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meta 0:10
hiya and welcome to episode #757 of matt gaffney’s weekly crossword contest, per week 1 puzzle referred to as “A League of Their Personal”. i solved the puzzle with out the directions, and it wasn’t terribly troublesome. what’s the theme? for the second week in a row, we have now a 13×13 grid with no significantly lengthy solutions. extra unusually, we have now what look like—however usually are not—two-letter solutions within the grid at 4-across and 6-across. what we do have is a rebus puzzle, with ten squares getting PIN squeezed in:
- {Provides a reminder to} [PIN]GS. this crosses {Kashmiri chai, so named for its shade} [PIN]Ok TEA. i didn’t know the chai and had a tricky time with this nook.
- {Bar order} [PIN]T crossing {Quickest of Columbus’s ships} [PIN]TA.
- {Begin your flip, in Tornado} S[PIN] crossing {Oft-mocked Ford of the Nineteen Seventies} [PIN]TO.
- {Phrases a hitchhiker likes to listen to} HO[P IN] crossing {“Animals” at birthday events} [PIN]ATAS.
- {Like yodelers, historically} AL[PIN]E crossing {Select to not set an alarm} SLEE[P IN].
- {Inform folks what you suppose} O[PIN]E crossing {“Magic to Do” musical} PIP[PIN]. i really like this present.
- {E book elements} S[PIN]ES crossing {Holder of locks} HAIR[PIN].
- {Use for getting ready, as 1-Down} STEE[P IN], a somewhat doubtful phrase, crossing {Mourning} WEE[PIN]G FOR, a considerably doubtful phrase itself.
- {Want you could possibly be with} [PIN]E FOR crossing {“Don’t neglect…”} KEE[P IN] MIND.
- {Felt discontented, poetically} RE[PIN]ED crossing {“___ my hopes to quiet processes and small circles”: Rufus Jones} I [PIN]. by no means heard of this quote or, for that matter, rufus jones. i suppose it’s this rufus jones and never one of many others, however that is frightfully obscure. no relation, apparently, to {Ageless singer of “It’s Not Uncommon”} TOM JONES regardless of his agelessness.
these ten PINs are organized in an inverted triangle, as in tenpin bowling, which should be the meta reply. that may be very tidy and stylish, and as a meta, it’s straightforward sufficient for per week 1. the crossword itself was a lot tougher to interrupt into than a typical week 1, since you’re not likely anticipating a rebus and likewise as a result of the rebus squares are concentrated on the prime of the grid because of the geometric format of the PINs. TOM JONES was truly the primary entry i put into the grid, because it’s one of many only a few entries close to the highest of the grid that doesn’t include a rebus sq..
different bits:
- {___ Nidre (Jewish vacation)} KOL. is that this proper? i assumed the KOL nidre was the prayer mentioned on the primary evening of yom kippur.
- {___ out (exert most effort)} GO ALL. within the grid, this appears a lot like a spanish-speaking soccer announcer shouting “aim” in an elongated vogue. however perhaps i simply have soccer mind as a consequence of world cup overload.
- {Spielberg title phrase} ARK. when i learn this clue, my first thought was: “wait, the e-book was referred to as schindler’s ark however the spielberg film tailored from it didn’t include that phrase within the title.” which is true, however the clue refers to raiders of the misplaced ARK.
that’s all for me. how’d you want this one?
