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A perfect blend of the diabolical and the immensely satisfying. Fun Thursday!
14:40 on a Friday? If the creator and I think this similarly, we should have drinks sometime.
A fun, lighty chewy Wednesday. Sort of a Hump Day al Dente.
The intersection of CAN and CANT delights me to no end.
Fun theme, seems comparatively chewy for a monday. But then I had to go back after solving to figure out what RAN DB was, so maybe it's just me. Thumbs up either way.
Pleasantly chewy, and every last themed answer produces an audible groan. What more could I want?
@James Curran Head dancer's what it sounds like. Public powwow festivities generally revolve around music and dancing, with spectators often encouraged to join in. There's usually a pair of experienced dancers—a man and a woman—to lead. If you get lost because you don't know the song and can't find the beat, watch the head dancers.
@sotto voce If I Were a Carpenter is also the name of a wonderful tribute album released in the mid-1990s. Highlights include Shonen Knife taking "Top of the World" to pop-punk heaven, and Sonic Youth's abrasive but compassionate cover of "Superstar".
This is the sort of theme that's utterly infuriating—until I get it, and then it's cute. Fiendishly clever, perhaps? Yeah, let's go with that.
13:05 on a Saturday? Woah. Extremely satisfying solve, though. The wide-openness of the grid was a little intimidating at first.
Nice one. Hits the difficulty sweet spot—I knew little of the trivia offhand, but could puzzle it out with crossfill. Like a steady IV drip of "aha" moments.
There have of late been far too many product placement clues in NYT puzzles, but this is the most egregious offender I've seen. I didn't bother to finish it—this might sound radical but I come here to play word games, not have (more) advertisements jammed into my eyesockets. Knock it off.
Good one. Counterintuitively, this would've been a much quicker solve if I'd have slowed down and gotten out of my own way. Kind of hard to TOE THE LINE when you're wearing clownshoes.
It took an unexpectedly long time to remember the other mononymous Irish singer.
@Barry Ancona Sha'n't. I have to sleep at some point tonight…
@Amy It's one of a group of Internet neologisms from the 00's, collectively called 1337speak (pronounced "leet speak"). I can assure you that no one will think less of you for not knowing about it (quite possibly the opposite 😁)
8:35, oh dear. Would've been noticeably faster had I not gotten 27D mixed up with the protagonist of My Cousin Vinny. Good movie. Good puzzle.
To answer your question re: 43A, I'm convinced they don't. I've certainly never encountered it. (For a long time I had SWAT, as in the thing you do when the lead vocalist of the Beach Boys won't stop creeping on you.)
I got 11D and 13D on trivia, then was like "Okay, which clue in the lower right quadrant's going to explain why these obviously correct answers don't fit?" Fun puzzle, cute theme. Good job
@CCNY Both methods are viable, in my opinion. I'm largely clue-focused early in the week (essentially speed-running the easy puzzles—I do love my 5-minute Mondays), but from about Wed-Thu onward I find that crossfill becomes much more important (and, critically, more fun) to engage with.
@Aaron In space, no one can hear you clean.
@Andrzej Maybe it's the browsers I use (DuckDuckGo on mobile, Opera on desktop), but all I get in dark mode is a grid of blank squares, all the same color. I'll fiddle with it some more
Apropos of nothing, I really wish the crossy was playable in my browser's dark mode.
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