Gail’s given us a synonym puzzle, but lest you think that equates with “ho-hum,” think again. What a nice way to close out the CS week this is.

Updated Saturday morning: Gail Grabowski’s CrosSynergy/Washington Post puzzle, “Dig Deeply”-Janie’s review That suspicion was not based on any actual knowledge of Albéniz’s music. For, I suspected it would be something Spanish and rousing, like ESPANA, but it’s IBERIA. is a tricky (for those who haven’t paid close attention to Pottermania) clue for a HOUSECAT. Really? Political blogs are always going on about pet peeves? Love the entry, though. I know him more from Tarantino movie(s) than from Lie to Me, which is…I don’t remember what it is. The URL I clicked to get to that site was. What else rides up? Shirts, bras…and who can forget underwear? So much so that Hanes even sells anti-riding-up undies. Hey, let’s use this term for people’s spots too. What’s your frame of reference here: Oprah or crossword solving?Īlso on the all-star roster (weirdly, almost all from the Downs): You’ve got the quartet of 15s, all terrific. The second Saturday LAT in a row to take me 5 minutes and change rather than the usual 4 minutes and-am I slowing down or have the puzzles toughened themselves up lately? The phrase tea-length dresses may sound nonsensical, and yet it is more “in the language” than TEA DRESSES.īrad Wilber and Doug Peterson’s Los Angeles Times crossword SILEX is a, or part of the Proctor Silex brand name of small appliances. Taco Bell has a “crunchy taco.” If is a taco, it’s a crunchy taco or a hard-shell taco, not a CRISPY TACO. I have never encountered the CRISPY TACO. I think the latter one means “kiss,” but I don’t like the X/SMACK equivalency without an intermediary “kiss,” and I don’t care for the X/XED echo. 35d: clues XED (as in “X’ed out) while 46d: clues SMACK.The KIA OPTIMA has that nice Chinese-looking IAO run in the middle. Two things the show is known for: (1) It launched Claire Danes’ acting career and (2) it featured a gay teen character back when that was a rarity. CEMENT SHOES! I wonder how many times that gruesome murder method has been used. I didn’t find too much to delight me here, and there were a few answers that clanged dissonantly. It just took a Midwestern blizzard with 70 mph winds to straighten things out. At last! A week where the Friday puzzle’s easier than the Saturday puzzle.

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