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Uniclues:
1 Ordered McDonald's from Uber-Eats.
2 The New York Times crossword department creedo.
3 Why the company is under performing.
4 Truck stop is huge.
5 Mocking comment over the news my little brother got a job.
6 Pig's cup of Alka-Seltzer.
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1 RANG SAD DINING
2 ENSURE ASS RILE
3 TOP BANANA'S ACID
4 MACK AREA AMPLE
5 "AW, GOON EARNS"
6 STY GASSER MUG
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“supernatural actor _____ collins” in the nytxw today….
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So nytxwblr isn't exactly a thing is it? I discovered this yesterday when texting my bestie excerpts from wordplay a few weeks ago and she said
At which I found #nytxw was populated by basically one person, with spoilery posts that are deeply confusing to me. Shoutout to that guy. No idea what your deal is.
I've poked fun at the idea of posting my crossword musings before-- I've been solving for over 7 years now, but it's not like I'm a constructor or anything. We will SEE if this becomes anything consistent or not. For now, we'll be playing with post structure and style, and it'll be on my main blog. If I keep going, I'll make a sideblog just for this.
So. Today's puzzle. I need a puzzle to really justify when it's got squares with no crossing. Through a certain lens, the theme (revealed at 63A) is the crossing for those circled squares, but then we run into the major issue: like a BUNCH of these are proper nouns, and WEIRD proper nouns. Also, weird to have a themed Saturday, huh? Didn't expect the showy colors at the end either. Real shocking at 2am...
Spoilers under the cut:
Maybe it had something to do with the fact that I solved at 2am when I couldn't get to sleep, but I could NOT fill in the circled squares. When I gave up and turned to Google for the search terms in 52D's clue (Violinist Zimbalist), I had CO___TT_ and I wasn't going to be able to make it to CONFETTI from there, even with the reveal. It was tough, as a Saturday should be, but it didn't feel satisfying because I felt like I needed prior knowledge of EFREM Zimbalist, Edwin MEESE, and Abba EBAN to get to the finish line. It's possible that I could have gotten some rest, come back to it, and gotten TONED from "Fit" and DJ MIC from "Part of a turntablist's headgear, for short." (Side note-- a post-hoc Google confirms for me that no, DJs usually want to use a freestanding microphone, NOT a headset... and DJ MIC is not a real category of mic. Not uncommon in crosswords, but I can be justified that DJM__ didn't get me there.)
I get songs in my head due to clues or entries sometimes. SO check out my daily playlist! Usually it'll be pretty short, maybe only a song or two... connections may not be clear, but it's where MY head goes!
Fun new things I learned:
20A: ULSTER coats? Bring them back in fashion pls, we need more capes.
33A: TABLA. I've seen em, I didn't know what they were called. V cool, love learning about instruments.
42A: Tolkien contributed to the OED? Of course he did.
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When I saw this clue in today’s #nytimes #crossword my mind went to a different I.M.F. #BarneysInTheVent #MissionImpossible #nytxw https://instagr.am/p/CLmmpikAvgy/
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I constructed my first crossword last night. Not the tightest grid, but I’m pretty happy with it. Solve it at https://ift.tt/2BR69b0 #crosswordpuzzle #crossword #nytxw https://ift.tt/2Jy4J9E
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New York Times crossword puzzle editor apologizes for letting a racial slur slip past
New York Times crossword puzzle editor apologizes for letting a racial slur slip past
Here’s some big news we missed on New Year’s Day: the New York Times’ crossword puzzle editor tweeted one of those “I’m sorry if you were offended” apologies for the “distraction” caused by a puzzle answer.
A response from Will Shortz about the entry 2D in today's crossword puzzle. #NYTXW pic.twitter.com/WEF1MCw0AP
— NYTimes Wordplay (@NYTimesWordplay) January 1, 2019
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Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Uniclues by Gary Jugert:
1 Test results for a 15-year-old cookie crusader super hero.
2 Irish friend of the Orange Charlatan.
3 For my last meal prior to my execution I will ask for a giant cheese pizza and rub my face against all its sprinkled toppings and refuse a napkin so I may die...
