Mr Dave
California
I was fully expecting someone to post: "Who ever heard of an OTTOMAN SET???!!!" Then one of the Resident Correctors to post: "Well I googled it and here's a link bla bla bla. It's in the dictionary here bla bla bla. It's also in Wikipedia. Neener Neener." Dang. I leave disappointed.
@CaptainQuahog If it bothers you this much, maybe you should stop reading the comments.
@Nachi They mean Eastern Standard Time (Winter) as opposed to Eastern Daylight Time (Summer). Very common entry.
Decent puzzle but with some dodgy stuff, as others have pointed out. ("by talk", really?) The dealbreaker was RIPPED as a synonym for omitted or deleted. Didn't do it for me. BTW don't bother bonking me on the head with a dictionary. I read it before writing this comment.
This was good difficulty for a Saturday, so I don'tunderstand the flood of complaints. My guideline is how many "boosts" (reading a word from the solution 😉) I need to finish. Today was about 5. TIL what a KEG STAND is. I doubt even when i was young enough to try it I would have, but to each their own.
For those of you who have issues with equal sign: Equal sign doesnt fit the Down clue, since you wouldnt write, "As =". "EQUALS" fits both Across and down clues.
@Brendan not silly at all. Words change meaning through common usage all the time.
@Barry Ancona We'll have history.com rewrite the article with your rebuttal. 😂
@Steven Yeah, if you went into Best Buy in 1995 and asked for a "pocket hard drive" they would probably laugh, and then take you to the Iomega section. There were portable hard drives, but they weren't something you would put in your pocket - well maybe some geeks would. Isn't the best meaning of PhD, "piled higher and deeper"? :D
Sorry, TURKEY BOWL isn't really a thing. There is no college or major college game called that. All I could find by googling was an obscure high school game in Maryland.
@Barry Ancona I think she meant she didnt have to use the Rebus button on the app. She wasnt arguing that it isnt a rebus puzzle.
@Eric Hougland I also once bought a book of Maleska puzzles, but threw it away in frustration. I'm willing to guess they stopped the extremely difficult puzzles to make for a larger audience.
@Barry Ancona BILLIE JEAN is a common turn of phrase in several contexts Here's a video which might help you. <a href="https://youtu.be/ZuZxoprwxxY?si=HzkKatDwOSWLiLpb" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/ZuZxoprwxxY?si=HzkKatDwOSWLiLpb</a> "A turn of phrase" refers to a unique or creative way of using words. It's all about expressing something in an unusual, interesting, or clever way. It's not just about what is said, but how it's said. I asked for examples because I couldn't think of how two words could be a proper turn of phrase. p.s. The lyrics of "Billie Jean" aren't an example of a turn of phrase. Billie Jean is not my lover Nope She told me her name was Billie Jean As she caused a scene Nope
@Barry Ancona Yeah, sword duel occured to me later. But there aren't any famous sword duels I can think of.
@Roberto Yeah, I had DIRTYDOZEN for a bit. I'm not enough of a cinephile to know it mas made in 1967.
@CaptainQuahog Must have been non room temperature/pressure.
@Francis Whatever floats your boat.
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