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@Suzanne that’s the trickiness of the clue. now is the first word you think of, but you gloss over that you say Y AND Z first.

@E They explain the theme in the article you’re commenting on

@Oasis It’s not normal, it was a tie in with the theme. They’re supposed to be “big boxes” because the theme is big box stores.

@Gallay got stuck on exactly this and had to pull out the ol’ x word info

@Andrzej Erg is textbook crosswordese. It would be ridiculously obscure if it didn’t show up two times every week lol.