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Hanging in There
I laughed out loud, and then quite unconnected I heard at the same time that the Appeals Court declared Trump not immune from prosecution. Oh! What a wonderful start to the day. I don’t have to give up hope!
Being German and coming to the US in my Thirties, I discovered Robert Frost late, but now the refrain is a staple in my mind and the “giddy up” cracked me up. Wonderful debut. So happy so many varied contributions appear here. I often imagine the “fun” the editorial team has in picking contributions, I would wager that trying to keep the solvers on their toes with variety is one of the criteria. Thank you!
Once I got this, it made me tingle with delight. Absolutely brilliant, than you Mr. Donaldson.
@Jim I often hope that the NYT puzzle column is one of the more open-minded and civilized remaining places in this world and then I feel heart-broken when I observe just how many people complain when they don’t know something? How do such people ever learn? For me this place here is just that, how little do I know, how much do I miss in this culture I have moved into. Well, rappers are a part of it, so is Robert Frost, and so is baseball, and NFL teams, and pegging a baseball, etc., etc.! Thank you for your comment, Jim. I was happy to see it.
@Eliz I am struggling like you do; one thing that helped and is quite fun is to think of all the possible meanings of the word(s) in the clue. Of course, there are many Londons in the world, also, “stock” can mean cliche, etc. And I do look things up, write them down, and try to remember what I learned. I think it is ok to use the puzzles this way. It is always ok to learn something.
@Judith Nelson Biologists speak about setting cell cultures in labs, it’s a widely used technical term in biology. One of the things I love about the NYT puzzles is that I learned to become aware of the many alternate meaning and contexts of a word. For an english as a second language speaker this is really tough at times, so I understand your comment. I find the editors here are just brilliant and know where to demand a “?”, I observed.
Phew! I failed, I had all nicely entered as a Rebuses (if such is the plural!), got the theme on freight train! Alas, what was intended was to include the down as part of the across solution. Oh, this was fun, though painful to recognize that I didn’t get that last little bit, reading down and across. Thank you very much, Mr. Hoang-Kim Vu! I hope for another one from you soon, and now I am trained to expect anything :). Be well.
@Ann Me, too, I got the theme but used Rebus!! Uggh! Again, not knock on the creator, just one on my head. You are not alone. Let’s not give up :)
@Allen Thank you so much, I had never seen this and what I would have missed.
I have been cruising dictionaries for beeb instead of beep, the latter of which this literal German knows. Is beeb just onomatopoeic and thus allowed as a legit American word?
Biologically, the (evolutionary) alternative to a wing is an arm not a thigh. So that can’t be it. Is there another meaning for thigh that I am not aware of? I would love some help here! Thank you. Also, I blew my streak because I wasn’t aware one could use intersecting letters on the vertical to read an across. I see they have tricks up their sleeves in the puzzle corner of the NYT!! I had it all filled nicely with a rebus ERE/E which mislead me totally as it worked for all four mis-directions.
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