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There were two crosses today I think didn't quite fit into a monday. SMAZE/LLANO and ATT/OATERS.
On the first one, thankfully, I only had to run the vowels, but A_T/OA_ERS could have been anything.
Anyway, even as a European, it's hard to be cheery over the world cup these days. Corruption and human rights violations have become staples of the process.
Football is ATT for attempt, not Attack
55A – ATT – in American football, ATT stands for a quarterback’s pass attempts.
Your Death Star, for example lol
AOL was purchased a long time ago by Time Warner who is based in NYC (the two towers at Columbus Center). Adam
Easy solve, nothing too tricky.
The XFL tried to make a comeback in 2020 and promptly failed, large in part to the Covid outbreak. Duane the Rock Johnson then, amongst others, bought the league from Vince McMahon and they are attempting a new season beginning in February 2023
Cool theme, brought a smile to myself
Typing all of those O's was really fun 🙂
You missed 2 I think
51-Down “Alley ___” OOP
54-Across “Shock” STUN
tiny pronunciation note, LLANO is actually pronounced "yan-o". It's not a hard and fast rule, but in words originated in spanish, "ll" is often pronounced like a y.
What a wonderful theme! 😊
Fun factoid: The answer to the leftmost "down" in the NE of both the Post and Times CWPs is "cheapo"
I think you are completely correct to suggest 24-A should say 'for example' or something similar. There are three clef symbols still in use in modern music, the G clef, C clef, and F clef. Each clef is named for a note which is located on the music staff by the placement of the clef. The 'ampersand' looking clef is the G clef, and the circular tail of the clef locates the note G.
Somewhat confusingly, the combination of the clef and staff is also referred to as a clef. For example, the treble clef is a G clef positioned to locate G on the second line from the bottom of the staff. Because the G clef is no longer used for any other purpose in modern music, they have become synonymous. The same has happened with the F clef and bass clef. Only the C clef is still used in different locations to form the alto and tenor clefs, which are both still used for various orchestral instruments in those ranges.
What a fun Monday crossword! Thank you so much for your YouTube videos, Chris. I’ve been watching your daily Wordle & PlusWord shorts for a while and now I’m making it a point to watch your daily crossword solves as well. It’s always a relaxing, thoughtful break in the day.
In Scotland we had the word stookie , for the plaster cast put on a broken limb. I believe it comes from stucco.