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Thursday, March 7, 2024 - J.B. Smoove, one smoove operator
Jean & Mike Do The New York Times Crossword
English - March 08, 2024 02:00 - 16 minutes - 11.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsHobbies Leisure Education Language Learning crosswords word play fun Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
This is Joe O'Neill's very first NYTimes crossword, and it's a doozie, with the theme revolving around one of Robert Frost's most famous poems. Now "famous" is relative: while Jean had a casual acquaintance with the poem, Mike was, as usual, clueless -- and therefore answerless -- so he had to rely exclusively on the not -always-easy crosses, and serendipity, to see him through.
There were some great clues throughout the grid that deserve some air time. There was the euphonious 53A, Waste's way away, SEWER; the sneaky 37A, Like the fruits durian and mangosteen, ASIAN (!); and the somewhat obscure 27D, Get into it, rustically, RASSLE (woah!). We loved them all, and hereby bestow a full 5 squares, on the JAMCR scale, to Mr. O'Neill's fine opus.
Show note imagery: Robert Frost's Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, the illustrated version
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