Bleep button operator crossword4/7/2023 Zhouqin Burnikel’s Universal Sunday crossword, “Road Trip”-Jim P’s review I appreciate an unembarrassed reference to anatomy that’s typically concealed in public places. Memo to Will Shortz: Add the “Q.”! We don’t want to look dated. Oh, wait, they use it already outside of the crossword. I wonder when the NYT will commit to adding the Q, if not the QIA+. Never heard of him, haven’t seen the handful of things he’s done that have reached US audiences. I’ve heard of the cheese, never put it together that its name means “beautiful country.” This is a hard clue when you live walking distance from Wrigley Field! Rude nickname! The Suleman octuplets are doing well, and they’re gorgeous kids. Less appealing: MAC JR (a fleeting McDonald’s menu item not currently on the US menu), INKER and TILER, RAP CDS (CDs don’t have genres, just the songs and albums contained on the CD do), GARY IN, the dreadful LENDEE, UNSTOW and UNREEL. DESMOND TUTU and YUKON GOLD potatoes are timeless, though.įave fill: Gilda RADNER, HIMALAYAS, DA BEARS, HOT COCOA, WENT BYE-BYE, SURFIN’ USA, IN BAD SHAPE, TOP JOB (very much headline-speak), CHALK ART. Is there a reason the tipped kings all have to appear to the left of the thematic Downs? It also bothers me that CHECKMATE is the revealer when the theme is visually representing an entirely different way of ending a match. It bothers me that the theme entries aren’t placed symmetrically 4d and 106d aren’t paired, and none of the kings appear opposite another grid ruler. If you’re not a chess person, this might not resonate at all as a sensible way for the theme to work. Apparently when a chess player resigns a match, they knock their king over, and it’s supposed to look like those Down theme answers have caused a king (the king’s name, whose letters are hidden in that longer answer) to be knocked over to the side. In chess, you can lose via CHECKMATE, clued as 47d. True confession: I went to Wordplay to read the theme explanation. NY Times crossword solution, 5 30 21, “Game Over”
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