Matt Jones’s Jonesin’ Crossword, “Point the Way” – Erin’s write-up

Jonesin’ answer 8/30/22

Hello everybody! This week’s Jonesin’ theme entails mixing up the letters of the phrase ARROW, as discovered within the circled squares.

• 17a. [Hands-on environmentalists, so to speak] ECO-WARRIORS
• 29a. [Events that are fairly suspicious] EYEBROW-RAISERS
• 38a. [Song you may have to distract yourself out of] EARWORM
• 47a. [Stylish] FASHION FORWARD
• 58a. [1996 Travolta/Slater film (or what’s found in the theme answers)] BROKEN ARROW

Other issues:

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• There have been just a few partials and different questionable entries right here: TYPE OF, ONOS, KAS, SOLS.
• 5d. [Lois, in a 1990s series] TERI. Teri Hatcher performed Lois Lane within the present Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman.
• 30d. [Giraffes’ relatives] OKAPIS. An okapi seems to be like a giraffe, a deer, and a zebra had a child, and it’s the giraffe’s solely dwelling relative.
• 34a. [Mind’s I?] EGO. Love this clue.

Until subsequent week!

Emily Carroll’s New York Times crossword—Amy’s recap

NY Times crossword answer, 8 30 22, no. 0830

The theme revealer’s cut up into an asymmetrical pair, given the various constraints posed by the diagonal theme entries: 17a. [With 69-Across, beginner’s downhill challenge … or a hint to this puzzle’s circled letters], BUNNY / SLOPE. The circled phrases on the diagonal give us the ENERGIZER Bunny, a DUST bunny, the EASTER Bunny, and BUGS Bunny. Hop, hop!

Fave fill: OWNED IT, SLY NOD, DREIDEL, LIBERIA, SPLURGE, IUD (appears like there have been a long time the place IUDs have been someway deemed too risqué for the each day crossword, and I recognize that we see it now).

A smattering of fill feels powerful for a Tuesday: OGEE, ALAI, RUHR, ESSO, STEROL, GELID. I want the puzzle had been slotted on a Wednesday on condition that fill (after which harder clues total).

Three stars from me. Bunnies!