![]() ![]() This is what you tell the security officer while he watches you pack up your office belongings. By the time you say that, it’s actually all pretty bad. A CLICHÉ I always notice is It’s not the MONEY, it’s the principle. Every summer in Maine I try this while the girl in the ice cream shoppe in Sebasco Estates scoops the Moose Tracks up for my cone. Looks like a dignifiedish pinkish nudish color in the package but once applied, it looks like I’ve been chugging Pepto Bismol.įLASHMOBs just float my boat. But, hey – it prepared me for the bajillion lipsticks I’ve bought over the years that did the same damn thing. But nope – it always colored an anemic, lackluster blue. Inexplicably, I would think that something had changed overnight that would render it capable of delivering the color its appearance promised. PERIWINKLE – I would always choose this color from my nifty Crayola box with the built-in sharpener. Mine was dumb – I was going “lead line.” Ya know – Breaking news, this just in…ĮSME reminds me of the all-time worst portmanteau name in the history of portmanteau names: Renesmee ( Twilight – Bella’s half vampire/half human daughter named after Renee and Esme. So I didn’t have a DEADLINE/headline issue. I also loved the clues for GENERAL TSO, SERTA, POACHER, and TONY. Robyn – emerging as our Queen of Fridays. Signed, Matthew Stock, melancholy Cubs fan in for Rex Yes there is video evidence, and yes it was an all-time great song. ARIL (48d: Seed case) - As a precocious kindergartner, I memorized a song about different plant parts and performed it for my parents.My personal pet peeves are "take it one game at a time" and "blood, sweat and tears." Let me know yours in the comments. But as a radio producer and sports fan, *hate* cliches. CLICHE (41a: Like a kid in a candy store, e.g.) - Love the cluing on this.PERIWINKLE (15a: Purple-blue shade or the flower it's named after) - My proudest achievement as a colorblind person was knowing how to spell chartreuse and what it was.DEAD LINE (35d: Newsroom concern) - Super relevant, especially for my work tomorrow! Check out Apple Podcasts in the evening for my show's newest episode.well, all of American history since Dred Scott. Though we can all agree that the DAB is for all ages.Īnd while I did feel like I actually learned a lot from this puzzle, I do wish that the clue on TANEY (see above) captured more of his grave historical significance - especially given. The triple stacks in the NW and SE are pretty original (though I was ~shocked~ when IN THE CLOSET didn't fit for 56a: Waiting to come out), the long downs (with the exception of the bit-too-clunky SET A RECORD) are great, and there's a happy blend of generational answers - from "Family Ties" to FLASH MOBS. I enjoyed this puzzle all the way down to the last DRAM. ![]() CLEAN and ONES are both words! Of course! But alas, not those we needed today. ![]() And it took me some truly excruciating extra innings before I found a fatal flaw in the SW which brought this otherwise smooth-sailing Friday endeavor to an unglamorous end. Aided by the all-too-familiar ALBA, APSE, ET AL, I cruised through the rest of the grid and was sure my screen would play the *NYT Puzzle Success* jingle. And once HAIRDYE, CAPONE, COLD ONE, TINKERED and GENERAL TSO were all firmly in place, I was able to parse the long downs without much trouble. There's always next year.) I got off to a torrid pace by my Friday standards, throwing down most of the 5–7 letter acrosses in the middle of the grid without so much as a second thought. Well, that's about how I can summarize my run through this puzzle (and my only explanation to the Cubs early playoff exit. ![]()
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