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@Greg I fully endorse your complaint in terms of physics, but from a marketing perspective, bulbs are primarily labeled using watts. Even LED bulbs are typically described using the incandescent equivalent in watts.
I was quite confident about 16A, until additional DATA from the down clues provided sufficient INFO that a different answer was needed.
Seems like one either uses more informal ("I gotta go") or less informal ("I've got to go"). The blending of the two had me misdirected for a while, especially since the latter also fit the grid.
"Can the Washington HUSKIES really be called a basketball powerhouse?" I wondered. "Perhaps it is the Nebraska HUSKERS?... but HUSKIES seems to fit." Apologies to fans of UConn (as well as UW)
@Mark as the rebus instructions linked above mention, you can also just use the first letter
@Liz B I had figured out MONGOL EMPIRE but had the rebus as [OLEMP] for an embarrassingly long time
@Jack McCullough they were really confused by the blinking light at the end
@Dave Definitely something I have said more than once at a wedding. [breaking off smalltalk] "More family coming in, I guess I better go ush" One can always find fun with the English language if one is so inclined. And after all, isn't that why word games exist?
@Nanopoder it seemed like the obvious answer but I left it blank until the crosses filled it in, for just that reason
@Joe That was the first context I thought of, but surely everyone knows the "interrobang," right⁉️
Ok, how many were singing the song from Phineas & Ferb for 24A?
I was under the impression that Paul David Hewson's "full" stage name is Bono Vox. But it seems the Vox was abandoned at some point.
Took me too long to think of "toque" as a French word, especially with zero other context that the clue required a French response. Possibly because it is a specialized term with no one-word English equivalent. "Spot for a chapeau" would have conveyed the intent more clearly.
I got 24A from the crossing clues, but was completely stumped how it made sense. I kept reading "bothered" as an adjective, compounding the error by parsing the answer as (1)(4) or (2)(3). It's always a little disappointing to finish the puzzle and not understand the answers, so I was relieved when it finally clicked.
@SP sounds like a sequel to Killer Tomatoes from Outer Space
@ad absurdum fortunately the clue works for both!
With the handful of comments referencing "#!" as the "shebang," one imagines a rebus puzzle using the '#' to sub for different words in different directions. e.g., CORNEDBEEF# crossed with WERE#ONE WHOLE#BANG crossed with IM#LOT
@Mean Old Lady yes it was apparently effective but caused allergies and potential health issues. Now it is most commonly touted in its absence, similar to MSG or BPA
What's up with the spangram today? Is that a regionalism? I have never heard anyone use that to refer to a room in their "full house"
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