The gimmick gets a little boring after the first few. After getting a cross or two up to, I thought maybe BEERMAKER, but that was one-char short. Peace ~ Health ~ Hope ~ Equality for all ~ Teamwork . Here’s the American Heritage definition: A mid-central neutral vowel, typically occurring in unstressed syllables, as the final vowel of English sofa. Really? Can you put up a photo of the adorable Wiley on your Profile? I second @Frantic’s motion for pictures in the meantime. As the constructors are introduced as stay-AT-HOME moms, I enjoyed the answers that trace some of the steps of mom-hood: the DOULA at birth, a LULLABY for the infant, the dreaded preschool or grade-school LOUSE ALERT, the teen with the PATCHY beard studying the VOCAB list...not sure about the WEED BETWEEN THE LINES.One do-over: "lilts" before KILTS (I thought it was poetic that the lilting sound of their language was "around" them). I was in at the top with TAKE A WAYNE CHECK. And yes, the clue for 107A had me checking the first and last words of "America", har. I agree with @Rex but he was too kind. This was a very well a executed example of a really good and very traditional Sunday NYT puzzle. @Lewis what a gweat tale! Like Rex is was nice seeing BODEREK appear,but I had the same experience with VANNAWHITE OPRAH and ASNER. Go CHIEFS!! @A 1:36 PM Peace ~ Health ~ Hope ~ Equality for all ~ Teamwork . Actually, with a little research, it looks like George Dickel (Tennessee whisk(e)y) and Old Forester (bourbon) also use the e-less spelling in their branding. @Everyone who never heard of "smart quotes" - It is the computer determining which way the quote mark curls depending on whether it is at the beginning or end of the word. Except I guess you could conceivably brew other things, like tea. I did appreciate the female knowingness of this puzzle. Things I especially enjoyed included such unpredictable surfaces as Steveranâs âSomething to play? I slept in the same room as BO DEREK did when she filmed 10 at Las Hadas. It doesn't. For N = 2 people, named Alice and Bob, once A names her birthday, there's a 364/365 = .997 (99.7%) chance that Bob's birthday is different. Googled it: the unstressed central vowel (as in a mom e nt a go), represented by the symbol /ə/ in the International Phonetic Alphabet.Sheesh! I don't wear cornrows, though. I wheely can’t wait for better days. That’s not just an iPad thing, other systems sometimes default to “smart quotes.”*To be clear, I really did like the WITCH answer - dark humor is fine with me. BODEREK is also 64. Who knew...I only use a MacBook Pro. For 100a, how about: "What the members of Fleetwood Mac did on tour for a little variety? You go, woman! Enjoy the game, folks! This one did it. Etc. @kitshef 920am Thanks for the warning, but such things invariably have the opposite effect on me. I mean - TAKE A WAYNE CHECK ? I even enjoyed OFL straining for critcal nits in this one. When I got the theme (early on) I thought "Oh no, they're not really doing this!" ALERT:YEE NEE SEE ALEE EELY BEER KLEES WHEEL LEVEE OHISEE WEED BETWEEN: what does it mEEn? hard ball and hee haw. With NY fielding two of the worst football teams in the country right now, I've been sulking all season and haven't watched a game of any description since late November. There's a mathematical probability equation explaining this, but I don't remember it. Any puzzle not capsizing under the weight of sports trivia is okay with me. Comedy gold.Happy birthday @Gill! The clue should have been "What the stoner actor DID...", not " What the stoner actor SMOKED...". Sheesh. ), WEED BETWEEN THE LINES (100A: What a stoner actor smoked during rehearsal? When I saw AN ELEPHANT IN THE WOMB, I immediately thought of Elmer Fudd and his "wascally wabbit". For one crazy moment I wondered if Sal Mineo had been in “Roots,” but rejected that idea quickly. Blogger is still primarily 2006 software and that fact raises its ugly head in the weirdest way. )We're digging deep into our IVANs for IVAN V. Har. @Anon 10:32 - The word “America” begins and ends with the SCHWA sound. (Actually, she's 48 years old and lives across town with her own family; nevertheless....)This turned out to be delightfully easy. @A et al. But these days kombucha seems to be growing in popularity and maybe some day we will need this distinction. This was a fine distraction from the cold weather outside (-17 this morning). Sure, there's quite a bit regular solvers have seen time and again, but such is the nature of a Sunday grid. I never knew much about her beyond her pin-up status. @AGreat minds...I sent you an email an hour ago a;ologizig and correcting the Cheat Sheet. The Cinephile puzzle is 16 years old but still manages to be topical: 2d Drug needing trial â vain? (I never thought before to look up "like the dickens", as in, "it hurt like the dickens". Plan a long-distance date. But How can you not like AN ELEPHANT IN THE WOMB?Find an excuse and you can do this sound-switch with all kinds of sounds. Here is a collection of all our explainers, interviews and other helpful bits and bobs. Various kinds of ding-dong in our pick of the best of the broadsheetsâ cryptic crosswords, Last modified on Tue 23 Feb 2021 05.34 EST. Did you know that the duck-billed platypus is one of the few mammals that don’t get lice? There is a list of crossword fiction weâve enjoyed at the end of this post from the Before Times. **Formatting Discussion Alert**@JC66 - Huh. Vanna White. Like so many others, I have always loathed Deflategate Tom and I've made a career out of rooting against him.
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