My only misstep was to drop in ALPE before MONT for 36a. GLAMOUR and BRAILLE, an across pairing, aren’t too shabby either. Perhaps an entry with juggler or strongman could have been employed instead of the proboscidean?Īmong the downs I really liked the stacked nines in the northeast and southwest: SASQUATCH, ALTERNATE, LORD BYRON, INCORRECT. Now, I’m the first to assert that humans are essentially just another species of animal, but this seems a woefully unbalanced trio. Type of human performer, name of animal, type of human performer. The stakes are higher when the theme is more concentrated.Ħ1-across lays it down: CIRCUS ACTS. This one, with three entries and a full-size revealer conforms to that profile yet didn’t please me. Normally I find early-week puzzles with limited-scope themes to be stronger and more enjoyable than those that try to cram too much theme into the grid. Burnikel’s Los Angeles Times crossword - pannonica’s write-up I had a hot pot rather than the hot plate. Liked the triple play of CAMPUS, DORM, and HOT PLATE. These are not as fun as ASKEW and AKIMBO and AMOK would have been.ĭidn’t care for the clue: 28a. From the old sense of sad meaning “weighty.”ĭid know, but I’m not proud of it: 26a. , “RADIO RADIO.” Here’s the story.ĭid not know: 46a. And PMS wouldn’t exist as a concept, because men behaving crankily once a month would be defined as normal, not a treatable syndrome. If men menstruated, does anyone think that we’d never see KOTEX in a crossword? Heck, masculine hygiene products would probably be funded by the government and free to all. It’s a huge brand, it’s still in all the drugstores, it’s got a nifty K and X, and there are few Americans over the age of 14 who don’t know the brand. ![]() As brand names go, this is 85 times more welcome in my crossword than RINSO or IPANA. There’s excellent flow throughout the grid, but the low word count doesn’t accommodate a lot of splash. This week, we’ve got a pretty grid, a four-petaled flower with 64 words in it. Let’s say there’s a minimum of missteps in this well-pitched Monday offering.īrendan Quigley’s blog crossword, “Themeless Monday”īEQ crossword solution, 8 25 14 “Themeless Monday” More theme-ish material includes: 30a TENSE, 42a UPEND, 42d UH-OH.Īntithetical to the theme content are 46a APLOMB, 24a TRAYS, 37d MAMBO, 45d PRESTO.Ī few weak entries, but very little to cause upset. This trio feels a bit like overkill to me, but it doesn’t impact the fill negatively, so why not include them? To round out the theme, the central across entry is 37a for MY BAD, and it’s situated between 6d SORRY and 49d KLUTZ. Look at that consistency and balance! All are single compound words, half are singular and half are plural. ![]() ![]() A crossword that celebrates the error-prone.
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