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@Vincent Agreed on the cluing for ZTILE. Ten point score might have been better, as Z by itself isn't a valid play in Scrabble.

@Andrew Ha, I initially guessed ARF, expecting a bad movie misdirection.

@Striker Almost. Was also quite convinced that MINT jelly was the correct answer in Friday's puzzle.

@Cherry Others can correct me, but I believe Harvey Mudd College is the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute of the west, it that helps. : -)

@Roberto She has an easy song to help pronounce it, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xCr6IQtYqk&t=40s" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xCr6IQtYqk&t=40s</a>

@Jane Wheelaghan The NYT's Kim Severson wrote a nicely detailed piece on TRITIP, complete with recipes, ten or so years ago: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/29/dining/santa-maria-tri-tip-recipe.html" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/29/dining/santa-maria-tri-tip-recipe.html</a>

@Stephen Sauna and Nokia seem to show up with some regularity.

@Xword Junkie I imagined NOAHSARK as a cruise for wild animals, paired as couples.

... or a pipe smoker.

@Tony Apparently the father changed the family name from Brunty, perhaps to mask humble origins: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bront" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bront</a>ë_family#Origin_of_the_name

@Jane Wheelaghan STU might be one who stews Walks or runs are baseball STATs India Pale Ales, IPAS, are popular craft beers, often served draft style

@Lars Perhaps Dr. Frank N. Furter?

@Joanne I use this link, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/column/wordplay" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/column/wordplay</a> for previous puzzles after the new ones drop.

@Grant A Google search suggests that many club basketball teams are named such. I'm guessing my memory of the term comes from Mad Magazine.

@Mark, from BART Oops, make that episode 20, season 21.

@ImmodestyBlaise Bonnie Raitt would agree with you <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlUuyszMOd0" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlUuyszMOd0</a>

@TMD Percussionist Ruth Underwood certainly shines throughout that album. Never knew the song's title before, it would have helped in my solving.

@NYC Traveler The column title is Energize (22A). The photo is of solar energy panels.

@Barry Ancona One presumes you had intended to write "rebi." : -) Fun puzzle today! Loved Galactic scale.

@Lyn Remembered the fruit name from the song: <a href="https://www.appalachianhistory.net/2018/09/way-down-yonder-in-paw-paw-patch.html" target="_blank">https://www.appalachianhistory.net/2018/09/way-down-yonder-in-paw-paw-patch.html</a>

@Nancy Arbitrary indeed. I've always pushed ALT ahead of CTRL DEL. Agreed that this was a pleasant and enjoyable puzzle.

@Dave Heh, FROLF anyone? I blame season 8 of Seinfeld, "The Summer of George," for the spread of such misinformation.

@Crevecoeur TIL it's a trademark. From Wikiedia: The Chrysler Hemi engine, known by the trademark Hemi or HEMI, refers to a series of high-performance American overhead valve V8 engines built by Chrysler with hemispherical combustion chambers.

@John I 'll confess to briefly pondering PISSBEER, but then thought better of it.

@NYC Traveler If we're exploring origin stories, we can't forget these social media "pioneers": <a href="https://www.wired.com/2010/04/0412canter-siegel-usenet-spam" target="_blank">https://www.wired.com/2010/04/0412canter-siegel-usenet-spam</a>/