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Sunday: “Is There an Echo in Here?” – 25 August 2024 New York Times Crossword
It’s time for a big Sunday grid, with a big Sunday theme. Not too obscure a theme todayโalthough there was one answer that I …
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It’s time for a big Sunday grid, with a big Sunday theme. Not too obscure a theme todayโalthough there was one answer that I …
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I call bogus on ALLOWS. I can see that if you read it as the verb "allows" then technically none of the answer appears in the clue. But if you read it as "all ows" it does break that rule. Also, all the other theme answers were phrases with an echoing word (repeating, double, returns, etc.) and then something referencing the rest of the clue "tut-tut" = "mummy" etc. ALLOWS doesn't follow any of those conventions.
Free Solo is a great documentary about Alex Honnoldโs attempt to climb El Capitan.
https://youtu.be/urRVZ4SW7WU?si=pYZL_egaijZ1Aks7
NaOH is Sodium Hydroxide , a strong alkali.
gotta grow the moustache back man
I think "backup copy" is meant as copy = ok (like in radio speech), and backup, because there two of them, so the second is a backup
I think "Backup Copy" means that "Ok" is an affirmative response (as in "Copy that"), and "Ok, ok" means you have an extra one, a.k.a. a backup
The E-G-B-D-F mnemonic is for the lines on a staff in the treble clef
I've always heard it as "Every good boy deserves fudge"
I also didn't know they changed the penny. And I am very American
I think Erma has earned the moniker