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@EnviroLawProf My Baba used to say it. But I suppose as she’s left this world you may be right, that no one remaining on this planet says it. Maybe I’ll bring it back.
@Mitch Yes, but the physicist’s play on words turns at ‘em into ATOM. Har har
Puzzled out the SW despite OHARA, YODEL, and KAYE being stacked against me. Still lost in the end because BOrINGMATCH and rEDOUT seemed like plausible answers to me but were indeed wrong. Sigh.
Today is my birthday as well, and this was a lovely Friday crossword to receive!
Several minutes flyspecking for wOWZAH… wIKES!
Wow. A lot of people have strong feelings about today’s puzzle. I guess a rebus will bring out the worst in some. I, for one, enjoyed this crunchy Wednesday! Difficult but not impossible, and only two lookups for me (a name and a term I was unfamiliar with). Thanks for the brain workout!
@Dave Munger That’s because Seattle cops would actually ticket you for jaywalking! Haven’t looked it up since moving back a couple years ago to see if that’s still the case, but it sure was 20 years ago. (ask me how I know)
coFFeEMAKER made the NW almost impossible for me 😫 I shall eat waffles as penance.
The math I found fun, but the names almost did me in. Especially that middle section of crosses… had a couple look-ups there. Overall really enjoyed this one!
@Anonymous Same here. Didn’t like WHOP much but it sure made a hell of a lot more sense than IHOP.
@lucky13 Along those lines, I was always perplexed by “the donzerly light” in the Star Spangled Banner. It sounded majestic, whatever it was!
@Fritz I really enjoyed it as well! I’ve read a lot of complaints about it so far this morning so am happy to find someone else who appreciated it.
@Grant Let us not forget noxious which really hindered my progress there for a while.
@sonnel Haha I always sang it as possum brown
Hoo-boy. First, my brain filled in MiNUSCULE, so I didn’t catch on to there being a common missing letter in the clue. That led me to erroneously parse PLACE FOR A vASE, which caused much confusion. Throw ADAGENts, MARshA, and OffGAS into the mix, and I was working on this one for twice as long as my Thursday average. I still enjoyed the mental exercise!
@John Perhaps a word of caution also to men who are dads who might use it on babies who will grow up to be women…
This one threw me off my 3-week streak. The NE did me in with 7D, 10D, & 12D being foreign to me, and I had FreE, Fall, and Fell, but never FIRE. SADTROMBONE!
@Darren I didn’t feel as strongly as you, but I also completed the puzzle without fully understanding the theme. Got hung up on the NW where I had pAN for gold. Didn’t take too long to find my error, RECpOR not being an actual word. Overall enjoyed the journey!
@jennie While goose and bumps are both words on their own, goosebumps is written as one word. GOOSEFEATHERS works better because its two separate words.
Couldn’t let go of ENTIre or REran until I came back for a 3rd sweep. The SE finally fell into place then, but what a journey!
STEEPLECHASE and LASED did me in. An otherwise fun puzzle!
Star Wars did me in. bABBA sounded like a plausible character, and bARS are places to tip. How disheartening to learn I knew the answer without the reveal. Shoulda woulda coulda. An otherwise good time!
@Ashley Wharff I made the exact same error. Lots of unfamiliar names for me today, and I went with MIKe on this one. Took a long time to locate that SPEeR misspell.
@Suzanne Yes. So saying “UPC code” is redundant like saying “ATM machine.” And yet…
@Janine I, too, had DRopLET, and I didn’t want to give up SKIPApagE. Really made the rest of that section a struggle! Eventually got there with an eye roll (at my own expense).
@Matt Even as a non-beginner I found this more difficult than a typical Monday.
BETtY crossing ENOt was a tough one for someone not so familiar with biblical names. Finally got my reward upon changing that t to an S. Close call today! Loved the puzzle other than that sticky spot!
@Cat Lady Margaret POrTAGE 🙋🏻♀️
An enjoyable solve, and I did so with the theme going right over my head (sorry, I know nothing about baseball). Especially pleased to see my favorite garden path sentence featured in today’s puzzle!
@Rrose Selavy I, too, filled in ENPLEINAIR which made that NW very confusing. Not knowing LARRY or ATAHUALPA sure didn’t help!
@Jay I had ALECBALDWIN in there for far too long before seeing the light. Then everything came together!
@Jane Wheelaghan The Oilers are their hockey team.
@Anonymous I had everything but the 2 and finally had to look up his discography because I’m not familiar with his albums or tennis. I suppose I could have counted the K’s, but at that point I felt a tad annoyed and just wanted to rip the bandage off quickly.
@John Carson That was my downfall today, and I missed it in reviewing my work before finally checking the puzzle and revealing my error. No star for me today. Sad face.
@Nancy J. That tapWATER really held up my NE. Lots of unknowns for me today, too. Thankfully also a lot of lucky guesses on my part. At first pass I thought I was doomed, but it came together on the end!
@Mean Old Lady I already had the T from DOTS so attempted sTrawberries, which obviously didn’t fit. At that point I figured it must be a trick! Or perhaps a new fruit…
@Fabio Juliano Agreed. I went through with my fine toothed comb upon completion and ultimately decided to change all my rebus boxes to just one letter. That did the trick, but not sure a trick was warranted. It should have accepted both letters as correct, imo.
@VBDC This cute little phrase will come in handy for me. Thank you!
@Dee That was a tough spot for me also. It didn’t help that I’d filled in oNTEMPO at 44D and so WHoM didn’t raise any alarms when searching for spelling errors at the end. Oops.
@mirle234 I didn’t understand NOTOK until reading your comment, so thank you for that. I’d parsed it out as NO-TOK and assumed it was some sort of TikTok slang I didn’t know about! 😂
@KK If you hire a car to pick you up at the airport they may be there as you exit the terminal with a sign awaiting your arrival.
Ugh. I filled in the grid only to learn something was amiss. Found a misstep at 52A where I’d filled in sIP which didn’t fit with 50D. Corrected it, but still another error to locate?? Threw in the towel after much searching and was disappointed to learn my error was in RAcES and LOcOS. Still don’t know who that golden bull is. So close!
@RayinVa I went with “i” first as a shortcut because surely there wouldn’t be just one lonely rebus in this puzzle. It didn’t like that so I relented and plugged in EYE. Interesting that it took E as a valid answer, but I think it’s not uncommon for a rebus to allow an abbreviated entry. Or so I’ve gathered from comments on other puzzles.
@Mitzi Wow! And here I struggled to finish and ended up 17:08 slower than my average. Phew! A good challenge for me.
@N.E. Body I had the same issue on my phone. A little annoying but still enjoyed the puzzle.
@Steve L I think you’re forgetting one… but yes, AN A