Big Trouble

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It’s good to see everyone up bright and early, having turned the clocks back just yesterday — in the US, I mean. Other places in the world stopped saving daylight weeks ago. You will not need to spend that extra hour pondering this week’s MMM. As far as I know, the MMM does not have the equivalent of MEOW’s feline hierarchy. But if we did have gradations of couches ranging up to the Roche-Bobois 8-piece sectional, today’s puzzle would be the two-seater Glostad — $149 at Ikea.

The answer is a well-known story.

And I do mean well-known. This is not Sam the Sham. (The response to my previous puzzle revealed that there were some people on the planet who were not familiar with that legendary musician.) Today’s puzzle avoids any of those less brightly lit alleys of culture. Believe me, you’ve heard of this one.

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Off the couch. My wife saw the mechanism - I never would have...
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So much fun! Great clues (esp. 1D).
Good luck, fellow Muggles!
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#4

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Off the couch.
Amusing.
Thanks for the puzzle!
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Off the couch! Clever clues.
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Great job by Jay as always 🛋
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Off the couch. Clever and fun. Thanks, Jay.
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Great Monday puzzle Jay - thanks!!

By the way, I looked up the building on Wikipedia and they, inadvertently I am sure, left you off the "Notable Residents" section. Perhaps they will let me edit that section? Oh, and I've been adding the E forever, sorry about that.

Tom

Hopefully we can get it to read:

Notable residents
• ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, son and chosen successor of Bahá’u’lláh, the founder of the Bahá’í Faith[1]
• Italian baritone Giuseppe Danise
• Operatic Soprano Teresa Stratas
• Fashion photographer Deborah Turbeville
• Lauritz Melchior (Metropolitan Opera tenor who practiced archery in the 110-foot (34 m) corridors)
• Lily Pons
• Martin Charles Ansorge (1882–1967), United States Representative from New York[3]
• Stage actor James T. Powers
• Babe Ruth
• Vincent La Selva, conductor and founder of the New York Grand Opera
• Clemens Weiss, German Artist
• Jay Livingston, Crossword constructor and bon vivant (known to decorate the corridors with partially constructed grids)
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Off the couch. Thanks for the puzzle.
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The Wikipedia page for 27D is worth a read. Thanks, Jay!
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Off the couch. Thanks, Jay! Enjoyed the clues!
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Off the couch! Always a fun puzzle by Jay!
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OTC and the answer made me laugh! Great puzzle, Jay!
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I believe I'm off the couch. Fun puzzle.
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Off the couch. Great cluing. Thank you Jay
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Off the couch. Great puzzle. Especially loved the clue for 1D.
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Off the couch - thanks, Jay - great puzzle, clues, and aha moment!
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Had a great time doing it! Thanks, Jay!
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Finished the grid, but I'm digging around in the couch cushions for change.
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That was fun! Thank you!🛋
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