Easter starter? / THU 12-29-22 / Hayek who portrayed Frida Kahlo / Draped garment / World Cup datum / Sections of a barn / Cry of accomplishment

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Easter starter? / THU 12-29-22 / Hayek who portrayed Frida Kahlo / Draped garment / World Cup datum / Sections of a barn / Cry of accomplishment

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December 29, 2022

Easter starter? / THU 12-29-22 / Hayek who portrayed Frida Kahlo / Draped garment / World Cup datum / Sections of a barn / Cry of accomplishment

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Constructor: Rachel Fabi and Claire Rimkus

Relative problem: Easy

THEME: LATE SHIFT — In 4 rows of the grid, the phrase LATE “shifts” from one entry to the opposite

Word of the Day: CLAMATO (42D: Hybrid beverage in a Bloody Caesar cocktail) —

Clamato /okayləˈmætoʊ/ is a business drink fabricated from reconstituted tomato juice focus and sugar, which is flavored with spices, dried clam broth and MSG.^[1] Made by Mott’s, the identify is a portmanteau of clam and tomato. It can be referred to colloquially as “clamato juice”. It is consumed in Canada, Mexico, and the United States, to a lesser extent. It could be very typically combined with alcohol to make a drink just like a Bloody Mary.

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Theme solutions:

(LATE)RALLY / TEMP(LATE)S (17A: Gathering of protesters / 19A: Models utilized in copying)
CIRCU(LATE)S / EMUS (24A: Makes the rounds / 26A: Large, flightless birds)
COLD / CLEAN S(LATE) (51A: Chilly / 54A: Fresh begin, metaphorically)
TRANS(LATE) / VENTI(LATE) (59A: Work as an interpreter / 62A: Size possibility at Starbucks)
LATE SHIFT (37A: Overnight work task … or a touch to understanding 4 rows of solutions on this puzzle)

Hi everybody — it is Rafa again for an additional puzzle write-up! Hope everyone seems to be having a pleasing and restful vacation interval. I’m catsitting so it is a one-human two-cat family round right here today. Sadly they don’t get alongside and need to be saved in several rooms, however I’ve been having fun with loads of feline snuggles.

Onto the puzzle! I actually loved this, as anticipated by these two constructors I actually admire! LATE SHIFT is the proper revealer to clarify what is going on on with the theme solutions. And the theme solutions (each the “shifted” variations within the grid and the “unshifted” variations which are clued) are tremendous stable in-the-language phrases and phrases. One draw back of the sort of theme is that you simply typically find yourself with single-word solutions which are possibly much less “thrilling” entries — stuff like LATERALLY and COLLATED and CIRCULATES and many others — however one profit is you get twice as many theme entries as a result of every one has to work each with and with out the LATE!

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The theme was stable, however my absolute favourite half about this puzzle was the enjoyable clue echoes. We had each TEN and CHI clued as [X], consecutive [Chicken king?] for PERDUE and [Chicken ___ king] for ALA, [Camper’s protection] for DEET and [Camper’s detritus] for ASH — nice stuff! I additionally liked [Euphemism for a lesbian couple] for GAL PALS, each as a result of it is a recent angle and since I’m a fan of Gay Things In My Puzzles.

If there’s one factor I realized from doing crosswords, it is that the EDSEL was a flop

Not a lot else to say right here! The grid was tremendous clear so there’s actually nothing to complain about … possibly IN SO is a bizarre partial? But that is me trying actually exhausting for one thing to ding. Just tremendous stable gridwork and a pleasant theme.

Bullets:

TYVM (15D: “I actually respect it!,” in textspeak) — It’s uncommon {that a} 4-letter entry is my favourite in a puzzle however this could be it for me! I’d by no means seen this in a puzzle earlier than (seems it’s a NYT debut) but it surely’s one thing I exploit on a regular basis!
BLAISE (49A: Good identify for a firefighter?) — This looks like an apt identify for a pyromaniac … or I suppose a very self-loathing firefighter
SCYTHE (45D: Cutter with a curve) — This is a enjoyable phrase
ELIOT (14A: George who wrote “Romola”) — I like to recommend everybody learn “Middlemarch” if you have not already!

Signed, Rafa

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