Slinky Interruptions
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Slinky Interruptions
To paraphrase the old days-of-the-week rhyme, โMondayโs meta is full of grace,โ though you may want to complete that sentence with a different word after you do the puzzle. The difficulty level might be a 2, and you should not need the Google.
The answer is something most students get.
Slinky Interruptions.puz
Slinky Interruptions.pdf
The Crosshare link is https://crosshare.org/crosswords/En1VbBI6KvW2EK4KdHYL
PM me your answer, which will surely be correct.
PLEASE NOTE: The clue for 59D should be "Deadly Nile denizens" (plural, not singular).
The answer is something most students get.
Slinky Interruptions.puz
Slinky Interruptions.pdf
The Crosshare link is https://crosshare.org/crosswords/En1VbBI6KvW2EK4KdHYL
PM me your answer, which will surely be correct.
PLEASE NOTE: The clue for 59D should be "Deadly Nile denizens" (plural, not singular).
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In doing the grid, anyone who knows 38A without looking it up must be really old (I qualify)
And if that did not date you, 26D certainly will.
And if that did not date you, 26D certainly will.
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Yes. These came to my aging brain all by themselves -- no Google.Bob cruise director wrote: โMon Mar 22, 2021 9:01 am In doing the grid, anyone who knows 38A without looking it up must be really old (I qualify)
And if that did not date you, 26D certainly will.
I should have labeled the puzzle as OFMM -- Old Farts Monday Meta
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Off the couch!
I knew 38A. But I'm old! Though not old enough, I gather, to know 26D. That came to me from the crossing letters.
Something related, and possibly interesting ... You know, in the silly comedy Airplane!, where Kareem Abdul Jabbar spoofs the disaster movie cliche of casting a sports figure as a co-pilot or firefighter or other minor character ... Someone once pointed out to me that much of Airplane! comes directly from the 1957 movie Zero Hour! In the latter, the sports-hero-in-a-minor role is 38A. See how the movies compare here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-v2BHNBVCs
I knew 38A. But I'm old! Though not old enough, I gather, to know 26D. That came to me from the crossing letters.
Something related, and possibly interesting ... You know, in the silly comedy Airplane!, where Kareem Abdul Jabbar spoofs the disaster movie cliche of casting a sports figure as a co-pilot or firefighter or other minor character ... Someone once pointed out to me that much of Airplane! comes directly from the 1957 movie Zero Hour! In the latter, the sports-hero-in-a-minor role is 38A. See how the movies compare here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-v2BHNBVCs
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Noice, Jay!
If we ever return to normalcy, I'll have to pull this out some Guinness-soaked evening. Thank you, Chris!ChrisKochmanski wrote: โMon Mar 22, 2021 11:04 am Something related, and possibly interesting ... You know, in the silly comedy Airplane!, where Kareem Abdul Jabbar spoofs the disaster movie cliche of casting a sports figure as a co-pilot or firefighter or other minor character ... Someone once pointed out to me that much of Airplane! comes directly from the 1957 movie Zero Hour! In the latter, the sports-hero-in-a-minor role is 38A. See how the movies compare HERE.
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Thanks for this link. I laughed at the Airplane moments yet again. And now I'm glad I used Mr. Hirsch rather than the alternative, Mr. Face. I thought only us Pittsburgh folk would know him, but in checking Google, I see he is in the "pitcher's wing" of the Hall of Fame, and is probably as deserving of full membership as, say, Hoyt Wilhelm, another reliever whose name, for some reason, comes to mind.ChrisKochmanski wrote: โMon Mar 22, 2021 11:04 am Off the couch!
I knew 38A. But I'm old! Though not old enough, I gather, to know 26D. That came to me from the crossing letters.
Something related, and possibly interesting ... You know, in the silly comedy Airplane!, where Kareem Abdul Jabbar spoofs the disaster movie cliche of casting a sports figure as a co-pilot or firefighter or other minor character ... Someone once pointed out to me that much of Airplane! comes directly from the 1957 movie Zero Hour! In the latter, the sports-hero-in-a-minor role is 38A. See how the movies compare here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-v2BHNBVCs
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I guess I am off the couch primarily because I did this in my favorite reading chair.
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๐ Iโm of the age that 38A should have been a Jetsonโs clue. Also, (sadly) cartoons have played a bigger role in my knowledge base than sports.
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Submitted. Iโm old, and I had to look up several entries. Gonna check out the Airplane! comparison, but just donโt call me Shirley.
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Me too. If it had been a Jetson's clue, I would not have had to look it up. As it was, I had guessed wrong, but did not write it in before finding that out.Beth Tyrpin wrote: โMon Mar 22, 2021 1:10 pm ๐ Iโm of the age that 38A should have been a Jetsonโs clue. Also, (sadly) cartoons have played a bigger role in my knowledge base than sports.
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Who are the Jetson's?
I am off the couch I think. Waiting confirmation.
Now back to bashing my head on MGWCC
I am off the couch I think. Waiting confirmation.
Now back to bashing my head on MGWCC
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Is this a serious a question. I can't believe you don't know. You must be older than I thought you were or your children didn't come along at the right time for you to have not watched it.Bob cruise director wrote: โMon Mar 22, 2021 3:10 pm Who are the Jetson's?
I am off the couch I think. Waiting confirmation.
Now back to bashing my head on MGWCC
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