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@SP I did not get the Oscar until just now. Thank you for that call back!
Fun one today. Twice as quick as Saturday and no look ups! Go women ❤️
@pjc I felt the same. Too many "guess what I'm thinking." Clues. Sigh. A very slow solve for me today.
@patk Hawkeye is a nickname for someone from Iowa, the Hawkeye State. (Family brag, Radar is my 2nd cousin!)
Diego Luna - also a soccer player in MLS and one of the last cuts from the USMNT World Cup roster. Next time, Ryan? Tricky puzzle, no idea what FAE is, got that and FIT for mesh last.
Saw the clues for the first few accrosses and quickly switched to the downs. Overall a faster than average solve for me, but not as "fun". I give this puzzle a meh. Clever, and I don't mind the 2 word paired clues as part of the gimmick/ theme, but didn't love it as the entire puzzle.
@john ezra Post Punk/ Pre Goth, they had a long tenure. Wikipedia has a good thumbnail of their sound. I would say their later music is goth (inasmuch as The Cure is). <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siouxsie_and_the_Banshees" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siouxsie_and_the_Banshees</a>
I really wanted 3D to be "Drink the kool aid" alas.
Whew. That was TRICKY for a Tuesday. I struggled with the NW corner but somehow still finished faster than average with no lookups. Clever one and figuring out the theme really helped.
Overall not super hard but for a Monday that was kinda tricky! Knavery almost stumped me.
This was very hard for a Wednesday, and the MIDI was a GenZ dream but a nightmare for this GenXer. I think it was my slowest MIDI ever!
@DIVAS IVLIVS I felt the same about "clay" for 10D
@Andrzej caffeine pill. My brother, who doesn't drink coffee, used to take with his breakfast on early days.
@John Same here! I almost googled "pragency" then literally 🤦🏻♀️
Re 1A : Locks are also bodies of water where one might find oars. 😊
@ThatPeterG Sera is the plural of serum, which is a part of the blood that is banked. (I had ONEG in there for a long time!)
Tricky but satisfying for a Monday. Surprisingly a little faster than average for me.
Stuck on one letter off. Thought the law exam alternative was GLE and did not know Erato/Elato lol. Still finished it pretty quickly for me for a Sunday!
@Ms. Billie M. Spaight PUL and LUP are anagrams of each other. Don't think either is a word?
Whew this was a really tough one for me! So many where I had the wrong answer filled in. Once I figured those out, I was able to muddle through the rest fairly quickly. Overall a slow solve.
@Jim Ready Player One is the book mentioned in the clue.
@acjones Are you sure you weren't on Monday? This was not an easy puzzle for many (including me).
@Steve L Some Gap stores are big box-ish (think like Macy's and Nordstroms). There is one in UVillage here in Seattle that is huge, 2 floors with an escalator inside. (We don't have Aldi here, but I've heard of it as the parent store of Trader Joe's)
@Steve L The dash threw me off for that one. Thought it was supposed to be a "finish this word". Got it eventually but had post for a long time (as in "ex post facto")
@fionatimes The store is really well organized and has lots of signs and look up stations to help you out. Not overwhelming, but can absorb you for hours!
@Chris It was a lot more clever than that, as explained in the Wordplay article. 😊
Someone explain how small amounts leads to "mites" (I mean, they are small, but not amounts). What am I missing? Tricky puzzle. I had "antiwar lovefest" but then fest didn't really pan out.
@Bill It's Commonwealth related (Like the monarch on their currency and the "ou" like in favourite and flavor).
@Adrian I did absolutely the same thing!
No hints in a near record time for me. Wow! Had to be patient with getting the crosses on all of the long clues.
@SBK watch Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers or the guy from Primus, Les Claypool. They use slap bass technique.
@CNB So interesting! I got stuck on the upper right (NW?) part of the puzzle. Highly recommend this book by Olga T: "Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead"
@Steve L I associate HISSing with snakes, but ok. 😊
@Rick That was my fill in as well (It was in the mini or midi recently) !
@Ms. Billie M. Spaight Slash or / is the G&R guitarist. / shift is ?
I have a beef to pick with the MIDI 20A (pun intended).
@Times Rita It's the preferred way to say the country name now, internationally. As is Czechia 🇨🇿 for what was "Czech Republic".
@sotto voce Thought your link was going to be to this song (though this is early 80's)! <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ_k_VG6Syc&ra=m" target="_blank">https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ_k_VG6Syc&ra=m</a>
@Ruth Poley Got it pretty quickly (for me) as well. The stumpy clue solves were more head scratchers than satisfying, I was surprised some of them were correct!
@B Soonds like that's an issue with your knowledge base, not the degree to which Mbappe is known worldwide. He was the Golden Boot winner in the World Cup and is widely known as one of the best players in the world, plus one of the most memed (is that a word) personalities thanks to being a fantastic sport when doing interviews in English. Here's one of the funniest. <a href="https://m.youtube.com/shorts/KrGQC4B2UlY?ra=m" target="_blank">https://m.youtube.com/shorts/KrGQC4B2UlY?ra=m</a>
@Charles Peterson my last box was mar instead of mer also, but I knew Ryan Coogler, just spelled his name wrong (I spelled it Rian Cooglar 🤦🏻♀️).
Ah. Thank you! Why does the NYT love EMO so much. It's in practically every puzzle. I guess SCREAM is literally just screaming the emo lyrics. Will have to look it up, I am not a fan of the heavy metal scream singing (though it could be argued that some of my personal faves like Soundgarden and Led Zeppelin do this some).
@Alex Isn't a bass guitar a guitar 😉 ?
@Nancy Yes, BookTok is a TikTok thing. Glad you got through it! Ignore the haters (like Barry) 😂 , I got it today just slightly faster than my average.
@Kim Let refers to when the ball hits the net and lands in. It's a "do over" and not a fault for the server.
@Bob T. There was a movie starring Margot Robbie called Hoist the Mizzenmast (like a female centered Pirates of the Caribbean). Or if not, probably in books and film about sailing or pirates!
@Grant Seahawks fans also know it's when the kicker has made 4 field goals!
@MamaJRA I found earlaps is the name for a cap with ear flaps. Never heard of it before either!!
Possibly a record solve for me today, only slowed down by NEKE for 35D (I am of the opinion that ( is "open parentheses", not the singular). Had an AHA moment in the end.