It’s rather a wink for those who have been on board for a while and are having lunch together in the dining car. It doesn’t necessarily invite people on the crossword train. I mean, it follows all the conventions of a theme that’s just fine (last words in common phrases have something in common…), but if you’re going for something that self-referential, then the THEME better *wow* the CROSSWORD SOLVER (an entry that I don’t really consider a stand-alone in-language phrase).īut this is a theme that’s for solvers. Universal does this with some frequency (once cluing ART as or something like that), and it makes me cringe. This theme doubles down on that conceit and it falls flat for me. I’m not a big fan of crossword navel gazing. Pau Roy’s New York Times crossword-Ben’s review Sure, people get on the internet at CAFÉS, but if the clue is referring to internet cafés in particular, do those even exist anymore? Apparently it’s almost synonymous with “pallet,” but there are differences. I’ve never heard this word used this way. It took just a heartbeat to realize what was going on here. For those of you who loathe Harry Potter, you can be satisfied that FILCH was clued as a verb, and not the caretaker of Hogwarts. In this case it stands for Point of Sale…and not the other thing.Īs for fun fill we have a NO-HUDDLE offense (football), “ AS IF I CARE,” MAIL ORDER, RED HOT, and KOALAS. I initially tried ATM (which, I know, is not a device for making payments), but it ended up being POS which we don’t see clued as an initialism very often. The 9d crossing seemed like it wanted something ending in -MANIA. It’s that “technically” that eventually made me realize the first letter wasn’t going to be A. Moving on, I had a tough time in that NE corner where I really wanted A-PLUS for the clue. In front of each clue we have added its number and position on the crossword puzzle for easier navigation.I guess the sign maker didn’t think too much of the survey. If you are done solving this clue take a look below to the other clues found on today's puzzle in case you may need help with any of them.
This clue was last seen on NYTimes AugPuzzle.
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