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Great puzzle and a very fun theme! I think it's PIT as in the NASCAR stop for new tires, versus the sunken spot in a garage which is for oil changes.
Really wanted 1A to be PAPARAZZI. :)
@Steve L Another reason not to trust AI over common sense! :)
Fun solve. But ROWR isn't a thing. Will die on this hill. RAWR.
"Golden retriever who ended up with a chocolate lab" might be clue of the year. So good.
YOLANDA crossing TARAROAD crossing ARIE was quite the natick.
@Lakshmi Please direct your ire to Merriam: <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bicep" target="_blank">https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bicep</a> -the emus
@Barry Ancona Maybe don't.
@Sam Yes, that's exactly what the clue was trying to evoke.
We loved this one, Mr. Karp. A big TTHHUUMMBBS up!
@Michael TYSM is much more common usage than TYVM. And while a body voltage meter is a thing, it isn't commonly abbreviated as BVMETER, and isn't a part of a polygraph test, where as BSMETER is a very common idom. -The emus
@NYC Traveler NOSEBLEEDS is a collective noun for the section, so the clue is tensed correctly. You don't sit in a nosebleed. You sit in the nosebleeds. Sincerely, the emus
This crossword would be a key component of the curriculum at the The Center For Kids Who Can't Read Good And Who Want To Learn To Do Other Stuff Good Too.
We loved this puzzle, but as a southerner - PEACH as clued should have really been SWEET. :)
@Min I've noticed it's been a common motif in NYT puzzles especially, the ! indicates that the clue is likely the direct object of an excited phrase.
Evans should not do a seventh puzzle. This was an abysmal solving experience.
@Gurdog If the first letter is correctly filled on rebuses, the app counts it as correct!
@N There is one French phrase. A second idiom that has been used in English since 1710, and a third term that has been common in English also since the 1700s. Did you also have a problem with "genre"? If you would like to solve crosswords that are solely in a single language, maybe the mongrel language of English isn't your bag.
@Bree Underrated comment 10/10 OHYEAH
@David Connell Dandies are also a cultural phenomenon with a long history of rebelling through fashion. <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/dandies-rebelled-against-social-gender-and-fashion-norms-for-200-years-some-say-time-is-ripe-for-a-revival-1.5987714" target="_blank">https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/dandies-rebelled-against-social-gender-and-fashion-norms-for-200-years-some-say-time-is-ripe-for-a-revival-1.5987714</a>
Deb, your joke about 49A is pretty tone deaf about a huge figure in island history.
@Andrzej LA is a beautiful, vibrant city. Come visit!
There were a few bright, incandecent spots here, but most of the puzzle just made us IRATE.
@Motown MD We also use this phrase a lot and thought it was a part of common parlance.
@Barry Ancona Dear Barry, HAVOCS can indeed serve as a verb, as Merriam can attest. <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/havoc" target="_blank">https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/havoc</a> :) -the emus
@LJADZ There are many non-singers who are singers on that track, including Timothy Leary and Alan Ginsberg, as it was recorded at a bed-in.
Is this the Nancy that provided the inspiration for "Negative Nancy"?
The theme made the grid way too constrained. WAY to many two word article entries.
@Steph Your second sentence is correct, but your first assumption isn't. Amorous refers primarily to love, not sex. Polyamorous people, for example, love multiple partners, not just have sex with them. Aro is a quite common term for someone who is aromantic, versus asexual.
NUYORICAN was a first pass fill for us, as the Nuyorican Poet's Cafe is a legendary poetry venue. We had DAMNIT instead of DASHIT and then every nicer version until we landed on the less common britishism. Great job Daniel!
This was delightful, smooth peanut butter for us! Thank you, Hemant!
@Barry Ancona I'm running into it a lot in these comments; it appears the puzzle HAVOCED a lot of solvers.
It's very clearly a lion mask for halloween. Duh.
@John It's actually Bierhalle in the german. That's what clued me to the English spelling.
@Mark CPAPs are life changing! Can't wait for you to experience good sleep!
@Paul To get to the sweet poatoes? (Which at our house is the other side.)
@Marcia We are glad that you aren't the editor so we were able to enjoy this delightful puzzle.
@Nancy None of these work as crossword answers, so the point it moot. But to whit: 1) Ethyl Merman in "Annie Get Your Gun." 2)The overture in all of them 3) Pete Seegar, Lee Hays, Ronnie Gilbert, and Fred Hellerman 4)Trick question, as there are really too many to name. But we can start with "Send in the Clowns," or if you prefer "I'm Still Here," or if you must, "I'm Losing My Mind. 5) A patter song is a song that is spoken quickly (not unlike the rap of Akon and Neyo, say). "The Music Man" and "Pirates of Penzance "contain the best examples, but if you must 6) There were five. The Sound Of Silence, The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine, and Mrs. Robinson are three. 7) Most might answer Rogers & Hammerstein here, but the lyricist is Lorenz Hart. Feels too tricky for a Wednesday, tbh. None of these musical theatre/folk music/film questions are from the last 60 years and they all happened before I was born (and I'm not kid, I'm 47), so maybe it is generational?
@R.J. Smith Millenials are solidly in their 40s now. Time to learn a few of their terms (though "ship" is more Gen-Z).
@Hmmmm The clue is technically correct, but we thought the same thing as we solved. Since UCLA and Cal are rivals, this is the California equivalent of cluing BAMA "Auburn's state, colloquially".
@HeathieJ You were fully in the right!
@Grant Two different phrases can have the same initialism. It's not stealing. But if you would like to steal another intitialism, please roll a d4 and tell me your stealth.
@Ethan Parse the clue as "{Not online, as in real life}, {as one would write it online}". You'll see IRL makes more sense than AFK.
@JB I always thought it was Les Mis as well, but assumed that the "" meant how it was pronounced versus spelled. That was my guess.
@Tasha <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drnBMAEA3AM" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drnBMAEA3AM</a>
@Lara What @Barry Ancona said! It also somewhat is clued by the double reverse. The acrosses look like X and O football schemes once you do the reverses, the downs do not.
@Prof. Toru Tanaka If you look it up, it's not a solve. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@Bill It's not who you know, it's what you cross!
@Mean Old Lady Another great read about THE THREE SISTERS is in the marvelous Braiding Sweetgrass. There's a whole chapter on it.