Congrats!! And thanks for giving us not only a great revealer but also themers with three answers for the price of one: the clued answer, the unclued answer, and the town. Did I miss anyone commenting here on Dan Feyer's appearance on the show last week? 4 Where I intend to spend my later years. Came here to see what clever trick @Lewis did, outsmarting me.I did sorta kinda see what PROVOLONE did, although I grokked it as "being alone in (UT)", ala PROVO LONE, not knowing it should just be LONE, once you "SKIP TOWN". The limits on the ICCs ability to try all serious international crime cases make nationwide justice important to finish impunity in Cte dIvoire. It was fun re-grokking the theme answers. Alas, something was still amiss as I was not getting that satisfying chime indicating that I had successfully solved the puzzle. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. Particularly because at the start I thought the answers were going to be colloquialisms common in each of the states. I got the theme eventually but even after that I got hung up on all the informals and abbeviations. But the theme wasn't the problem -- the fill was. Jeff Chen suggested circles would have made it easier to see the trick and yes, of course it would have. This was a wonderful surprise. Thanks again, enjoyed your puzzle and always enjoy your write-ups in the blog - the positive antithesis to Rexs constant curmudgeon. Coming after BUTTE, I was hoping that subsequent theme answers would follow the city in the answer before, but nope. Major assistance in solving!CODA: an excellent Apple TV+ movie.Had just looked up NCIS vs CSI the other day. Got the theme at blared out, as the NE was my first section to fall. 2022. provAlone leads to DANTE leads to ELAITE (as plausible a name as Usain, or FloJo, or Dante if you ask me). 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Kinda tough to get a toe-hold on the whole theme mcguffin at first, as the themers of course didn't initially match up with their clues. **Or not. I don't think WDS is a legitimate abbreviation. Don't know any more than that. Decent start followed by a whole lot of nothing-particularly at the first theme answer even though I had BUTTE. Just a quick look at the comments: Hi, @Joaquin, @Barbara S, @Carola, @JD, @Nancy, and all the many others who enjoyed the solve. Congrats to anyone that was diligent enough to decipher the cryptic theme and actually finish this thing. About twice my usual solve time. After 2 hours, I just looked up a couple of the celebs and then I could finish. I went back to the top thinking they might contain the capitals of the states in parentheses. Id avoided reading the revealer at 62A and it was time. That extra layer of lateral thinking is enjoyable for me in a puzzle. Quirky and nuanced - I liked it for the most part. And, that's not Lewis' fault. The lesson here : read your cheeses well. This is America man. Yes, challenging for me, at least until I got the revealer correctly. I actually came to a dead stop with the entire SW mostly empty, wondering how in the world I was going to get in. NSFW = not suitable for work. However, I do not think SKIP TOWN is as accurate as it could have been. Then the cluing is ALSO very difficult, which makes it even harder to suss out the theme. Thank you, G. Weissman. And I'm honored that independently I was able to come up with a theme that he did. No. Green Paint is to be compared to "Wet Paint", in that wet paint is a common, in the language phrase where as green paint is not. In the slang with which I am familiar, BOOTY refers to hindquarters, not chests. Like @Rex, I had big problems in the W and SW, but mine were because REversible at 28D made me doubt SUITE at 42A and RADAR at 49A (sonAR? It was great to see your name at the top of the puzzle. (Almost didnt link it, but I found a version of the writer singing it during quarantine and it takes on a new meaning. As did OH, FUN. He was 28. To skip means to omit, and that's what we're doing in every case, including PROVOLONE. Wow, loved this one. Banks Repeta plays an 11-year-old version of the writer-director James Gray in this stirring semi-autobiographical drama, also featuring Anthony Hopkins, Anne Hathaway and Jeremy Strong. So nice to see your name on today's puzzle, Lewis. High schools have embraced the chance to field popular esports teams, treating squads like Quartz Hill Highs Rocket League team like any other sport. A Thursday's Thursday without a rebus.One last bit of dimness. I resorted a lot today. It's as if they were messing with us. I got SKIP after getting all the cities, so it didn't bother me. I think if the clues had not had the states, it would have taken a lot longer to cotton on, and made it more fun. It was exceptionally hard and basically a slog. You always give it a shot - never give a shot - and in what sense is Adam mankind? puz. By adding the giant and UNNECESSARY hints of giving the STATE in each themer. Worked through my usual fog and actually got the theme at Laredo. Gimmick laid atop