Wikipedia tells me that the others are Helen Hayes and Audrey Hepburn. Los Angeles Times, June 20, 2021, David P Williams, “Elementary,” solution grid
I grokked the theme with the first entry and struggled to parse two of them because, apparently, I am not fully awake. Williams’s LA Times crossword, “Elementary” – Jenni’s write-up 9D RICH KID. And it’s super obnoxious when they park next to my Jeep Patriot with 260,000 miles on it.ĭavid P.67A ADS. Except during Super Bowl of course.36A TOLEDO. Is that where the phrase “Holy TOLEDO!” came from? I had no idea.I got held up on SARDONIC GRIN and nearly needed every cross there (the unfamiliar-to-me TED LASSO wasn’t helping, nor was OLMEC :) I really, really wanted the entry for to be SHIT-EATING GRIN. I appreciate the lack of circles (and therefore lack of confusing directions to count letters in the widely published version, which I can’t seem to find online today…) I much prefer this over the circle “workaround.” It’s a better AHA moment too, finding the hidden word without the nudge. I wonder how many more our constructor found before settling on these. I’m rather impressed that the word CODING can be found mixed in this many phrases. It refers to a viewer’s perceptions of a character as portrayed in media. THEME: The word CODING can be found scrambled in common phrases. This puzzle is part of Universal’s Pride Month series. Nice clue.Įnrique Henestroza Anguiano’s Universal crossword, “Mixed Messages” - Jim Q’s write-up Note the lack of an apostrophe in Lets-we’re talking about lets as in the umpire’s call when a tennis serve hits the net. (Pet peeve, crosswordia’s convention that spelled-out letter names are perfectly normal and familiar.) In Morse code, that represents the letter S. You might try it on a sliced tomato, corn on the cob, chicken for quesadillas or tacos, etc. , CUMIN-I don’t care for avocados (the texture is deadly), but cumin is amazing. , ASPIC-tell me, my friends, have you ever made an ASPIC? 68a. My eye skipped right over that’s-not-fuchsia and snagged on that’s-not-turquoise, which had me hollering about the error … and then all was clear.
Noticed a smattering of crusty fill in the mix- NEBS, OREL for the second day in a row (Russian city yesterday, Hershiser today), ESTES, old REO, NEBS, … and did I mention NEBS? If NEBS was new to you, know that this is old crosswordese, meaning or beaks.įave fill: T-MOBILE, THIRST TRAP, CONGRATS. What’s the funniest such phrase you can create? Fingers crossed that the pharmaceutical companies getting billions from the US government identify some effective antiviral meds for COVID.įairly solid theme. Salary increases would work better than poker bets here. Weirdo Musk is surely better known than the school? The theme takes a word, splits it into two words, wraps it in its own components, and clues the resulting confusion as a plausible sentence:
Lack of musicality crossword clue free#
Meantime, feel free to comment if you like! I won’t be able to write up the puzzle till later tonight. Jon M.NY Times crossword solution, 6 20 21, “Familiar Surroundings”.Source of the euphemisms found in the clues for 17- 23- and 48-Across.Like the planets Mercury Venus Earth and Mars.1997 horror film with the tagline When you cant breathe you cant scream.Only landlocked country in Southeast Asia.Like the planets Jupiter Saturn Uranus and Neptune.Where Gandalf declares You shall not pass!.
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