The story is about a young couple who fall in love in the 1940's. That’s all from me! This puzzle was anything but SO SO.1) An elderly man reads a story to a woman every day in a nursing home.
34d – I didn’t get this immediately, having always heard the phrase “Last one there’s a ROTTEN EGG!” However, I love that this nine-letter answer made it into the grid. When I filled that in, I was immediately like “is THAT SO?” 11d – I definitely did not know that joots–boots made out of DENIM–existed, and once again, my conception of the LIMITs of this material has shifted. 7d – I really love noodles, and I will eat basically any noodle-based soups, so this recipe that produces a cold soup with ICE in it seems right up my alley. ORE MOUNTAINS’ fillability (that’s a word, right?) feels tied to crosswords’ love for the word ORE in general, so it made me laugh when I put in this answer. It’s always fun to see really creative themes, and I think the fact that we move in a specific direction to make it a “trip” is really cool. I was really excited when I saw this puzzle’s title, even though I had no idea how it would manifest in its theme. Zhouqin Burnikel’s USA Today crossword, “Quick West Coast Trip” solution for Theme: Each theme answer begins with an abbreviation (the “quick” of the title) for a west coast state, and we move north to south on a trip. Zhouqin Burnikel’s USA Today crossword, “Quick West Coast Trip” -Darby’s write-up “Anemones” was too long both the first and fourth time I tried it. A war ending in “failure” for the Australians, per the Wikipedia rundown. Presumably “D.C.” is in the clue to avoid “political,” which supplies the ‘P’ in PACS, but PACS exist outside of DC, no? And for races/seats that aren’t based in DC? Perhaps I should remind myself that this puzzle is in the Post, and leave it at that. I filled this in off “Mowry,” but “The Game” had nine seasons across the CW and BET. I presume it’s clearer when played than the Wikipedia rundown. The books, the arrangement of themers containing face parts, and the face parts themselves being pretty much in the right spot - any two and it might have felt a bit thin to me. Most impressively to me, not only the themers but the body parts in each are arranged relatively accurately to the whole.īut that’s not all – the revealer FACEBOOK highlights that each of our themers are books. Six themers contain parts of the face, helpfully circled. We’ve got circles and left-right symmetry from Evan. (I know, losing battle.)Įvan Birnholz’s Washington Post crossword, “Body of Word” -Matthew’s write-upĮvan Birnholz’ Washington Post crossword solution, “Body of Work,” PEA 56D The pod is the fruit, the pea is the seed there is no vegetable involved. I’ll be driving through in a few weeks Iowans, say hi! IOWA 12A Iowa is the largest corn producing state in the U.S., with 90% of its land devoted to agricultural use. #GUESS THE MOVIE ANSWERS LEVEL 90 MOVIE#
RAYA 39A I kind of feel like “Raya and The Last Dragon” doesn’t get the love it deserves? It’s a gorgeous movie with fantasy-like world building and excellent representation.I’d like to see more puzzles that use WINTER, SPRING, SUMMER, and AUTUMN that take advantage of them all being six letters long. For example, while SPRINGAWAKEN ING (15) is certainly an interesting entry, it’s obviously not a contender for also containing SPRING at the beginning. A trip to wordlisted tells me the possibilities for 33A are actually way more limited than I expected.
When solving these sorts of themes, I’m always interested in what the constructor chose not to use.
It’s nice that the entries follow the order in which the seasons occur. Clean fill throughout gave me a solve time a bit faster than usual. The revealer is on point, “opening” each season. I do like these Universal jumbo freestyles. Be well!Īdrian Johnson’s Universal Sunday crossword, “Jumbo Freestyle 4”-Jim P’s review Let us know what you thought about the puzzle in the comments section below. On balance, though, I appreciated that the grid otherwise felt modern in its entries / cluing, especially with bits like ESCAPE ROOM and ENBY (a verbal shortening of non-binary (NB)).Ĭan’t stick around for much longer today – it’s quite the busy weekend, so I hope you’ll permit the shortened review. Sure, to get the grid to work and be largely clean, there were a few partials ( SO A, ON I), a numbered Pope ( PAUL VI), and even a Roman numeral ( MDC). I especially appreciate that they had each themer climbing up the ladder and none of them climbing down. So pleasing! It takes skill, experience, and finesse to get this all to work (especially with that long string of Hs at 8D!), which made this a fun one to solve for me. – 8D: HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Īll five of themed professions climb ladders as part of their jobs and, in this grid, they’re each climbing ladders from the left side of the grid to the right side of the grid (based on the number of specified rungs) in an overall symmetric manner.
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