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@Karen I don't know what your comment refers to, but monkeys are primates.
I was pleased that I remembered the name of the Queen of Jordan. A few minutes later my little bubble was burst when the crossings reminded me that it was spelled NOOR, not NOIR. Interesting, "noor" means light and "noir" means black.
I dropped by expecting to see people griping about this puzzle being unrewarding and a slog, but not very difficult (as I did). Instead, I see that most people really enjoyed it, but thought it was quite tricky for one reason or another. The ten or so extra minutes it took me to solve were mostly spent fiddling with the rebus button. I'm glad for the comments because I totally missed that the rebus squares contained an alphabet pangram. Very clever!
Quick solve, and enjoyable. This must've been right on my wavelength, because I breezed through it more quickly than most Saturdays. My thanks to the puzzle-builder.
@Mark I think you may have missed the point of Paul's reply. I loved it.
I loved the math - nicely done! Hated all the names - obscure names to boot!
@Cassidy I had a different experience. After determining that 'Jaguar' was too short, I was absolutely delighted when the 'XKE' immediately rose from some deep pocket of ancient mental throwaway tidbits.
@pmom The first 'e' in silence is the schwa sound.
@Xword Junkie I, too, was hung up on that E/O, and I agree with your comment regarding how amino was clued.
@Calenlass There's nothing "factually incorrect" in saying there's a schwa in the word silence. The schwa represents an unstressed vowel sound that is little more than the sound we emit as we move from the previous consonant to the following one. I agree with you about the "spin" clue. It does seem factually incorrect. But I've definitely heard of stays being an integral part of corsets.
@Michael When I got to that clue I just said, "Alexa, spell onomatopoeia." (I said the same thing when writing this, too.)
@J Same. it was my final letter.
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