Marek
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A clue 'xxx at/in yyy' point to how something is said in the language of jargon of yyy. Only an US American newspaper could dream up something like KIL for kilometres. This kind of stuff borders on cultural appropriation. Or should 'unit at Daytona pitstop' be INC, since that's first three letters of inch? Or POU because that's first three letters of pound? A few of such nonsensical entries can really rob the joy from solving an otherwise well designed puzzle.
One thing that ticked me off in today's otherwise enjoyable puzzle was the clue for 71 across. This is not packaged in sticks. We are not in a looney tunes cartoon, while the clue can be decoded, it's sub par to me, NYT clues may exploit stereotypes but should not perpetuate misconceptions.
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