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I had Ent as my “wanderer in a forest.” When I finally understood 56D and 59D, ELK was the only thing that made sense. But I don’t like the clue!
I would never have GEST that.
@Nancy I looked up the forensics thing. It seems that in the late 18th/early 19th century, forensic debate was a fad. The difference from the currently popular style of debate was that students were not assigned a position and were invited to find a solution together as a forum, the root of the word forensic. Slightly after the forensic debates (1845 according to the etymology dictionary), forensic medicine came to apply to crime solving (also the only context I know it from) through the meaning that evidence was of a standard to be presented in a court of law, ie in the forum. I’m glad you asked so I could go down this rabbithole of learning. ref: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Competitive_debate_in_the_United_States" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Competitive_debate_in_the_United_States</a> <a href="https://www.etymonline.com/word/forensic" target="_blank">https://www.etymonline.com/word/forensic</a>
Never heard of a SCRIM and I didn’t know how to finish _ELANGES. Really enjoyed the middle of the puzzle.
I’d only ever known Groucho, Harpo, and Zeppo. Today I learned about Chico and GUMMO.
Fun theme. Didn’t know TCI, so I got stuck on _L_EMEIN for a bit until I realized that M.I.T. produces specific kinds of engineers.
I had mAD as bamboozled til the end. I knew it felt off. I gotta get better about using the pencil so I know where to come back to at the end to get the music.
@Chris thank you so much! I didn’t know EDSEL either. I had sEEM, which doesn’t exactly work now that I reread it.
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