I like them being normal phrases, and then borrowing the last letter to make a new idea. When I sorta figured out the theme's jig, I used it to help the solve. I hope xi's first year of middle school is going well. And our favorite slush pile editor kept things in focus by ensuring nice DUFFS were waiting for us today at the bottom. Snakes waiting in a watery ambush, though, sheesh. Snakes I’m prepared for and can see don’t scare me. Boy howdy I could go up that ladder like nobody’s business. But I was convinced that under that dock, swimming all around the ladder were hundreds of grumpy WATERSNAKEs. Ing soft bottom/mud/silt/scum to get out. I get that the clue works, but still.Īt one of our ponds in WV, we had a dock with a ladder so you didn’t have to walk over to the edge and step through that Dis. Scooby wasn’t a team player, and it went south pretty fast. Had this tiny little leash and everything. ![]() And for some reason, we thought it’d be a swell IDEA once to walk our PET guinea pig Scooby to the bus stop. Is there any other PET that would be a walker’s charge? I think my sister walked her cat once. The clue for PET threw me, too, but in a different sense. Everything’s fine It must be exhausting worrying about worrying me. I think now they’ve started texting stuff like, YOU UP? If not, no problem. Let me pack up all my stuff ‘cause I’m about to be fired. They’re starting to learn that for me it’s kinda like having my principal emailing with a Could you stop by before you leave? message. Well, used to crochet.īecause I’m an awfulizer, if I get a text from my daughter or son when I shouldn’t be getting one, and it says simply YOU UP?, my mind goes immediately to thoughts involving fire trucks, emergency rooms, bomb squads. “Begin” before BEATS (I was thinking a time clock, maybe.) Spoiler alert – this link shows the finished grid: I really, really loved this puzzle by Joel Fagliano that has a cousin theme, but in his, the words stayed intact when you flipped them – fast break/breakfast, light green/greenlight. How cool is this, though? Simeon found pairs that upon being divided and flipped result in compounds with a different word thanks to that S. Having those dark bars would have saved me some ridiculous mental gymnastics, but I’m happy that I got’er done without them. You just take two halves and FLIP the SIDES. ![]() After overthinking thinking it over, I realized that it was much easier than taking the last letter of the entry written in (S), adding it to the front (STOOL) and then switching the order. I finally got the trick with TOOLBARS/BARSTOOL, and my brain imploded with the effort of sorting out how Simeon found these pairs. My grid lacked those barriers, too, so I was flummoxed forever, refusing to look to the reveal for help. The struggle this morning was terrifically fun. ![]() that." That was peak excited reaction from me. An interesting theme that wasn't particularly thrilling to solve. ?" But no, you walk your pet, your pet is in your "charge." No other issues, no particular joy. is this about comedian Jimmy Walker or Walker, Texas Ranger, or. I was like "is that a fee for walking or. Lastly, had an odd lot of trouble with 65D: Walker's charge ( PET). Most stuff marked NSFW ("Not Suitable For Work") is either still pics or short videos, but only full motion pictures get actual "R" ratings. ![]() What are these "R-rated pics" in the NSFW clue ( 31D: Like R-rated pics, in brief)? Like, are you watching full-ass movies at work, what the hell? If not, the "R" rating makes no sense here. Forgot T-GEL and had all manner of letters in there after the "T" (there was T-SEL and also T-FAL, which I think is a brand of kitchenware) ( 40D: Neutrogena dandruff shampoo). Had ANGST before AGITA (19A: Uneasy feeling). Did not know speech was TONAL (only ever heard that word in relation to music) ( 16A: Pitched, as speech). Had GAS before ION and LET GO before LET IN (21A: Clear for entry). Had BAE / BEY (!?) before J-LO because I got my inaugurations confused.
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