Quiara Vasquez’s Inkubator crossword, “Themeless #35″—Jenni’s write-up

This one definitely was very difficult. I completed with one incorrect sq. and needed to reveal the reply to determine it out. It’s a placing grid with 4 quadrants that play like separate tough puzzles.

The grid can also be full of fine stuff, a lot of which was exterior my data base. That’s not a grievance! I like studying issues. There’s one 15 operating down the grid that was simply on the sting of my reminiscence and I ultimately dredged it up.

You can see the sq. the place I acquired caught. I’ve by no means heard of KAITLIN Olson and have by no means watched “Always Sunny in Philadelphia.” I can’t think about any clue for KHAZI that will have helped me. [British slang for a bathroom that’s one letter away from a color] left me shaking my head.

Inkubator, September 15, 2022, Quiara Vasques, “Themeless #35,” resolution grid

• 7d [1993 breakthrough album for Liz Phair] is EXIT TO GUYVILLE.
• 17a [Academic-sounding euphemism for “shit no one cares about”] is a superb clue for ESOTERICA.
• 30a [They’re down with everything] are NIHILISTS.
• 41a [It’s damaged by a leak] is SECRECY. {overly apparent political remark redacted as a result of I’m simply drained}
• What can we take into consideration 47d [“Clueless” heroine] crossing 54a HAD NO CLUE?

What I didn’t know earlier than I did this puzzle: see above. I even have by no means heard the Dido music WHITE FLAG.