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I just came here to do a slow clap for 20A. Best. đź‘Ź Clue. đź‘Ź Ever! đź‘Ź Also feels like it should win some kind of prize for the biggest answer-to-clue length ratio (5:1, can anyone top that?)
Lovely, elegant puzzle! The rings alone are quite an accomplishment, never mind the rest of the grid. Hats off to Paolo! I experienced a weird glitch in the iOS app: on filling in the last empty square, I got the dreaded “Something’s amiss…” popup dialog. After several minutes of hunting for a mistake, I found a contender— but when I tried to change it, I couldn’t. It was only then that I noticed the time had stopped. The puzzle was already solved! (I wasn’t expecting a gold medal, but some acknowledgement would have been nice! ;-)
@Joan Yup, I imagine it’s a pretty esoteric clue if you’ve never been to San Francisco. (But pretty hard to miss if you ever do visit, which you should, it’s got the Exploratorium, the Ferry Building, and some great views of the Bay Bridge! ;-) It’s also a bit of unfortunate cluing, because BART doesn’t actually go along the Embarcadero, it crosses it.
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