Dave
New York
Kabab kebab/tinman tinmen 🥲
@Jim. I liked your suggestion for future cluing for YAHWEH. The Roman Catholic Church - the nuns of the Archdiocese of New York parochial schools in particular - taught me the word YAHWEH. So it is their fault. Though they also informed me that it was unutterable out of respect for the deep mystery of G-d, and, as we read from the Old Testament, that the origin of Christianly was rooted in the Hebrew faith. Thanks for this comment as it bought me to consider, with awe, the deep mystery of G-d.
Done in by Donne. I had Dunne, and couldn't find my mistake so no happy music🥲. "Don't send to know..." As a long time solver, I would note that Sundays difficulty has always varied, often based on the theme. If the theme is known, the puzzle becomes much more doable. I enjoyed today's puzzle, and once I had the theme I was off to the races, which for me was a little over an hour.
@Francis For what it's worth, after a double take, I got the wry joke and smiled.
Fun puzzle and perfect for today! 9 across and crosses stumped me.
A little embarrassing for this physics teacher to admit that I was over forty-five minutes in before I got the central theme answer. But once I did and connected it to the six answers the puzzle meshed nicely and the solve made much more sense. Enjoyable!!
@Mike. Took me a moment to recognize "Tiny Dancer." Of course and well done!
@Times Rita. It's actually almost 29 years since that election puzzle. Back in the days of pen and pencil in the paper.
Fun, challenging puzzle for me. I really had to slowly work at it to get a toehold in each section and was baffled by the long theme answers. When I was halfway through (after over an hour!) I discovered the theme which enabled me to complete the puzzle more quickly. I would not have completed it without the theme. Nicely done.
@Mike. Everyday, I have a steady descent into something close to a mild paroxysm of laughter as I read your comment followed by the replies. Usually, when I read yours, it's a mild laugh with a smile and a groan, followed by a steady sinking into guffaws and groans as the puns pile up and get worse - as in funnier. Thank you cherry much Mike and everyone for this daily break!
@Kathryn. Not a neuroscientist here but I had a similar experience with Medusa. I find it interesting how the subconscious works. Many times if there is a word that I cannot bring to mind - or a whole section that I cannot solve - I leave it for a few hours without giving it a thought. On return I often find it much easier sledding. As if part of me was working at it while I was away.
@Don H Whats the worst that could happen if you submitted a puzzle?
@Barry Ancona W While it seems obvi to this middling puzzler that the stats indicate a heavy skew toward "way better than me" solvers (my median solve time for Saturday is probably 119 minutes - and for Saturday I use "solve" loosely. More like "finish" time.) But today's "solve" time was faster than usual - about 60 minutes -( for"ranks" I stuck with "pawns" - tripped me up so no happy music for me😝). But in this instance the faster solve time indicated by the folks who enter their stats held true for this fair solver. So, perhaps meaningful??
@Francis. I have mixed feelings. 2 things: At that time - before huge salaries made the All Star game more of a show than a game - the players played a real game, not a show game. And second, a lot of people who played baseball have said that it's part of the game. Plate collisions were not uncommon. If a catcher is protecting the plate, as Fosse was, the runner can bowl him over in order to reach the plate. They have more recently (2014) changed the rule - catchers can't block the plate.
@SBK. Have you heard the things coming out of his mouth the past few years? You think he is very wise??
@Chris //Many more to follow for sure!
@Steve L W hen I come upon a tough Saturday - I got about a quarter of it done - I always recall Paul Sorvino's comment about the Saturday Times crossword. It's unprintable, but came up in AI when I googled it. Always makes me laugh.
@Steven M. Reminds me of an SNL sketch: <a href="https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x54vjte" target="_blank">https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x54vjte</a>
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