I solved the WSJ Saturday puzzle online. I completed all the theme answers, with help from the crossing words. However, for the first time, I did so without understanding what the theme was about.
Please, someone, explain it.
Saturday August 5 Crossword Puzzle “Not mincing words”
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Nino
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- Location: Massachusetts
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BarbaraK
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- Location: Virginia
Took me a bit to figure out.
The previous clues are all “not” plus a 2 letter word. Put a comma between those letters.
So 23A is “Not me”. Read it as “not M, E.”
25A, which references it, is pale beach. The M in Palm Beach was changed to an E.
The previous clues are all “not” plus a 2 letter word. Put a comma between those letters.
So 23A is “Not me”. Read it as “not M, E.”
25A, which references it, is pale beach. The M in Palm Beach was changed to an E.
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