![]() Theme: Each theme answer is a type of promise Arghhhh!) I hear “ NO CAP!” said a lot in school (at least I did two years ago… I think it’s going the way of “Lit!” and phasing out), but I’ve never heard of Lil Tjay.Įnrique Henestroza Anguiano’s USA Today crossword, “Promise Me This” - Sophia’s recap (Update: Someone just texted me to note that I still spelled it wrong. ![]() NO CAP and my inability to master the spelling of PAPAU New Guinea (no matter how often I see it) was a source of struggle for me. The two nits I have with the theme, noted above, do not detract from a great solve experience here. It’s these types of themes that got me hooked on crosswords to begin with, and I think Universal is a perfect venue to be publishing one like this, which is easily grokked but is likely to give new solvers a solid AHA moment. It’s using “Coming back” when “Comeback” is part of another theme answer ( SNAPPY YPPANS). On the rebound. The words ON THE are literally “roubounding.” This one is my favorite of the bunch, despite the bit of inelegance in the clue’s wording. Snappy comeback. The word SNAPPY literally “comes back.” I’m more likely to hear “Amazon!” echoed back. If I yelled “ AMAZON!” into a canyon, I don’t think I’d hear “NO ZAMA!” echoed back. Amazon Echo. The word AMAZON is literally “echoed” in the answer. The word BLACK is literally “mirrored” in the answer. THEME: Phrases that are literally represented when a word in the phrase is both forward and backward. Paul Coulter’s Universal Crossword, “It Goes Both Ways”- Jim Q’s write-up Other nice pieces of fill: cafe au LAIT, ROTI (instead of NAAN like I expected – as long as we’re adding more types of Indian bread to the crossword, can I request POORI next?), MORALISM, SNAKE OIL, and SEMI-NUDE. TAYLOR Swift also has a song called “ THE MAN“, but I like this one better. It’s not a rebus, though, just some indicators as to which LADY, RATE, CLASS, PARTY, and LAUGH is selected in each of the clues, leading to the final phrases. 62A: Ha-ha chortle → tee-hee ← - LAST LAUGH.52A: Housewarming masquerade → tailgate ← - THIRD PARTY.36A: Art → Calculus ← Spanish - MIDDLE CLASS.I spent FAR too long trying to figure out some sort of weird rebus thing going on with the theme clues of today’s puzzle: ![]() Ori Brian’s New York Times crossword-Ben’s review There’s an Unagi brand of E-SCOOTERS? Does the E stand for “eel”? With the Z in place, I initially went with UTZ. Nothing else made me pause very long and I had a smooth solve from start to finish. E-SCOOTERS was a surprise, but I don’t have a problem with it if that’s what they’re popularly called, which it seems they are. Still, I enjoyed the construction and uncovering each entry, especially the final one, LASER MOUSE.Īs usual, Evan fills the grid with strong entries like RALLY CAP, TOUR BUS, SPIRITUAL, NUDISTS, and ESTELLE Costanza. And when I uncovered the revealer, I was not surprised since I happen to know Evan has a particular interest in National Parks and because I lived in Texas for a time (though I never made it west to BIG BEND. I caught on to this pretty quickly since the cluing seemed unusually straightforward for a Thursday.
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