
That’s two disappointing Sundays in a row for me. Last week’s for being too gimicky and this week for just the opposite. There was nothing wrong with this puzzle but it just felt like a big Wednesday. I look forward to a Sunday theme all week so this made me sad.
Did anyone else have trouble with today’s mini? I’ve been doing the NYT puzzle and mini puzzle for a long time and this is the first time ever that I’ve not been able to solve the mini without help. Usually takes a little longer on a Saturday but I always get there in the end. Just me?
@Oikofuge as a native New Yorker who has lived in Scotland for more than a quarter of a century, I put this to you - in some Scottish accents, words you would think should be one syllable are pronounced with two. I give you warm, pronounced war-um. Perhaps world should be pronounced wor-uld to sound more like SQUIRRELLED?
@sotto voce you are definitely not alone in having watched this movie many times! I picked up on the theme pretty quickly but couldn’t, for the life of me, remember how to spell Dufresne.
@John Carson the only ones I got easily were 3D and 9A. I spent far too long trying to figure out what you could use a tiny little guillotine for and could only think of tiny little stationary 😄 Post-it’s for emus?
@Patrick J. Since ruck and maul don’t have enough letters, this didn’t bother me.
@Charlie Fuchs I thought that too until I read the column!
@carrielewis came here to say the same. I definitely felt MISLED 😄
Was anyone else bothered by 1D? The clue - List - is singular but the answer - BCCS - is plural. I hesitated to enter it because I was sure that couldn’t be right. As others have said, the theme felt a little light for a Sunday. I got stuck on the ELIHU/POUF crossing (had an O instead of a U), but pleased that I knew COREA/KLEE. Do emus like CINNAMONBREAD?
@John Carson 3D and 9A were the only answers I had for a while. I spent ages trying to figure out what you would use a tiny little guillotine for and all I could come up with was tiny little stationary 😄
@Wark thank you. I came to the comments to find out how ALB was a neighbour of Montana.
@Francis right??? 😂 (A- for the emus)
@Max Nicks I came here to say this too. But otherwise, what a clever puzzle!
@Josh thank you for asking, I didn’t get it either! I was reading it as B I N Go and that made no sense 🤦♀️
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