how are you doing?
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Pretty well, I think, RMP.
And I am hoping good things for you.
And I am hoping good things for you.
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Speaking of doing pretty well, Deadline, check yourself and your calendar and see if either Wednesday morning or Saturday morning would work for a visit to 12th Street. Temps look OK then.
Clever theme--and my fastest solve ever!
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Riding Amtrak back to NYC after my weekend in New England. Easy Monday but I had CAD before CUR and punched the TIMECLOCK first. Which are these banks that offer CDS?
80s pop-rockers Tommy Tutone will live in the annals of one-hit wonderdom for "867-5309/Jenny." Remember to dial 1 first.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6WTdTwcmxyo
80s pop-rockers Tommy Tutone will live in the annals of one-hit wonderdom for "867-5309/Jenny." Remember to dial 1 first.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6WTdTwcmxyo
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Please, please make a note of that telephone number.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQjNHzaxfQc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQjNHzaxfQc
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Wow, Jimbo! After the first full week of riding the LIRR in the Summer of Hell, you actually tackled Amtrak! When are you going for NJTransit?
In keeping with the telephone numbers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeQpjkrIP2A
In keeping with the telephone numbers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeQpjkrIP2A
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Jimbo,
Jim Keller, the Tommy Tutone guitarist who co-wrote Jenny, is in New York, and writing and playing after a brief hiatus.
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/12/14/comeback-9
https://www.facebook.com/pg/jimkellermusic/photos/?ref=page_internal
Jim Keller, the Tommy Tutone guitarist who co-wrote Jenny, is in New York, and writing and playing after a brief hiatus.
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/12/14/comeback-9
https://www.facebook.com/pg/jimkellermusic/photos/?ref=page_internal
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Fun and appropriate degree of difficulty for a Monday. Always gives one confidence at the start of the week before it is damaged by the Th-Sat offerings. The TIME- CLOCK did seem to be the answer at first, but EAR told me it should be CARD. No SPEEDO for me at this age, but a few days at the NJ Shore is now in order. Puzzles will be done near the surf or poolside for the next few days.
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this puzzle was--drumroll--the first one I was able to complete without having to "cheat" via Google! This was wonderful. Must be getting the hang of these.
Not to say I got every clue, but RUNIC filled in nicely as I solved the words around it, and made sense in retrospect.
Maybe one of these days I'll be able to tackle a Wednesday puzzle!
Not to say I got every clue, but RUNIC filled in nicely as I solved the words around it, and made sense in retrospect.
Maybe one of these days I'll be able to tackle a Wednesday puzzle!
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Congratulations! It's just a matter of practice. Have you done the "11 Remarkable Puzzles For New Solvers," on the Wordplay homepage?
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Well done, Kayla. But I think cheating is too harsh a word for looking something up to get on with a puzzle. Of course is is very satisfying if you don't have to.
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Yay you, Kayla.
To quote ... somebody ... it's your puzzle, and you can solve it any way you wish. (I think you'll be amazed at how soon you are zipping through Wednesdays and beyond.)
To quote ... somebody ... it's your puzzle, and you can solve it any way you wish. (I think you'll be amazed at how soon you are zipping through Wednesdays and beyond.)
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Wow, what a great Monday puzzle. No checks, no lookups, and the only entry I had to change was "steps" before MOVES. I finished in under twelve minutes which, for bumbling me, is unheard of speed.
It made me feel as if I'm not so old after all, which definitely made my day.
It made me feel as if I'm not so old after all, which definitely made my day.
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Uh oh. One of our favorite entries just got another clue.
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts announced on Monday that it had named two senior executives, Joseph Y. Bae and Scott C. Nuttall, as its co-presidents and co-chief operating officers.
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts announced on Monday that it had named two senior executives, Joseph Y. Bae and Scott C. Nuttall, as its co-presidents and co-chief operating officers.
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Tight construction, clever theme, strong fill: the great ones always make it look easy, as if anyone could do it.
One writeover at 42D, where I tried UNhanG and then had to UNSNAG myself.
One writeover at 42D, where I tried UNhanG and then had to UNSNAG myself.
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This puzzle was as easy as ONE, THREE, FIVE and I give it 5 + 5!
Tom McCoy, thank you for a perfectly easy Monday puzzle with the most appropriate reveal!
We are off to great start to the week!
Tom McCoy, thank you for a perfectly easy Monday puzzle with the most appropriate reveal!
