Today’s Newsday Saturday Stumper, by Matthew Sewell, is a deeply satisfying puzzle, one that often had me torn between “Huh?” and “Wha?” I was happy to get everything right (though it took half an hour).
Some clue-and-answer pairs I especially liked:
5-D, three letters, “GE cofounder.” Read the clue carefully.
9-D, five letters, “Viva voces, at Oxford.” The answer seems be turning up often in recent crosswords, but I haven’t seen it with this clue.
15-A, ten letters, “Pages in a pit.” Young workers at the Chicago Board of Trade, right?
17-A, ten letters, “One for two.” This was a “Huh?”
27-D, four letters, “Nonplus.” Used correctly!
29-A, six letters, “One of ‘The Almighty’s marines.’” I’ve never heard this expression.
29-D, six letters, “Handled like some art shows.” This was a “Wha?”
30-A, eight letters, “Didn’t sound off.” Nice misdirection.
31-D, three letters, “Circled Rs.” The clue adds value to the answer.
47-A, eight letters, “Outdoes in history.” Tricky.
60-A, ten letters, “Better.” Adjective? Adverb? Noun? Verb?
My favorite clue in today's puzzle: 28-A, five letters, “College course.”
No spoilers; the answers are in the comments.
Saturday, February 12, 2022
Today’s Saturday Stumper
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TAE. (Initials, like GE.) ORALS. OPERASCORE. TANDEMSEAT. STUN.
ReplyDeleteJESUIT. JURIED. RANGTRUE. TMS. (Trademarks: ®.)
PREDATES. (It’s older, outdoing something else in its age.)
AMELIORATE. RAMEN.
“...marines”? No. “”Stormtroopers of God”? Yes.
ReplyDeleteIt’s weird: searching for this expression gets me crossword sites first, followed by nutty conspiracy-laden religious sites.
ReplyDeleteI went to a Jesuit college — no religious reason, just a good school. I found the Jesuits I knew a remarkably various bunch. I took a course on Camus with a Jesuit who said that he regarded Camus as a saint. I took a couple of courses in scholastic philosophy with a Jesuit who was never without his collar. And there was one Jesuit who taught Hegel who was never without a wide colorful tie and sportcoat. No Marines, though there was an expert on the steel industry known as “the steel priest.”
Wow. I had Predates and Juried (common for quilt shows) but mostly stumped. Wanted a musical Score but ammystified about the opera specificity....
ReplyDeletei haveadded RossWords to my Sunday downloads (sent in a subscription donation) and find these difficult but not as impossible as the Stumpers.
After I updated, caps lock via double-tap no longer wotks on the iPad.
I guess OPERASCORE because the musicians are down in a pit, so they’d be playing an opera or musical.
ReplyDeleteI always have caps lock turned off. I’d be surprised if they removed it. Maybe it needs to be reset in Settings? I’ll remember to look when I have my iPad out.