A hazy blend of old and new.)Īfter that long-winded explanation, I’ll keep my review on the brief side. (The Avalanches are perfect COOK OUT music, IMO. Re-adding the appropriate COOK (Actors Robin and Peter, Apple CEO Tim, and Comedian Dane) to the theme entries makes them the full, correct phrases. 56D: COOK OUT of 25A - DANE ( ULTRAMUNDANE).54A: COOK OUT of 49A - TIM ( TIME MACHINE).33A: COOK OUT of 60A - PETER ( JAZZ TRUMPETER).23A: COOK OUT of 16A - ROBIN ( ROBIN’S EGG BLUE).38A: Summer party, often, and a two-word explanation of this puzzle’s theme - COOK OUT.But once you solve 38A and the clues that rely on it, everything opens up. Taken on their own, these don’t form much of anything (and I’m not buying an E-MACHINE as an actual thing). 25A: Ouside the sphere of physical existence - ULTRAMUN.It took me longer than I would’ve liked to figure out what was going on in this puzzle, theme-wise: Late summer is the perfect time for a BBQ, so this is nice timing for this week’s BEQ puzzle. (Also, Joe Biden’s chronic use of the word “malarkey” gives me life.)īrendan Emmett Quigley’s website crossword – “BBQ” - Ben’s Review Two championship rings, 13 years, 11 All-Star appearances? He counts as notable. Because ABERDEEN and SHAQ are names, we get a common-noun clue for BOSH, which is a quaint old word that is not remotely in common parlance these days? I can’t help thinking that, especially in a Thursday puzzle that isn’t pitched too hard, this should have been NBA player Chris BOSH. Why does anyone opt for a corner that locks in NDAK? Constructors, please don’t do this! Regular people do not abbreviate the state that way. Tough corner to fix, once you’ve stacked DRONE BEE beneath your NAVIGATQR and locked in that ND** spot. Thomas Arne and Arne Duncan, make way for Mr.
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Plus puri, deep-fried into a ridiculously fat pillow. Ah, but paratha, with the buttery layers … that is my favorite. I know many of you consider ELIA to be an old friend, but I could do without. I liked TRIFECTA, ABERDEEN, “WILL DO,” TWEAK, PRIVATE EYES, and DROWSY, but my solving eye isn’t able to skim past the ARETEs when they pile up. Crosswordese type words and names like TSETSE ARETE EWER ELIA ANI ROCS ESAU NDAK (N-ugh) ARNE LOGE QEII ESTD, these did not bring me any joy.
I mean, I hit 1a ASLANT crossing 4d ASWIRL and half-figured the theme had to do with those weird A-something words. , BOOT.Ī theme square count of 38 is rather light for an NYT puzzle, so I’m having trouble figuring out why there was so much fill that underwhelmed me. The Qs work normally in the Down crossings. Here, the letter O in four small-truck names becomes a Q, a visual representation of what a booted wheel looks like. The theme here pertains to the Denver boot, that godforsaken clamp that gets put on the wheel of a car with too many unpaid parking tickets. NY Times crossword solution, 8 4 16, no 0804
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