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The extremely slang term "no cap" has appeared three times in four days (Sunday's and Tuesday's main crossword, and today's mini), all clued very similarly, although today's clue didn't even mention that it is not widely accepted as common usage. I don't object to slang, but this is a phrase I have never heard in person (despite teaching university students), and only ever in ironic/spoof contexts elsewhere. Do you have a gen-z mole on staff trying to get us using the term so they can laugh at us?
For once, an NYT crossword where my sketchy knowledge of American geography is an asset, rather than a handicap. I happily filled in the various landmarks, resolved 69A to SOUTHEAST and only realised the trap when I read the column. Well played
I'm an avid baker and have lived in the UK for twenty years. I have never heard the expression "pan loaf" despite collecting culinary word variations. I have a whole lecture on the various meanings of "bun", for example, and a desire to eat every single cultural variation on a dumpling.
Gosford park was directed by Julian Fellowes. It was written by Robert Altman
@Rich in Atlanta I'm pretty sure I've seen Eswatini in the last few years. I mean, in a puzzle. It's been more than a few years since I've actually seen Eswatini, which is a pity to it's a lovely place.
@Andrzej my husband is an avid wildlower gardener and I regularly get tours in which he points out speedwell, herb robert, knapweed, ragged robin, tansies and similar names. I love the words, but I still have to ask about "the pink one with the spiky flowers" or the "tiny blue fluffy one"
@David Connell I taught at a university very close to Old Trafford, and it was a draw for international students who had all the merch. The local students were unimpressed, to say the least, and complained about the fake fans. That was also where I learned that a true working class Mancunian is a Man City fan, and despises United.
@Michael members of the House of Commons and the House of Lords are all Members of Parliament. We tend to use MP to refer to an elected representative in the House of Commons, but that is just convention, and fairly recent (in the history of the Parliament), technically they are all MPs
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