EPISODE · Aug 21, 2020 · 11 MIN
Thursday, August 20, 2020
from Jean & Mike Do The New York Times Crossword · host MP
It was a Thursday crossword, so no surprise that it contained a surprise -- an interesting and TIMEly WRINKLE that Jean spotted, and to which Mike, er ... um ... WHATIMEANT ... tried to force into a rebus. (Spoiler alert: it did not end well 😀)Two answers -- ENOS and ONCE -- made an encore appearance today, although the clues were different yesterday. Finally, Mike spotted one small error in the puzzle -- the answer to 42D, "Popular salad dressing", rather than ITALIAN, should have been WALDENFARMS 😀 😀 Thanks to all our listeners, we now have over 1000 downloads! Keep downloading, working on the puzzle (remember, you can always subscribe at nytimes.com/crosdswords), and sending us email ([email protected])We love feedback! Send us a text...Contact Info:We love listener mail! Drop us a line, [email protected], we're on FaceBook, so feel free to drop by there and strike up a conversation!
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It was a Thursday crossword, so no surprise that it contained a surprise -- an interesting and TIMEly WRINKLE that Jean spotted, and to which Mike, er ... um ... WHATIMEANT ... tried to force into a rebus. (Spoiler alert: it did not end well 😀) Two answers -- ENOS and ONCE -- made an encore appearance today, although the clues were different yesterday. Finally, Mike spotted one small error in the puzzle -- the answer to 42D, "Popular salad dressing", rather than ITALIAN, should have b...
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