#684 - "Seeing Double"
- Hector
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Super honored that my quote made Matt's write-up of last week!
On the board at #7 - just behind Hector. Fine company indeed.
On the board at #7 - just behind Hector. Fine company indeed.
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Agree with Hector's take. I found this a pretty challenging grid, with some tricky cluing to boot.
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Grid is a bit too trivia-y for my taste, though agree that the content is fresh. OTOH I only needed google for one crossing so probably fine overall.
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- Bird Lives
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Only 20 on board when I checked in at 12:20. Yes, the grid is full of TIL entries. At 65A, I started writing in Educating Rita and got several letters in before realizing it wouldn't fit and was the wrong decade.
Also, I think Mike or maybe Patrick Berry had one very similar to this a while back.
Also, I think Mike or maybe Patrick Berry had one very similar to this a while back.
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- Meg
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I’ve transported. Somebody ( like @Al Sisti) needs to construct a puzzle where all the clues reference things only "older" people would know.
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- sharkicicles
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Isn't that just the NYT puzzle?
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TIL what TIL stands for. Had to Google that one.Bird Lives wrote: ↑Fri Jul 09, 2021 12:26 pm Only 20 on board when I checked in at 12:20. Yes, the grid is full of TIL entries. At 65A, I started writing in Educating Rita and got several letters in before realizing it wouldn't fit and was the wrong decade.
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After a late start (and old-person struggles with the grid similar to others), and initially not seeing anything, my second idea (which seemed dubious) hit paydirt, and I'm beamed up.
- TMart
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Beam me up. Grid took longer than the meta because TIL that I’m older than I think I am.
- Mister Squawk
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So far stuck on the meta.
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- MikeyG
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Bahahaha. I will say the amount of references I throw in tutoring (I'm in my early 30s) that students have no idea on is mind-boggling. Things from the past month or so: Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, I Love Lucy, Seinfeld...
Grid was a little crunchy here and there - thought I knew what the meta was going to be, but then I didn't, but then I did. This probably leans 2.5 - clever!
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- Guffman
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Beamed up in an hour. 45 minutes to fill the grid, 15 minutes to find the meta.
- sharkicicles
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Doing a little math here... when I was a kid in the 80s, I Love Lucy was on in reruns, and it was about... 30 years old. Seinfeld ran from 1989-1998, making it about... 30 years old now.MikeyG wrote: ↑Fri Jul 09, 2021 1:34 pm Bahahaha. I will say the amount of references I throw in tutoring (I'm in my early 30s) that students have no idea on is mind-boggling. Things from the past month or so: Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, I Love Lucy, Seinfeld...
Grid was a little crunchy here and there - thought I knew what the meta was going to be, but then I didn't, but then I did. This probably leans 2.5 - clever!
Oh. Wow.
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- RPardoe
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Got it....but will delay entry until 5 minutes before the deadline this week.