Mandy

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Mark, from BARTSF Peninsula, CAAug 7, 2024, 5:34 PM2024-08-07neutral69%

@Sam "I am the very model of a crossword individual ...." With existing lyrics like these: "I answer hard acrostics, I've a pretty taste for paradox," it shouldn't be too much of a stretch to adapt the lyrics for an operetta instance.

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Mark, from BARTSF Peninsula, CAAug 31, 2024, 7:06 PM2024-08-31neutral55%

@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.

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Mark, from BARTSF Peninsula, CAMay 15, 2024, 4:22 PM2024-05-15positive83%

Thank goodness for the B theme and the crosses. I was quite ready to fill in nursing bra for 25A.

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Mark, from BARTSF Peninsula, CAAug 21, 2024, 4:02 PM2024-08-21positive97%

Cute and fun puzzle!

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Mark, from BARTSF Bay Area, CAMar 19, 2024, 4:19 PM2024-03-19positive97%

Clever and fun!

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Mark, from BARTSF Peninsula, CAJun 5, 2024, 11:03 PM2024-06-05positive59%

" ... milk it for all it’s worth." Too funny, Sam!

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Mark, from BARTSF Peninsula, CAJul 5, 2024, 6:41 PM2024-07-05negative70%

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

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Mark, from BARTSF Peninsula, CAApr 15, 2024, 10:07 PM2024-04-15neutral55%

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

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Mark, from BARTSF Peninsula, CAMay 30, 2024, 2:37 PM2024-05-30positive66%

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

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Mark, from BARTSF Peninsula, CANov 16, 2024, 9:35 PM2024-11-16positive81%

@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>

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Mark, from BARTSF Peninsula, CAJun 7, 2025, 5:23 PM2025-06-07neutral64%

@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>

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MandySF Peninsula, CAAug 7, 2026, 11:13 PM2026-08-07neutral66%

"No, Harlem was his home," was how I remembered "No harbor ..." from the Looking Glass song Brandy (You're a Fine Girl) for too many years.

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Mark, from BARTSF Peninsula, CAMar 31, 2024, 6:16 PM2024-03-31neutral57%

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

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Mark, from BARTSF Peninsula, CAApr 16, 2024, 3:46 PM2024-04-16neutral86%

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

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Mark, from BARTSF Peninsula, CAApr 28, 2024, 10:01 PM2024-04-28neutral74%

So, what's everyone's take on today's puzzle? : -)

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Mark, from BARTSF Peninsula, CAJul 16, 2024, 4:00 PM2024-07-16positive87%

Fun puzzle. Onesies before LAYETTE. First tried to cram nolo contendere into the squares for NOCONTEST.

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Mark, from BARTSF Peninsula, CAAug 23, 2024, 11:47 PM2024-08-23neutral58%

KESHA was the last to fall, with an aha moment. I was amusingly reminded of the opening to episode 21, season 20, of The Simpsons, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cgqn30hN61I" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cgqn30hN61I</a>

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Mark, from BARTSF Peninsula, CADec 3, 2024, 6:14 PM2024-12-03neutral77%

... or a pipe smoker.

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Mark, from BARTSF Peninsula, CAApr 22, 2025, 4:48 PM2025-04-22neutral84%

@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

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Mark, from BARTSF Peninsula, CAJun 11, 2025, 6:14 PM2025-06-11neutral83%

@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

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MandySan Mateo, CAJan 23, 2024, 5:00 PM2024-01-23neutral95%

@Lars Perhaps Dr. Frank N. Furter?

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Mark, from BARTSF Peninsula, CAApr 22, 2024, 4:59 PM2024-04-22neutral87%

@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.

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Mark, from BARTSF Peninsula, CAMay 17, 2024, 4:56 PM2024-05-17neutral90%

@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.

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Mark, from BARTSF Peninsula, CAAug 23, 2024, 11:50 PM2024-08-23neutral85%

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

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Mark, from BARTSF Peninsula, CAAug 29, 2024, 8:10 PM2024-08-29neutral83%

@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>

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Mark, from BARTSF Peninsula, CADec 19, 2024, 7:16 PM2024-12-19positive96%

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

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MandySF Peninsula, CANov 13, 2025, 3:32 AM2025-11-12neutral93%

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

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MandySan Mateo, CAJan 19, 2024, 5:11 PM2024-01-19positive89%

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

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MandySan Mateo, CAMar 6, 2024, 4:17 PM2024-03-06neutral93%

@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>

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Mark, from BARTSF Peninsula, CAMay 17, 2024, 5:02 PM2024-05-17positive94%

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

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Mark, from BARTSF Peninsula, CAAug 10, 2024, 7:48 PM2024-08-10negative83%

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

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Mark, from BARTSF Peninsula, CAAug 29, 2024, 7:11 PM2024-08-29neutral88%

@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.

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Mark, from BARTSF Peninsula, CASep 28, 2024, 4:01 AM2024-09-28neutral61%

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

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Mark, from BARTSF Peninsula, CAMar 31, 2025, 6:20 PM2025-03-31neutral73%

@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>/

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