![]() The Crossword Solver answers clues found in popular puzzles such as the New York Times Crossword, USA Today Crossword, LA Times Crossword, Daily Celebrity Crossword, The Guardian, the Daily Mirror, Coffee Break puzzles, Telegraph crosswords and many other popular crossword puzzles. The Crossword Solver finds answers to American-style crosswords, British-style crosswords, general knowledge crosswords and cryptic crossword puzzles. VARIETY OF BEAN FROM WHICH FOODS INCLUDING TOFU, TEMPEH AND TAMARI ARE MADEĮnd with short break in Spain, getting the most out of it?Ī dancing bear a Russian leader dismissed from square dancing positionĭistinguish between Fife and tree it represents I AGREE TO MAINTAIN A TEMPERATURE THAT BAKER NEEDSĬOMPANY THAT DEALS WITH SHOW-OFF INVESTORS? STANDING ABOVE OTHERS IN QUALITY OR POSITION.Ģ007 ANDREA PORTES NOVEL ABOUT A TEENAGER WHO LEAVES HER HOME IN RURAL NEBRASKAīACK FOUNDATION AND UNIVERSITY TO HOLD ON IN MIDDLE EAST GREETING SAID TO JANE'S ADDICTION'S GUITARIST? MEASUREMENT WITH HEIGHT REQUIRED TO CALCULATE BODY MASS INDEX (BMI) Yesterday's puzzle was more playfully entertaining, though.SCHOLARS AN OLD WOMAN'S SHOWN ROUND PART OF CITY In some weeks, I would have given it POW! consideration, because of the superb execution. Not as sharp an a-ha as I like, but an interesting set of connections. The theme wasn't an instant light bulb flick, rather a slow illumination of candles: units of measure … going from small to big … in squares … meaning "square" measurements … that's how you measure area … those areas are gray … thus GRAY AREAS. I like how Alex always says BRING IT ON to challenges. Aside from the tough NIIHAU and ABSEIL, the grid is amazingly smooth, with dashes of IGUANODON, BEDHEAD, FALSE STEP, HOLD EM, to boot. It's notoriously difficult to build around square themers, since they affect four crossing answers and so much of the surrounding region. See how beautiful our totally not wonky units are?Īlso elegant: Alex's gridwork. Overthinking aside, I enjoyed the stepwise progression, INCH to FOOT to YARD to MILE - each of the measures exactly four letters, perfect for crossword squaring. Jeff: What? Is it because you grew up in Canada? Would this have been more accurate using that bizarre metric thingy? Jeff: Did you find it odd that the (square) INCH is the same size as the (square) MILE? Black lives matter.ĭay 2 of the CUJO (Cracking Up Jim Horne with Overthinking) show! I recall having armour and colour corrected to armor and color in elementary school.įinally, although some things in this world are GRAY (or GREY), others are not - like the inherent dignity and value of human life. ![]() I blame reading too many books by English authors in my formative years. Even though GRAY is the preferred American spelling, to me, GREY (the preferred British spelling) just looks better (and is my natural inclination). ![]() Wow, I just realized that I was spelling GRAY as GREY in these notes. I hope solvers appreciate the progression of square INCH, square FOOT, square YARD, and square MILE. There are a few clunkers in the 6 and under range, but I think they're reasonable trade-offs for all the fun stuff they enabled. Since the theme isn't contained in the puzzle's longest answers, there's a lot more length 7+ bonus material than a typical Tuesday. I felt that the gray coloring would stand out better if it were surrounded by as much white space as possible. Each of them abuts only a single diagonally adjacent black block. ![]() This puzzle has a few more open squares (72) than a typical 78-word grid, primarily due to the spacing of the four GRAY AREAS. ![]()
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