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Personally a very difficult puzzle. I got stuck on several of the crossings, and was completely lost on the baseball references. Also not helped by some wrong entries on my part (SQUIRREL instead of FRUIT BAT springs to mind. I also somehow put HOCUS POCUS instead of ATMOSPHERE which to be honest I have no idea why my brain went there.) As a fun aside to the wordplay column, there are actually four Paddington bear themed 50p pieces. Each showcasing Paddington bear at different London landmarks: St Paul's Cathedral, the Tower of London, Buckingham Palace and, of course, Paddington Station. Why yes I do collect coins why do you ask 😂
While I did enjoy this puzzle for the most part, I do have a bone to pick with 37D (Some Lords, in brief) Lords are members of the House of Lords, while MPs are members of the House of Commons.
A fun puzzle with some tough spots. EARL and EDYS crossed with TEE was tough, as was SEGUED with PIERRE and ELOTE. I thought the theme was clever, and it helped me get TIGERNUT (which I have never heard of before). All in all, an enjoyable solve.
The fill today definitely felt more Tuesday level in my opinion. There were several proper nouns that had me completely stumped. Still a fun one overall
One of my favourite puzzles this year so far, and definitely one of the most enjoyable Thursdays I've ever done. I'll definitely be keeping an eye out for any future puzzles by this constructor
@Barry Ancona Thanks for the explanation. It's still a difficult cross in my opinion, as a non-American who knows very little Spanish. Also I'll admit multiple word entries in American crosswords still confuse me. I'm more used to the UK crossword convention of labelling when an entry has multiple words
Enjoyable enough Wednesday with a fun theme. Only notable sticking point I can remember was the cross of TARHEEL and and TEAMO. Had to run the alphabet as I'd never heard of either of those words before
@Man and 2 dogs But in the UK parliament, MP is used specifically to refer to Members of the House of Commons. A Member of the House of Lords is a Lord.
@NYC Traveler Generally the way it works (I'll admit I'm not very familiar with the American Congress system so I can't judge how accurate the comparison is) is that for a law to be passed, it must be approved by the House of Commons, who are the elected representatives (called MPs). The House of Lords is made up of people (called Lords, unsurprisingly) who have been granted the rank of Lord and are not elected by the public. The House of Lords does not need to approve a bill for it to be passed into law (they used to be able to, but that was changed before World War 1). However, they can delay the passing of a bill into law, and can call for the House of Commons to reconsider its decisions
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