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Brilliant! I’m not even halfway done with the puzzle yet, but laughed so hard that I had to come here to comment. The top half was an easy fill, but I was wondering what the OOs had to do with the SH words. Then I got to GOD SHAVE THE KING, and thought, that sounds like something Sean Connery would say — and OMG that’s it! I counted the number of OOs, and true enough, there were 7 of them. What a fantastic tribute to my favorite Bond! I’m now going back to finish the puzzle and savor every minute of this genius construction!
I’m not familiar with US immigration terms, so I got stuck at EMEND vs AMEND.
@Michael Weiland Same! I’ve always pictured ROY G. BIV as very colorful person, with a multi-hued wig and bright clown clothes. The only mnemonics I used in grade school were “Every Good Boy Does Fine” (in music class), and “My Very Elegant Mother Just Sat Upon Nine Porcupines” (in science class), which, sadly for Pluto, is not in use anymore.
@Marshall Walthew I think about WHAM every December when I do some holiday shopping at the mall — in fact I just thought about them last Christmas!
I’m ashamed to say, I thought 16A was about a girl named ALLY who KNOWS things. Thank goodness the Wordplay column cleared that up for me.
@Tony Same here! I lost several minutes trying to find out what I had spelled wrong. I’ve always wanted a MOOD STONE to go with my lava lamp and flared jeans!
@DIVAS IVLIVS I read the column to look for an explanation on “Hail Mary’s path”, but it appears to be the wrong PATH. Perhaps Deb was thinking about adding that answer (ARC) to the list of tricky clues.
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