Jane Wheelaghan
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This is my 4th NYT crossword, participating from London. Yes, there are some clues I just can’t get, ever, especially anything to do with baseball, US football etc and some TV programmes, but it’s all good fun, and I accept that I will have to reveal some clues. And the spelling …… I also didn’t realise there might be a theme. Will keep trying.
@Renegator Dandy goes back to the 18th century term for a sharp-dressed man
@Renegator The most expensive private school in the UK, in south of England, whence go our royalty and many recent uk prime ministers, that’s how good it is. …. Ha ha.
@Rosalind Mitchell I agree with you completely. Just too many of what you said. But all good fun. I try to do the Guardian Quick without looking up. (Living south but from Edinburgh)
@Helen Wright I have to remember it’s not CAR but AUTO
I’m learning a lot of US English! But the popsicle stand was a beezer. By the way, British English spells it ‘till’ (but ‘until’) and ‘peaky’ means unwell although I’ve not heard of ‘peaked’ (and ‘piqued’ is different again). The mosquito net clue is more like what I’m used to (see Quck Crosswod in The Guardian).
@Mean Old Lady I’m ok with dated (eg dandy goes back to 18th century) but Nintendo games? Afraid not
Oh dear. Not my finest hour, I was completely at sea here. I had to reveal lots of clues - and I had never heard of the answers! Didn’t understand the explanations for the tricky clues, or the whole topic of the theme, nor all the explanations of how people worked out the theme! but I suppose it will come with time.
@Wendy Laubach Thanks for the explanation. I love finding out about the history of language.
@Mean Old Lady Good King Wenceslas was from the now Czech Republic where there is a Wenceslas Square.
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