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@Stephen It’s a reference to the time zone. Central Daylight Time, I think. I had CHI until that became untenable
For the person snooty about cabs I had UBERSNOB.
Judging from my times yesterday and today, either the early week puzzles are getting harder or I’m getting dumber.
@Jannicut I had the same reaction to the “honor” description.
@HeathieJ Loew’s is a movie theater chain. And first year law students are referred to as One L’s. Cf Scott Turow’s memoir of his first year at Harvard Law, OneL, made into a movie that resulted in me almost not going to law school.
Question for the group: I thought it was a rule that the clue and the answer have no words in common. Is 1999 an exception just because it has numerals instead of words?
I finished in record time. Record slow, that is. Double my Sunday average. Once I figured out how to spell apocalyptic and ran the alphabet on the 69 down 84 across cross, I finished.
I was steaming right along until I hit the southeast corner. Got hung up forever on SUPERSTORE and HANGONASEC.
@Daily-Solver my guess: you land a fish by netting it.
What is the emoji? I can’t make it out on my iPad and reverse pinching doesn’t enlarge it.
@David Wilcoxen I kept thinking it as the past tense of “feed”. I was baffled.
BANANATREE? BAOBABTREE? They fit but how much shade to they give? Finally figured it out. A fun, clever, satisfying puzzle. Thank you.
@DT correction: movie was The Paper Chase, not based on the book One L
I know someone who named their cat Mr Bill. Best cat name ever. The other cat was named Sluggo.
On the dubious proposition that “covering” could mean name, I had OLDBAT for “crab covering.”
I don’t think Romeo was such a tough guy
I went to “puzzle info” to see the title of the puzzle. Then my eyes fell on “about this puzzle,” which gave away the gimmick, so I lost interest in finishing. Is that typical?
@Bob T. Not kidding and i did mean autocheck. Interesting, i never noticed that before. Thanks for explanation.
@Teresa I didn’t even get it til I read your comment. I figured it was a wine label I never heard of. The M was the letter that completed the puzzle for me so I didn’t give it a lot of thought.
Totally did not get the Stonehenge joke. I figured, okay some band I’ve never heard of. Also means the pin on feathery layers because the N was my last entry. Good thing I read the comments.
I had ROTHACCOUNTS instead of PENSIONFUNDS for a while. ROTHIRAFUNDS also worked.
@Jim Finished a while ago but only just now reading your comment did I get the ID clue. I thought he was just describing a license plate as an identification tag. I thought it was a bit of stretch, but then thought, oh well. Thanks for clarifying!
@Jack McCullough I agree, Mr. Mayor. A record slow Tuesday for me.
Someone please explain NUMERO in a way even I can understand. I read the column, but I’m still baffled. Okay, once is Spanish for eleven, but so what? Yes, once is a number for Spanish speakers, but there is more than one Spanish speaker in the world, yes? Shouldn’t it be, once for a lot of people?
@Catherine Bell yes, except it was 53:46.
What is this autocorrect of which people speak? I do not see it as an option. It corrects incorrect entries?
@Beth I got this error as well, but I figured someone would nitpick the correction. The clue is wrong, despite the rationalizations. Interpreters maybe translate, but they also listen, think, speak. None of these answers would be correct.
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