9/19/2023 0 Comments Sum up crossword nytimes![]() I was originally trying to remember the Italian word for "cheese" before realizing that the words were merely terms for inhabitants of different regions. ![]() I had ITALIANI instead of ITALIANO (35D: Romano o siciliano) ("o" is "or" so yes the answer needs to be singular). that's what happened? I think I'm just gonna quietly step away from Memeville and go back to Old Manville, where I rightly belong and may in fact be mayor. Did not expect the first example of COPYPASTA to end up referring to a mass shooter's manifesto, but. OK, I'm reading the wikipedia entry for COPYPASTA (one word) and I still don't really get it. and? So? Hang on, gotta look up why this even has a name. The former is as familiar to me as the air I breathe (the first decade of "The Simpsons" being as close to a Holy Book as I have), while the latter I have never heard of and don't quite understand the need for. The tip of the spear today (metaphorically and, if you squint and imagine the actual NW corner as a kind of spearhead, somewhat literally) is the coming together of two neologisms: CROMULENT ( 1A: Perfectly acceptable, humorously) and COPYPASTA (1D: Block of text duplicated and reposted online, in internet slang). I never really saw the clues for either BALLET SLIPPER or ATTENTION SPAN, so quickly did both of them fill in because of relatively simple short crosses. There's enough long stuff to keep things interesting, but you are never at a loss for a toehold-lots of opportunities to grab onto a 4- or 5-letter answer in order to get traction. This is likely because so much of the rest of the grid is short stuff. After I worked out some minor difficulties in the NW corner, there wasn't much left to slow my progress through the rest of the grid. In fact, in many ways, this felt very much like a Friday puzzle. Very dynamic somehow, and ended up creating the kinds of pathways through the grid that allowed for that "whoosh-whoosh" feeling that I'm typically looking for on Fridays but don't find as often on Saturdays. Really love that diagonal mirror symmetry. I think the coolest thing about this puzzle is probably the grid shape.
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