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@B It DOES pay to be old, but perhaps not so old that when seeing "Keaton" your mind automatically goes to "Buster" and not "Diane." Whoops. It didn't fit anyway . .

@Becky Or they could bring back the acrostic.

@Jane Wheelaghan Jane, the "tennis" clue is a kind of desperation move constructors sometimes make. The "duo" in TENNIS is the Ns -- there are two of them.

@Julia: Agree. The Cinderella "clue" is just inexcusable. I don't have a total by pieces, but it's over fifty years solo and a few before that helping/filling in for my father. (I got dogies, IRS, and half of the the oreo one before Revealing Cinderella, and that's when I DNF, in case anyone's keeping records. Also, still crushed about the acrostic, as long as I'm unburdening myself.)

@Andrzej Wow, and here I was worried about how incomprehensible this would be for you in particular! Good to hear this.

@Steve L That's so funny--I thought of Andrzej when I filled in that clue too! (As well as the breakfast cereal one. Okay, and the high-calorie state fair one. American culture, alas.)

@Mean Old Lady Vernacular English

@Arthurs They didn't listen to those of us who wanted to keep the acrostics either.

@Kris T "In Cold Blood" took place in Kansas. (I also tried to make "My Antonia" fit for the longest time.)

@John It was definitely half of my Saturday morning time today!

@SP As well as Santa Berger and Riesen chocolate.

@Moira And no Pokemon.

@Foster TLR is dearly missed in St. Louis.

@Helen Wright No idea about TDS either. The only Brady I know is the Bunch, and I didn't even watch that.