Today’s Newsday Saturday Stumper, by Lester Ruff, is not too difficult, not too easy. As Goldilocks would say, it is just right. And it taught me a couple of things:
2-Down, six letters: “Genericized totwear trademark.” It’s trademarked? I had no idea.
20-Across, seven letters: “Easy undertaking.” At the risk of repeating myself, I had no idea.
No spoilers; the answers are in the comments.
Saturday, May 5, 2018
From the Saturday Stumper
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ONESIE. MILKRUN.
ReplyDeleteYes, Onesie is a registered trademark. And a milk run is “a routine trip or undertaking, especially one presenting little danger or difficulty.”
Well I got the onesie, but sure didn't know about milk run, except when I'd go to the corner grocery for just that. (Maybe a loaf of bread, too; or a nickel piece of pickled meat. I was maybe 13 or 14, living in the projects [9th Ward], going down to Boudreaux's.) Never knew any other meaning.
ReplyDeleteI should’ve linked to the Wikipedia article, which explains the origin (WWII).
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