It's an amusing start to today's puzzle, where 1A: Ready to explode (SEETHING) crosses 1D: Hallucinate (SEETHINGS). Mr. Steinberg, you're playing around with the limits of duplication in a grid!
Beyond that, this is a very well constructed grid. The two 13-letter answers are both great, with my favorite being ICANTAKEAHINT. The two 15-letter down answers are also strong. I prefer 12D: What 90% of American households had in 2010 - but fewer have today (CABLETELEVISION), for the fun clue.
On the whole, there are fewer clever clues than I've come to expect in a Steinberg creation. The two clues for sports organizations get there: 31A: Wild grp. (NHL) didn't fool me for a second. I was actually glad for it, because I'd entered "grandjete" at 2D: Showy ballet leap (ENTRECHAT). The other, 63D: Houston is in it, but Dallas isn't, briefly (AFC), is fine.
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| DeShaun Watson plays for the Houston Texans |
That being said, I like that "pat" is an anagram of "apt." Apt!
I think I'd like to spend some BEERMONEY now.
- Colum
PATNESS is a slippery word. I think people sometimes use it to mean "glib," which is, itself, a slippery word.
ReplyDeleteI loved the SEETHING/SEETHINGS cross, and really, the puzzle on the whole smacks of professionalism. Steinberg, despite whatever small faults I may find (or create), is well on his way to being a master crossword constructor.
p.s. I'm happy to be one of the ten percent that never had CABLETELEVISION!
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ReplyDeleteThe "T" in PATNESS was my final entry, as I'd never heard of that, but AVANTI was in the back of my mind somewhere. I enjoyed the long downs, ETHICALDILEMMAS and CABLETELEVISION, which I had and still have, though the most stripped down version possible at around $17 a month or so. RABBLE is an excellent word (I tried jumBLE first). STONER (47D One getting hit after hit?) is great.