We are off to great start to the week!
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Very fast, but NEATO. I considered 'mac' but looked before I leaped. I was not without a write over, however, having TIME 'clock' before CARDS. Even the singular vs plural didn't deter me, as I thought one clock could be the means of tracking plural workers' hours. The BEAST set me straight.
I winced when I realized the poor little pig who built his house of STRAW was later found IN A blanket.
I winced when I realized the poor little pig who built his house of STRAW was later found IN A blanket.
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Ironically, commercial pigs in blankets are miniature kosher frankfurters.
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Hand up for TIME CLOCK and being set right by the BEAST.
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Clever theme and extremely well executed. Four 11 letter theme answers (and two 9's) with the constrictions of the theme is pretty amazing. Plus an unusually clean grid with several other nice answers. Doesn't get much better than this on Monday.
I also had MAC before HAM and despite and stumbling around in a couple of other places, I still managed to knock 2 seconds off last Monday's record time. I think I'm going to go do some pre-RIA Mondays and try to work on my technique.
I don't expect this to ever show up in a puzzle but I'm curious: How many (besides Jimbo) might have gotten SPEEDO if the clue had been - "His real name is Mr. Earl?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9uZvrsAoyE
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I also had MAC before HAM and despite and stumbling around in a couple of other places, I still managed to knock 2 seconds off last Monday's record time. I think I'm going to go do some pre-RIA Mondays and try to work on my technique.
I don't expect this to ever show up in a puzzle but I'm curious: How many (besides Jimbo) might have gotten SPEEDO if the clue had been - "His real name is Mr. Earl?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9uZvrsAoyE
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Surprised to find the spelling SPEEDOO at the video, which doesn't exactly rhyme with JOE or MOE.
CatPet, that's an error on the part of the person who posted the video.
The title of the song is SPEEDO.
The title of the song is SPEEDO.
Thought maybe there was a trademark infringement issue...
While this cleverly-themed, nicely-clued, clean, zippy puzzle elicited a grateful smile, the cross of the wedding vow and HIT OR MISS elicited a "yep" and a sigh.
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HAM and cheese was my only thought, and luckily I didn't think of suede, so left that blank until I got to the downs.
Nice variety of theme answers for a cute Monday theme, and yes it went so fast I had to go back and see the clues I didn't need, not a problem.
Nice variety of theme answers for a cute Monday theme, and yes it went so fast I had to go back and see the clues I didn't need, not a problem.
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I looked up Freshman Fifteen and learned that in New Zealand and Australia it's sometimes called the First Year Fatties. Now I know.
Nice, smooth puzzle today. Really NEATO.
Nice, smooth puzzle today. Really NEATO.
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Had Tom McCoy put FRESHMAN FIFTEEN or FOREVER TWENTY-ONE into this puzzle, it would have been way too hard for a Monday. Indeed, for me it would have been too hard for a Saturday. I've never heard of either of those expressions.
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Forever 21 is a women's clothing company:
http://www.forever21.com/
The Freshman 15 are pounds first year college students add eating "three squares" in the dining hall.
http://www.forever21.com/
The Freshman 15 are pounds first year college students add eating "three squares" in the dining hall.
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Thanks, Barry. L&L (live and learn).
Anyone one note the (drum roll) INFLATION? The "freshman fifteen" used to be be the "freshman ten."
Regarding the photo: Since Huggins is a basketball coach, he would be correct to argue with the REF about "offside" and "pass interference" calls mentioned in 3D.
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Photo editors may have gone the way of the copy editors.
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and Elke
Without much ADO I DO declare this a NEAT(O) puzzle.
Had to work to get SAO TOME , and "mac" went with cheese before HAM.
As serendipity would have it , Tom McCoy included IONS among the answers. Meteorologists , here and in the US Northwest, are forecasting for tonight unusually significant IONStorms, aka Aurora borealis aka Northern lights.
Unfortunately , depending ON CLOUD NINE (and all other CLOUDs ), it may be HIT OR MISS whether I can SEE these celestial displays.
Best viewing time : 11pm - 2 pm.
Without much ADO I DO declare this a NEAT(O) puzzle.
Had to work to get SAO TOME , and "mac" went with cheese before HAM.
As serendipity would have it , Tom McCoy included IONS among the answers. Meteorologists , here and in the US Northwest, are forecasting for tonight unusually significant IONStorms, aka Aurora borealis aka Northern lights.
