I'm late to the party, but MDATE / MPEG is equally valid for a dating site crossing with a picture format.
Aside to our regular "Jeopardy!" watchers: Star Trek fans know that it wasn't a coincidence that adjacent categories in the Double Jeopardy round were titled "Shaka" and "When the Walls Fell."
Alex made no mention of it, apparently he's not a Trekkie.
Alex made no mention of it, apparently he's not a Trekkie.
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Thanks for that info Jimbo. I didn't know about the Star Trek connection. Alex may not be a Trekkie, but he is a Trebekkie.
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Late today. Didn't have time to do the puzzle before heading off for jury duty, leaving myself plenty of time. And a miracle happened. The clerks told us that yesterday's first-dayers were being voir dired at a breakneck pace the whole day long and tons of them wound up on juries. Then we watched the movie (it's a new one!), and then we sat. All day. Not a single group called for voir dire. And now, under the new rules, that was it for us. We were all dismissed, having fulfilled our obligation, and not to be called again for six years!
(Barry, it looked as if the Baxter Street entrance was open, but it was too hot to go outside, so I lived, just barely, with the courthouse cafeteria.)
Delighted to get home and find this enjoyable and relaxing puzzle.
Loved the colorful entries--OPULENCE, PEAT BOG, DISASTER--and the clue for TIE SCORE.
I was glad to have the circles. I don't think I'd have been able to pick out the ACs and DCs without them.
Thanks, C.C., Will, et al. Stay cool everyone.
(Barry, it looked as if the Baxter Street entrance was open, but it was too hot to go outside, so I lived, just barely, with the courthouse cafeteria.)
Delighted to get home and find this enjoyable and relaxing puzzle.
Loved the colorful entries--OPULENCE, PEAT BOG, DISASTER--and the clue for TIE SCORE.
I was glad to have the circles. I don't think I'd have been able to pick out the ACs and DCs without them.
Thanks, C.C., Will, et al. Stay cool everyone.
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Congratulations on a successful civic mission, Deadline. Once it cools down a bit, we'll try to reschedule your visit to St. Vincent's Triangle Park and the AIDS Memorial.
It's (gonna be) a date, Barry!
I was OK with "peaches and cream" as a power couple but I don't think hunky dory is a good clue for the phrase. Hunky dory might be more appropriate for "peachy keen." I've always thought peaches and cream was meant to refer to a certain kind of facial complexion.
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There are lots of citations for this, like one from John Cheever:
http://tinyurl.com/ybcwqfkb
http://tinyurl.com/ybcwqfkb
Unlike Jimbo57 and other commenters, I was so concentrated on filling the answers to individual clues (and erasing many wrong initial guesses) that my feeble brain refused to recognize the shaded squares, even after I had successfully completed the puzzle. I had to come to the blog to learn the AC/DC theme, and when I read Deb's opening remarks, I thought I had inadvertently clicked onto the comments for another day's puzzle.
Even without seeing the theme, I still felt that this was a really enjoyable puzzle. My new word learned today was JDATE, but after 60 delightful years with my OAO, I'm in no hurry to go there.
Even without seeing the theme, I still felt that this was a really enjoyable puzzle. My new word learned today was JDATE, but after 60 delightful years with my OAO, I'm in no hurry to go there.
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and Elke
Oh-finally figured out OAO = One And Only. Many more happy anniversaries !
Oh-finally figured out OAO = One And Only. Many more happy anniversaries !
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Congratulations, hepcat; I love hearing about long marriages. My closest friend's parents celebrated their 70th last year.
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Congratulations!
Day 2 of my "Summer of Hell" LIRR commute may have been only a minor DISASTER, but at least the puzzle gave me some pleasant diversion. Once I got 17A, I felt compelled to fill in the rest of the AC/DC shaded squares, but I don't think that significantly speeded up my solve. The top half was especially delicious, what with PAPAYA and PEACHESANDCREAM and AVOCADO. Made up for iffy 3-letter fill like AFR, UAL, and ESC. Plus, any puzzle that directly references the Rolling Stones is OK by me.
