Whenever I see his name now (which is rare these days, thank you, constructors) I think "oh come on." It's a mothball answer for sure. He just has Good Letters (seriously, if you construct, there will come a time when you're like, "Damn, EDEL would work perfectly here. He died in the late '90s, and was never a household name to begin with.
Unless you solve crosswords regularly and/or are really really Really into Henry James (whom EDEL biographized over five frickin' volumes), this is not a name you're gonna know. I can't believe we haven't retired EDEL, which is paradigmatic crosswordese. Otherwise, there's not a lot of cringey stuff, but a lot of it is on the overly-common side, for sure. THENBA is likely to be one of the more significant time-sucks in this puzzle for solvers, and it's not a great feeling to find out that you've been struggling because the puzzle decided to throw in a random THE for no good reason. And the THE in THE NBA is pretty horrid, especially coming on the heels of yesterday's THE ARMY-the arbitrary THE-ing of answers feels slightly out of control right now, and I'd like it to stop. That ECOLAW IDES EER bit up top is rough-I have three frowny faces in the margins there. The fill was certainly less enjoyable, and I don't know if this is because the grid was under a good deal of thematic pressure from the "RED" element, or if, you know, it just wasn't as polished as it could be. Good idea, good execution, good revealer-as far as the theme goes, this one very much succeeds. Knowing the themers would all have colors in them was a huge help, and luckily I was familiar with all the theme answers, even the "pink lady," which is probably (no, certainly) the least commonly known of the bunch (though I don't think of it as obscure). Good one." The theme was easy to pick up and, once picked up, very easy to complete. oh, they're *all* RED, that makes this a lot easier, but still enjoyable. My thought process was something along the lines of "oh, this first set of circles is RED, 'cause red + green = brown. It's a revealer I *probably* should've seen coming, but I don't tend to think ahead like that when I'm solving. "Good revealer," I have written in the margins of this puzzle. I liked this theme while I was solving and I double-liked it when I got to the revealer. She wrote and co-wrote four books which covered Southern cooking and life in a small community of freed slaves and their descendants. She championed the use of fresh, in season ingredients and characterized Southern food as fried chicken (pan, not deep-fried), pork, and fresh vegetables – most especially greens. Word of the Day: EDNA Lewis, "The Taste of Country Cooking" writer ( 48A) -Įdna Lewis (Ap– February 13, 2006) was a renowned American chef, teacher, and author who helped refine the American view of Southern cooking.
" Orange Bowl" - YELLOW + " RED" (from REDO) = orange) 59A: *Annual Florida football game ( YELLOW BOWL) (i.e." Purple Heart" - BLUE + " RED" (from REDEEM) = purple) 44A: *Military medal ( BLUE HEART) (i.e." pink lady" - WHITE + " RED" (from F REDDY) = pink) 27A: *Classic gin-and-grenadine cocktail ( WHITE LADY) (i.e." brown-noser"- GREEN + " RED" (from P REDATOR) = brown) or what "corrects" the answer to each of the starred clues) - theme answers appear to contain incorrect colors, but the "correct" color is arrived at by the addition of (the letter string) "RED," which CROSSes each "wrong" color, and thus "corrects" it: Longtime mint brand that doesnt contain any mintĭid you finish solving the NYT Crossword for September 3 2021? How would you rate today’s crossword clues? Were they difficult or easy? Leave a comment and share your thoughts for the New York Times Crossword Puzzle below.THEME: RED CROSS (37D: Organization with three Nobel Peace Prizes.Old automaker with the models Firedome Fireflite and Firesweep.Artist in the avant-garde Fluxus movement.Brand whose last letter is in the shape of its product.Beings made from smokeless fire in the Quran.Role for Malcolm-Jamal Warner on The People v.
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