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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.
Very nice tribute puzzle. Got to see the group with Billy, Frank, and Elwood (their former guitar tech) playing Dusty's parts; Milwaukee Summerfest 2022. They did a nice tribute to Dusty during the show. Only tricky part for me was figuring out what happened to the letters left behind, and of course the answer was just leave them in the same order and move the Zs to the top. Now we need tributes for Dolly and Tim Curry. It's been a rough week or two for the 70-80 year olds.
It's always a treat to have a Monday by Lynn Lempel. I didn't really like the clue for TURBOPROP, because that's not really accurate any more. Except for very small operators, most airline companies have dropped the use of turboprop powered planes and switched to smaller jet planes, which are more efficient and economical. The military still has some planes for use where there are smaller runways than jets can handle, the C-130 being one of them (the Blue Angel's 'Fat Albert' support plane is a C-130). But they aren't really short hop transports. And my first airline flight (in 1963) was on a Lockheed Electra turboprop that I took from NJ to San Antonio, TX, not a short hop at all. A little more trivia: The "Soarin'" Disney attraction was designed at home by an Imagineer and demoed for staff using an Erector Set. The Imagineer built a working model that showed how the seats for the attraction could be lifted into place for the show. Thanks, Lynn, for the nice Monday!
It's always appreciated (at least by me) when answers involve puns. Most of the themers came rapidly, but there were a couple of spots elsewhere that took crosses and a little thought. A nice, gentle Sunday puzzle, and a very nice debut. Thanks, Collin!
@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.
The clues initially seemed to be constructed by a certain diminutive, greenish, Jedi master, and reading them as that got me through until I'd gotten 4D. Nice twist for a Thursday and one we hadn't seen for a while. Thanks, Hoang-Kim.
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.
Not too difficult, Alex, nice Monday with a few stretches. Thanks!
@Ben Old term for nylon stockings.
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!
I'll rate this one as "tow"-rifficly fun. Thanks Ralph and Doug! Here's some music that would probably be appropriate for moving that car: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9eQkTJZlNk" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9eQkTJZlNk</a>
@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.
@Jake G I have in-laws north of the bridge, and we used to head up that way almost every August when we lived in Kenosha. We'd head up past Green Bay, Marinette, Escanaba, and over on US 2. Been over the bridge several times, and there are parks on both sides of the bridge. On the north (UP) side, Father Marquette National Memorial has trails with some nice views of the bridge, and Bridge View Park south of that is right on the strait. There's the old Mackinac Point Lighthouse on the Mackinaw City side, and Ft. Michilimackinac is at/under the end of the bridge. Ferries from St. Ignace or Mackinaw City will sometimes detour under the bridge before heading over to Mackinac Island, and you can see the cars going over the grates that make up most of the center two lanes of the bridge from directly below. The only motorized vehicles on the Island are fire and rescue, every thing else is either horse-drawn or people-powered (bicycles).
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!
Quite clever and entertaining, but also over too quickly. I could have used a little more of a challenge on a Sunday puzzle. Thanks, Rich.
@JayTee Old ditty: She wore her stockings inside out To beat the summer heat. She said it cooled her off To turn the hose upon her feet. (Sorry)
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!
My trips to Florida from elsewhere (KC, or WI) were usually multi-day and often involved stops in southern Georgia (Valdosta, and sometimes Perry). The rest was often needed after dealing with Atlanta traffic earlier in the day. This was a nice Saturday struggle for me, but I managed without too much frustration. Thanks, Katie!
@SP I would never call a steak cooked well-done, done well. Give me a nice medium-rare, thank you
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.
Very much a fun puzzle, and just from the title I figured there would be some changes in altitude in the theme answers. So, it didn't take too long to figure out the theme answer paths, There were a few other minor challenges for me along the way, but nothing that the crosses didn't take care of, along with some semi-educated guesses. Seeing the capitals in the themers made this even more impressive. Thanks, Michael!
Thought it might have taken a bit longer than usual, but it turned out it was about 20 seconds under my average time. Fortunately, the showbiz clues either weren't too far out of my range or had decent crossings, and so I got through it without much pulling of what's left of my hair Nice debut, Jeremy, and congrats!
@Tim Write to <a href="mailto:NYTGames@NYTimes.com">NYTGames@NYTimes.com</a> and ask them to restore your streak (and review their setting for wiping streaks if Clear Puzzle is used). They did it for me after I missed a few puzzles while on vacation due to no internet.
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.
@HeathieJ Not all Scrabble tiles have inscribed/etched letters. Some are just printed and have no surface variations.
@Andrzej Think 'coins' when people mention 'change' in regard to money. There are coin purses available, but most men in the US don't use them, they just slip the coins into a front pants pocket until they either use or store them for later redemption, hence the term "pocket change". Of course, with the extensive use of credit and debit cards these days and tap-to-pay, one pays the entire amount and gets no cash or coins returned. I rarely see coins these days, and I've carried cash in my wallet for months without using it.
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.
"Harmonizer at Disney" could have been a clue for 16A, since the roaming barbershop quartets at Florida and California are called the Dapper Dans. There is also an unofficial Dapper Day weekend for those who care to dress up in vintage outfits coming up on December 5th at Magic Kingdom and 6th at Hollywood Studios in Florida. Always nice to have a CC puzzle, and this was one of my faster solves. Thanks!
@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.
@Barry Ancona I don't know how or why, but I had heard of TUVALU at some point. I'm looking at the …VAL… sitting there in the puzzle and I just started thinking, "that couldn't be TUVALU, could it?" At least one of my kids was the right age for the Disney movie, so SCAR was a no-brainer.
@Jane Wheelaghan Well, if you don't have a garage (not everyone over here does), then you call it a "yard sale" (because you put things out on tables on your front yard (lawn)), or you call it a "rummage sale".
@lucky13 And then had it all taken away, unfortunately.
@texobie Usenet is still a thing and still usable.
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