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@Sandy (CA) Update the app and it will disappear.

@Amy "Moi" too, and it haunted me until the very end, when I figured that one out! (It was moderately possible that Miss Piggy cries "Mink!" for the down as well)

@Mean Old Lady I was totally puzzled by this until I read your comment. Richard minus the letters "hard" equals Ric. Thus: nickname that drops "hard". Now I can go on with my day. An excellent clue.

@PuzzleDog and the puzzle itself: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/crosswords/game/daily/2015/01/08" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/crosswords/game/daily/2015/01/08</a>

@Esmerelda When I first learned French, I was just as surprised to hear it called "MacDo." Mickey Ds in the US, MacDo everywhere else I've ever been.

@Andy Updating the app fixed it for me

@Andrew Ah, yet Einstein hypothesized that when it comes to the gravitational force, we cannot distinguish between one G of "pull" and one G of acceleration (ie the "equivalence principle")

@Thomas Mandel Update your app and it will go away.

@Roberto a WINLESS SEASON can indeed be a WINTER. It is also called a dry spell, a drought, or something else suggesting that nothing is growing, that no fruit appears in the orchard.

@Emma "Peers" can be a clue for EQUALS (two peers in a discipline, of "equal" skill), and of course Shift with the Equal key gives you a PLUS SIGN. It's a twice-removed clue, which was too tricky for me to sort out without lots of fill first.

@Tom it is a brand of abrasive scrubbing pad

@Buckley Use this link in your browser for the columns and comments (I have a shortcut to it on my phone) <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/spotlight/daily-crossword-column" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/spotlight/daily-crossword-column</a>

@Elizabeth Update the app and it will go away