In a classic episode of "Get Smart," the evil organization KAOS tries to subvert the youth of America via the music of a costumed rock BAND called the SACRED COWs. Watch for actor Larry Storch in this scene as the Groovy Guru.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGwSgk5U0Zk
In a classic episode of "Get Smart," the evil organization KAOS tries to subvert the youth of America via the music of a costumed rock BAND called the SACRED COWs. Watch for actor Larry Storch in this scene as the Groovy Guru.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGwSgk5U0Zk
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And BAND could refer to.....AC/DC!!
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Hey Jimbo,
Here's hoping for plenty of AC in the cars and DC in the third rail.
Here's hoping for plenty of AC in the cars and DC in the third rail.
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Glad to hear it's been going pretty well so far, Jimbo -- for you and everyone else caught up in it. Plus, what Barry said. (I looked for you in the TV news footage; anyway, glad you didn't wind up shunted off from LI to Hoboken then taken by ferry to Brooklyn.)
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PEATBOG?
Is there more to your question?
Peat makes a nice fire wit a lovely aroma
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and you get peat from a peat bog. so a peat bog is the natural source.
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This Crossword Has Published
[ 2 ] Puzzles
Without a BAE Incident
[ 2 ] Puzzles
Without a BAE Incident
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Just following up from yesterday. And that's the last of these...at least until an incident occurs.
Does this make you BAE Watch?
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My silly notice was worth it for this joke alone.
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Nifty Tuesday! Kept me interested and occupied all the way through, until I finally saw the theme at the very end. Never heard of ESSIE, but when it comes to nail polish, I am an OAF.
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archaeoprof, forgive me if I'm wrong, but your itsy bitsy photo looks like a male person to me, and if so, be assured that I, as a female person, am also totally unfamiliar with ESSIE, which to me means you do not qualify for OAF-dom. (Unless you want to.)
Somehow IT is appropriate for CC to create an AC DC puzzle. I totally enjoyed it. I CEE eleven Ps which CEEms like a lot. Of course, there are two in the reveal. And yesterday's puzzle was devoted to PEACE. Liked PEC showing up and crossing ASPECT. All in all, a perfect Tuesday.
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I was particularly impressed with how CC had the D and the C ending and starting a word. I guess you cold say I am juiced about the current puzzled.
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It's actually easier to find the DC combination over two words. It's not easy to find a word that has a DC midcourse.
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Madcap.
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Broadcast, grandchild, handclasp, handcuff, hardcover, madcap, redcap, wildcat, woodchuck, and woodcut, for starters...
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I can't see ROMEO as a "ladies' man". He's in love with one woman, and when offered the opportunity to hook up with another pretty girl he swipes left and says,
"One fairer than my love? The all-seeing sun
Ne’er saw her match since first the world begun."
The clue demands Don Juan or Lothario, not Romeo, that innocent and resolute monogamist.
"One fairer than my love? The all-seeing sun
Ne’er saw her match since first the world begun."
The clue demands Don Juan or Lothario, not Romeo, that innocent and resolute monogamist.
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"He's a real Romeo" is an idiom. Unfair to the original though it might be, it's in the language.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Romeo#English
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Romeo#English
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Charlie B--The clue says "Romeo." You're thinking of Romeo Montague. The guy was pretty monogamous for a teenager, but the word has drifted far afield from this fellow; like it or not, that ship has sailed:
From Google:
Ro•me•o
ˈrōmēˌō/
noun
1.
an attractive, passionate male seducer or lover.
synonyms: ladies' man, Don Juan, Casanova, Lothario, womanizer, playboy, lover, seducer, philanderer, flirt; More
2.
a code word representing the letter R, used in radio communication.
From Google:
Ro•me•o
ˈrōmēˌō/
noun
1.
an attractive, passionate male seducer or lover.
synonyms: ladies' man, Don Juan, Casanova, Lothario, womanizer, playboy, lover, seducer, philanderer, flirt; More
2.
a code word representing the letter R, used in radio communication.
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Sorry, I accept the authority of no dictionary after Samuel Johnson's.
I know "Romeo" now has the meaning attributed to it, but I want to correct the injustice. The man deserves better, though both fictional and dead. So I say to this clue, "Wherefore art though Romeo? Deny thy Constructor and refuse thy name!"
I know "Romeo" now has the meaning attributed to it, but I want to correct the injustice. The man deserves better, though both fictional and dead. So I say to this clue, "Wherefore art though Romeo? Deny thy Constructor and refuse thy name!"
