is involved in making a puzzle, I know to expect some evocative food and drink references, and this one has even more than usual: LATTE, CARAMEL, SWEET TEA, CAKE, TALL (clued with reference to Starbucks), YAM, MEAT, PEA, the themer LIMA BEANS, and MARINADE. There’s not a single entry in the grid that makes me think, “mmm, a little hard for Monday,” and it showed in my solving time. What really takes this puzzle over the top for me is how smooth the fill is. (I was just there a couple of weeks ago to attend an opera for the first time since before the pandemic started, and it was so good to be back!) The LINCOLN CENTER in this case is the trigram ABE, as in ABE LINCOLN, that appears crossing two words in the middle of each theme entry: 58A, the revealer is a rather unwieldy but nicely evocative clue for LINCOLN CENTER. It might sound odd to say “enjoyed” about a puzzle that took me all of a minute forty to solve - I certainly didn’t spend time savoring it - but I mean it! The simplest of themes is elevated by perfect execution. I haven’t enjoyed a Monday this much in a long time. Los Angeles Times 2/7/22 by Andy Wang and C.C. Burnikel’s Los Angeles Times crossword - Stella’s write-up It looks like its definition is specifically confined to baseball.Īndy Wang and C.C. I don’t think I’ve ever seen the word “putout” before. Anyone here following the Olympics more closely? I’ve only seen a little bit of Olympics coverage tonight for the first time, since my wife always seems to find the figure skating events.
TELETYPE and GOOD EGGS both feel decidedly old-fashioned. Although the fellow in the picture looks quite dignified.įun fill in “ WHAT SAY YOU?” and WARMED OVER. I’m not sure I’d want to meet up with one in the wild. I didn’t know there was a giant version of the otter. I especially liked the six-letter find in the third theme answer. Nothing groundbreaking, but a solid Monday theme.
Theme: Synonyms for “child” are found in the circled squares within familiar phrases. Mike Shenk’s Wall Street Journal crossword, “Finding Your Inner Child”-Jim P’s review
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I’m writing this after a full day of competing at Boswords – amazing job done by all the constructors/folks involved in putting the event on! Anyways, Boswords must have been a great warm-up for today’s puzzle, because I got my personal record Monday time.
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