JenL
Boston
I got a little caught up in the east, thinking that the "Port letters" (39A) were USs leading to AsIp for "Not that much" (34D). (I had FLy for FLU (37A), leading to ySl instead of USS for "Letters on a bow" (38D). Yves St. Laurent makes bows, right?) I had no idea what the "Pole used for extending a sail" (47A) was, but I knew lPRIp was not a word. I eventually got the FLU and ended up with two USS answers - a big BOOBOO in the Xword world - and knew I had to AXE ONE. I finally got ONTOPOFIT and heard the happy DONEZO music. A fun solve all around and not DRAB at all!
@Hub, I'm not yet 50, but HEP was one of the only things I filled in on my first pass. I must be an old soul, or maybe it's just my love of old movies about jazz and HEP cats. Sadly, I second guessed myself and deleted it, filled it back in, deleted it again, ... The Northwest nearly ended my streak, but I both shook my fist and raised my hands in victory when HEP was my final fill. Here's a link to an interesting NPR piece on the original hipsters and HEP cats: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/3dybta5p" target="_blank">https://tinyurl.com/3dybta5p</a>
@DW, Merriam Webster has a usage note about this. In short, broadcasted, forecasted, telecasted, and simulcasted are less common than their -ed-less equivalents, but they are used enough to warrant entry in the dictionary. Thanks, I hate it. <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/is-it-broadcast-or-broadcasted-forecast-or-forecasted-usage" target="_blank">https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/is-it-broadcast-or-broadcasted-forecast-or-forecasted-usage</a>#
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