This was an easier Thursday for me as I solved the upper left quadrant very quickly, even with the rebus pothole in the middle of the road. That clue made solving the rest of the puzzle a snap! Very enjoyable!
Your and Jake's Twin Peaks Rewatch is great! I recently relistened to it during a full rewatch. The Return is extraordinary-even more enjoyable the second time through. "There they are Albert... FACES OF STONE."
Quite enjoyed the theme on this one! I noticed the rebus first and then was delighted to notice that the down clues were all places where one might find such things.
This was the first crossword i’ve ever done where i actually noticed the rebus! I spotted 11-down pretty immediately so i knew rebuses were involved in some way, so I’m pretty pleased with myself.
You should read Snow falling on Cedars. You'd like it. Set in the PNW in the aftermath of WWII, and basically follows a small town newspaper journalist covering the murder trial of a local Japanese American fisherman. Touches on themes of Japanese internment during the war, and lingering anti Japanese discrimination. Very well done book.
You should challenge yourself to solve a puzzle without any proper nouns (mainly names). I find that I often get stuck because of an actor, book, or show I don't know especially if it is not a common name (ie one could guess Ethan with a couple letters but probably not DERN). My other question is if you can do a video with a guide to formatting of clues or does it vary by puzzle maker? For example what is the difference between "in brief" and "abbr." Thanks!
This was an easier Thursday for me as I solved the upper left quadrant very quickly, even with the rebus pothole in the middle of the road. That clue made solving the rest of the puzzle a snap! Very enjoyable!
Your and Jake's Twin Peaks Rewatch is great! I recently relistened to it during a full rewatch. The Return is extraordinary-even more enjoyable the second time through. "There they are Albert... FACES OF STONE."
Quite enjoyed the theme on this one! I noticed the rebus first and then was delighted to notice that the down clues were all places where one might find such things.
This was the first crossword i’ve ever done where i actually noticed the rebus! I spotted 11-down pretty immediately so i knew rebuses were involved in some way, so I’m pretty pleased with myself.
You should read Snow falling on Cedars. You'd like it. Set in the PNW in the aftermath of WWII, and basically follows a small town newspaper journalist covering the murder trial of a local Japanese American fisherman. Touches on themes of Japanese internment during the war, and lingering anti Japanese discrimination. Very well done book.
11:36 the most sensible chuckle
In this case, SEC is short for Southeastern Conference, of which LSU is a longstanding member.
10:19 Hoisted!
31A ("Every Good Boy Does Fine") is the lines of the treble clef. Not sure if there's a mnemonic for standard tuning on guitar.
The version I learned was Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge 🙂
You should challenge yourself to solve a puzzle without any proper nouns (mainly names). I find that I often get stuck because of an actor, book, or show I don't know especially if it is not a common name (ie one could guess Ethan with a couple letters but probably not DERN).
My other question is if you can do a video with a guide to formatting of clues or does it vary by puzzle maker? For example what is the difference between "in brief" and "abbr."
Thanks!