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@Michael So now you know how I’ve felt for years when the puzzle revolves around opera, classical music or music terms. Not every puzzle appeals to everyone. Just take it in stride.
@Dc Ok… for you. Took me almost 40 minutes. Making blanket statements doesn’t add anything to this forum. Except if you just came to brag, then that’s another thing.
@Ben Blackwell One person’s pure drudgery is another person’s shear entertainment. :)
This is the kind of word play I come here for and thoroughly enjoy. I’d do a puzzle with this theme more often if it were offered. Loved it!
@Xword Junkie Why do you feel the need to take time from your day to trash such a fun puzzle that many of us will enjoy, bringing back memories of happy times spent watching the genius that is a Chuck Jones cartoon? Are you that unhappy with yourself that you have to bring us down with you?
@acjones I’ve been doing the NYT crossword for over 40 years and have always thought trivia was a big part of the crossword.
Augie Doggy and Doggy Daddy! Woo hoo! I don’t understand people ragging on a puzzle because it’s not specifically geared to their wheelhouse. So you don’t know a lot of these proper names? Ok, move on. There’s another puzzle tomorrow. And the next day. And so forth. Isn’t the idea of a puzzle to challenge a person to think? Where is it written you have to “win” every puzzle every day? Do people get upset because it ruins their various streaks? I feel sorry for people who can’t just move on and have to bash a puzzle and its creator just because they couldn’t ace it. Ok. I’m done. Thanks for letting me get that off my chest.
@SP Wow. It’s just a puzzle. I loved it.
Thanks to all who are saying they didn’t get the theme, even after the puzzle was solved, I’m feeling very smart today! I got it relatively early in my solve. I enjoy these types of puzzles. Keep them coming.
@Steve L LTo call BREAK ON THROUGH a "classic 1967 song" is dubious at best. Only diehard Doors fans would know it.l Sooooooooooo not true!
@Beth Please! I know women who have worn that title as an honor! It’s all in good fun. This world is becoming unlivable taking these kinds of things to the extreme.
Yay for Shirley Manson (and Garbage)! A longtime favorite band.
Just came here to say that my brain cannot and will not ever understand why any number raised to the power of zero is one, but I will know who the entertaining and fabulous Lola Falana is until my dying day. 😁
Any puzzle that gives a shout out to Siouxsie and the Banshees is alright in my book! 🥀
@SP I’ll counter with my usual rebuttal: “Mafia” is almost always clued in a way that makes it seem like a benign thing, when it reality it is a horrible, horrible thing. As a second generation Italian in this country with roots in Naples on both sides of my family, I cringe every time I see this clue/answer. Many things can offend many people. Life goes on. I take it in stride.
@A Ok. But that’s all part of doing puzzles. They are hard at times. You learn things. Also, trivia plays into it. I’m sure there are many young movie and broadway buffs out there who know who these two people are.
@Anna You must not do the Spelling Bee then! 😁🐝
Nice to see the Psychedelic Furs get some love. Been a fan for years. Saw them live a few times in the 80s.
Love the shout out to Karen O of Yeah Yeah Yeahs . Great, unique voice.
FINALLY!!! A puzzle that almost makes up for all of those opera and musical notation clues that I know nothing (or care) about. BEAM. ME. UP!
@Chris I mean no disrespect, only curious, how old are you if you don’t mind me asking? Lulu is pretty common, but then again I’m 64. Look it up. As for upc, it’s the bar code on everything that’s gets scanned at a supermarket, etc. Maybe you know it as a bar code?
@Marc Guess there were no baseball fans involved in the creating, editing or fact checking of this puzzle.
Today’s theme reminded me of themes from days gone past that were more about words and their structure and less about puns and cutesy wordplay.
@Mike R As a mathphobe, I didn’t understand the 4! And now that you mention “factorials” I’m having a bad flashback even though I have no idea what that is. I’m literally anxious about looking it up. That’s how much math scares me.
@Judith Fairview I’ve been doing the NYT crossword since the 80s and there was a time when word ladders were a sort of regular thing. They are my favorite crossword “theme” so to speak.
@@AT I’m 64 and grew up in NJ. We always said “slap me five.”
Great puzzle. Loved it. I am 64 years old, gay and been out pretty much my whole adult life. TIL that Palm Springs and Puerta Vallarta are gay meccas! 😂😂😂
@Julia Downside to me is that it makes a sentence look cluttered. That’s just a personal opinion based on years of copywriting/proofreading. To each their own.
Am I the only one who had to know more about the movie in 23 across and found the Wikipedia entry and actually skimmed through the movie? 🫣
@Proud American Zoom in on the puzzle.
@Pezhead Herman Munster only has one child; Eddie. Marilyn is his (poor, unfortunate) niece. :)
@Pagrisan I’ve thought about that over the years, but have come to believe he wouldn’t mind it. 😇
@john ezra I discovered it after solving the puzzle but before coming here. I get limited bragging.
@Steve L I’m assuming the Tesla/Elon Musk entry.
@Gregg That puzzled me too. My only guess is that we are supposed to ignore the “The” and that’s why “two words” was stipulated in the revealer. It confused me and made the theme harder to figure out than it really was. I kept thinking “how else can you possible read the first three theme answers other than as two words?”
Loved it. Lots of fun! To me, it was like using the Spelling Bee Buddy hints to get to Queen Bee. 😁🐝
@Jon Not mean at all. Honest!
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