Paul Stoddard
Stratford, CT
FBOMB, ARTSY FARTSY, PITSTAIN. Anyone else find today's puzzle just a little on the crude side?
@Mean Old Lady Among we geologists, OUTCROP is the common way to refer to an outcropping, as in, "Stop the car! I have to take a close look at that outcrop along side the road!" Although, strickly speaking, among geologists at any rate, an outcrop is any rock feature that is not covered by all that green nonsense. And after the snub we get from Sam over at Spelling Bee, I'm thrilled whenever a geology term shows up in the crossword.
I thought there might be a lot of complaints about this one, but I really enjoyed it, once I figured out the trick. Thursday puzzles tend to be the most fun, imho, and this was right up there. A couple of somewhat obscure answers made it more difficult, especially with the circles complicating things, but in the end, a fun fill.
I'd love to see a scene where someone yells out "Phone call for Mr. Bean! Phone call for Mr. Bean!" and Sean Bean and Rowan Atkinson (Mr. Bean) show up. Hilarity would be guaranteed to ensue.
@Vaer If you want to keep the food theme for the week, Wednesday is "Prince spaghetti day."
I've always thought of "movable feast" in spatial, not temporal, terms (perhaps because of the local catering company of that name). Thus sometimes Passover seder would be at Rachel's, other times at Moishe's. Likewise Easter dinner was usually at Aunt Grace's house, but occasionally at Florence and Ernest's. We always spent Christmas at home. Did anyone else have 39A and 67A highlighting each other? I'm assuming that was a glitch in the matrix...
@Lpr A pool for the dead. All good mansions should have a pool.
@Paul Stoddard *whose, not who's. I am going away now and finishing my coffee. smh.
@Steve After not getting the happy music upon completion, I tried various ways of filling out the rebuses (rebi?), finishing with a slash between the states. Once I realized where the real mistake was (Kamal, not Komal) I got the happy music with the slashes still there.
Not to change the subject, well actually YES, to change the subject: 26A is a new one to me. Where does it come from?
Cute puzzle today. Nice theme for a summer Tuesday. On a different note, was there a Midi today? Yesterday we were promised a week's worth with a phrase from letters from the week's puzzle. I can't find it anywhere.
@Jason Do people tend to be more clean-shaven there?
@Paul Stoddard Never mind. I see the difference. Oh, and I guess I should have issued a spoiler alert for the previous answer. Sorry to anyone who's day's now been spoiled.
@D. Allard Thank you. New definition (to me) for the first half of the phrase.
@Vaer There's a mistake. One of the answers doesn't fit the spangram.
@Barry Ancona Atlas is there too. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_(statue" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_(statue</a>)
@Steve L Well that makes sense now, doesn't it? Thanks!
@Shari Coats, What JohnWM said.
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