Mike
Rochester, NY
Rochester, NY
@Laura Whitaker Ha! I read colony and thought state! (But the states didn't exist when he was born.) Too smart by half. :-) Thanks for helping me wake up today.
I always solve crosswords from the bottom up. It's a bit different, but it works for me. Couple that with the incorrect highlighting and my inattentiveness. I had a very different idea for the theme. I saw rumba, the beginning of which is rum. Then I saw hurricane. I thought for sure we were getting a certain mixed drink from the New Orleans area. I was very confused by the last two theme answers!
Isn't George Washington the first president born outside of the original 13 colonies?
@Vaer Ditto. I was totally stumped by RE_EA. I completed the puzzle with a brute force alphabet run. I got the gold star, but I couldn't figure out what a resea was. I had to read here to learn it was a rebus.
@Dan I started out with afk as the answer here. (Away From Keyboard) But, irl can work, too.
@Jane Wheelaghan Tralfaz?! Yuck!
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