And once you filled in those, the theme answers became pretty apparent.
OSLO, QUITO, CAIRO, BERN, KIGALI and DOHA probably didn’t stymie most solvers for long. But when you saw the basic fill trick for the themers, which I’m sure most solvers did at MARKOMEARA, you were given the bulk of the remaining themers without much thought.
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Maybe Will Shortz got a memo from the Gray Lady.Ĭop #1: These kids today are ingesting some shit that makes them crazy.Ĭop #2: Yeah, I heard they’re even eating chips loaded with sour cream that’s full of positively charged atoms. I’m disappointed to see arses and asses give way to REARENDS. Yours in puzzling, Christopher Adams, Court Jester of CrossWorldįirst of all, any constructor(s) who work MIA Hamm and CARLI Lloyd into the same puzzle deserve big kudos. Anyway: domestic terrorist organizations do not belong in crosswords, full stop. NRA - this entry alone would've ruined the puzzle for me if I didn't already dislike it instead, it's the disgusting cherry on top.SINTER (Fuse by heading below the melting point) - sure, if you say so at least all the crossings were fair ( MIA Hamm's well-enough known, or should be, to be fair, but if you wanna complain about that crossing, I won't argue with you even if I don't agree with you).LONGER (Like em dashes vis-à-vis en dashes) - a clue after my own heart I'm very very fond of em dashes (and parentheses-look, all these tangential thoughts need to fit into one sentence, and I'm gonna find a way to do it) and will utilize them wherever possible-here, for example.MESCAL (Liquor from Mexico) - hated the S here, both because it's crossing STU (see above) but also because it's generally known as MEZCAL and there's no indication that this is a variant spelling.(More preferable here, perhaps: a golf clue about how a ball buried in a bunker looks like.well, you know.) FRIED EGG (Burger topping that jacks up the cholesterol) - Don't judge me, Will Shortz it's delicious and I'm gonna keep ordering it.EEYORE (Sad ass) - the name derives from the sound of a donkey (hee-haw, but make it British).(Especially women this example happens to be a man's name, but by and large it's mostly women who get underrepresented by (not-so-)cute wordplay angles for names.) I've said it before, I'll say it again: clue names as actual people with those names. STU (Nickname that's three consecutive letters of the alphabet) - NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO a thousand times NO.NATE (Statistician Silver) - :vomit emoji:.TRIDENT (It's good for three points) - my favorite clue here, by far.I am also not a fan of Lin-Manuel Miranda, but that's another gripe for another time. LIN (Playwright _-Manuel Miranda) - I am not a fan of a FITB that splits apart a name into two pieces, even if it's at the hyphen.DANA (Queen Latifah's given first name) crossing LAURENTS (Sondheim and Bernstein's collaborator on "West Side Story") - Natick alert here that vowel could just as well be an E, an I, or an O A is the most likely option (or at least looks the most right), and is the right letter, but still, more care should be taken on that cross.DEE - as in the last letter of the word "world", as opposed to, idk, someone famous with this name.EOS - Would rather see this as the camera or the lip balm, but we just got both Friday, so we get Greek myth instead.She uses this persona to receive hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash, goods and services while working towards her goal of opening an exclusive art-themed club. Under the assumed name Anna Delvey, Russian-born Anna Sorokin is able to con members of New York City's upper crust into believing she is a German heiress with access to a substantial fortune.
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The series received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the performances (particularly Garner) but criticized the inconsistent tone. Julia Garner starred as Anna Sorokin, the title character. The series was released on Netflix on February 11, 2022. Inventing Anna is an American drama miniseries created and produced by Shonda Rhimes, inspired by the story of Anna Sorokin and the article in New York titled "How Anna Delvey Tricked New York's Party People" by Jessica Pressler. DOG HANDLER (this one gets a pass because I lived here for a year).MA KING A LIST (probably my favorite hidden capital here).QUIT COLD TURKEY (this is about the point where I wanted to give up on this puzzle).CASH REGISTER (also this is in no way explicitly identified as theme, which, lmao).
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