Sunday, April 25, 2021
Jean & Mike Do The New York Times Crossword
English - April 26, 2021 02:00 - 19 minutes - 13.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsHobbies Leisure Education Language Learning crosswords word play fun Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In Saturday's crossword we had 35A, Implausible argument, say, STRETCH, a fine example of foreshadowing, because today's puzzle, titled Stretching Exercises, revolved around stretching various muscle groups (nice scheduling, Mr. Shortz).
Besides the rather intricate theme -- listen to Jean's splendid explanation herein -- the Slang meter was pretty much pegged today, between 61A, "Oh, hell yes!", ABSOFREAKINGLUTELY; 68D, Visibly scornful, SNEERY;, and 77A, Racy selfie posted for likes on social media, in modern lingo, THIRSTTRAP. But the cluing was sharp: how can you resist clues like 69D, Cold that just won't go away?, ICEAGE, or 2D, It's 50/50, ONE? The answer is, you can't!
We give this a perfect 5 squares on the JAMCR scale, OHYEAH.
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