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Two thumbs down. Can’t stand this kind of gimmick crossword, a game where you have to figure out what the rules of the game even are.
Same with 35 Down. “Snarlup” is not a natural word at all.
@B that M-W entry is unreliable online nonsense, almost surely not vetted by a real editor.
38 across is a cover of Charles Aznavour’s song.
@Marshall Walthew Reminds me of an old episode of Morse, in which John Gielgud played an Oxford don. He gave a speech mentioning that there are several places called Oxford. Imagine Gielgud’s delivery as he says “There is even one in (checks notes) ‘Mississippi.’”
@Steve L Yes, it was a by-the-way, Cliff Clavin comment (“It’s a little-known fact that…”) As I acknowledged in my comment, the Os are all long Os in English.
48 across: the abbreviation for Attorney is Atty., not Att.
I stand corrected. Would delete if I could but nvm.
Disliked this puzzle. Too clever by half.
@Andrzej It’s just not idiomatic or natural to use pal to refer to a female friend. “Gal pal” is a phrase, but it needs “gal” to make it work.
D’oh. Steve and Suzanne, thanks for clueing me in. Failure of imagination on my part to consider hair colors.
“Parisian pal” is a careless and sloppy clue for AMIE. It’s not “wrong,” but pal means a male friend - as shown by the necessity of adding “gal” to mean a female friend.
@Selective Walrus The clue refers to the layout of the squares, not the individual squares.
There’s also “clockwise is lockwise.”
@Regine This is what’s wrong with the internet. I commented on the *puzzle*. You made it personal.
And that prohibition is of false idols, plural.
120 Down: Dyeing something to turn it (the color) ash? C’mon.
In Japanese, only the first O in Yoko is long. All of the Os are “long” in English (as in “go”), but the first O in Yoko is held for two beats instead of one.
@Roberta Also agree. The question mark doesn’t make it witty or cute. “Travellers has” is just incorrect grammar.
116 Across: the simple past of stink that corresponds to "performed" is stank, not stunk.
Misspelling the end word of 32A ruins the symmetry of the mnemonic.
@MK 100%. Enough of this nonsense of giving us games where even the rules of the game are hidden.
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