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@scott Right. Why not just say "Parasite" or "Famous parasite," if an adjective is needed. Rods are straight. The Eiffel Tower is not.
I struggled with this. I'm still new to the NYTimes Crossword, with the sly tricks and so on. "When I'm Eight" really threw me, because I knew the correct answer. Math isn't my strong suit. Well, better luck next time.
@Sandy (CA) I've seen many people complain about this pop-up but have never seen it myself. I'm feeling left out.
For some reason I thought "horses' hangout" was STALLS and spent too long trying to figure out what a BEACHLUM was. Clearly I needed more coffee. This was a pleasing Monday puzzle, imo.
@Billy I'm a Yank but thought the Chappell Roan song was "GOT TO GO" (not HOT). Otherwise they all came easily. I'm pretty sure this was my fastest solve.
I wanted TREBLE to be TIMBRE and HARROW to be HORROR. Nevertheless I eventually got it with perhaps a little cheating (I won't tell if you won't), and had fun. Thanks.
@David Connell You share the name of the bassist of one of my favorite bands: The Connells.
I enjoyed it. I remember "PONE" from Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings' "The Yearling." Seems that the kid in the book always had some corn pone he was carrying around with him. "HEYDAY" threw me for some reason, and I thought it was "HER DAY." I have seen "DESI" Arnaz's name a lot in these puzzles.
@Brad GINSU was (and presumably is) a brand of kitchen knife. Their commercials featured a knife cutting through a tin can as I recall.
@Jumigely I usually hear it as "scads." I've never seen or heard it in the singular. It means a lot.
"Not be square with" doesn't quite seem to work grammatically as a clue for OWE. I can't see a way to use it as a direct substitution. "Am not square with" would be better. There were (imo) a few such clues that didn't quite seem to work.
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