Parker
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Farewell vertex. Is there a possibility to release the archive?
@Ciptir Mx. doesn't stand for anything, it's just an alternative for the r/rs/s. Mr wouldn't be correct because (presumably) they told the NYT to use Mx. As someone who's also some flavor of nonbinary, he most likely uses Mx. to highlight their trans identity
Must have been on the same wavelength with the constructor today. Fridays are slowly getting easier as I become familiar with the wordplay styles. Unfortunately all of the clues I did have trouble with weren't included in the column :P had to go back and chip away, waiting for the words to appear in my brain
@Shirley Tea is slang for gossip, so a bit of gossip is a rumor
@Joe I think it's referring to your Kevin Bacon number or however many people are between a person and Kevin Bacon. Six degrees of Kevin Bacon is a little game where you try to connect two celebrities/actors through media they've been in together. The Bacon number is the shortest possible route. I assume it's named for him because he's particularly ubiquitous.
Had to look up some proper nouns (ODAY, BREST, ARLEN) COME TO JESUS MOMENT made it click for me and I was able to fill out the rest pretty quickly
@Krijn it's 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5 and so on
@Grant That would be because quite a few people are not Christian and being a Wednesday, more obscure stuff can creep in and people are going to find something in the puzzle to complain about either way
@LordBottletop fwiw I've pretty much exclusively used les mis
@Janine Literally no one in this thread is saying we need to destroy HP. For me, the reaction ended at a groan and sigh
@Vaer Yep, I've emailed already. Trying to put it in multiple places so maybe someone notices
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