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NOSERAG was clearly formulated just for this awful puzzle. It's called a SNOTRAG, gross as that may be. But the creator had no trouble with CRAPPER. Lots of terrible cluing here.
ATTAWAY? Seriously? The common vernacular is "attaboy". Always has been, always will be. Silly puzzle, overly vague cluing--and ATTAWAY...yeah, right. Not a fan. At least it was gimmickless.
Will it now be acceptable to use "asshat" in my letters to the editor?
RADAR doesn't "ping". One gets a radar return. SONAR pings. And, yes, it's LO LO LO LO LOLA.
Oh my gosh, not a fan. I'm convinced that one day the NYT's crossword clues will have so devolved into obscurity and meaninglessness that they collapse into a singularity and vanish in a puff of vagueness. On that day look for most of the clues to consist of: "_____". As for this theme, about as lame as it gets.
IBEAM was as lame as can be. Even worse, ships of the US Navy only have a number on the bow. Their names are on the stern. And even then, they don't include the "USS"--they only show the name of the ship. Unless the clue was referring to some revolutionary war frigate or what have you, it's a bad clue.
More gimmicky nonsense. Are these things created by some kind of very weird AI? And "Reality checks" = CAPTCHAS? What? How?
@Barry Ancona Wow! Didn't realize we had arbiters on how we're allowed to express opinions. Pretty sure Sean is perfectly fine to state their dismay in any way they care to.
@Comet Who calls money "bacon"?
@Patrick It's a type of shot used in the game of pool. The "English" being the massive amounts of spin being imparted on the ball which causes the object ball or cue ball to move in a curve, more or less. Most local pool parlors frown on it because of the distinct possibility of ripping the pool table cloth. But pros use it all the time.
@Edward It's amazing that it's used THAT often. But it most certainly is crossword-ese. You never hear this.
@Thomas You are not an idiot. It was just a bad puzzle.
@jdc Classic case of crosswordese.
@Charles You are absolutely right! Keep letting them hear it. Maybe someday they'll listen.
@Joe "I found this puzzle to be insanely easy, finishing in less than half my average time." Sure thing, kiddo.
Not bad. Finally. Good theme.
@Rick Rebuses aren't required in this puzzle. Just a single letter is needed to fill in the tinted squares.
For a gimmick puzzle, it wasn't horrible, and not insanely difficult to figure out. But it's still a gimmick, even though it was ok. At least no stupid rebuses.
@Wes Agreed. Next up, wait for the usual "do Mondays and Tuesday snark."
@Dagny Taggart Agreed. I'd venture the number of people in the US who use "peg" as a synonym to "throw" as infinitesimally small.
@Ellen Rowles Thank you! Good catch.
@MSFTGirrl "Elhi". Apparently established circa 1948. And in all probability not ever been used since. What a load.
@Daniel Charchuk Exactly. What is a TMC? Doesn't exist.
@L B I'll rephrase, yeah, I believe there is something called TMC. Never had heard of it before this.
Ridiculously vague clues top to bottom. Doesn't anyone else get tired of this? Another in the long line of "Look how smart I am, and how stupid you are." NYT crossword puzzles.
@Eva H. Couldn't agree more!
@Alex B I understand it now, but it's a such a weird stretch.
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