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I thought we were headed for a fruit theme when PAPAYA crossed PEACHESANDCREAM.
Seeing som tam made me hungry for rujak, an Indonesian fruit salad made with underripe fruits, chiles, peanuts, and a sweet dressing. So delicious!
Seeing som tam made me hungry for rujak, an Indonesian fruit salad made with underripe fruits, chiles, peanuts, and a sweet dressing. So delicious!
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Ulnas was a capricious entry that had to be written over when crosses required remedial entry...An early on POWER COUPLE of rock and roll that short-circuited on account of the scourge of domestic violence was Ike and Tina. Ms. Turner's resilience was key in her overcoming the PERILS and PTSD from the DISASTER. Tina remarkably ACTED COOL while enduring acres of sickening abuse, surviving to become her own HEROINE...This clip, sans Tina, stars Tina's supporting singers, THE Ikettes performing "PEACHES AND CREAM."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pn7B0P-eCEE
Speaking of the fuzzy fruit, here in Jersey, they are approaching maturity and ripe for the picking. In 2012 the Talichova Komorni Philharmonie played Frank Zappa's "PEACHES En Regalia" for a Prague television special.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3yXzRe5CfI
FINI,
Bru
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pn7B0P-eCEE
Speaking of the fuzzy fruit, here in Jersey, they are approaching maturity and ripe for the picking. In 2012 the Talichova Komorni Philharmonie played Frank Zappa's "PEACHES En Regalia" for a Prague television special.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3yXzRe5CfI
FINI,
Bru
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My father was an alum of Iowa State (AMES) and my wife and I obtained five degrees between us at the University of Michigan (ANN Arbor.) Unusual (and kind of sweet) to find a family educational history in a crossword puzzle.
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Was going to try for another speed solve today, but this wasn't the day for it. Once I took a deep breath and slowed down it came together fairly smoothly though it took me a while to work out the mid-south and southwest. Figuring out the AC/DC in the circles helped.
I wasn't all that taken with the theme while solving, but became a bit more intrigued by it after I was done (see my replies to Kiki below). There are not that many good options for clean and symmetrical theme entries. Nice job by C.C., as usual.
I was waffling about linking my favorite AC/DC song, but Deb took care of that. Also thought about linking 'Highway to Hell' but that might be seen as a political comment.
Then it occurred to me that if you had BLACK as an answer and circled everything except the 'L,' you'd have BACK in BLACK. And after about 15 minutes of pondering, I think that's about the end of that theme possibility.
Maybe there's another theme somewhere in this song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2szNtnS7Bh4
Donut holes? Hmm, maybe... oh, never mind.
I wasn't all that taken with the theme while solving, but became a bit more intrigued by it after I was done (see my replies to Kiki below). There are not that many good options for clean and symmetrical theme entries. Nice job by C.C., as usual.
I was waffling about linking my favorite AC/DC song, but Deb took care of that. Also thought about linking 'Highway to Hell' but that might be seen as a political comment.
Then it occurred to me that if you had BLACK as an answer and circled everything except the 'L,' you'd have BACK in BLACK. And after about 15 minutes of pondering, I think that's about the end of that theme possibility.
Maybe there's another theme somewhere in this song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2szNtnS7Bh4
Donut holes? Hmm, maybe... oh, never mind.
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Addendum. I actually got curious about the possibilities of 'donut hole' after I posted and went and did a search on Xword for entries that have the five letters in donut in sequence. There are lots of nice entries with that pattern: DONQUIXOTE, DESMONDTUTU, DONTQUOTEME and just a ton of others. But after some thought I realized that just circling the letters D,O,N,U and T in the entries (donut holes?) probably wouldn't pass muster as a theme.
But, in the course of wandering around I also stumbled on a Wordplay column from 2009 that featured an interview with our Martin (he was even in the title of the blog that day). I found it quite interesting. I trust he won't mind if I link it:
https://wordplay.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/23/cranium/?rref=XWordInfo
..
But, in the course of wandering around I also stumbled on a Wordplay column from 2009 that featured an interview with our Martin (he was even in the title of the blog that day). I found it quite interesting. I trust he won't mind if I link it:
https://wordplay.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/23/cranium/?rref=XWordInfo
..
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Thanks for posting that, RiA. It dates to before I had discovered Wordplay.