gimmick laid atop gimmick. I didn't really like this one, but I sure do like you, and I recognize your construction abilities even when the result isn't my cup of tea. Why thats only mostly a good thing, Review: The biggest, most intricately ambitious little story youll read this year, Rust script supervisor lawsuit against Alec Baldwin can proceed, judge says, Randall Emmett sued for race discrimination, hostile workplace by former assistant, Judge blocks Penguin Random House takeover of Simon & Schuster, Why Harry Potters Daniel Radcliffe condemned J.K. Rowlings anti-trans tweets, Review: A herculean human effort plus two cute robots equals triumph for Good Night Oppy, Review: If The Wonder doesnt quite live up its title, it remains something to behold, No Bears, Walk Up and other movies to see at AFI Fest, Sax great Anthony Ortega dies at 94; from Sinatra to Zappa, he played with them all, Double the icons! Wikipedia has it as "not safe for work." Egads, as granny would say, whatta ya want? magazine that Ive (consistently) subscribed to for the last 7 years. I'm a birder, and I have no idea, but I think maybe they don't.I am very proud that my generation created the verb LIAISE by back formation from liaison, but I still hate the word. Had OH JOY which is more common sarcastic celebration in my circles. The level of difficulty was definitely Friday or Saturday, but there is no day set aside for a themed puzzle this challenging. I caught on, I thought, after the BUTTE and LAREDO answers--aha!, I said the answer to the clue has the abbreviated state inside it, which worked until PROVO, but by then I had filled in SKIPTOWN, so decided that you just left out the town's name and read the rest of the letters to arrive at the answer suggested by the clue, and that's enough words for that sentence.The cluing was a little sideways but I like that. He made some excellent points today.But heres the killer. Puzzles are supposed to be *fun*. 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Thats why we make it our goal to, Roughly half of these folks later obtained South Korean citizenship. Middle Eastern native (7) 16. Even understanding the theme didn't help all that much, I still needed a fair number of crosses for each; but then id did help.I didn't mind PROVO at the beginning, and I loved PROVOLONE as the unclued answer. Things were no clearer in the morning, and another half hour of staring and letter substitutions didn't unlock the solution. Tough puzzle, even after getting the trick. I had another problem on the west coast, where Id put rule in place of NORM, but again, once that was sorted, the dominoes fell rapidly. Looking forward to next Thursday. But pretty soon LAREDO stared to emerge from the crosses, so obviously I had to add some letters, but nothing fit the clue. Were all just tired, Diana Burbano, a Colombian immigrant and punk rock playwright, is always true to herself, Using Los Angeles as a canvas, Walter Thompson-Hernndez remaps narrative art, Tuca & Bertie got canceled again. Print | PDF version 13. Positive would rattle my cage.and how OFL would respondand what the commentariat would opine. Bravo, Lewis tough (very) but fair. 14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a, 14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1, 15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1, Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin prosa, from feminine of prorsus, prosus, straightforward, being in prose, contraction of proversus, past participle of provertere to turn forward, from pro- forward + vertere to turn more at pro-, worth. Like Rex and many others I found this quite challenging, largely because of the clues. For the (AZ) one, I had it as yuMaSALES for a while, wondering what that could be. I agree that around town would be more descriptive of the task requires for ones brain to arrive at the themes trick. Excellent solution to what bothered me most about the puzzle today. A perfect quick dish for kids and guests alike. I agree. OH FUN was fun. Prose. Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prose. Had the revealer early on but never did suss the theme. Merriam-Webster lists both, with "safe" as the first definition. MESA came pretty quickly. The state abbreviation in the clue was enough of a hint IMHO. October 3, 2022, So, PTS Terbaik ASEAN you possess made the decision that the time has come to begin college or university. My heartfelt condolences on the loss of your beloved Chester. "OK, CHEERIEST is at least a word but I've got no idea how it could be the answer" is pretty much how I got through all of them, but I did get a little bit of that AHA moment when I solved the reveal. You wake up, finish some chores, get ready quickly and rush for work or are busy packing your kids off to school. That NE corner is cool. Always a treat to solve a puzzle by our own Lewis. How? STA Law Firm has a staff, The two Hamilton-headquartered enterprise help houses have each others backs. First, you are given the state, then you start thinking