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I have been solving the NYT puzzle for years and all of the regulars who have given me the hints I needed to solve the super tough ones, like ELHI? Seriously?, I thank you so much! I've had kids that ranged that whole span all at the same time and I have never heard of ELHI. But, I will also say that that is the whole point of these puzzles - to trick you, mislead you, get you to think "out of the box". If you didn't understand the "out of the box", that's okay, this is why we do these puzzles, to better understand how to think out of the box. Not "quote" think out of the box "quote" but literally think out of the box. It's game - have fun!
@Michael Cloris Leachman was the bomb, before your time, practically before my time, but still the bomb. If your parents didn't introduce to her, that's a shame. When you have some time, go binge watch the Mary Tyler Moore show. Try to keep it in perspective of its time, but MTM was ground breaking. Albert Camus - Nobel Prize winner for literature - read The Stranger - you kinda have to be a book and/or philosophy nerd these days to know his name. I did have to look up Slade, I was stuck on Quiet Riot and the only Liu I knew was Lucy. And since I didn't have to search for Ned, so I still don't know why this person is famous. But searching for the answers is how I get my TIL moment. Embrace it.
OK - have to add HATTIP not hattap - come on, PALS short for pale ales, I thought it was funny. BUT, now I know it's PILS for pilsner. Had to take a Check Puzzle to find that error, so wanted to save another poor soul from having to do the same.
I liked it, what can I say? I don't usually catch the Thursday theme so easily, but as soon as I had CLYDESDALE and then I had most of the letters filled in for the Quebec City to see it was QUITO, I suddenly understood the "trick". I enjoy getting to look up "arcane" pop culture stuff like JJWATT and EVAN Goldberg, it's about the only way I know anything from this decade with all the kids gone. And I don't mind being expected to remember historical facts, such as HRE - Holy Roman Empire - and Charlemagne.
Quick hint - Hem or Cuff are verbs, not nouns. If you have pants hemmed, they are being what? Now use the present tense. You got this!
@BR I spent a lot of years on a pool deck and I have never heard the term GUNLAP. We talk all the time about leaving it all in the pool and we all know what it means when the bell rings to indicate someone is on their last lap, but that term was a new one for me.
@Tony I immediately thought of the boats where you drive your car on and they haul you to the nearest tourist attraction. The Ferry Services in NC transports passengers and their vehicles to most of the outer islands. There's a fare for people and fare for cars. Did once with the boys decades ago, they LOVED it.
@Steve L - I used to tell my kids that 10,000 hours was 3 hours a day, 365 days a year, including Christmas and your birthday.
@Barry Ancona Thank you for this - I would have had to lose my streak. I'm one of those who has decided that only once I can't figure it out from the Gameplay and comments hints and if I'm still stuck, I check the puzzle for errors and use the internet and DanWord to get my final clues. I feel like it gives myself a bit of grace and we all can use a little of that.
@Janine Not sure why it didn't work for you. Once I was figured out DAM and not JAM and GASCANS not gascams, it sang the happy ditty and automatically turned the letters to what I had already figured out was JACKPOT.
@Mean Old Lady - I has IST for Capital so it got a bit easier go to ISM for me since I was already in economics mode. I thought ALLCAPS was hilarious having spent decades in IT services.
@JM I too was tickled to see SHIRE. My happy place.
@David G IT girl here, I was right there with you.
@Linda Jo That is exactly what I came here to say! LOL
@M G I started with Heinz as well wondering what the 4 letter down could be for the Z - figured I'd get there soon enough.
@Mark I had bow there first - After Boys in the Boat and Lessons in Chemistry, that's where my mind went.
@Shaun When I MILLI, I was sure there was going to be a Vanilli somewhere in the puzzle, but then what could that clue to? 45 down - with 26 across, the lip sync scandal duet of the 1990's Grammys? It's not like this is the Connections where made up words are tolerated. ;-) For all the folks who got stuck with the glitch - I ask for grace for the Gameplay team. The crossword started in 1942 as a diversion for the American people after Pearl Harbor. 54 years later, the first NYT crossword for the web was introduced in 1996 - it was a sign that the Times was embracing and not trying to bury their head in the sand, about what the world wide web was going to mean to their industry. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/02/14/crosswords/new-york-times-crossword-timeline.html" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/02/14/crosswords/new-york-times-crossword-timeline.html</a> The web itself has upped the ante for all content creators to embrace gimmicks and stunts, and the Times is trying to keep up while still maintaining its intellectual standards. I am going to guess that most of us are tail end boomers and early gen xers - The Times needs to fill the pipeline of later generation users and that means embracing the trends. They had 54 years to perfect the paper crossword puzzle, and we need to allow them room for error as they embrace technology.
@Mean Old Lady I thought the same thing, but a quick search turned up this: Matt and Rebecca Matt and Rebecca Zamolo are a popular duo known for their engaging and family-friendly content on YouTube. They are part of the real game master network and have gained a significant following through their vlogs, which include challenges, DIY projects, and adventures. It's hard getting old and out of touch with the latest trends when the kids are all gone.
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