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@JQ I started with the British spelling since the clue was for a very British theatre…
One of the clues that had me thrown was SILENTP. Even after I got the “silent” part, I was looking for silent B. The word cupboard is so rarely used that I never noticed that in many parts of the country it’s pronounced “cubbord.’ Where I grew up it’s pronounced more like “cupperd.”
@D in my case, BARHOP is the clue that cracked the puzzle for me - knowing that it had to be BISHOP and having ARTO in 51A.
@Sara O'Bannon And I was stuck on BAT, thinking of Yogi Berra…
@Ken You’re right. And you didn’t even have to make this comment. Read through the comments. The topic has been beaten to death already.
@Helen Wright I had a bit of a chuckle with SISEPUEDE. I learned Spanish in high school in New York City with a teacher from Spain and I had very little exposure to Mexican or Latin American culture (or farm workers). Since there are no accent marks in crossword puzzles my first thought when I solved this was why the farmworkers’ motto would be “if we can…”
@CRTH I loved working on my cars back in the day. I would tear down the engine on my old 67 Alfa and put it back together just for fun. Then there was the time when a defective timing belt snapped while I was driving. I glided to the side of the road, got my toolbox from the trunk. Popped off the head, walked to a machine shop and had him straighten a couple of slightly bent valves. Back to the car with a new head gasket and belt and was back on the road. Total time less than two hours at a cost of about $30. Maybe $150 today, but of course any kind of do-it-yourself repair like that would be impossible with today’s cars. I still do oil changes on a car once it’s past its initial 3 years. Imfind it cheaper and faster than having it done.
@Brennan The distance from the north edge of London to the south edge of Lake Erie is about 120 km. I think someone may have messed up their units.
@DocP There’s precedent. I’m over 70 and my mom cooked with coconut milk since I was a kid. Never heard of a coconut palm with teats.
@Gregg Another possibility is that they meant 120 km (which is about the distance from the north edge of London to the south shore of Lake Erie going due south) and mixed up their units.
@Barry Ancona To me it always sounded like a forced rhyme.
Far from my best, but substantially faster than my average. Got off to a bad start with “threedmovies” for 6D. (I know, should have realized the clue wasn’t plural.) Took a while for me to see the crosses didn’t work. Other than that it was pretty clear sailing.
@Asher I was in the same boat until I hit 90 across. That forced me to go back and look at USS again. Suddenly the top center made a lot more sense.
@sonnel Thanks, I had the same issue and your answer makes sense.
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