about towns in that state. Separate from legal, Reference & EducationLanguage Har.Three F's (YEA!)RooMonsterDarrinV. That means the impact could spread far beyond the agencys payday lending rule. Oh, and how could I forget SUITE: I had the --ITE and was going, WOE? It recently turned up at a Marin County antique shop. And all in service of random geography. Just wanted to add a positive voice for this constructor hope to see more like this! Enjoyed this: finding ERIE in Cheeriest is my favorite. A popularbreakfast option in India which islight and healthy. He lays out his reactions, and theyre smart, and funny, and I learn from them. Try this interesting salad for breakfast with quinoa, carrots, cauliflower, lentils, pomegranate and mosambi juice. When I see Lewis name on a puzzle I expect greatness and today I was not disappointed. Seems a perfectly fair reading of "skip" to me. Ugh. Yep, tough, but I had the Padre-Dodger game on so I probably wasnt giving this my full attention (As you probably already know, the Pads won and tied up the series.) That might happen at the start of an objection, but it was in the wrong tense, so by now I was pretty unhappy with the puzzle -- and only then did I think to look at the constructor's name. Yes agree I had to come back to it a couple times but loved the aha moment when I typed in provolone. As I look at it now, it's less extensive than I thought while solving, but I rolled my eyes at BEAHERO (green paint), AMUSEME (no one says that), ASHOT, WDS and ODEA.On the plus side, the double-meaning clue for ATEITUP is great, and an entry in the NE brought this to mind, which is welcome anytime. If you have any further question contact us by whatsapp: +58 0424 6653042 Featured Products Unlock And now that I do get the trick, I approve. I think that this is the best Thursday puzzle ever. First one, nope; no Helena, thats for sure. HO(MESA)LES: good one. And the going both ways RECIPROCAL crossing the palindrome RADAR. SKIP TOWN? I thought it challenging and the clues work if you skip the town. H/T The Wire. For 53A I had only LONE and thought (read knew) the L was part of a missing first word. If you think you just have no time to prepare a dish, go for this easy. Not that I ever have been. But it made me wonder where "the pits", as in "the absolute worst", comes from. I was surprised to see so many (other than the usually grumpy Rex!) It just meant that I got to bed a little earlier.What a great puzzle! You know, the absolute smelliest things in the world. Thanks to my sweetiepie for playing DJ for 41 years.Got a chuckle from OED, like SKIPTOWN and YEAHIGH for the retro feel, and had daDA for 1A - that's how I sing Hey Jude! Whats happening near you? Then I read Rexs almost invariably meh-to-negative (typically realistic) review and looked for Lewiss inevitably super-positive review. Let us know your experience in the comments section below. Easy, easy, sweet reveal of theme, suddenly a brick wall in SW, crumble and done. ATEITUP [as in ate up them city names]. This Friday, were taking a look at Microsoft and Sonys increasingly bitter feud over Call of Duty and whether U.K. regulators are leaning toward torpedoing the Activision Blizzard deal. abilities, instead of providing enjoyment for the solver. Then she took matters into her own hands, LA Vanguardia: An L.A. Times project celebrating the Latino vanguard transforming our cultural landscape, Meet LA Vanguardia: The Latino innovators, instigators and power players breaking through barriers, CNBC pulls the plug on The News With Shepard Smith, Johnny Depp to appear in Rihannas Savage X Fenty Vol. I found it pretty tough, but with persistence I finished with no help and in a reasonable time.As usual, at the start I failed miserably at 1A (and in the whole NW corner). Just not smart enough to have had @kitshef's experience. Congratulations are in order . Solve your "DULL" crossword puzzle fast & easy with the-crossword-solver.com DULL 13 letter words. Oh dear, not what I expecteds.But THEN, a fair amount later, I got the revealer, and it all fell into place. I, too, could not believe that we could not solve a Thursday. The crosswords can be found on the USA Todays puzzle section. @bocamp, thank for nice comment yesterday.BTW, John Donne was indeed a poet, but the "no man is an island. it tolls for thee" quote comes from one of his sermons. Also didn't think of NPR as a media giant but maybe. To me, it functioned more like a cure for insomnia. I did get LIMONCELLO immediately with no crosses. This is how it's done, folks! But it was late and some sleep and a fresh start let me close it out. . Also, shoutout to my hometown of BUTTE :-). -NYT editor should have seen that this puzzle absolutely needed something additional to clue the full themer words.-Too many bible clues (no puzzle needs more than 1 unless it's the theme).-100% agree with @AP about the spate of "in brief", "informally", "for short", "abbr", and "indicator" which just seemed relentless.
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