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I wrestled with this one for about 45 minutes before finally solving, and yes SAPOR was the last to fall. Hard-fought, and satisfying! Also: (I didn't notice this mentioned in the column, nor anywhere in the comments) the four "forsaken" letters reappear together to form an entry in the grid! Well done Brad and Nat!
Art History: C RENAISSANCE FAIR
You mean Esau (of twindom fame) didn't score free POsTAGE in his birthright deal? No postcards to the fam -- Greetings from EDOM, wish you were here? Perhaps I'm confusing my GENESES with my exoduses. My ignorance of POTTAGE was not the only obstacle to gold-stardom, and I nearly became UNHINGEd when I was not serenaded upon recording my final entry after some 40 minutes of rollicking with JENGA, SLINKY, PUSHTOY and the like. Problem was, i knew ERHARg couldn't be right, despite desperately clinging to gRoGGY as "sluggish." Or maybe, at 4:30 AM, i was just groggily desperate. Anyway, I got it sorted out. Marvelously satisfying, Julian, thank you.
@RL When I encounter Spanish-language clues, I roll my Rs.
@Linda Jo Yeah, all I could think of was Town House (where even the name itself seems to be a play on the Ritz brand). Zesta seems to me to be more in the saltine category.
@Steve L Please explain goose pimples then.
@Marlene A vote for Victor Hugo, in the shade.
@Amy Agreed, it was a fun puzzle. I needed all four indulgences in Connections today.
@fionatimes Or baseball, where the the Braves used to play at Fulton County Stadium.
@Andrzej Pope John Paul II was my favorite Polish carol.
@Barry Ancona Cubs fans may forever malign him, but fan interference it was not. Once the ball is outside the dimensions of the field, it is quite literally up for grabs.
@Lin (and Darcey O'D) A question then for Connecticut: how do you pronounced the city of Waterbury? Like water-berry? Or water-burry? Or something else?
@Vaer Love the video. But "BR Guest?"
To: JohnWM From: Prison Warden Re: Top Aper Thanks for your assistance in apprehending this dangerous suspect. We are fearing copy-cat crimes. While we think we may have the guy, we can't be 100 percent certain. Would you be willing to view a lineup?
@Mean Old Lady Twelve dozen? That's gross!
@Strudel Dad Don't ask me. Ask the bonobos.
@Mimi David Ortiz probably wishes he had been named AL MVP, as well.
@Petrol if you can't adopt a bunker mentality, adopt a pet!
@Nancy Hi Nancy, It wasn't a sell-out, but still some 34,000 fans were in attendance at the Polo Grounds on October 3, 1951. <a href="https://baseballhistory.org/articles/polo-grounds" target="_blank">https://baseballhistory.org/articles/polo-grounds</a> (I'm not savvy enough to know for sure how to link; hope it works here.) Thirty-five years later, fellow second-sacker and near-namesake Robby Thompson took the field for the Jints. embarking on a solid 11-year career, all with San Francisco. Thanks for your story.
@lucky13 Was a lucky morning for me, to have stumbled upon your link and decide to investigate. Thank you for sharing it. As I usually have something else playing in the background during my puzzle-solving time of the day, it's a rarity when I actually click on a youtube video. It was moving. I will never un-hear it.
@Lynn One of my Market Basket bags is down to a perilous one strap. I could use one.
@Dale M But Eid rhymes with "feed." Which may set you up nicely with another mnemonic.
@Murhatroid Funny, I was just finishing breakfast as I happened on your sentiments. Ba da ba ba ba.
@SBK in TO Served up by the same pitcher!
@Jancy We called it "vanchocstraw."
@SP Congrats, SP! You've used the words CHUTZPAH and HOTSPA in the same thread! Incidentally, CHUTZPAH and HOTSPA rhyme in exactly the same way CHANTS and CHANCE rhyme! A tip of the red hat to you!
@Barry Ancona so then why cite it as an "example?"
@Wyra How about "make dough?"
@DP Just like a wild ranger ...
@lucky13 It hardly mattered. The Yankees won the game, and for one game at least, it looked like business as usual at the Fall Classic ...
@Tonya Now if I could only figure out what "College Inn" has to do with bone broth ...
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