Constructor: Patrick Berry
Relative difficulty: EASY
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THEME: none
Word of the Day: URI (Altdorf's canton) —
Either way, as always, that's "for a Friday" Easy. I left the NW mostly empty until I worked my way back up, and still wondered if I'd finish when I got there. I was stymied by the fact that most of what I had there was wrong, but once I buckled down and searched out my mistakes, it fell quickly. If anything, I think I'd be a little disappointed that Friday was so easy if I wasn't blogging it.
Bullets:
P.S. Rex here—if you have time, check out my 11/22/63 anniversary puzzle, created for the current Off-Broadway drama "Witnessed by the World"http://www.witnessedbytheworld.com/news.html
Relative difficulty: EASY
THEME: none
Word of the Day: URI (Altdorf's canton) —
Uri is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland and a founding member of the Swiss Confederation. It is located in Central Switzerland. The canton's territory covers the valley of the Reuss River between Lake Lucerne and the St. Gotthard Pass. Wikipedia
Area: 416 sq miles (1,077 km²)
University: The Educatis University
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Hello, Rexworld. This is treedweller, filling in. Rex is in Washington lobbying for an EYEPIT exception to the filibuster limits. I was wary of agreeing to guest-host, since Friday/Saturday puzzles are still a little hit-or-miss for me and I didn't want to be up half the night. Happily, I found this nice, breezy romp that would be a solid Wednesday if you worked in a theme somehow. Except you don't need to, because it's fun without a theme. So I guess that's why it showed up today. Either that, or this is that one-in-a-million puzzle that I just clicked with while others won't.Either way, as always, that's "for a Friday" Easy. I left the NW mostly empty until I worked my way back up, and still wondered if I'd finish when I got there. I was stymied by the fact that most of what I had there was wrong, but once I buckled down and searched out my mistakes, it fell quickly. If anything, I think I'd be a little disappointed that Friday was so easy if I wasn't blogging it.
Bullets:
- 11D Milk Additive OVALTINE— (cf. 1A BOSCO) I tried to get Vitamin D in there awhile, then moved on until I had few crosses.
- 6A TV actor who lived, appropriately, in Hawaii JACKLORD— Being from Texas, I am pretty familiar with (6D One of the Bushes JEB), for good or ill, so I quickly sussed the actor.
- 53A Dicey issue (HOTPOTATO) / 56A Deep-fried treat (ONIONRING)— I like both of these individually, and I like that they are stacked together. cf. 28A Relative of a leek CHIVE.
- 57A Third-place finisher in 2004 and 2008 / 42D "Northanger Abbey" novelist (NADER / AUSTEN)—Being in the Best City in Texas, I would have preferred a "Low point-" / "Live Music Capitol of the World-" type cluing, but I do enjoy Ms. Austen now and then, and I voted for NADER when he was Green (i.e., not in '08).
- 36A First name in pop (CELINE)— when Michael didn't fit, I just waited. I know it's perfectly acceptable as a clue/answer, but it pained me to see it.
P.S. Rex here—if you have time, check out my 11/22/63 anniversary puzzle, created for the current Off-Broadway drama "Witnessed by the World"http://www.witnessedbytheworld.com/news.html