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What took me the longest is that I was thinking of a machine that makes toasted bread going ding, so I had radion going down, which was a problem because that actually isn’t a word, lol! After I finished the whole thing and was told that it was incorrect, I looked through it all and didn’t see anything wrong going across, and then noticed that going down. When I thought about it again I finally thought of ration, and it worked and the puzzle was done. But I stared at the TING for a while, and finally it clicked — they meant someone who makes a toast at a wedding and first clinks their spoon against their wine glass going ting ting ting ting.
@Josh Except they weren’t rebus squares…
@Josh Also, they WERE lineS, two per word to get HAHA.
@dave you don’t dissrespect someone, you disrespect them.
@Marty Each word has HAHA, not just HA
@Lynn yes Yes YES!!! I was really hoping to see more people discussing it. I got such a kick out of it. But the absolute icing on top is a certain part of the script that made me feel like they knew what was going to be in the Mini crossword today. If you have not done the Mini, do it now! I was so tickled watching that show…
21:32, faster than my average. Bloviates came almost instantly, but I started with woodsy and dogdoor. However, I actually wanted to discuss the Midi. The clue for 8 down is incorrect!!! That really bugs me…
@Mike the schwa isn’t really an UH. It’s more of a barely pronounced sound, if you can imagine it being like half a syllable you will get closer to it.
@Geoff Offermann yes, absolutely the same issue, just backwards!
I ended sending the following to the editors: One of the many things I’ve always preferred about the New York Times puzzles compared to something like the Los Angeles Times puzzles is the care taken with clues and answers. But there were issues in the Friday Midi that should have been noticed by even the most junior editor. As puzzles are archived, I hope that you will fix it now. 8-Down should have “makes” with an S, and 26-Down should have “exhilarate” without an S.
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