The “go-withs”? I’d include “PF-F-T” and also, at the other end of the spectrum, TNT, that peppily clued. UP TO PAR is definitely UP TO PAR and, because there’re other grid entries to give it some extra context, got a good smile from the PETERED pairing. Have you flown Delta recently? Please define “meal.” -) And in this pay-fer-what-ya-want world, why is it that OVER-PRICED wasn’t an option? (Too many letters. The clue for IN-FLIGHT did make me laugh, though. Lookin’ at you especially, SWEET DEAL and LEAD ROLE VOODOO and ANDRÉS (Segovia) and IN-FLIGHT and TRANSLATE stand up well, too. Regardless: yet another example of strong, fresh thematic fill.Īnd this strong theme set, I’m pleased to say, is met with a lot of strong fill in the remainder of the grid. (Also the title of Kurt Vonnegut’s 1952 first novel, whose depiction of a dystopian society set the tone for many of his later works.) And you’ll also find that that POTW title is not unique to the NFL, but is conferred by the NBA and MLB as well. If you’re not familiar with the origins of the latter, read here and/or scour up a copy of Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Mikado. As promised, here’s a link that will give you a terrific introductory into the differences between an upright and a grand (and it’s not merely the $everal grand…). Happily, they’ve become a bit lighter and more compact since then. Didn’t know they’d been around since the late 1920s. I’ll give you a link with more specifics when we get to 41A… In the meantime, where go, hafta love that the fill summoned up thoughts of the UPRIGHT CITIZENS Brigade… And, to no small extent, the quality of the “results.” Like Irving Berlin, “I love a piano.” Wanna guess where I stand on the success of the theme execution? What keeps it fresh is the quality of the phrases in the grid. How does this theme work? The first word of each of the four non-musical phrases (including two grid-spanners) also describes a type of piano. Instead, as is confirmed at the reveal, we’re talkin’ about the PIANO here. But, where the puzzle is concerned, nuh-uh. Love that title, which summons up thoughts of, oh, Florida, no? Yes. Gorski’s C r ♥ s s w ♥ r d Nation puzzle (Week 308), “Key Locations”-Janie’s take PRIORY is fairly tough vocab, too.Īpparently, I learned from Wordplay, the constructor barely remembers the puzzle because he submitted it seven (!) years ago.Įlizabeth C. (As some folks say about the Tuesday NYT puzzles, “Tuesdays gonna tuez.”) URI, ONER, ERTE, a dated ANDIE clue ( ? Dang, that character wasn’t even a regular for four of the six seasons), STEN, PAH, DEGUM … blurgh. What the hell HELOT is doing in a Tuesday puzzle, I’ll never know. Six themers plus a revealer squeezes the fill, alas. Those answers include BODYGUARD (I have no idea what a “home guard” is), GAMEBOY, COMPUTER PORT (dull), MOVIE THEATER, ICELAND, and FRONT PAGE. Not sure how accurate my solving time is-my mom called midway through the puzzle, and I needed to get through blogging quickly so I solved some of it while also carrying on a conversation, and I barely paid attention to the theme or the puzzle, and … NY Times crossword solution, 4 25 17, no 0425
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