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Anyone else ever stage-dived into a MOSHPIT? Well, my one and only dive was at a Dead Kennedys show 40-ish years ago: I lost a shoe and ended up with a bloody nose. BUTDAD, WHYWORRY?
"United we stand" sounds like the airline's future Ultra Basic Economy class.
Got it thanks to crosses but I can't be the only one out there who had absolutely no idea about KON Mari. My spouse came to the rescue and told me it's from a lady who became a gazillionaire by showing people how to fold their UNDERWEAR. The stuff we learn doing the XYT Xword...
@Bellevue Bob The WSJ also has fine crosswords. And no risk to run into this topic in their clues. Giv'em a try!
Just loved that puzzle. Thanks to the Schlossbergs! My time was not too bad: just over five spins of Yes's "Roundabout".
@MC Yep. All the friends of high culture will remember fondly THEWORM as a staple of the old Gong Show.
I just loved this one! After a quick scan of the clues, I thought there's so much trivia/proper names that it'll take me forever to finish it. Then I realized I prepared BECHAMEL sauce last night whilst listening to old-skool NWA from an antique VHS tape. However the LAMBSTEAK I grilled turned out so hard that eating it was akin to a UFC fight. All diners agreed it was THEWORST meal they ever had in that HALL. But hey, a Saturday puzzle done in 25:48 got me SOOVERIT...
Thanks for the fun puzzle Jacob! And like @Chungclan, I loved the cat condo picture and the caption! I'm sure most of us in HOAs could tie actual people to these kitties. One of the old calculator jokes I remember from high-school involved Middle-Easterners, derricks, pipelines and tankers. Forgot the actual formula but the final answer vas 71077345.
Real fun Sunday puzzle! Favorite clues: TILDES, PHDS, HENRI, BLOWUPDOLL (brilliant!). Hope to see more from you, so "Let's go Brandon!!".
Loved this puzzle. Reminded me of when I played in a regional old-timer's league that had lots of folks RARIN' to go to the SINBIN.
Ah! Such a delight to see my old friend the asthenosphere in a clue. The soft stuff over which we all float.
@Rahul Same for me... The origin of that bug is that I did not finish drinking my hot chocolate before going on line.
@Steve L Note that Panini, in addition of being a fast-food staple, is also a European publisher in the same line of business as TOPPS. (Maybe that's why some paninis taste like cardboard?)
@Brian Dastardly was not a Disney character. He was on the Hanna-Barbera roster. [sorry ! HOWCANIRESIST ?]
Lots of fun. I like puzzles with hidden letters. Congrats Damon!
@CCNY Home runs! We'll hit for the cycle.
That was a fun puzzle. Good job, Landon! Keep'em coming.
@Joe P Same here, along with BATTINGPRACTICE. Ah the SKYMALL catalog... I take advantage of this forum to express my gratitude to that company for all the free entertainment my kids got, looking at some of the stuff they were offering. That made some long flights fairly enjoyable.
@Andrzej When I started watching NFL games (go Texans!) with my then 6 year-old son, I had to answer the questions "Dad, what's ED?" and then "Do I, you or Grandpa have it?" As for soccer, bear in mind that the fields are now surrounded by electronic advertising boards, so in a way, TV watchers are subjected to a barrage of ads for the whole 90 minutes of play, plus a bunch of ads at half-time.
Thanks John for this fun puzzle! I got to point out however, and with all due respect to Ms. Jett who's a mighty fine rocker, that Joan Jett is no punk.
Yeah for QBERT! Used to play this on an Atari plugged into my sister's 14" b/w TV. Good times...
@KMC I thought this was a pretty eclectic selection of clues. Took longer than my Friday average but the clues you mention were not the problem. For those who have discovered football with Messi/Ronaldo, take a few minutes to look at some out-of-this-world RONALDINHO highlights on YT: you'll end up thinking he has made a deal with the same fellow as Dr. Faustus did!
@john ezra Ha! Imagine bringing your baseball glove to the Met in NYC hoping to see a Mets game! Real Madrid play at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu. (BTW, well worth a tour next time you're in Madrid even if you're not a soccer fan.)
I cannot be the only one who's sick and tired of running into Tolkien references in every puzzle. Makes me long for Mel OTT, Bobby ORR, ELI Manning, please!
Read the first two Across clues and decided to start from the Down column, which I hardly ever do. Well, sometimes wimping out pays off: I was able to solve most Across clues without even looking at the definitions. Definitely enjoyed it. Thanks Daniel!
