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Are 38D ever announced in The Economist? It’s a weekly focusing on economics, business and politics. I would associate 38D more with publications such as WSJ, FT and Barron’s. 63A is what we call the smog from Indonesian forest fires that’s enveloping Singapore. Despite the befuddled state I’m in, I managed to solve the puzzle in a decent Wednesday time for me.
@Bill in Yokohama Recovery from deep suffering? DEFEATOFAGONY Emotion of fruits stomped on in Bordeaux? WRATHOFGRAPES Offspring's weapon? GUNOFASON
The word congee was derived from the Tamil word that’s pronounced “kanji”. However, while you can easily find congee in southern Chinese restaurants (here in Singapore, the Teochew version is a popular late night meal), I’ve never seen kanji on the menu in restaurants serving food from Tamil Nadu. My Tamil mother served kanji as comfort food to be eaten when ill.
Much has been said about MANGOSTEENs (and their evil cousins, durians). In my teens in small town Southeast Asia in the 80s, both fruits were seasonal (unlike now, durians seem to be on sale yearlong) and their seasons overlapped. It was common knowledge that you ate mangosteens (which were “cooling”) after eating durians (which were “heaty”) to balance things out.
@Nick Early Chinese immigrants into the West were mostly Cantonese, so the transliterations were from Cantonese. Particularly for food items, as Chinese restaurants in the West were traditionally Cantonese owned. That is why most “Chinese” food in the West tended to be modified versions of Cantonese cuisine. Other migrants had similar histories too. For instance, Indian food in the North American and British restaurants is primarily Punjabi as Punjabis dominated the restaurant industry. Though Bangladeshis now own most restaurants in the UK, they’ve broadly retained the Punjabi menus.
@Jay Seemed too low a number.
MUNSHIs aren’t necessarily Hindus. Many are Muslims. Given the Arabic/Persian origin of the word, it may be arguable a MUNSHI is less Hindu than a CHURRO is Mexican.
34A suggests that he must have been edited out in the final version.
I kind of enjoyed this puzzle. Passover is a mainstream enough Jewish holiday for an Asian like me to figure out the solutions. But I struggled with the Japanese skincare brand. CUREL is not as mainstream SK-II or Biore. Curel as a Japanese skincare brand is as obscure as Shmini Atzerat as a Jewish holiday. Maybe it’s just me. I’ve fairly oily skin, and therefore didn’t know that Curel is the go to for intensive moisturising.
@Shan I had the same trouble initially. Couldn't figure out why eating hats results in one's death.
@Melis Just in the Disney/Pixar retelling
@Strudel Dad Most children born in China (especially in the cities) do not have cousins as their parents were born when the one child policy was fairly strictly enforced.
@ksp210 *CHI of course. Sorry didn’t correct the autocorrect
@Ιασων Malaya (officially Federation of Malaya) existed on the Malay peninsula from its independence in 1957 until its merger with Singapore and territories in northern Borneo in 1963 to form modern day Malaysia. (Singapore exited the union two years later.) The official name for the land formerly known as Malaya is Peninsular Malaysia, but it’s more commonly referred to as West Malaysia.
@dutchiris Or a Vietnamese sandwich served in a German train?
@Andrzej. X is the Greek letter child
@Red Carpet An animation is played when you solve the Midi. Maybe that’s what they meant.
@Joe As a former financial analyst, I’m used to financial terms being poorly clued. The issue here is the failure to recognize The Economist as a publication that’s focused on economics and politics rather than finance (I.e. the “markets”). As an an earlier comment pointed out, The Economist may feature an IPO that’s newsworthy, but that IPO will likely have been covered by the NYT too.
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