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Ryan McCarty’s New York Times crossword, “Some Theme’s Missing” —Nate’s write-up

Holy crap. This puzzle was wonderful! To make a themeless so clean and stuffed with enjoyable, energetic fill that you simply don’t thoughts in any respect that there’s no theme? Incredible. Wowwwwww. Absolute kudos to the constructor! In lieu of a theme, I’m going to listing all of the entries that matched how I felt in regards to the puzzle:

12.18.22 Sunday New York Times Crossword

– 1A AH BLISS [“I’m in heaven!”]
– 8A MERCI [Word of gratitude overseas]
– 22A THIS IS THE LIFE [“I’m in heaven!”]
– 70A MADE PROUD [Caused to kvell]
– 11D C’EST BIEN [“That’s fine,” in French]
– 16D EN FUEGO [Really hot, slangily]
– 91A GOAT [Parent of kids] or, Greatest Of All Time, like this puzzle’s constructor!

Also, that central stack of entries was mindblowing! BET AWARDS, FEMINISTS, REST STOPS, DESPACITO, and CRANK CALL?! The downs in that area had been nice too, together with WISE CRACK, CHRIS PAUL, and MEME STOCK.

Other enjoyable entries / enjoyable clues:
– 19A CARPENTER ANT [One might crawl out of the woodwork]
– 41A PHOENIX AZ [Largest U.S. state capital by population, on a postmark]
– 96A POUTINE [Quebecois dish of French fries, cheese curds and gravy]
– 2D HALLOWEEKEND [Portmanteau for an extended autumn celebration]
– 3D BLOOMING ONION [Fried appetizer that resembles a blossom]

The solely clue I didn’t love was [Joint accounts?] for POLICE REPORTS at 94A. There are too many individuals locked up with lives ruined for minor infractions for medicine that at the moment are authorized to essentially joke round about this, IMO. Also, can we discuss how comparatively clear this grid was for a way a lot it completed? Sure, there’s STROM and PAK, however I’ll take these little bits of glue for every thing we received! I hope you loved the puzzle as a lot as I did – cease by the feedback part to tell us your favourite bits. Have an amazing week!

 

 

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