Today's time: 9:10.
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I love this theme, of TOO CLEVER BY HALF in which an expression is altered by an extra half, as in THIRTY QUESTIONS or a FIFTEEN FOOT POLE.
New to me: "Charles or Ray after whom a chair is named:" EAMES. It's a kind of leather lounge chair often paired with an Ottoman.
Forgotten in the dusty scrolls of the past: HI-HO, a "onetime Ritz rival." Hi Ho Crackers, once made by Sunshine Biscuits, no longer exist. Here's Radar from "MASH" putting Hi Ho Crackers into a slot machine for some goddam reason.
Apparently NAS raps "N.Y. State of Mind." I thought it was Jay-Z.
More old-timey food: NECCO candy wafers!
Clever clues: "High winds" are OBOES, "third person" is CAIN, "drilling grp." is ROTC.
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