Matt Jones’s Jonesin’ Crossword, “Free Throw” – Erin’s write-up

Jonesin’ resolution 11/22/22

Hello lovelies! Matt has graced us with a themeless this week, so let’s undergo among the extra notable entries. For starters, a lot of TV references:

• 10d. [Phil, to Will, on TV] UNCLE. This refers to 90s sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air or the latest remake, Bel-Air.
• 37a. [Panel show featuring David Mitchell and Lee Mack] WOULD I LIE TO YOU? It’s a British sport present the place movie star contestants need to guess whether or not embarrassing tales instructed by their opponents are true or not.
• 52a. [Cosmo cohort] ELAINE. Cosmo Kramer and Elaine Benes from one other 90s sitcom, Seinfeld.
• More of a movie brief than TV, however second. [1996 Tom and Jerry Short involving a goldfish] FILET MEOW.

Other fascinating issues:

Sea Scorpion fossil. By H. Zell – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9008160

• 6d. [Extinct marine arthropods] SEA SCORPIONS. Some of those puppies grew to over eight ft lengthy!
• 20a. [Salamander added to Minecraft in 2021] AXOLOTL. If you’d prefer to know learn how to pronounce this within the unique Nahuatl, right here’s a becoming Reddit Minecraft put up.
• 21d. [Coping mechanisms?] SAWS. TIL that the noticed with a skinny deal with, skinny blade, and rectangular metallic body is known as a coping noticed.
• 9d. [Cookies that have a gluten-free variety] OREOS. Regular Oreos are additionally dairy-free and egg-free, in case your baby is in a category with an allergic baby and also you’re struggling to seek out snacks to ship with them to highschool.

Until subsequent week!