Unfortunately , depending ON CLOUD NINE (and all other CLOUDs ), it may be HIT OR MISS whether I can SEE these celestial displays.
Best viewing time : 11pm - 2 pm.
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and Elke
That would be 11pm- 2am. Northern lights are hard to see during daylight hours .......
That would be 11pm- 2am. Northern lights are hard to see during daylight hours .......
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I'm envious that you might see the Aurora. I have always wanted to experience that.
My husband once asked a client from northernmost Europe (Sweden or Finland?) whether summer or winter was better for seeing the Northern Lights. The client gently pointed out that the summer was short on darkness, so...you know.
My husband once asked a client from northernmost Europe (Sweden or Finland?) whether summer or winter was better for seeing the Northern Lights. The client gently pointed out that the summer was short on darkness, so...you know.
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We could see the Aurora occasionally from my home in Upper Michigan, though I don't recall a really spectacular display.
I checked a map and I see that my hometown was a little less than 4 degrees of latitude south of Vancouver. I wonder how much difference that makes.
I checked a map and I see that my hometown was a little less than 4 degrees of latitude south of Vancouver. I wonder how much difference that makes.
Fun theme; easy solve.
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Nice Monday puzzle. Flew through it (relatively speaking, for me, it felt like flying, maybe not to others). Clean and tight.
SAOTOME (São Tomé) - I found it interesting that one of the Japanese manga characters from years ago was also surnamed Saotome - from the Manga Ranma 1/2: https://www.nytimes.com/crosswords/game/daily/2017/07/17
I wonder if the author named the character after the island...
SAOTOME (São Tomé) - I found it interesting that one of the Japanese manga characters from years ago was also surnamed Saotome - from the Manga Ranma 1/2: https://www.nytimes.com/crosswords/game/daily/2017/07/17
I wonder if the author named the character after the island...
Sa-oto-me, Rice-planting girl.
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Oh just noticed I posted wrong link. Here's the right one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranma_%C2%BD
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OT: what goes around, came around before. I was working through more of the year 2000 puzzles, and June 18, 2000 Gorski puzzle had TYES. I knew it because it was here last week. Deja Vu in reverse?
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Fun Monday. I blitzed through it putting down the first thing that came to mind with the Acrosses without paying any attention to the Downs, then had to go back and change MAC to HAM and SUEDE to LATEX. Usually I try to give the puzzle a little more thought than that, but sometimes it's fun to just see what happens. Enjoyed it!
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"...MAC to HAM..."
HAM without hesitation.
Did the puzzle just after making dinner: MAC and cheese.
HAM without hesitation.
Did the puzzle just after making dinner: MAC and cheese.
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Funny, I plopped in HAM without hesitation anyway. Now I'm wondering why I didn't even consider MAC; whether it was just happenstance that I didn't think of it, or because somehow I knew that a shortened version of a word wouldn't be clued on a Monday without a hint in the clue.
Or do dictionaries now consider MAC a word in its own right these days?
Or do dictionaries now consider MAC a word in its own right these days?
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I read the comment and thought, "wait, there was HAM in the puzzle?" I didn't get the answer - I simply skipped it the first time around but got it when doing the downs in the first pass, so I missed it altogether.
My biggest complaint about Mondays is that I don't see all of the answers because if I don't go back and review, I'll never even notice the ones I skipped. Aside from HAM, I also missed VEE, DUE, DIN. It's a minor complaint.
My biggest complaint about Mondays is that I don't see all of the answers because if I don't go back and review, I'll never even notice the ones I skipped. Aside from HAM, I also missed VEE, DUE, DIN. It's a minor complaint.
What were the ODDS that a Monday would be so much fun ? Thanks Mr.McCoy
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Quick, tight Monday offering. I enjoyed the solve, but was done too quicvkly.
Thanks for a fine puzzle.
Thanks for a fine puzzle.
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Virtually seamless puzzle. Well done Mr. McCoy.
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I didn't know DEMI Lovato, was iffy on SAO TOME and LIAM Hemsworth (familiar only through XWPs), and could have lived without RETELLS, but TIME CLOCK before CARDS was my only outright error.
Glad SWEETI was clued as [Bae].
Did the puzzle this morning, but had to leave for a doctor appointment before coming to Wordplay. I do not recommend going out in this weather.