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The audiophiles I know call their setups many things, but never a STEREOSET.
@John "Handled" is an adjective here, not a verb. But yeah, I initially had your same reaction
Even though I figured out the rebus convention pretty quickly, this blew my Thursday solving average by taking eight minutes longer than usual. It was worth it for the clever grid.
Not only is today my 1300th straight, but I set a Monday PB on this one, so thanks, Leslie Benson!
Shrimp scampi is also tautological
I thought it was SPIDEY sense....
@Barry Ancona Nothing was coming to me. That's why it deserved the boo. Please don't be so patronizing.
This ride was fast, zippy, smooth and smart --as much fun as when the ZAMBONI shows up during halftime. Bravo, Mr. Lieb.
Every time I think "I should try creating a puzzle" a guy like this sends me back to bed to keep dreaming. Oh well....
Fun puzzle, solved faster than normal. But too much rides on the expectation that solvers pronounce names the same way the constructor does: Orre-gon vs Orre-gin; Hawaii (Hah-why-ee/huh-why-ee) vs. Hawai'i (with okina mark), Wis-cahn-sin vs. Wis-con-sen, etc. On the USMAP, there's too much regional diversity.
@Eric Hougland Thank you for this.
"Edited by Will Shortz" was the best thing I've read all year. Here's to more of the same!
I'm always curious how constructors pitch fun grids like this to the editors in their cover letters. Thanks for the walk back to memory lane.
@Susie Definitely email a screenshot of your completed puzzle to the puzzle tech support team. They have the magic power to restore streaks.
Ok, it's Thursday so I know there are going to be eyerollable gotcha traps, but LAMINA and not patina? Major boo from me.
Because it is Thursday, I tried to rebus way too much today. A very smooth and rapid ride nonetheless.
"Edited by Will Shortz" was the best thing I've read all year. Here's to more of the same!
@Xword Junkie WKRP is the best American sitcom ever, IMHO.
IMO the anagram angle was the stronger hook for the puzzle than the TONGUETWISTER one, but a fun zippy Thursday nonetheless.
"Sugar momma?" Really? Never seen it spelled that way, so it added 90 seconds to my time today.
Took me 14 minutes today, six of which were me trying to figure out if the rebus square was NO/NO, NO/YES or YES. Fun clues, but annoying as heck. YES, I am feeling SNOOTILY about this.
60A was an inadvertent Schrodinger for me: for the longest time I had "Barroom."
@David S As a GenX woman, SUNIN is not a Natick to me, but AARON Judge is (and a lot of the college coach clues in other puzzles) because I don't follow the sportballs. To each one's own.
Did the puzzle staff remove the rebus feature for the last two clues? It was gone from the top right when I went to use it, and double-clicking on the squares in question didn't work either. I thought that was part of the gag, but Wordplay said all options were available.
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