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As someone who has descendants who have gone through periods of uncertainty regarding the persons and genders they are attracted to, my major concern is how happy and safe they are in their relationships. As long as those conditions are met, the rest is none of my business. My wife and I love our daughters and granddaughters, and my hope is that they will be with people who will love them and treat them with the respect and love they deserve. Living where I do, I am no stranger to Pride Month and its activities, I sincerely wish that there was no need to spotlight it or to celebrate any other f(r)action of the inhabitants of the country or the world because the rest of us have learned acceptance and tolerance; and not to be dismissive or afraid of folks who don't act or look like we do. Congratulations on the reveals, both in your puzzle and in your life, and thank you for a nice start to Pride Month.
@Marissa It's actually a very apt clue. I haven't heard it for a while, and it took a bit to remember (after I'd solved), but elk have been called "wanderers of the forest". Probably because in non-mating season the males maintain a solitary lifestyle and are relatively independent from the herd.
This was a bit tougher than most of the latest Sunday puzzles for me, but I stuck it out and finally got it done. Having attended a rival school back when both were in the then Big 8, KSU, located in the Little Apple, was a gimme. Most of the rest wasn't that easy, and it turned into a challenge. Need some of those from time to time. Thanks, Adam and Simeon.
Fun puzzle and a tricky one at that. Figured out the missing IF right away, Got the AND and BUT farther down on the west side, and then plopped in the revealer without crosses. Took a little brain power to figure out to figure out some of the other theme answers, but it got done. Great DE[BUT], Timothy, and thanks!
@Eric b First letters are acceptable answers for rebuses. To make sure you get to enter the whole rebus, blank out a non-rebus square, enter your rebus, and then refill the square you blanked.
@Chris To hold forth is an older term for expounding or lecturing on a topic, so ORATES is an appropriate answer.
Nice puzzle, and the theme got noticed early. Didn't stop me from having some trouble with a few spots, and UnLIT/UPLIT was my finishing correction. Note to the Eds.: the CTRL key is not the corner key on some keyboards, including mine, so part of that was dependent on crosses. Appreciated the rebus to indicate the target, and the animation after the solve. Thanks, Jeffrey and Evan! It hit the spot!
Got 1A immediately, but I wondered how our British folks will react, as it's "Where's Wally" on the other side of the pond. The quotes quickly became pretty obvious, even if the dates didn't bring the speeches to mind since I did this at midnight. It was nice to have MAGE crossing ANORAK. I wasn't familiar with ROBOT SUMO, as the only contest I've seen is BattleBots. Thanks, Dario!
Cute Thursday puzzle, somewhat on the easy side. I got hung up on the SW for a bit, and had to wait on crosses for a couple others, but once the rebuses were figured out, it came together fairly quickly at the end. Thanks, Joe.
Amusing, but easy Thursday puzzle, finished in Tuesday-Wednesday time. Liked the theme answers, got temporarily fooled by some of the misdirection, but it eventually got worked out before finishing. Thanks, John.
@Rich Liked your comment yesterday, liked your puzzle today. Thanks! Nice Tuesday, a bit on the easy side, but I liked the cluing and the theme. Even finished below my average despite being somewhat distracted along the way.
@Mean Old Lady Trader Joe's and Aldi were started by brothers in Germany. One wanted to sell cigarettes, the other did not, so they split the company. Both appear to have done well in the US, although you see more Aldis than TJs. Mostly carry their own private brands, which are often made by the name brand companies. I buy stuff from both, but rarely. I do like Aldi's "shopping cart roulette". To get a cart, you have to put a quarter in a slot on the cart, which releases a chain holding the cart to the next in the cart corral. When you're done with the cart and put it back in the corral and hook up the chain, you get your quarter back. Occasionally you can find a random cart, take it back to the corral and profit.
@Mean Old Lady And I checked for you. No IKEA stores in the Mississippi. Closest are pickup points in Pensacola, FL and SE Louisiana if you're south, Birmingham, AL if you're more northern, or Huntsville for an actual IKEA store.
Nice puzzle. I keep wanting to spell Kroc as “Kroc”, but I finally corrected it to finish out.
@Bill Anorak was the avatar of the man who created the system that controlled all the internet/virtual reality type stuff that ran schools, businesses, gaming, and more. He had died, and set up a contest to find someone capable with the game-knowledge to figure out the puzzles he'd left behind and take over owning and running the system.
@Steve F It implies that they've already won three of the four, hence the "triple" threat.
@CaptainQuahog Add another vote for “mike”. My dad was an electrical engineer and an amateur radio hobbyist. Was somewhat surprised when “mic” became the more prevalent.
@Linda Jo Specifically in the story "Waldo" in the book "Waldo & Magic, Inc.", published in 1950.
@Thad René Descartes, not math: helps if you parse it, I AM.
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