“Jwoww,” one word, standard capitalization.
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J Woww (don’t ask me for the accepted punctuation of that), one of the women on that TV show, plus “wow factor.” Oh, dang, I just looked it up. Each of these people forms a sort of “before and after” phrase with a familiar phrase in the “after” slot, only the key word gets its spelling changed by the name:
CREW describes the famous “J _” nicknames that anchor this theme. Hey! It’s a cool theme with fresh fill! You weren’t expecting that today, were you? Onion AV Club crossword answers 2/4/11 Tyler Hinman Consider, too, the likes of BWANA, F MAJ., ELIS/NAVE crossing YSER, AXIL/VENA crossing TRINI, and trusty ol’ ERNES roosting at the bottom of the grid. TWO O’ is an odd-looking partial, and a few other fill-in-the-blank clues are awkward: YAT, BALA, and ALL OR. is described as GARFIELD’S FRIEND? Wait, I thought he was Garfield’s nemesis. Theme is crossword repeaters turned into clues, and plausible clues for those repeaters turned into theme entries. Barely kept them open for this crossword. So I’ve been up for 2.5 hours and my eyes are bleary. I only slept for four hours-when the power came back on, the lights woke me. Looks like I should be thinkin’ more!īernice Gordon’s Los Angeles Times crossword
I suppose an ear of corn is from the same etymological root-it’s just I never really thought about it. Huh? Did you know that one of the definitions of the word “spike” is “ ear of grain, as of wheat “? News to me. If this is an OLD cluing trick, it’s still a good one.Īnd for EAR. A letter from the alphabet used in Greece. It’s the latter, but I love that the clue forced me to think about the decision I needed to make.ĭitto for BETA. Had to decide if “printed” was a verb or an adjective. I don’t have lots to comment on today, but I do want to highlight a few attention-getting clue/fill combos. ” Check out the range of definitions and uses and you’ll see that these five examples only scratch the surface. Another “non-impact” example, too, which is kinda funny/ironic when ya think about it. (In theory… Sadly, there’re any number of strikes that have resulted in terrible violence- the Great Railroad Strike of 1877, for example.) Workers who “strike” or are “on strike” do take a hit at their employers-but a non-violent one.
Such an interesting use of the word when you think about it. I like the way this one doesn’t involve physical impact. He more than ably demonstrates that “strike” can be a verb or a noun and makes his point with these phrases: In today’s puzzle, Martin “hits” us with five definitions of the word (and clue) (another word for hit…). Updated Wednesday morning: Martin Ashwood Smith’s CrosSynergy/Washington Post puzzle, “Hit Piece”-Janie’s review
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