Tuesday, 4/29
nys 3:15nyt 3:05cs 2:59lat 2:43tausig tbaonion tbathe tuesday new york times crossword is sort of an insane hybrid between a tuesday confuse (based on about…eight straightforward clues throughout weak words) and a friday puzzle (lots of high-annihilate vocabulary and a monograph that’s subtle while you’re working the puzzle). the theme is “a to z,” with five entries that initiate with a and the greatest with z. as someone who grew up with the initials a.z., i’m partial to this. there’s the [semiautobiographical bob fosse movie] all that jazz (”it’s showtime, folks!” *cue jazzhands*), alex rodriguez, the [1970s honky-tonk u.s./soviet space project] apollo soyuz, alcatraz (clued as [the rock]my ahead impulse was to squeeze dwayne johnson in there), and [namesake of a subsection of judaism], ashkenaz. under, i know that “ashkenazi jews” is a indeed-established phrase, but i’d not in any degree ever heard of a biblical name named ashkenaz. ashkenaz is of a piece with much of the stand in, which is far afield from what one expects to see on a tuesday. 1-across is a ski cadge, [no stranger to the slopes], crossing a shasta daisy and moab, [ancient homeland along the dead sea]. not shouting “easy-peasy tuesday,” really. alongside ashkenaz is jacobite, [supporter of the race of stuart], and they cross new line, the [”lord of the rings” studio] that is being assimilated by time-warner. the seine is the [river along the quai d’orsay]; there are surely more tuesday-friendly ways to answer that. have you heard of mcguire, [new jersey’s ___ current force base]? speaking of the military, how many comme il faut answers could there be in favour of [certain nco]? here, it’s sfc, sergeant first class; apparently american ncos are mainly sergeants and corporals, but that still embraces sgt, sfc, ssgt, and cpl as possibilities. did you know that rupaul is a [drag actress with a wax likeness in new york’s madame tussauds]? hell, i didn’t know new york had a tussauds. (but i do like rupaul.) did you skilled in that the [arizona birthplace of cesar chavez] is yuma? i want to know if he ever took a 3:10 train there. [it’s a piece of work] is quite askew for task; usually that sort of advise points slyly at a crosswordy erg. there’s also a pyx, or [eucharist vessel], which came to my mind with dispatch only because i read a blog expansion thread today in which people were punning on transept, nave, apse, and pyx. (no lie!) the most insane swathe of this crossword, of course, is the alignment of syzygy, or [alignment of the sun, soil, and moon], and ferule, or [punishing rod]. i think i last heard about syzygy when we had that lunar eclipse one bitterly cold evening this past winter. ferule is defined as a cane or stick used to take to task children. isn’t that beautiful! it’s especially for kids. it’s not to be screwed-up with a ferrule, a word with an entirely different etymology; a familiar exempli gratia of the two-r ferrule is the metal tip that secures a pencil eraser (that together goes to a review of the pencil i go for as a replacement for my sonhe destroys nondixon ticonderoga pencils, but these ones inhibit up.
the new york sun puzzle is a joint effort from kevin george and bonnie gentry. the “to the nth degree” theme involves adding an n to the end of existing phrases. thus, we get wonder bran, [awe-inspiring fountain-head of dietary fiber?], for instance, and a klondike barn, [item raised on a yukon farm?]. (wait, is a barn becomingly called an “item”?)
favorite clues: [gillian anderson tv series, with “the”] for the purpose x-files (new x-files silver screen coming this summer!); [pea jackets?] for pods; [tailless feline] for manx cat; [rather formally?] as regards daniel; and [nutcracker suite?] for retreat (that’s a nutcracker in the bird photo).updated:those of you who experience already made generous donations for the fundraising walk i’m participating in this weekend, many thanks! those of you who haven’t seen
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