Monday, July 6, 2020

Monday's New York Times crossword puzzle solved: July 6, 2020

























My time: 4:33.

The theme: first name of celebrity plus a verb to make a well known phrase.  "Pianist Cliburn plays basketball defense?" is VAN GUARDS.  "Singer Dylan has fun in the snow?" is BOB SLEDS.  "Actress Rogers flips out?" is GINGER SNAPS.  "Businessman Gates gets out of the poker game?" is BILL FOLDS.  And "TV host Behar takes mass transit?" is JOY RIDES.

One of these days I'll remember Rafael NADAL.  He comes up an awful lot.

I think I heard at one point that the OPAL is mined predominantly in Australia.  The town of Coober Pedy in South Australia is a major source of opal.  ha ha!  Coober Pedy!

Did you know PEORIA is on the Illinois River?  Also apparently it floods a lot.

In several Asian martial arts, the DAN is a rank.  Dan is often used together with the word kyu in certain ranking systems, with dan being used for the higher ranks and kyū being used for lower ranks.

All right, there's NO MORE.

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