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I like the PASS up, and the animal mini-theme (DOG, OWL, COW). Props to CC for coming up with a theme that has never been done before, with solid theme answers (and I don't think they are easy to come up with; I've been trying).
But the best part of this puzzle for me is the collection of appealing answers: STANCH, TIMEWAS, INAWORD, OPULANCE, PEATBOG, PEACHESANDCREAM, and SACREDCOW. Thank you, CC!
But the best part of this puzzle for me is the collection of appealing answers: STANCH, TIMEWAS, INAWORD, OPULANCE, PEATBOG, PEACHESANDCREAM, and SACREDCOW. Thank you, CC!
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... should be "OPULENCE" ...
Is it just me that noticed ROMEO, also the name of the Beckham's son?
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I had just rewatched the first episode of Murdoch Mysteries which featured the controversy between alternating and direct current in the late 19th century, so it was a timely theme for me. I had the circles thank goodness, which did make it easy to get the theme, but I thought the cluing was trickier that usual for a Tuesday, perhaps to balance the easy theme. ( although others found just the opposite, so as Deb often says ones mileage does vary. ). In any event, lots of lively entries and a pleasure to solve as always with C.C.
Rich and Deadline, I'm glad you liked Nicole's song, A Little Peace ( or Ein Bisschen Frieden in German) After winning the Eurovision contest which took place in Harrogate that year she sat on the edge of the stage with her guitar and sang the song in about 6 or 7 languages, a very moving performance.
Rich and Deadline, I'm glad you liked Nicole's song, A Little Peace ( or Ein Bisschen Frieden in German) After winning the Eurovision contest which took place in Harrogate that year she sat on the edge of the stage with her guitar and sang the song in about 6 or 7 languages, a very moving performance.
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I'm waiting for Netflix to add another season of Murdoch Mysteries. I remember the episode to which you make reference well; it got me hooked.
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Paul, I find it one the most enjoyable shows I've ever watched.
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Hadn't heard of this dating site #TIL...
Liked the theme and the overall execution... a couple of quibbles though - I don't know if I would classify 47A and 57A as a COUPLE... 17A and 26A - yes - they definitely are mostly seen together.
Is 49D legitimate? I've only ever seen the __Pal(s) version.
Liked the theme and the overall execution... a couple of quibbles though - I don't know if I would classify 47A and 57A as a COUPLE... 17A and 26A - yes - they definitely are mostly seen together.
Is 49D legitimate? I've only ever seen the __Pal(s) version.
Re: quibbles
The revealer clue (36A) says the themers *have* this, not *are* this, which I understood to mean the AC and DC they each have (not that the entire entry would be a couple).
Re: 46D
Yes, it seems
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/carpi
Carpi Diem
The revealer clue (36A) says the themers *have* this, not *are* this, which I understood to mean the AC and DC they each have (not that the entire entry would be a couple).
Re: 46D
Yes, it seems
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/carpi
Carpi Diem
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Thanks Barry.
I was wondering why people were talking about Peaches and Cream as the power couple, when no one said anything about the sacred cow.
AC/DC is the literal POWER couple.
AC/DC is the literal POWER couple.
Got the PAPAYA in the salad after I ate the bAnAnA. Loved the clue for NIECES! Crying Uncle! Bwa ha ha. Powerfully fun theme.
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Me, too!
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and Elke
Fortunately I did not have the printer on the Max. "ink saver" option, and so did notice the lighter grey squares .
Tried "bat" before OWL, to go along with the HAT above it. Estee before ESSIE , but ODES and ESC gave the -DC- and a lucky guess (? perspicacity) yielded BACKGROUNDCHECK.
AC and DC filled quickly those lighter boxes. And things became PEACHES AND CREAM.
Is this POWER COUPLE particularly known for their electric personalities ? Do they set off sparks otherwise?
Learned about green PAPAYA, but am familiar with AVOCADO roll. Yum.
This puzzle will be PL-AC-E-D C-oyly in my PASS file.
Fortunately I did not have the printer on the Max. "ink saver" option, and so did notice the lighter grey squares .
Tried "bat" before OWL, to go along with the HAT above it. Estee before ESSIE , but ODES and ESC gave the -DC- and a lucky guess (? perspicacity) yielded BACKGROUNDCHECK.
AC and DC filled quickly those lighter boxes. And things became PEACHES AND CREAM.
