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@Steve L -- My mother also did the Sunday Times puzzle and she did not have the opportunity to finish high school either. My wordsmithing, my literary chops--I thank her for all that. And I do these puzzles in her memory.
@Petrol -- Gwen Verdon danced with Bob Fosse and married him too. She was a force! Enjoy them here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIiZuAVZH4w" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIiZuAVZH4w</a>
@Kate "Second City" is another term for the city of Chicago.
@Marshall Walthew -- He also created became the image of the typical Santa Claus!
@Behind a book -- Shrek is going to save his donkey; it's a silly double entendre. Kids hear worse these days, I suppose!
As the Chicago song goes: zzrale zzdale 'em!
@Ted B -- The word is "minuscule" so there are three missing U's in the clue, hence "use" "Miniscule" is a common misspelling. The word goes back to early typesetting. A "majuscule" was what was a capital letter; a "minuscule" described a small letter.
@Bill in Yokohama -- Three men chatting about pads; how droll. Anyway, in the US we usually just say "drug store." But how about this for a clue: "Always on her shopping list."
@Xword Junkie -- Me too. I've never played such games and never wanted to. So this puzzle was a slog and I can honestly say I hated it, alas.
Does no one realize that "Do not cast your pearls before swine" is spoken by Jesus during the Sermon on the Mount? (Matthew 7:6) An idiom? Maybe, but originally it is a metaphor.
@lucky13 -- Barfly is a good one, about cult poet Charles Bukowski, with Mickey Rourke and a blowsy Faye Dunaway!
@Chris -- Adela! I flashed back to the late 1960s and early 1970s when my mother and I would sometimes do the Sunday puzzles together. Back then, "Adela" was a one of those ubiquitous answers. She was a noted journalist in my mother's youth, the 20s and 30s. I had no trouble with that clue!
@Marshall Walthew I meant "what became." Do wire me when the Times allows us to edit.
@Jeanne -- Yes, this puzzle was hard on my antique eyes but so rewarding in the end!
@Matt -- I may be bookish but I got this one right away. I was born in the, I live in the, BRONX!
@RL -- INTWOACTS doth annoy me too, but at least I got CHIAPET instantly. I knew someone who always gag-gifted her mother a chia pet for Christmas!
WHY WHY WHY don't we enjoy full functionality on a PC????????????? I am unable to clear a letter or word when I need to. This make a rebus puzzle a drag.
@Steve Daniel -- "The Dream of the Rood" is a famous poem of the old English period. Well, famous to English Lit majors, perhaps!
@Add -- Yes, perhaps a cocktail of weed strains but that's all!
Re: the Midi Puzzle. Obviously a decision was made to withhold this puzzle on certain days of the week. May I suggest that the language of the landing page be changed? Now it says "This Page Doesn't Exist." That's really off-putting. Why not "The Puzzle Will Return Tomorrow" or some such?
@Teresa -- I remember those Want Ads too! At least we had ditched the necessity for wearing white gloves everywhere. Fun fact: another name for such an underling is the quaint "factotum."
@Heidi -- Paulina was mega-famous in her day. She got a 6 million dollar contract to be the face of Estee Lauder and was featured on countless magazine covers. Ocasek screwed her over, alas, but she's having fun these days with a YouTube channel. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@PaulinaPorizkovaTV" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/@PaulinaPorizkovaTV</a>
Due to an eye condition, I view the web in dark mode. Shaded squares aren't visible for me but that's not too important, I suppose, in solving the puzzle.
@Steve L -- It works perfectly for my hubby on Android but not on his PC. But I prefer PC. (Old eyes; need big screen!)
@Seward Parker -- Did not work, alas, but I did need to update Chrome so thanks!
@Steve L -- Glorioski, I find it works fine on Firefox. Go figure!
@Times Rita -- A factotum is a "person having many diverse activities or responsibilities," according to Merriam-Webster, which adds: " . . . the word today refers to a handy, versatile sort anyone in need of an assistant might hope for."
Would anyone have preferred "popular home pregnancy test" for EPT? Probably not . . .
@Isabeau -- Ugh, I just repeated this point about LLMs. Great minds, etc.
@Nancy -- "Shop-Vac" is a brand name for one of these contraptions!
Why can't I delete a letter in a square? I can't fill in a rebus because I can't change what I entered. And Autocheck accepts just one letter when three are needed. I hate these rebus puzzles for that reason.
@Steve L -- It's true for me! E.g., if I type a letter into a square, it cannot be expunged. I have to use autocheck, because then if the square is marked incorrect (via a slash), I can correct it. Otherwise, no dice. According to a search I did, others have this problem too.
@Cat Lady Margaret I do believe it is "ELF HAT"?
@Steve L -- Gosh, is the Times running on antediluvian 1950s TV rules? (Not that there was television before the flood . . . )
@Steve L -- And if you really want to make the guys scratch their heads: Tool for revealing if you're Blue Positive. Thanks for all the comments!
@Martin Cobern -- I wanted to key in "LLM" for Large Language Models!
@Barry Ancona -- Well, if the very last of the coffee was taken, then the thief took the very last ground. I'm fine with it.
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