![]() 53-Down was my Congressman in the Silk Stockings district of Manhattan before he became Mayor, and 106-Down's decision to upgrade his initially temporary appointment as baseball commissioner had serious national consequences. I had hoped we could be done with 42-Across by now. There was quite a bit of politics in puzzle. It was amusing to see both ONO and ELLE, though not AVA, clued as palindromes. The RNA clue is fine, though it could have worked for DNA too. Therefore, just running the alphabet was not enough two puns had to be deconstructed concurrently. In fact, both the 1-Across and the 1-Down clues are tricky, as indicated by the ? convention. I had the same experience as you, filling in the C in the square marked 1 last. Thanks for your review of Berry's Sunday puzzle. Signed, Lena Webb, Court Jester of CrossWorld Oh, I believe Rex has brought this up here before, but BEATON ( 63A: Pound) needs to start being clued in reference to the smart, talented and hilarious Kate Beaton, STAT. But you will only find me drinking coke in the context of a Cuba LIBRE- it tastes so much better when you call it that instead of a Rum & Coke.Īnd that's all I've got- this was a fun puzzle, and the most enjoyable Sunday for me in a while. I also once knew RAMEN only as and not the oft-instagrammed steamy bowlfuls of my adulthood. I had to memorize which amino acids the codons called for and how to draw their chemical structures, but I've forgotten now thank goodness. Remember: YOU CANT WIN A MALL.Īlways happy to see a little next-level nucleic acid trivia make its way in, with RNA ( 43A: Codon carrier). ![]() "Carrie needed a change of a dress." I feel like "change of dress" is more natural- British-sounding, maybe- but of course that doesn't work with the theme. When the theme is as straight-forward as this, weak spots become more apparent- CHANGE OF A DRESS now sounds awkward to me. It's pretty much always KEA and LOA in the grid and "Mauna" in the clue. I got a laugh out of MAUNA as fill, clued. Also in the "ooooo" clue category I have for HIVE ( 108D) and for DISARM ( 86D). Though ( CAR) is a pretty devilish clue for 1A, and was actually the last thing I filled in. In the end I'm not the biggest fan of the title in relation to the theme mechanics, but I ultimately ignored it and enjoyed the easy ride. THATS A MORAY was the first theme answer I got, and it wasn't immediately obvious to me what the "Exhibit A" deal was because of the eel's tail AY. TESTEE ( 95D: Experimental subject) is not great and SABER SAWS ( 80D: Tools used for cutting curves) is pretty dull as far as longer fill goes, but overwhelmingly it's just so clean. There's really almost nothing to harp on, fillwise. What if the theme was nutso, inconsistent, lost-on-me, impossible to describe? Well I lucked out with this one- a nice smooth Berry delight. Anyway, the idea of writing up a themed puzzle, THE themed puzzle, had me a little worried. exactly what I would be doing anyway: drinking and solving the puzzle. So far it's worked out that I've mainly covered Saturdays, sacrificing my Friday nights doing. Lena here, covering a big old Sunday puzz for Rex. To Charlie Brown's neighborhood from another state, though which state was never specified. Long, straight black hair and usually wears a knitted hat. She was the last major character to join the Peanuts world. Word of the Day: EUDORA( 37A: "Peanuts" girl) -Įudora is a female character in the Peanuts comic strip by Charles M. YOU CANT WIN A MALL ( 114: "Major shopping centers aren't among the prizes!").CHANGE OF A DRESS ( 107A: What Carrie needed after the prom?).A LOAN AT LAST ( 87A: "Finally, I can buy that house!").A RIVAL DATE ( 85A: Adversary who shows up at romantic dinners?).A PATCHY HELICOPTER ( 65A: Whirlybird whose paint job is flaking off?).UNDER A TACK ( 50A: Stuck to the corkboard?).THATS A MORAY ( 46A: "Conger eel? Au contraire!").RESISTING A REST ( 28A: Fighting off drowsiness?).AGGRAVATED A SALT ( 23A: Repeatedly cried "Land ho!" with no land in sight, maybe?).THEME: Exhibit A - Wacky clues for wacky homophones of real phrases/things, made wacky by pulling out and highlighting (exhibiting) the letter A to create new nouns, new meanings.
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