Interesting how we know different things... Ravi Shankar and Zero Mostel were no-brainers for me; you, on the other hand, quickly typed in answers that had completely stumped me!
For the theme: a minor problem can be a bump, a standup act is also called a set, and a power surge can be called a spike, so you get “setbumpspike” for the theme revealed clue. It took me forever to finally get that!
I spent 20 minutes on this puzzle, got maybe half of it and then found myself going around in circles, totally stuck, unable to get any further. Such as it is when I attempt crosswords, especially the NYT full versions.
Sometimes reading the companion article can give you the boost you need - it talks about theme (if there is one) and gives answers to the hardest / most interesting clues.
@@Rangsk I definitely need to do that if I want any hope in completing, but like Connections I like to attempt it without any outside help. It's all those long expressions I can't figure out and there were many in that puzzle.
Honest question: how do you decide what to pencil vs not pencil? You kept going back to SECONDWIND but because it was in "pen" you didn't seem to consider that it might be wrong.
Interesting how we know different things... Ravi Shankar and Zero Mostel were no-brainers for me; you, on the other hand, quickly typed in answers that had completely stumped me!
For the theme: a minor problem can be a bump, a standup act is also called a set, and a power surge can be called a spike, so you get “setbumpspike” for the theme revealed clue. It took me forever to finally get that!
“Bumpsetspike”, I mean.
I spent far too long thinking how Craig Robinson from the office related to Michelle Obama haha. Great solve today!
I spent 20 minutes on this puzzle, got maybe half of it and then found myself going around in circles, totally stuck, unable to get any further. Such as it is when I attempt crosswords, especially the NYT full versions.
Sometimes reading the companion article can give you the boost you need - it talks about theme (if there is one) and gives answers to the hardest / most interesting clues.
@@Rangsk I definitely need to do that if I want any hope in completing, but like Connections I like to attempt it without any outside help.
It's all those long expressions I can't figure out and there were many in that puzzle.
Ione Skye is a daughter of sixties folk/pop star Donovan ( from Glasgow).
Honest question: how do you decide what to pencil vs not pencil? You kept going back to SECONDWIND but because it was in "pen" you didn't seem to consider that it might be wrong.
Where is the daily dad joke x
On the NYT games video!
@ oh yeah it’s on my next to watch thanks.