My time: 5:27, just over a minute slower than the record.
Theme: common sayings clued as if they are puns based on the names of newspapers. "Where one might find Boston news reporters?" is AROUND THE GLOBE. "Where a Baltimore news reader's desk might be found?" is UNDER THE SUN. And "beaten to a news scoop in Los Angeles?" is BEHIND THE TIMES. That's the best one.
Well, we have a rilly big shew for you tonight, and long-forgotten comic TOTIE Fields, who was mostly active in the 1960s and early 1970s. Sadly, she suffered a variety of health problems and died at the age of 48.
"Crab traps" is POTS. That's the term for the mesh cages the trappers use.
I remembered that "org. for Kings and Senators" is NHL, but I continue to detest clues about the ACC ("UNC and Clemson are in it" — so what?).
I also dislike the phrase US OF A. And, as I have mentioned, blank clues like "______ anything." ASK ME why IT'D be a better idea to come up with an interesting clue!
OPRAH Winfrey's birth name is Orpah Gail Winfrey. Orpah is a Biblical figure in the book of Ruth, the daughter-in-law of Naomi. She is the sister-in-law who goes home after her husband dies, rather than sticking with Naomi, like Ruth.
"Annual video game competition, for short" is EVO. It stands for Evolution Championship Series.
Cal Ripken, like Brooks Robinson, was an ORIOLE his entire career.
Sports sports more sports ughzz: The 1967 NFL Championship Game was called the ICE BOWL because it was played at about -15°. It was between the Packers and the Cowboys. The Packers took it 21-17.
This crossword teaches us that in Monopoly, there are 28 DEEDs and 17 AVENUEs. How boring!
TEAK just came up on December 11 as "deck wood." Today it's clued as "cutting board wood."
Clever clue: "Go for the gold?" is MINE.
I was pretty meh on this one. Some of the clues were just so-so, and the theme, with only three examples, isn't terrific either. Well, they can't all be gems, TRUE DAT!
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