![]() ![]() The first time I heard of the idea of a "NOTCH" for marking. 27D: Gunslinger's mark (notch) - where does he make this NOTCH? Not on his bedpost, presumably.59A: Pope from 440 to 461 (Leo I) - O good, random popes! I like those almost as much as I like random roman numerals - 40D: Early 17th-century year (MDCI). ![]() it's the focal, repeated word of one of the dumbest-ass ad campaigns of recent memory (for some kind of body spray - the kind that losers think will make semi-hot chicks want to sleep with them). it reeks of the worst parts of the 80s and b. I despise the word "BOD" for many reasons, but mainly a. It's the weirdest-looking set of letters I've seen in a while. 33A: Gymgoer's pride (bod) - I am so in love with the word "gymgoer" right now, I can't even tell you.24A: Disco _ of "The Simpsons" (Stu) - a guy created for a single joke (Homer never quite finished bedazzling a denim jacket that was supposed to read "Disco Stud") becomes a show regular and crossword staple.22A: Walked like a tosspot (reeled) - The Bangles' far less successful follow-up to "Walk Like an Egyptian." God I love the word "tosspot," primarily because it evokes not only drunkenness but the barfing that might bo with it.Caught my error quickly, though, as I noticed that 12D: Auctioneer's last word (gone) couldn't start with "O," because of course the answer was SOLD. Sorta sucks when your wrong answer is 3/4 the same as your right answer. 10A: These may be coddled (eggs) - a gimme for my wife.Considered HATES ON for a few seconds, but then thought that might be a little too, er, colloquial for the NYT. I would have preferred, but I guess the "plus" phrasing here perpetuates the illusion, somehow, that "Dislikes" is a verb that's the trap I fell into at any rate. 9D: Dislikes, plus (hatreds) - absolutely hate the "plus" here.Not a big fan of riddles, and this clue reads like one, so I grimaced a little. 6D: When stolen, it stays in place (base) - unless it is the base stolen by Ricky Henderson to break the all-time stolen base record, in which case it is torn out of the ground then and there.This answer was made a bit harder by intersecting two other answers that gave me pause: I tend not to think of my presidents as #s. 6A: #41 or #43 (Bush) - both wife and I tripped over this one (maybe you did too?). ![]() I'm afraid there's not a lot else to say about this puzzle, so I'll move right to my Top Ten answer breakdown. I finally clued in to my error when 47D: Full range (extent) refused to begin IX. So certain was I that the correct phrase was HOT ON THE TRAIL that I wrote it in without looking at the clue, and in spite of the fact that it made all the Downs manifestly wrong. The one theme answer that is truly objectionable is HOT ON THE SCENT ( 45A: In close pursuit). I like that the progression of "SENSE" words goes S-, C-, and SC-, and I think the expressions HEAVEN SENT ( 17A: Providential) and especially NOT ONE RED CENT ( 27A: Nary a penny) are fresh and engaging I was hoping to f ind this morning that the "red" had something to do with commies, but no, just reddish color of the copper. like this puzzle's theme?) - final words of three theme answers are SENT, CENT, and SCENT, respectivelyįorgettable, as themes go, but at least it has logical coherence (unlike yesterday's debacle). ![]()
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