![]() Smithers: Snoop Doggy Dogg? Bob Barker? David Brenner?īurns: No, no! The person who's always standing and walking. I've never seenĪnything so adorable! Do you know who it reminds me of?īurns: No, no, no, a person. Burns likened one of his many greyhound puppies to this actor:īurns: There you are.there you go, little fellow.and you. 39D: Actor Calhoun (Rory) - he actually doesn't come up a hell of a lot I just like his name because it reminds me of the time Mr.55D: Schindler of "Schindler's List" (Oskar) - even if you know the name, you are likely to spell it with a "C" if you've never thought about its spelling before.(OBE) - Order of the British Empire - learned it from xwords 15A: Wine: Prefix (Oeno-) - comes up not infrequently.14A: Creme-filled cookie (Oreo) - but you knew that.Stuff that you should know if you want to zip through crosswords, including stuff that I learned Only from doing crosswords: Lastly, today, I'm going to point out some words that are XWORD 101 words. I also especially like the near-juxtaposition of BOK ( 4D: _ choy (Chinese green))and WOK ( 8D: Chinese cooking vessel). I especially like the juxtaposition of EARN A ( 63A: _ living) and A MESS ( 66A: What _!" ("It's so dirty!"), with their reversed placement of the indefinite article. There are many multiple-word phrases in this puzzle. 38D: "You don't say!," after "Well" ("I declare!") - gorgeous.I'm somehow less bothered by the Longer non-theme answers running Down - all of which are at least good and two of which are gorgeous, by the way: I'm not saying this is illegal, but it seems quite uncommon for theme answers to be matched in length by non-theme answers running in the same direction. HECKLER's across from MISS YOU ( 23A: Postcard sentiment) and HOCKNEY's across from ROMANIA ( 54A: Bucharest's land). It seems odd to me that two of the theme answers are very short (seven letters) and positioned directly across from other NON-theme seven-letter answers - e.g. I am curious about the length of theme clues. 17A: Bean-filled bag moved with the foot (HACKy-sack).This is also true of GRE / SAT - type tests, but I digress. All the studying in the world cannot beat the simple act of doing puzzles, over and over. As someone who a year ago was happy to solve a Monday in under 6 minutes, I can tell you that lots of practice, over time, will in fact make you a better solver. All my first guesses ended up being correct, and the only answer that even mildly held me up was 33D: Flax-colored (golden) - and I wasn't held up long. never even looked at the clue for HUCKABEES - just filled it in from existing crosses - and knew HOCKNEY from just the -EY only because, well, I like art, etc.). There always seems to be some luck involved (i.e. Part of that joy comes from the genuinely entertaining fill the other part of that joy comes from Smashing my old solving time record by a full 20 seconds. I finished this one much more quickly, but not without a similar amount of joy. Last year I got a Manny Nosowsky Sunday puzzle - this year, an Andrea Carla Michaels Monday. Send us feedback.THEME: H-CK - every theme answer begins with this letter combination, with the vowel in the second spacing changing, in alphabetical order, as you move through the puzzleĪnother fine birthday puzzle for me. These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'speedy.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. 12 appearance that her client intends to challenge the evidence against him but waived his right to a speedy preliminary hearing. 2023 But his development plan does not envision a speedy end to the conflict, or a total respite for Kharkiv. 2023 But despite having the coordination of an awkward teen boy, four left paws and a 15-second attention span, Dax won this round thanks to his speedy exuberance. 2023 The Chiefs will bring a 5-man pressure, which forces defensive end George Karlaftis into man coverage against the speedy Kirk. 2023 Streaming hadn’t yet taken over our listening habits, but Web connections were speedy enough that, if a blog posted an MP3, a reader could be hearing the song a few minutes later. 2023 The ceremony was speedy partially because their wedding hadn’t happened the first time they were engaged. 2023 The temperature reading on the Javelin thermometer is speedy, with a response time of 3-4 seconds, and accurate to ☐.9☏. Recent Examples on the Web Mondesí’s son is speedy like his father, who stole 229 bases in his career. ![]()
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