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Deadlock crossword clue12/31/2023 ![]() I appreciate that each of these is firmly in the language and uses a different meaning of the first word in each themer. Puns, dad jokes, and misdirects, oh my! I’ll admit to groaning at a few of these themers (in a good way) as I solved. Let’s see what shops are in this puzzle:ġ6A: OUTLET MALL Ģ4A: TACKLE SHOP – Nice misdirect here! No political connection here.ģ5A: SECOND HAND STORE – As in help with Paul Blart, Mall Cop’s watch?Ĥ5A: JUNK DEALER ĥ4A: FLEA MARKET Smooth Tuesday puzzle that would be even smoother without ELL and ARAL.Īlex Eaton-Salners’s Wall Street Journal crossword-Nate’s write-upĮxcuse the tardiness of this review – my husband and I moved this weekend (and went to a lot of “Points of Purchase” as we got settled into our new place). Basically, it’s a jar full of sugar and palm oil (what a yummy combo! not) with some hazelnut and cocoa and whatnot.įour stars from me. I know a lot of people love it, but this stuff is crap. I may have screamed more than once with the jumpscares. ![]() It’s sort of an ’80s-style action/adventure sci-fi movie centering 13-year-olds and it was lots of fun. ![]() Last night, we watched the Netflix movie Rim of the World with our local college kids. The Midwest has had so much rain this spring, Lake Michigan is reaching record high water levels, the beaches are shrinking, and the beach piers are washed by aggressive waves. , RAIN-OUT, like today’s White Sox game around the 5th inning. Dessert tonight was the Dark Knight at Gordo’s Homemade Ice Cream Bars: chocolate ice cream dipped in dark chocolate, rolled in pieces of Heath bar. The other themers begin with words that can also be nouns synonymous with “butt.” NY Times crossword solution, 5 28 19, no. Thank you so much for the time, everybody! Have a wonderful rest of your Tuesday and, as always, keep solving!!Īimee Lucido’s New York Times crossword-Amy’s write-up “Campioni del mondo!!! Campioni del mondo!!!” Here is how Grosso’s final kick of the 2006 World Cup final sounded on Italian television. The final penalty kick was converted by Grosso, who also scored the game-winner in the 119th minute in the semifinal game against World Cup host Germany. After Italy and France ended 1-1 after regulation and after 30 minutes of added extra time, the game ended up being decided in a penalty shoot-out, which Italy won after converting all five of its penalties. “Sports will make you smarter” moment of the day: GROSSO (8 D: ) – There is a short list of men and women who have scored the game-winning goal at a FIFA World Cup Final and, in 2006, Italian defender Fabio GROSSO added his name to that list. How could I not have been the coolest kid in third grade carrying this into the cafeteria? Finally, THERMOS made me want to ask you all a question in forcing you down memory lane: If you had a lunchbox/thermos combination that you brought to school when you were younger, what was the artwork depicted on them (27D: )? I had two growing up, one being a San Diego Chargers themed lunchbox (random for a NYC kid, I know) and a Transformers lunchbox set! Man, I wish I could find it and carry it out one last time, possible weird glances at my direction be damned! Spears before their break-up and his complete flameout as a hip-hop artist (53D: ). ![]() Kevin Federline, famous for about 30 seconds for his romantic relationship with Ms. Here is hoping people didn’t have too much trouble with K-FED, a.k.a. UMLAUTS (43A: ) was also fun to see, though having it cross PETULA is making it hard for me not to have an earworm develop with her song in my head for the next few minutes (30D: ). Also liked seeing TIEBREAKER (11D: ) and TENNIS, especially given that the French Open is underway and Wimbledon is right around the corner (44D: ). How many of you have made good on your New Year’s RESOLUTION(s) almost halfway through 2019 so far (28D: )? Can’t say that I am big in taking part in that ritual normally, though I liked seeing the word in the grid. Common items and/or phrases that have the name of an animal inside of it are turned into puns, reimagined by its “spirit animal” cluing. Today’s grid is a little fun time with animals, sort of. Hello there, people! Here is hoping that you all had a good holiday weekend. Crossword Nation puzzle solution, Week 417: “Finding One’s Inner Spirit Animal”
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