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Made it through but, boy, that felt like a really tough Tuesday.
My first gold star on a Thursday puzzle! Woohoo! The theme hit me about half way in once I figured out SPOT replaced SIXTEEN. The other two easily filled in and made the crosses move quickly. A fun puzzle!
I got my first Friday gold star today! I’ve always had trouble with puzzles with multiple long crosses but this one seemed to click. My only trouble area was the NW corner. Took me a while to work through it as I had LIMIT instead of LICIT.
@Megan Not sure about zeros, but there have been a lot of repeat answers the last few days. I recall seeing: ASAMI RIGID IMON Multiple times recently.
@Ben Blackwell I agree with drudgery. Too many clues tried to hard to be witty. Not a terribly fun one for me.
@Barry Ancona I know. But to say a letter is stolen then to use that letter in the same square is poor design.
@TheBiggestHater I disagree. On mobile, it was incredibly difficult to follow what was going on. And the “stolen” letters weren’t always stolen. Look at 118A, where DALI is stolen. 69D is completed by a D at the end, so only ALI was stolen. Overly confusing and in many cases incomprehensible.
@Red Carpet “there is no rebus” And yet the “take a peek at the answer key link” shows all rebuses and no down solves. I know you liked it from your comment below, but I even the NYT can’t seem to figure out how to present this one.
@Charlie I’m pretty sure they were referring to Not Applicable.
Crossing an obscure movie from 2007 that grossed a total of $6 million in less than 400 theaters on a Monday is certainly something.
@Lauchlin you’re not alone. My first pass in both directions yielded a very sad number of responses. Just wasn’t my day.
@Marshall Walthew I came here to say the same thing. Absolutely no one refers to a Major League Baseball player as an ALer or and NLer.
@Rachel we are reading the HP books with my 11 year old. I recently referred to a certain class as Defense Against the Ark Darts. He thought it was hilarious and reminds me at least a few times a week. I also recently mixed up Harry and Sirius and created a new character named Harius.
Not my favorite. EHOW is an incredibly low quality content farm that is so bad several search engines have it marked as spam and suppress it in search results. An Olympian from 60 years ago? Random song lyrics from 20 years ago? Way too much specific info for a Tuesday.
Not a fun one for me. I’m not a fan of overly gimmicky puzzles.
Figured out the theme fairly quickly but got myself in trouble because BIRMINGHAM and WILMINGTON have the same number of letters and half of them are identical and matched the crosses I had. No clue why i thought there was a Birmingham in Delaware but the puzzle made a lot more sense once I came to my senses.
@Jamie Same for me. Ignoring the Star Trek theme (which I know little about), I thought the clueing was overdone. It tried to hard to be witty and funny, and in many cases the answer was a stretch. Just my opinion.
@Jane Style guides often place colons and semicolons within quotation marks. Here’s and example from Loyola Marymount Law School: <a href="https://guides.library.lls.edu/c.php?g=1066706&p=7765387" target="_blank">https://guides.library.lls.edu/c.php?g=1066706&p=7765387</a> Two go inside: Period: “That doesn’t concern you.” Comma: I like Aretha’s songs “Respect,” “Do Right Woman,” and “I Never Loved a Man.” Two go outside: Semicolon: I don’t like “Respect”; it’s too monotonous. Colon: I like “I Never Loved a Man”: it’s a blues ballad in gospel style.
@Barry Ancona agreed 100%. Switch the last two days and no one complains! This was a breeze for me.
What is the meaning of 60D? “Can” solves to AXE? I’ve stared at it for 15 minutes and have no idea. Also, can’t say I was a fan of BDRM. Seemed very much forced into the puzzle.
@Niki B My son has celiac so I know exactly how you feel. He was diagnosed at 11 years old and is 3 years into the journey. Still a challenge, but we’re grateful for the better knowledge and much improved product labeling. I, too, had never heard of seitan.
@Murhatroid “The project suffered a blow (major setback) when the team leader left the company.”
Got my first Thursday gold star last week and got my first Thursday streak today! I have a feeling it will be a while for that to happen on Friday and Saturday. Happy nonetheless!
@Cherry Same for me. Well over my average. Top left absolutely stumped me because I had hijab for a long while. The I A and B all fitting both words was tough.
Re today’s mini: Being the son in law of a Presbyterian minister came in handy today! I giggled that the clue included “yes, there’s a word for this!”
@Joe P the theme clues are all band names that then solve to more direct meanings of their names. Carolina reapers are very hot peppers that are red in color, thus the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
A new Thursday best for me and 11 minutes faster than average! I remember learning about spoonerisms in 10th grade English. The verbal example my teacher gave was “I rode a well boiled ice cycle” instead of “I rode a well oiled bicycle.” No idea why that example has stuck with me all these years. I’ll admit I didn’t get the theme until I read the column. I figured out the answers to the spoonerism clues by crosses and never realized the clues were spoonerisms. A fun puzzle overall.
@Paul Turner Same for me. I had the entire left side of the puzzle completed before almost any of the right side, and the SW was blank but for the airline.
@Greg Made even more confusing my DALI being stolen from 18A but D finishing off 69D, so it looks like only ALI was stolen. A good concept but terrible execution IMO.
@Red Carpet I understand how the puzzle works. My beef is with the way it is presented. And the fact that the “stolen” letters aren’t stolen in every case.
@Viewer same with 118A and 69D. Dali is stolen but D solves 69D.
Absolutely brutal for me. A lot of cheats for me today.
@Steve I got my left and right mixed up. I finished the right side quickly and had almost none of the left side.
Can someone please explain how “foot and a half long” relates to TEN-DOLLAR WORDS?
@Ellen I came for this as well. Business schools generally prefer the GMAT.
10 minutes under my Wednesday average and a Wednesday personal best. Felt like a weak Tuesday to me.
@T I finished in 19 minutes, about 4 faster than my Thursday average.
@Steve “by DALI” and 118A. Sorry for the typos.
@Jack As did BOSSFIGHT, which had me going in circles for a while.
@KK I fully agree. Not a fun puzzle.
@JM George and Ira had a brother Arthur, so the wording is correct.
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