9/15/2023 0 Comments Certain chasm crossword![]() ![]() I'm surprised didn't know QUINELLA only bec I thought I learned it from this blog! Are you SURE it's never been the word of the day? 40 years thinking there was an S!īeen trying to make a puzzle with NAKEDASAJAYBIRD for years.such a lovely 15. Hard but fun.tho until tonight, I thought it was QuickSdrawmcGraw. Swains have them, nice ironic play on “humanity” re I should have taken your advice and come home at half hell, I was trying to keep SLEAZES from coming out in public for the longest “62:6f:6c:74”?! Argh.īest moment was the “WTF is this doing in the NYT?!” when I saw that “Stroking coordinator” was COC no, wait, I mean COX. 59A RETICENT let me work out the remainder, including the head-slapping DOH! when I saw that 59D “10, at times” was the 10th month. TRI? No, but something like that, for sure. Had _FECTA and, damn it, there were three letters out there somewhere that would make it work. Would have been a cold day in hell before I got “Devil’s wear” (which should be a plural possessive IMO).ġD ZAFTIG let me work out NW. I was relieved to see Rex’s “Challenging” call. ![]() Best thing I can claim is that I got the crossed 15s and lots of the fill on my own. Had to come here for three freebies to work it out. 26D: Flapper feature ( RINGLET) - could think only of BOB haircuts.45D: John of Broadway and his Grammy-winning daughter ( RAITTS) - a simple "Bonnie" in this clue would've helped a lot.16A: Less steep ( ON SALE) - nope, doesn't end in "-ER".10D: Parts of décadas ( AÑOS) - one of maybe 4-5 gimmes in the whole puzzle.38A: Longtime drink nickname, with "the" ( UNCOLA) - brain wanted *only* a mixed drink.1A: Early 20th-century mode of transportation ( ZEPPELIN) - Insert Hindenburg analogy here.Besides RETICENT and ROSCOE, virtually nothing else rolled my way today. If I hadn't just blindly hit on RETICENT ( 59A: Opposite of garrulous) - with no crosses except maybe the "N" from the other blind guess of ERMINE ( 44D: Regal trim) - I might still be doing this puzzle. Just lots of stumbling around, here and there. After that, I honestly don't know what happened. After the first several minutes, all I had was the lower SW, with ICE SKATE just sticking up out of there all by itself ( 36D: Devil's wear?). Kept wanting COX but wasn't able to get any confirmation (until the Very end) ( 41D: Stroking coordinator). Not sure what I would have done in NW if my crosswordesey guesses of EFTS ( 5D: Bog youngsters) and LIANA ( 6D: Bushrope) hadn't helped me get AQUAFINA ( 15A: Poland Spring rival). ROSCOE was about the only specialty word that was right up my alley today ( 18A: Gangster's piece). I'm sure WALK OVER's legit, just outside my field of usage. You can win "in a walk." You "roll over" an opponent. WALK OVER - probably seen it before, but not a phrase I use or hear a lot.GEENA - know her, but, of course, BETTE fits.in general? Anything that "bores?" Is it a specific kind of pest? ( 9D: Uninvited cornfield guest) IRENE - guessed it from -ENE, but no no no.LÉGER - know him well, but couldn't see him from that clue, or from -GER ( 42A: "Tubism" artist).QUINELLA - never even heard of it ( 34D: Track betting option).OLETA - never even heard of it ( 48D: River that drains the Everglades into Biscayne Bay).But that name isn't (to me) ( 51A: Common metal fastener) ROYKO - know him, of course, but couldn't see him at all from that clue ( 47A: Author of the best seller "Boss: Richard J.EDA - uh uh ( 32D: Soprano Christiane _-Pierre).CAL - if I knew it, I forgot it ( 41A: "East of Eden" twin).HONORÉ - no way ( 33A: French caricaturist Daumier).BAOBOB - never saw that movie, barely recognize the tree name ( 9A: Tree that's home to Rafiki in "The Lion King").And I live in Johnny Hart country (you frequently see Broome County stuff with "B.C." characters on it) ( 21D: Sound from the anteater in "B.C.") ZOT - rings a bell, kinda, but not really.Difficulty was all in the barrage of names (and only somewhat in the cluing). In fact, I generally tend to be, happily, right on her wavelength. the 15s that cross in the middle, QUICK DRAW MCGRAW ( 34A: Baba Looey was his deputy) and NAKED AS A JAYBIRD ( 8D: Like all new deliveries?), neither of which I got for a Long time - but I actually found the whole solving experience unpleasant, which I almost Never say about a Karen Tracey puzzle. I can look at the grid now and admire it - esp. Name after name after name I simply didn't know. ![]()
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