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RichardUKAug 13, 2024, 8:48 AM2024-08-13positive96%

As not previously familiar with the author or her works, I was able to get almost to the end with the kind crossings, so I enjoyed it very much. The only exception was the 26D crossing where I expected OWS…

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RichardUKSep 8, 2024, 5:20 PM2024-09-08negative76%

Sad to say that this one has brought my streak to an end. I like to think I’m up with US terminology, but there were too many examples here that I hadn’t come across before. MATHLETES, WHAPS, INRE, GIVEITTHEOLCOLLEGETRY and COPAPLEA were my undoing. Back to 1 tomorrow…

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RichardUKJan 7, 2024, 5:08 PM2024-01-07negative59%

Well this one was a real slog for me. Took me nearly 2 hours… The main areas of confusion might be because my clothing terminology is based on my UK locale... SKORT - certainly heard of this as athletic wear. Do people also wear them for leisure? SWIMSHIRT - is this a rash guard? I've not heard this term used before. ANORAK - in the UK this is a lightweight waterproof. Not particularly "warm". A couple of others: I've heard of page or site scraping, but not a DATASCRAPER And I agree with the comment regarding snooze button rather than SNOOZEALARM Many of the other areas were enjoyable, but the items above really held me back.

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RichardUKAug 28, 2024, 6:27 AM2024-08-28positive99%

Wow! The most enjoyable puzzle I can remember. Thank you!

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RichardUKOct 13, 2025, 7:14 AM2025-10-13neutral54%

@Petrol EDYS 🙂

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RichardUKDec 9, 2024, 1:34 PM2024-12-09positive75%

It always amuses me how you guys can get away with omitting entire syllables from “aluminium” 😊

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RichardUKSep 8, 2024, 5:51 PM2024-09-08positive90%

@Amy @HeathieJ Thank guys. A streak end shared is a streak end halved… 🤗

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RichardUKOct 20, 2024, 12:28 PM2024-10-20negative71%

Perhaps I’m being picky, but it seems that the answer to 54A has nothing to do with the movie “Independence Day”? It certainly threw me. I was looking for alien references. Perhaps “1776” or even “Hamilton” have been more appropriate (and consistent with the rest of the theme)?

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RichardUKApr 23, 2026, 7:53 AM2026-04-23neutral37%

Ah well - this one was beyond me. I’ll come over to the comments to learn how easy it was 😊

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RichardUKAug 22, 2024, 6:50 AM2024-08-22negative57%

I really wanted 52D to be TED…

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RichardUKSep 23, 2025, 11:06 AM2025-09-23neutral75%

A cannon goes “BLAST”?

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RichardUKOct 20, 2024, 12:41 PM2024-10-20neutral80%

@sibelia understood - my point is that neither of those things are in the movie Independence Day. On the other hand, there is a big monster in Godzilla and a “wired” person in Insomnia, etc.

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RichardUKAug 9, 2024, 7:24 AM2024-08-09neutral56%

Hey @Andrzej - sheep may shrink when it rains because they’re made of wool, like woollen sweaters in the wash (it’s a joke)

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RichardUKDec 28, 2024, 9:13 AM2024-12-28negative71%

@Eric Hougland I’m sure I’m just being stupid, but the column doesn’t explain it for me I’m afraid. The definition of this word is given, for sure. But not what a “ten dollar word” is. And (now that I know the answer) since there’s only one word, why is the answer plural?

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RichardUKJan 27, 2024, 9:37 AM2024-01-27positive97%

@Puzzlemucker I love this comment. The psyche of a solver 😊

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RichardUKJan 7, 2024, 5:41 PM2024-01-07neutral83%

@Roger I think those are more commonly known as Parkas. But there’s certainly plenty of regional variations even within the UK - so who knows!

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RichardUKSep 29, 2024, 7:42 PM2024-09-29neutral52%

@Robert I came here to ask this question as well - thanks for beating me to it… As a follow up, I’d be grateful if someone could explain how 1A “sets the tone”? As far as I can tell, it doesn’t follow the theme? I’m clearly not thinking straight today…

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RichardUKOct 20, 2024, 1:47 PM2024-10-20negative53%

@Steve as I say, I’m sure it’s just me being picky, which is just a sure sign that I got stuck :) Thanks for being kind in your comments

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RichardUKOct 29, 2024, 5:32 AM2024-10-29neutral81%

@Dave could be a dialect thing. They rhyme in my neck of the woods..

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RichardUKSep 3, 2025, 6:25 AM2025-09-03neutral72%

No idea about ZHUZHUP, so I had 31D as PaN, amongst others. On to tomorrow!

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RichardUKAug 24, 2024, 10:25 AM2024-08-24positive57%

A enjoyable Saturday, although I’m not sure about the clue for ONLINE. As an (ancient) technologist, in my experience “e” can “mean” electronic (email), electric (e-scooter) or even education (eMac, back in the day). Whereas some of these are related to being online, using the word “mean” in this sense seems a bit of a stretch. 🤷‍♂️

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RichardUKNov 22, 2024, 12:34 PM2024-11-22neutral70%

I’m probably mistaken, but I thought I read somewhere that answers shouldn’t appear anywhere in the clues? (I was surprised to see answer 21D and clue 46D)

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RichardUKDec 28, 2024, 4:38 PM2024-12-28neutral52%

@Warren understood, but (per other comments describing it) the clue is only one “ten dollar word”, so it’s confusing (at least to me)

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RichardUKApr 19, 2026, 10:04 AM2026-04-19neutral57%

I struggled with this one - partly because (at least in my world) the plural of email is email so UNREADEMAIL fits without the need for a rebus

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RichardUKOct 9, 2024, 7:47 AM2024-10-09negative85%

@Zézito I came here to say this. I finished with this mistake and sadly couldn’t find my mistake without peeking…

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RichardUKNov 22, 2024, 6:43 PM2024-11-22positive77%

@Barry Ancona thanks Barry. That must have been it.

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