![]() ![]() You could even add "New York" or "Iowa" to the clue if you wanted. it's SAME SEX." I see why the clue is the way it is, I know what it's getting at, but no. But you're just not going to say "oh, their marriage is very untraditional. If you're going to have an "untraditional" marriage, then maybe it will be open, or bi-coastal, or sexless, or brodcast on the internet, or. 94D: Untraditional, as some marriages ( SAME SEX) - really really dislike this clue.15D: Slayer of his brother Bleda ( ATTILA) - how come no one's named "Bleda" any more?.11D: Athlete's attire, informally ( UNI) - short for "Unicycle".99A: _ Park, classic Coney Island amusement locale ( LUNA) - I knew this only because I have a graphic novel called " LUNA Park".90A: His debut album was "Rhyme Pays" ( ICE-T) - he used to be a crossword standard, but I feel like he's fallen off the grid is recent years.65A: 1985 film based on "King Lear" (" RAN") - gimme.38A: Start of a 1957 hit song (" DAY O") - He's got a new book.I'd completely forgotten about this guy (and he was before my "SNL" time, anyway - my "SNL" time being the Phil Hartman years to the present) 32A: Neurotic Martin Short character ( ED GRIMLEY) - whoa, talk about dated.1A: Onetime propaganda source ( TASS) - Considered ITAR and USSR as well.50D: Merits at least a 20% tip? ( SERVES YOU RIGHT) - people *usually* drop the "IT" when saying this phrase.33D: Eschews Mensa material when going to parties? ( DOESN'T TAKE A GENIUS) - by "material" do you mean a human being? A date? Clue is weird.42D: Contents of Lenin's tomb, e.g.? ( REMAINS TO BE SEEN). ![]() 13D: Arrests an entire crime syndicate? ( RUNS IN THE FAMILY).8D: Proof that a "Jersey Shore" character has an incontinence problem? ( DEPENDS ON THE SITUATION) - Ew.The clue supplies the "why" that is *clearly missing* in the answer 7D: Beats it and won't explain why? ( GOES WITHOUT SAYING) – see, this just doesn't work, even at the wacky level.3D: Gets up for the debate? ( STANDS TO REASON).there it is.Īll the theme answers are down, so "IT" is literally taken "from the top." That's a vaguely interesting architectural feature, I'll give it that. kind of like the technical incompetence of the people who run the NYT "Crosswords & Games" web page (who have had two big screw-ups in the last two days). Yet another inexplicable and backward feature of the crossword world. I have never, not once, had five times the pleasure or joy from a Sunday puzzle. What's annoying is how much more constructors earn for making a Sunday puzzle (5x what a weekday puzzle fetches!). And spelling his name, forget about it (it's pronounced "HODGE"-not sure where the "D" went). I know Merril HOGE, but didn't figure he'd be well known enough for the puzzle ( 20D: Longtime ESPN football analyst Merril _). A human being would / should balk at much of this stuff. Frankly, the whole thing feels auto-filled. zzzz ( 1D: Transference of property to pay assessments). AVISOS, ughwordese ( 117A: Dispatch boats). NON-U, ugh ( 97A: Like average folks, in Britain). The IDEAL GAS (115A: Matter in statistical mechanics) / EHLE (!?) / CAA (?) section ( 104D: Major org. The DYNAST / SALVIA ( 69A: Plant known as "seer's sage" because of its hallucinatory effects) / AMIENS (75A: Somme place) / LINO / ELY section. I have UGH written next to whole sections. The resulting phrases aren't funny, even with wacky "?" clues, and the fill was forgettable at best, horrific at worst. I can't believe that's true, but if I found out it were, I wouldn't be terribly shocked. ![]() It seems like a puzzle that was called into being by the title-it's so spot-on, that it almost makes me think it came first. This is one of those Sunday puzzles that makes me wish I didn't have to do Sunday puzzles anymore. I pity the fool who has to follow Patrick Berry. ![]()
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