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Elegant puzzle. Mind you I had the auto check on, but in my book that's not cheating, it's learning :D
@E G Did you know that the puzzles get harder as the week progresses? In addition, Thursdays always has some extra trickery going on. I suggest concentrating on Monday-Wednesday for a while and you'll start to get the hang of it!
What does it mean that I had quite a few across answers filled in before I realized the clues should be read backwards? I saw the thing about shifting gears so I didn't question the wonky wording. Of course it got much easier when I actually got the revealer! Fun puzzle :D
Aw, IMSAD about the poor PARIAH who never gets invited to any parties :D
Glad to know I'm not the only one humbled by this puzzle. This one tried to kick me back to Wed-Thurs where I belong lol. Not complaining though, it wouldn't be fun anymore if I were already at the top of Saturday solving. Eventually finished, autocheck on, no look ups but lots of guesses!
Another fun rebus puzzle! It's all in the revealer - 3 squares AND 3 foods are packed with jam...I don't see the problem :)
@Liana In the same puzzle as ICBMS/MCA!
I like a Thursday puzzle where when I figure out the theme it helps me to fill in the rest of the theme clues. When I finally figured out this theme, my first thought was that it wasn't going to help me at all - but then it actually did! Oh yeah, I did turn on auto check pretty early on...
@lucky13 In a highway service station Over the month of June Was a photograph of the earth Taken coming back from the moon And you couldn't see a city On that marbled bowling ball Or a forest or a highway Or me here least of all ā Joni Mitchell, Refuge of the Roads
I loved it! The shaded squares definitely sped things along, but that was fine for me.
At first pass I got nowhere, but I'm past the point of giving up too soon. I kept plugging away and when I figured out the theme (before figuring out the theme clue) it became really fun!
I don't believe I've ever had fish n chips served with tartar sauce, but I do remember school lunches serving tartar sauce with fish sticks - which is what I had there until I turned on auto check. Yes, it was hard, but I'm just glad to read that others found it hard too and I'm not just losing my mind!
Loved it! Oh it was hard, and I had to find 5 of the 6 hidden letters to finally get the theme, but so satisfying when I finally got it. I did look up Erykah after struggling in that area, oh well.
@Sean The visual cue was the italicized clues - sometimes they don't even give you that!
Hehehe that was funny, thanks! :D
I like it! Some people fill in the downs to help get the across themes, but I had to fill in the across answers (after figuring out the theme) to help me get some of the the downs!
Fun puzzle. I usually struggle with Saturdays, but this one was a great example of a puzzle with lots of things I didn't know (or think I knew) that I was able to parse out. Got stuck in the northwest corner though. Having Trade and Enter for 1 and 3 down tripped me up for a long while. Finally decided to look up ORLON, and then I was on my way again. I'm surprised I've never heard of LABNEH - but will try making some soon!
@NanuNanu Same regarding HOUR. My first thought for 1A was music. Didn't click until I got soda from the crosses. And I grew up calling it pop!
@Paul M 3 mins below my average. Either I'm improving or I'm just good at bending the truth!
I started late last night, got stuck and went to bed, filled in what I could this morning, made breakfast, then was able to finally finish without look ups! Took me a minute, but very satisfying!
@Tara I just posted a similar comment - I should have read yours first!
@Steve L Thanks for posting that, I thought I was losing my mind!
@Xword Junkie In my head I was pronouncing it ick now and actually took out fly for a moment until I got it :D
@ad absurdum Super distracting! I hope it doesn't stay.
@Dan Collins I think he did look it up - I did too. I learned that the spelling was changed from lead to lede in the 1970s so it wouldn't be confused with the lead (metal) used in typesetting.
@Cyndie I just watched a couple of clips on youtube of people supposedly pronouncing Mary/marry/merry 3 different ways and I still can't hear it!
@Darren I stared at DEICES for the longest time wondering what in the world is this word I've never heard of. It wasn't until I had 3 of the 4 letters in SALT that I realized it was DE-ICE. D'oh!
@ElBee It helped me that I was just looking at those in a store yesterday!
@Melody Same, but I giggled so much I don't care! :D
@Darren Same! Some marketing genius must've said, let's never call it taffy and no one will know.
@Mary My puzzle solving game is to always start the Wordle with a word from the day's crossword. Sometimes I get lucky with an odd choice!
@Bob I'm not Heidi, but yes, that is how the clue was meant. But Sam and I both learned today that HARROW had that meaning. We had only used it as an adjective (meaning terrifying or distressing) as several people in the comments have used it.
@Bob I should have said Harrowing is the adjective.
@Bob I hope this doesn't show up twice, I tried to edit my comment but it disappeared. You are correct that to Torment means to Harrow. But Sam and I had both only used Harrowing as an adjective (meaning terrifying or distressing) as several people in the comments have used it. So I learned something today too!
@Spelling Marauder Well I've just learned another way to use this word!
@N Singh I don't know your age or cultural background, but in the late 60s there was a big hit by The 5th Dimension with the line "This is the dawning of the age of Acquarius" - meaning the beginning.
@Alex That J threw me off as well - I kept thinking, what can it be if not gel??
@Francis As a left-hander, I used to think it was fun in grade school to write backwards (mirrored) so there might be something to this, made up or not!
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