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Note: Fireball is a contest this week. We’ll have a evaluation after the submission interval closes.
Peter A. Collins’s Wall Street Journal crossword, “Can I Get In on That?”—Jim P’s evaluation
Theme: The letter I is added to acquainted phrases, leading to crossword wackiness.
Wall St Journal crossword answer · “Can I Get In on That?” · Peter A. Collins · Thu., 10.13.22
- 17a. [Starts of Scottish lawsuits?] HIGHLAND FILINGS. Highland flings.
- 25a. [Pairs in need of couples therapy?] TIRADE UNIONS. Trade unions.
- 47a. [Thing heard on Bowie’s “Rebel Rebel” raga version?] SITAR OF DAVID. Star of David.
- 62a. [Groundbreaking workout routine?] TECTONIC PILATES. Tectonic plates. I like this one. If you’re not making the earth transfer, you’re doing it improper.
This would have felt way more elegant to me with out the opposite I’s already current within the unique phrases. That mentioned, I admire the consistency to find phrases by which the added I’s go within the second place. Since there are myriad methods by which one can add an I to a phrase to make a brand new phrase, this constraint limits the theme and offers it some focus. And that mentioned, I actually solely loved the final entry; the others didn’t do a lot for me.
I did get pleasure from EGG CARTON and the quaint-sounding “LEAVE IT BE” within the fill. I stored attempting to make ENIAC match the place UNIVAC belonged.
Clues of be aware:
- 31a. [Headed for the fence, perhaps]. HOT. As in stolen.
- 64a. [Frosts]. IRKS. “Frosts” as a verb that means “annoys”? Is this slang (new or previous)?
- second. [Nociceptor’s detection]. PAIN. Your vocab phrase of the day. From Wikipedia, “A nociceptor is a sensory neuron that responds to damaging or potentially damaging stimuli by sending ‘possible threat’ signals to the spinal cord and the brain.” The phrase comes from the Latin nocere (“to harm or hurt”) which is the supply of the phrase “no siree.” (That was a joke.)
- 4d. [Gardener’s “Moonfire,” e.g.]. DAHLIA. There it’s within the image. Pretty!
- 36d. [Transferred from brown to auburn, say]. DYED. I just like the angle right here, although “transferred” isn’t fairly proper, and the dearth of capital letters was a lifeless giveaway.
- 40d. [Raiders’ org.]. ATF. I wager a overwhelming majority of us went with AFC right here.
- 43d. [Summer field]. DISCO. Donna Summer, that’s.
3.5 stars.
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