4 Trip that only includes a round trip flight to eat at Cinn-a-bon in the Taipei airport.
5 Aha, here is the high altitude videos of feet I've been craving.
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1 CAP'N OREOS PSAT
2 LYING RED
3 AGAINST OREGANO
4 NO FRILLS TAIWAN
5 O! TOE DRONE SMUT!
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Monday, April 29, 2024
Uniclues by Gary Jugert:
1 Gives bellbottoms to Goodwill.
2 My feelings about @egs.
3 Open your home to a chrome dome from Rome.
4 Start a lizard army.
5 What a cat does.
6 Why the ladies seek me out.
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1 OUSTS ABBAWARE (~)
2 WHITE WINE OWED
3 LET IN BALD EURO (~)
4 AMASS GECKOS (~)
5 TAKE YOU IN/OUT (~)
6 UBER BED WISDOM
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Sunday April 28, 2024
Uniclues by Gary Jugert:
1 When noted tenor punches a member of the paparazzi all the while saying he hates pepperonchini.
2 The one you don't see during her subsequent pregnancy when her ankles have swollen up like balloons and moccasins are her only option.
3 Why a computer jockey for shoe jockeys is searching for an epipen.
4 哈利·波特 哈利·波特
5 When idolizers turn to excoriators.
6 Lists of times when sportscasters misused a word assuming it means apex.
7 Put fat Shrek for sale.
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1 PAVAROTTI IN TWO DRAMAS (~)
2 RARER CINDERELLA SCENE (~)
3 NIKE'S CIO BEE
4 HUNAN HOME MOVIE CHANT
5 ADORING FANS SLAP SLIP
6 CRESCENDO SHOWCASES
7 EBAY BOTTOM HEAVY OGRE (~)
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Saturday April 27, 2024
Uniclues by Gary Jugert:
1 Why the ballerinas are blurry.
2 What God does before your basement floods.
3 Classy call girl in Custer City.
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1 DEGAS' AWRY EYE
2 RECHARGE CIRRUS
3 OKIE AT A PREMIUM (~)
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Friday April 26, 2024
Uniclues by Gary Jugert:
1 One who says, "You tell 'em girl."
2 One saying, "World's Greatest Chef."
3 Protest sign meaning "Enough with these celebrity haircuts."
4 Guides on a Mexican riverboat bar.
5 We fired Sweeney Todd, and We say YES to Beehives, among others.
6 Emergency cheese and chocolate.
7 Figurative white noise.
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1 SNAPPER'S HELPER
2 APRON'S FULL OF IT
3 END MET GALA DOS
4 CANTINA RUDDERS
5 SALON'S FUN FACTS
6 STOP GAP FONDUES
7 SNOOZE IDIOMS
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Thursday April 25, 2024
Uniclues by Gary Jugert:
1 When the CERN Large Hadron Collider tries to isolate a tad.
2 Sudden understanding why your backseat indiscretions are now on YouTube.
3 Bag the bags.
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1 ONE IOTA ATTEMPT
2 AHH! TAXI PEEPHOLES.
3 DISMANTLE CORNHOLE (~)
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Wednesday April 24, 2024
Uniclues by Gary Jugert:
1 Gobbling down the last tiny slice of chocolate cream.
2 Where crosswords come from.
3 Statement from one shocked to learn how the raft will be propelled when not navigating the rapids.
4 Torch for the greatest musical ever.
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1 LEAST PIE ADIEU
2 SAD NYT ABYSM (~)
3 WAIT. WHAT? OARS?!
4 MAMMA MIA LAMP
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Tuesday April 23, 2024
Uniclues by Gary Jugert:
1 Andes residents swing by McDonald's.
2 Place for a massages and cement galoshes.
3 Helsinki hockey players dominated.
4 Metaphor about the feelings engendered in people my age about putting dad in the home.
5 Cry upon seeing celebrity leaving the building in Venezuela.
6 Contest to distribute free rhymes.
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1 INCAS DO AS WE DO
2 CONS SPA
3 FIN ICERS SLEW
4 GEN X ICE MACHINE
5 ELVIS! I KNEW IT!
6 POEM COMP SPORT
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Monday April 22, 2024
Uniclues by Gary Jugert:
1 Time period before you get engaged.
2 Most hackneyed hats.
3 Puppetmaster's onus.
4 Stinks the place up.
5 Noble gas powered pup.
6 Pups can't get over the twist.
7 When my friends and I get out of the gutter.
8 What poverty, civil wars, unstable government, and piracy did.
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1 COOL HON ERA (~)
2 TRITEST TURBANS (~)
3 WOOD PERSONA (~)
4 RIPS BOSSY WIND
5 LAB RAN ON ARGON (~)
6 AXEL WOWED FURS
7 WINOS NOW AFOOT (~)
8 DAWNED ON SOMALIA
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