5A makes no sense to anyone with basic IT knowledge. I haven't heard that expression (with a different meaning) since working on IBM-360 mainframes.
As a former hockey player, I sure loved this one. And the funky animation ICEd the cake. BTW, the only song I've ever heard with "Zamboni" in the lyrics was "Sabrina" by the Hanson Brothers. Anyone aware of other songs ?
@Erin I don't get it either. I do NYT crosswords because I enjoy being challenged from different angles. Having similar cultural references as the constructor makes it easier but there's all sorts of people (and constructors) out there with different references and that's what makes these crosswords enjoyable to me. I'm afraid those who complain have a hard time accepting such differences in their NYT crossword, but also in other aspects of life.
No matter how close or far one looks at these comments, all one sees is whining. Therefore, the NYT XWord comments page is a FRACTAL.
@Justin Same here. I really thought EGOGAP was a legit answer as it described accurately my cousin and her husband who divorced last year. But then the "O" cross didn't make sense.
Someone should do a compilation of all the definitions that ever appeared in crossword puzzles for ONO. (It's the first time I saw that one but, of course, got it right away.) Or maybe that's a job for ChatGPT?
Well, living in Houston and attending baseball and soccer games were definite ASSETs for this puzzle. @ Sam: you could have ended your 3rd paragraph with VAMOS!
Thanks a lot! Now, I must go to the nearest Fiesta and grab a big TRES LECHES... Yummy.
@Bob T. Yep. It was a rip on a segment of Bill O'Reilly's TV show. I better leave it at that.
@Joshua Shuffman I thought open-endeR was a sports (or cards?) expression but maybe as usage evolves it somehow slipped into replacing open-endeD? Otherwise quite a few clever and fun clues in the puzzle. Good job Ernest!
@Jane Wheelaghan ASIS : In a sellers' market, no time to argue about the broken door or the outdated kitchen, so you buy "as is". EST : Eastern Standard Time (US/Canada special) SPA : They provide a locker to store cell phone, purse, wallet, etc. as you get pampered - usually without much clothing on. LOUPE is French for magnifier. I guess it's kinda like "chauffeur" for driver!
@Keith Sure helps, thanks! Mac user too but I didn't know that trick. I just go old-school and click on "Rebus". [I'm not too good with the mousepad so you just helped me shave a few seconds of my future completion times!]
@Marshall Walthew My review of Springsteen BITUSA was quite negative but it was published in a college paper so I didn't get much reader backlash. I can imagine what would have happened to me however if I panned an REM album...
@Dennis if pronounced by a German-speaker, yes. (Compare with the German word for sea or lake "See" that is pronounced "Zay".)
@The X-Phile Happened to our kids too when we moved from Canada to Houtson - though their teachers were more tactful and less parochial than you were. Anyway, when our daughter mentioned it to us, my wife just said "Bah, just remove the o's: who can do more can do less.".
@Daniel Same here. My kids always said that these capybaras are so cute and wanted one as a pet. CatMom and I faced a barrage of protests but we stuck to our cats.
@Jim Yep. Clue of the Month for me! The whole city block must have heard my "whoa!" when I found it - thanks to the crosses.
@The Original RH Yes... unless "Midwest" now means "any red state"?
Super fun puzzle. The * clues were real clever. I can do without another ENYA but seeing UNIX made me happy. The only factoid I knew about MAZDA was their Wankel engines, so it's great to learn about another one. Thank you Jem!
@Shrike Yep. J. Bois did a great job sifting through his numbers. A really solid pitcher who didn't get the recognition he deserved. (Maybe now that Kathleen brought him in the NYT Xword, copycats will make STIEB as common as OTT or ALOU?)
@dafsgirl Me too! One I wrote it down, it inspired me to get myself a glass of pastis. Then I quickly filled the rest of the grid and, alas, had to replace the word that inspired me.
Yep, challenging puzzle full of slang, -speak and curios. Many answers, found thanks to crosses, made me say to myself IMANIDIOT... Great job Fritz!
And isn't the plural of inuit INUK? Or are both spellings allowed? (still better than eskim0)
My new personal best! Now, I lay awake at nights saying "Thank you Fred!"
@Grant Same here for PANACEA. I'm however unknowledgeable about Hello Kitty so I put WHISKER - that one didn't last long!.