Is this POWER COUPLE particularly known for their electric personalities ? Do they set off sparks otherwise?
Learned about green PAPAYA, but am familiar with AVOCADO roll. Yum.
This puzzle will be PL-AC-E-D C-oyly in my PASS file.
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not much resistance. very quick. ad/dc kind of flat. do like peaches and cream!!
"Not much resistance!" Wonderful! More so for DC than AC. . . . Need an OHM mantra joke thrown in somewhere, too. Or reference to Edison v. Tesla.
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RegEx reveals that only 12 xwordinfo.com entries fit today's specific pattern of 9 or 15 letters, assuming at least one intervening letter between AC and DC.
http://tinyurl.com/ya94j54c
http://tinyurl.com/ya94j54c
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And that's including ACAPITEADCALCEM and FACEDCARD.
If you include entries longer than 15 letters you can add MEIRTANAKACASTROANDCHOU, which was clued as 'Premiers during 1974.' I'm kind of hoping that one doesn't show up again. I think I'd need some crosses.
If you include entries longer than 15 letters you can add MEIRTANAKACASTROANDCHOU, which was clued as 'Premiers during 1974.' I'm kind of hoping that one doesn't show up again. I think I'd need some crosses.
Whoops. Sorry, Kiki - I didn't click on your link and overlooked your limiting it to 9 or 15 letters. I'd already done that search that myself but not with that restriction.
Even if you just limit it to 15 letters or less but ONLY entries that have actually appeared in a puzzle, there are only 10 qualifying answers, 2 of which debuted in this puzzle. In any case, not a lot of options.
Even if you just limit it to 15 letters or less but ONLY entries that have actually appeared in a puzzle, there are only 10 qualifying answers, 2 of which debuted in this puzzle. In any case, not a lot of options.
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Literally LOL'd, RIA!
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PEACHESANDCREAM do not need the AC/DC highlights to make them a power couple. They are perfect as-is. The BECKHAMs? Meh.
I do not like seeing a drug "lord' aggrandized in a puzzle with the enormous distribution of the NYT. Ugh.
I like the construction on this, though. The gray squares even worked on the app!
I do not like seeing a drug "lord' aggrandized in a puzzle with the enormous distribution of the NYT. Ugh.
I like the construction on this, though. The gray squares even worked on the app!
The NYT crossword should be the least of your concerns about El Chapo being 'aggrandized' when NYT news articles in April, May, and June 2017 referred to him as "drug lord" (2x) and "drug kingpin" in headlines. Also, 'drug lord' is not a promotion over drug serf - it's an objectively negative accepeted reference to a leader of a drug ring. To aggrandize means, "To make great or greater in power, rank, honor, or wealth." Had the clue been "Master tunnel architect and prison escapee..." or "The most ingenious transporter of drugs over the Mexican-U.S. border...," that would be aggrandizing. Referring to El Chapo as a drug lord is merely accurate use of terminology in the terrible drug trafficking underworld.
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There's Catnip again. Hunger Games, not Game of Thrones. Haven't seen either of them.
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Somewhat mechanical.
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I would have preferred it without the shading (or circling, or whatever they did [or forgot to do] in your format). I found the cluing Mondayish and I got the theme on the first themer, and that was that. A hidden theme would gave given the puzzle a bit of bite.
PLACE
PLACE
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What 'circling or shading'???....all I had being displayed, using AL, were black and white squares....don't feel so bad about not understanding the revealer...
My AL file had circles. Were they omitted from the earliest ones?
Booted up this AM and there they were...don't know whether it was my laptop or my eyes last night....
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I had a lot of blank puzzle (for a Tuesday) after the first pass-through. And I felt (while doing the puzzle) that there were a lot of 3-letter words in it. But looking at the finished puzzle, it doesn't look like there are that many threes. Maybe because so many of the longer words are really interesting ones--PAPAYA, PEAT BOG, AVOCADO, ACTED COOL, OPULENCE, etc.
I think the AC/DC had to be highlighted because they're just too short to pop out otherwise. I don't think I would have ever figured out the theme without the highlighting.
A very enjoyable Tuesday.
I think the AC/DC had to be highlighted because they're just too short to pop out otherwise. I don't think I would have ever figured out the theme without the highlighting.
A very enjoyable Tuesday.
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