(Misery loves company, right?) It was there that I found a crossword mentor, the wonderful Kim Vu! Although at times my pride was tested (who knew RESIDUUM wasn’t sparkling?), his guidance and confidence in my theme were invaluable. After months of debating between grids, themes and back to grids, I caved and did what most young people do and joined a Facebook group. The hardest part of being new is not knowing what you don’t know, and man, I didn’t know much. I agonized over every single word of this puzzle. One last point, some solvers may have trouble with the clue for the theme entry at 17-Across, “Apple product that’s not suitable for kids.” The answer here has nothing to do with the tech company, but rather the fruit: It’s HARD CIDER. So, put it all together and we have two eggs over easy. Looking at 41-Across and 45-Across (“Ideal marks for scammers,” for the answer EASY TARGETS), we can see two “eggs” in 41A, and then the word “easy” in circles below it. The “egg” squares are over words that, when put together, make an egg order. When I filled it in, I had already entered 41-Across (“What Brits call a biscuit,” for the answer COOKIE), so I realized that the two Os, when circled, were meant to look like fried eggs. We have the clue “Breakfast order visually suggested three times in this puzzle’s grid” for the answer FRIED EGGS. Let’s start with the revealer at 58-Across. As I mentioned above, I really enjoyed this one. Tricky enough that you may need to look a few times at the answers, but not so tough that you’re tearing your hair out. This, no pun intended, is an easily digestible theme that’s perfect for a Tuesday puzzle. Simpson gives us three theme answers and a revealer. Trying to get back to the puzzle page? Right here.Ms. Warning: There be spoilers ahead, but subscribers can take a peek at the answer key.
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Timeline for other new constructors: I submitted this in early June 2021, and - after some cleanup - it was accepted last September for a total turnaround time of around 13 months. She delivered 17 of the 22 “no thanks-es” until guiding me softly into the Monday pile with this submission. Many thanks to Tracy Bennett for the always kind and always helpful feedback.
Hi, I’m new here! This is the 23rd puzzle I sent to The New York Times over a two-year period, so I guess the 23rd time’s the charm. Similarly, the next part of the theme is GRAND PRIX at 24A, which makes the long E sound. For example, the first theme entry, BIRDS OF PREY at 17A, makes the long A sound.
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Buerke got to the letter P and was able to put together a full set of PR entries. “As is often the case,” he said, “I was doing some mental word exercises while trying to fall asleep, this time searching for one-syllable words that start with either a consonant blend or digraph, and ending with the five long vowels:Īt some point before he fell asleep, Mr. Buerke mentioned in his email that this theme had come to him while he was trying to rest his brain.
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