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I have not seen a single one of these movies. Yet I am familiar enough with the names of them to have figured out all the rebuses today. I guess I just absorb enough pop culture through osmosis? I am over 50, but I see and notice the names of popular movies everywhere online and when I’m scrolling through streaming services looking for something that appeals to my demographic. I’m a little surprised that so many here in the comments think that it’s only possible to be familiar with names of Pixar movies if you’ve actually watched them and/or have young kids.
@DH Oh come on. Most people, including recovering addicts, routinely use the term “clean” to mean they are no longer using drugs. “30 days clean & sober” for example. So the clue saying “not clean, in a way” and the answer being “on dope” makes perfect sense. It’s saying, for this particular definition of the word clean, being “on dope” would mean “not clean”. I’m pretty sure the constructor didn’t intend for the clue to be read as “drug users are dirty.”
@Darian I don’t think I’m a “true genius” or know if I’m on the creator’s wavelength, but I solved it with no lookups. On my first several passes, I only had a couple words filled in. But then I worked through it with guesses and ended up finishing in just over 25 minutes. It’s all about the crosses and getting a foothold somewhere. Anyway, I just wanted to comment because my experience definitely differed from yours.
I found this super easy for a Friday! I finished in just over 11 minutes. I felt like there must be a catch. Definitely felt more like a Wednesday. I usually count on Fridays to keep me busy longer. (Not a serious gripe, just very mild disappointment!)
For me, the sticking point was the intersection of BICORNES and Catherine PARR, neither of which I’m familiar with. Adding to that, I wasn’t sure if the golf gimme was TAP IN or TIP IN. So it was a bit of “try a bunch of letters to see what works” but I got there eventually! Nice puzzle!
Anyone who thinks this (or any recent Saturday puzzle) is tough, try doing one from 2014. I just did one (June 21 to be precise), and I can only imagine the uproar if a puzzle that difficult and obscure appeared today. Back then, Wordplay was relatively new, and there were only 39 comments on an absolute beast of a puzzle. Now, we routinely get upwards of 500 comments, many complaining how “not fun” a Saturday puzzle was due to how hard people found it. I just think it’s interesting how the bar seems to have changed, because today I can easily do almost any Saturday without any help in under a half hour, but that 2014 puzzle was impossible without lookups. (And it’s not because I know the trivia of today better than of 2014 - it’s that the references in the 2014 era puzzles were more likely to be from the 1930s or from some extremely obscure academic topic.)
@Joseph Piwetz Oh my god, overreaction much?! It’s just one day’s puzzle. It’s not the end of the world if you didn’t like it. Nobody cares that your kid bought you the subscription - that doesn’t make your opinion more important.
@Jill from Brooklyn Best comment today! You must be a fellow Gen Xer. I thought the exact same thing. And have had the song stuck in my head since I saw the clue.
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