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Very nice puzzle ... and Thomas, about 12 years ago I had a stroke, brought about by diabetes. When I got home (after a month in the hospital) I was also reduced to just doing the Monday crosswords. Luckily I was also able to keep improving, and now I too can do pretty much all 7 days, so I can definitely relate. (Wonderful organ, the brain.) So kudos to your wife, and to you.
Whenever I hear "ups and downs" I always think of 'Auntie Mame', where the parents of the girl who Patrick is going to marry, whose name is Upson, refers to their house as Upson Downs. (Luckily, the marriage never happens.)
@Convoid-04 The Beverly Hillbillies theme song refers to oil as Texas tea.
As a Catholic altar boy, the first time I ran across CRUET: these are used for the serving of the wine and water at Mass.
What a delightful puzzle! Brava to Miranda!
@Mary For what it's worth, I liked that bow tie as a clue and Bowie as an answer were next to each other.
@Chet What about "ACTI"?
I was complaining about a certain category in today's Connections, and lo and behold, it came up in today's crossword too ... but the crossword was challenging, and I loved it.
I'd like to thank Barry Ancona for pointing me (and others too) in last Sunday's puzzle, to print the italicized words in the puzzle. A godsend. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/svc/crosswords/v2/puzzle/print/May1726.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/svc/crosswords/v2/puzzle/print/May1726.pdf</a>
@Remy Yes, indeed. (Although Spelling Bee does not accept it.)
@Tom Wild Well, when the mother Upson wasn't looking she threw it over the patio couch.
@Dolly P The answer to 74A is PAR/Y ... so FLATTERY is the 36D answer.
@Molly in Wake Forest Or Joe Btfsplk ...
@Catherine XING OUT (XIN - GO - UT)
@Zack ... for SPRIGHTLY
@Mikey As Mel Brooks said as the 2000 year old man, "If you put a pearl in it, it moves very, very slowly".
@Katje Sabin If I start a letter with "Cher Katje", it means "Dear Katje".
@Grant <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mise_en_place" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mise_en_place</a>
If you are printing the puzzle, the italicized clues were not italicized in the printed version.
@Flyboy54 Someone clued me in one the way to print the answers if there are italicized clues ... use <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/svc/crosswords/v2/puzzle/print/Jun2426.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/svc/crosswords/v2/puzzle/print/Jun2426.pdf</a>
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