Joanie
Kansas City
The first time I encountered a rebus, some six months to a year ago, I ragequit and complained to my friends about how freaking clever the NYT thinks it is. Sadly I was informed that this was normal, desired, and typical for Thursdays. I think today was the first rebus I figured out entirely on my own! Loved the feeling of it all coming together, even if I still had to look a couple things up. Sorry to be one of the newbies messing up the puzzles for everyone, but I really enjoyed this one! Although with all the SIN, I do wonder if it was meant for Ash Wednesday.
Still new to the crosswords...this was close to a Friday PR for me! My mark of shame though is failing to understand TOTALLIE to the point that I googled it multiple times and couldn't figure out why no one was asking what a "totallie" was. Now, a "total lie"-- that I understand!
@Jeff It's not mispronunciation; someone who speaks in a different accent from you doesn't ERR. Heir, air, err, and ere are all the same for me.
@NanuNanu A WRY smile is lopsided or turned smile. Whether one is smugly smirking or smiling wryly may be in the eye of the beholder. <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wry" target="_blank">https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wry</a>
Sad to say I thought I was going to start today with my first ever week-long streak but for some reason it didn't catch my Saturday solve! I don't know if I got it done too late in the day on Sunday for it to count or if it didn't register because I finished on my phone. Got Sunday done today in time to have a 2 day streak. I just don't have time for these weekend puzzles over the weekend! Anyway, very fun Monday puzzle. Thought I'd get it in under five but the southeast corner threw me. One of my very few puzzles with no lookups and it was fun to see the theme come together. I'm getting better at this. :)
@SBK If we're going to make it about credit, we'd better mention Liz Wallace, who gave Bechdel the idea. Bechdel herself prefers "the Bechdel-Wallace test." <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/08/call-it-the-bechdel-wallace-test/402259" target="_blank">https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/08/call-it-the-bechdel-wallace-test/402259</a>/
@Mean Old Lady I have the same fear for the saucer magnolia in my yard. I had a beautiful bloom last year after two years of false springs followed by freezes. I had the opposite experience with the theme, though: One of the few puzzles with names I knew!
@David Blatt Sometimes you have to be for kvetching to be against kvetching.
@kilaueabart yeah I know a guy who thought it was all oral with the L at the front...couldn't figure out what the one B was doing there...
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