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Slinky Interruptions
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2021 8:11 am
by Bird Lives
To paraphrase the old days-of-the-week rhyme, “Monday’s meta is full of grace,” 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).
Re: Slinky Interruptions
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2021 8:51 am
by TMart
Off the couch (I think). Fun one - thanks, Jay!
Re: Slinky Interruptions
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2021 9:01 am
by Bob cruise director
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.
Re: Slinky Interruptions
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2021 9:33 am
by Dannyvee
🛋
Nice one!
Re: Slinky Interruptions
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2021 10:53 am
by SewYoung
Off the couch. A rare occurrence for me on the Monday puzzles.
Re: Slinky Interruptions
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2021 10:54 am
by Bird Lives
Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Mon 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.
Yes. These came to my aging brain all by themselves -- no Google.
I should have labeled the puzzle as OFMM -- Old Farts Monday Meta
Re: Slinky Interruptions
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2021 10:59 am
by Joe Ross
Re: Slinky Interruptions
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2021 11:04 am
by ChrisKochmanski
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
Re: Slinky Interruptions
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2021 11:16 am
by RPardoe
Solved and submitted.
Re: Slinky Interruptions
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2021 11:37 am
by Hector
Re: Slinky Interruptions
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2021 12:08 pm
by boharr
Answer submitted.
EDIT: Confirmed and off the couch.
I knew 38A and 26D (spelling a tad off at first).
Re: Slinky Interruptions
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2021 12:12 pm
by Joe Ross
Noice, Jay!
ChrisKochmanski wrote: ↑Mon 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.
If we ever return to normalcy, I'll have to pull this out some Guinness-soaked evening. Thank you, Chris!
Re: Slinky Interruptions
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2021 12:13 pm
by Cindy
solved and submitted
Re: Slinky Interruptions
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2021 12:53 pm
by Bird Lives
ChrisKochmanski wrote: ↑Mon 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
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.
Re: Slinky Interruptions
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2021 12:57 pm
by Limerick Savant
I guess I am
off the couch primarily because I did this in my favorite reading chair.
Re: Slinky Interruptions
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2021 1:10 pm
by Beth Tyrpin
🛋 I’m of the age that 38A should have been a Jetson’s clue. Also, (sadly) cartoons have played a bigger role in my knowledge base than sports.
Re: Slinky Interruptions
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2021 1:15 pm
by Meg
Submitted. I’m old, and I had to look up several entries. Gonna check out the Airplane! comparison, but just don’t call me Shirley.
Re: Slinky Interruptions
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2021 1:21 pm
by SewYoung
Beth Tyrpin wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 1:10 pm
🛋 I’m of the age that 38A should have been a Jetson’s clue. Also, (sadly) cartoons have played a bigger role in my knowledge base than sports.
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.
Re: Slinky Interruptions
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2021 3:10 pm
by Bob cruise director
Who are the Jetson's?
I am off the couch I think. Waiting confirmation.
Now back to bashing my head on MGWCC
Re: Slinky Interruptions
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2021 3:17 pm
by SewYoung
Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Mon 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
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.
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=th ... &FORM=VIRE
🛋