(My son’s birth went too fast for pharmaceutical help, and the pain was hideous. *epidural SHOTS that are truly a miracle. *hospital BEDS for the traditionalists who eschew squatting in a field or delivering in a bathtub It was fun mining this grid for periphery childbirth experience entries: And you could argue that this is the “prequel” to Christina’s Sunday offering a while back with a toddlerspeak theme. Hah! I see Andrea’s name at the top of the puzzle, I’m, well, expecting Monday perfection. Distracted by speed.Īs Rex says, if you go silly, go big. I also did not read all the clues while solving but found a couple winners in the after-solve. I was filling in the longer answers with only occasional need to look at the short stuff. Filled in so fast I barely noticed the accumulated list above. A respectable amount of good fill and a solid theme. The greater good is not always the funnier good.ĭespite the above and the double POCs, it was a remarkably solid puzzle. The signs were gone because the ORYX were gone. So disappointed last time I drove through. Loved them since driving through White Sands and seeing Beware of ORYX or Do Not Feed the ORYX signs. The only unknown, as clued, was my fave the ORYX. WVA ASL PBS MBAS BLT ETAS and a couples ARK for them to multiply in and GAS X so it won't stink to bad too bad in Crosswordese heaven or hell.īut it is a return to the EZ peaZy Monday we all are accustomed to, even more so. ONO and ENO, AGO and I AGO, BAA and BAH, MAPS and SPAM, That could be on my name tag if I worked as a cook. Can I PUSH THE ENVELOPE and SIDLE over to ACME and say "It's a GLEE to my SORE EYES to see you." As I LEANS in and think 'HERE COMES MY BABY.'
I'm not one who likes to fly through puzs, I like to stop and smell the clues along the way. Did take me a couple of minutes longer than a reg MonPuz, so for me, that's nice. And SpREE YES? SoiREE YES? Har.įairly easy overall. Trying to think of a single word before figuring out it was OWN IT. Thought I had something wrong with the WN together.
Being not well read, "ORYX and Crake" was a whozat?įinished at the O of OWNIT/SOREEYES, which took my EYES a second to see from _WNIT/S_REEYES. Luckily, I knew GASX, and the other three crossers were easy to get. I can see the GASX/ORYX cross causing consternation to some, especially newer solvers. The tune running through my head, is the Rabbit from Alice in Wonderland "I'm Late". Thought for the day: When someone tries to talk you into creating a Monday puzzle rather than a crunchier and more interesting late-week puzzle, I say "Resist with all your might!" Sometimes I'm tempted to CUT THE CORD to Monday puzzles entirely - far too often they require absolutely no thinking at all to solve. This affords a mild chuckle at the BABY play on words - but by then the puzzle is nearly over and it hasn't exactly been a laugh-fest up till then. And I imagine it would have been much more amusing as well. Gee, Christina - I, for one, would have LOVED to see your wacky labor-related phrases puzzle! I imagine that, for one thing, it would have required me to think - something this puzzle completely failed to do. suggested doing a simpler Monday puzzle, and we came up with this." "The idea I originally pitched was a lot more convoluted, with some wacky phrases relating to labor.
Since this site wasn't up 10 minutes ago, I went to the Wordplay Blog and, after reading the Constructors' Note, wrote this plea to co-constructor Christina Iverson.
His music influenced other musicians, such as Monty Norman in England, with the vamp of the James Bond Theme, possibly influenced by 1938's "Nightmare". Musically restless, Shaw was also an early proponent of what became known much later as Third Stream music, which blended elements of classical and jazz forms and traditions. The record eventually became one of the era's defining recordings. Though he had numerous hit records, he was perhaps best known for his 1938 recording of Cole Porter's " Begin the Beguine." Before the release of "Beguine," Shaw and his fledgling band had languished in relative obscurity for over two years and, after its release, he became a major pop artist within short order. Widely regarded as "one of jazz's finest clarinetists", Shaw led one of the United States' most popular big bands in the late 1930s through the early 1940s. Word of the Day: ARTIE (33A: Swing clarinetist Shaw) -Īrtie Shaw (born Arthur Jacob Arshawsky – December 30, 2004) was an American clarinetist, composer, bandleader, actor and author of both fiction and non-fiction. HERE COMES MY BABY (56A: 1967 hit by the Tremeloes suggested by the starts of 17-, 27- and 46-Across).PUSH THE ENVELOPE (27A: Dare to exceed normal limits).LABOR DAY WEEKEND (17A: Traditional end of summer).
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