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@MmmmHmmm the end of "days" is an "s" X is the symbol for the 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet, Chi EPs are "extended play" record albums And yes, "aspirer" is a word.
I am completely in awe of this puzzle. Just getting the directional shift to work is an accomplishment; having the downturns be the cardinals was mind-blowing. This was my favorite Sunday puzzle in many years. Keep 'em coming Hoang-Kim Vu!
Back in the Maleska days, ETUI was about as common as OREO is today.
Bud Ice is still around. What got discontinued in 2010 was Bud Ice Light. So the clue should have read, "Light beer brand ..."
@Michael NBC News: LONDON — You could say Richard Plaud's dreams of making the world's tallest matchstick sculpture may have gone up in smoke. The Frenchman spent the last eight years painstakingly piecing together 706,900 matchsticks to make a 23.6-foot model of the Eiffel Tower, easily beating the existing record by 2 feet. But, he says, last week the Guinness Book of World Records had bad news for him: He used the wrong type of matchsticks to qualify for a record — because they weren't commercially available. “As the matchsticks were not commercially available, and were not recognized as matchsticks the attempt has been disqualified,” was Guinness’ ruling on the matter, Plaud said. Having grown tired of buying matches from the supermarket and manually removing the sulfur heads of each one, Plaud struck a deal with a manufacturer to sell 33-pound boxes of headless matches.
Bad Keyboard. There is a big red checkmark after PRE. It's TSA Precheck. Not weird at all.
I take issue with the clue for 37A. While the overall face of the mountain as it is usually viewed faces southeast, our first president is facing south and our 16th is for sure facing southwest.
The NYT and LA Times crosswords both had OMELETBAR. Coincidence? I think not. (BTW, this happens a lot but it could be explained by common fill words, but that's not the case here.)
Not only did they construct both NY and LA Times puzzles, they used the same clue/answer in both.
Because we like to print out the puzzle and because the Sunday puzzle squares are much smaller than those on the other six days, we do not have writing implements sharp enough to enter four letters into a Sunday square. Pass.
I feel like 42D should be HER and 39D should be ERA. Obviously, neither would work but the cluing could have been better.
@Glenn Kubish No, that's scheduling.
No bold letters in the print out version.
Never difficult when two of the longer clues were in the LA Times puzzle yesterday in exactly the same location. Not a coincidence, not "fill." Ditto "AFLOAT" in both NY and LA Times yesterday. Will and Patti, what's your game?
Four dupes in NYT/LAT: USE, ANTE, LUG,SMOG. Coincidence? Methinks not.
here is a big red check mark after PRE. It's TSA Recheck. Not weird at all.
Enormous crossover of unusual words between that LA Times and NY Times. What gives. Not classic filler...Boop" for one.
What "italicized clues"?
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