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Whats up, everybody! It’s Clare filling in for Rex. Hope everybody had a fantastic month of July and located methods to remain good and funky. D.C. has been 90-plus levels and humid principally on daily basis, which is… enjoyable…. I performed in a charity kickball match yesterday and felt like I used to be going to die of warmth stroke (that’s solely a slight exaggeration), and on high of that, I’m tremendous sore at the moment! Nonetheless, it wasn’t all doom and gloom round right here as a result of the Premier League was again this weekend! And since my cousins and I had a “Lord of the Rings” film marathon yesterday (extended-cut variations), which took about 14 hours and went till the wee hours of the morning.
Anywho, on to the puzzle!
Constructor: Kathy Lowden
Relative issue: Straightforward
THEME: MAKEUP (50D: Reconcile after a quarrel … … or a touch to the begins of 17-, 25-, 52- and 61-Throughout) — The primary phrase of every theme reply is an merchandise of make-up.
- BLUSH WINES (17A: Pale pink winery choices)
- SHADOW BOX (25A Follow punches with an imaginary opponent)
- POWDER KEG (52A: Barrel of explosive stuff, or a scenario that is able to blow)
- LINER NOTES (61A: Writings on an album sleeve or jewel case insert)
Phrase of the Day: SALK (40D: Vaccine pioneer Jonas)) —
Jonas Edward Salk (October 28, 1914 – June 23, 1995) was an American virologist and medical researcher who developed one of many first profitable polio vaccines. He was born in New York Metropolis and attended the Metropolis School of New York and New York College Faculty of Drugs. In 1947, Salk accepted a professorship within the Faculty of Drugs on the College of Pittsburgh. It was there that he undertook a challenge to find out the variety of various kinds of poliovirus, beginning in 1948. For the subsequent seven years, Salk devoted himself towards creating a vaccine towards polio.
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This was one of many simpler Mondays I’ve completed shortly. The MAKEUP theme was good, and I felt I had a slight leg up as somebody who does certainly put on MAKEUP. Now, the theme doesn’t solely work as a result of, properly, I’ve solely ever referred to it (or heard it referred to) as “eye shadow,” not simply SHADOW, or LINER — it could be “lip liner” or “eyeliner” or one thing like that. I additionally thought the revealer was in a barely bizarre place at 50D. Often, if the theme is only a single phrase, it’ll be the final throughout or perhaps the final down; however the second-to-last down?
In all, I felt the puzzle was nice. The fill was a bit uninspired, however it additionally wasn’t dangerous. The resolve went so rapidly that I felt like I didn’t even have time to course of a few of the clues/solutions, and it’s solely after I went again that I developed each an appreciation for some solutions and a meh feeling for others.
On that notice, I didn’t like ART I (26D) or IF I (62D). A SEC (21A) can also be fairly ugly. 38D:
“The best way I see it,” to texters may’ve been IMHO or simply “imo.” There have been each ODE (63D: Poem of reward) and ODD (44A: Quirky) within the puzzle. A whole lot of it felt crosswordese-y (crossword-easy?). There was additionally a robust spiritual present, with PRIEST (6D:
One officiating at communion or listening to confession), DEACON (27D: Subordinate of a 6-Down), VESPER (34D: Night prayer), and LOT (61D: Biblical fellow with a salty spouse?) all within the puzzle.
I preferred SNOW SUIT (39D), POWDER KEG (52A), and AMNESIAC (42A), specifically, which simply felt off the crushed path for a crossword. For 9D: Atlanta-based TV channel, I initially put TNT, which can also be primarily based in Atlanta, however after I obtained to 13D: Explosive stuff, briefly and knew the reply for that one was TNT, I noticed I have to’ve made an error at 9D. I do know TNT and TBS are associated, as a result of NBA analysts transfer between the units. (And, sure, Ernie Johnson is the MVP of each.)
Acquired nothing a lot else to say concerning the puzzle! I’ll be again once more tomorrow, and I hope everybody has a fantastic Monday.
- The one factor I may consider after I noticed POWDER KEG was the road in Hamilton within the music “Proper Hand Man”: “We’re a powder keg about to blow up.” In order that music will probably be caught in my head for some time now.
- I preferred seeing STIR (30A) fairly near VESPER (34D). They’re seemingly unrelated, however in “On line casino Royale” Ian Fleming invented the Vesper martini, named after the principle feminine character within the novel. So it felt becoming to have this drink proper subsequent to the Bond clue/reply about martinis at 30A, even when the location wasn’t intentional.
- 48A: Metrical foot in poetry as IAMB takes me again to twelfth grade English class the place I needed to study poetry and rhyme schemes and write my very own poems — and ugh. I didn’t get pleasure from that section of sophistication.
- I want I may’ve eaten the NAAN (16A) from our Indian meals order final night time, however I’m newly gluten-free as a result of it appears I’ve a gluten allergy that’s been affecting my respiration😞😞😞 Oh, properly.
Signed, Clare Carroll, somebody who is aware of Liverpool goes to complete on the high of the desk this season
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