Fun theme today in which words for toys are combined with other words, making the revealer, THISISNOTATOY, apt. To be specific, we have MARBLECAKE, TOPPRIORITY, YOYODIETER, and perhaps least toy-like of all, RATTLESNAKE. Apt!
The puzzle played on the easy side form me - you might say I was NSYNC with co-constructors Pepper and Burnikel. I enjoyed thinking of ROMANS speaking ITALIANO INSTYLE. I also liked FANFEST, TOTALLIE, PHOTON, and EUREKA. I did enter 'clippie' at first for "Microsoft virtual assistant introduced in 2014," even though I knew the year was all wrong - sorry to UNCAP that memory for all who had managed to bury it. :| On a happier note, IRATE 1A: as today's most amusing entry: "Rapids transits?" (RAFTS) - ha! And, as a personal aside, I love CEREALS.
Sure, maybe there were a few spoil sports in the grid like NAE, AOL, and especially ETA and SLR right after each other, but constructing a puzzle isn't child's play.
~Frannie.
My best misstep was rinD instead of SEED. I did find it puzzling when none of the crosses were working, and SEED was a "oh, the other discarded part" rather than a "oh yeah, that's better".
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ReplyDeleteFaster solve on a Tuesday than on Monday is rare for me, but there you go. I, too, Frannie, was NSYNC with the constructors. On the planet/astronomy/science side, I enjoyed PHOTON, HOLST and ORION (the latter of which, as clued, could be argued to be mixed up with astrology, of which I'm not a fan). I liked the SISI/SENOR in such close proximity to ITALIANO. I never heard of this "clippie" thing, so I was able to enter CORTANA right away. I have it, but have never used it. I'm not sure why using that type of thing is easier than just typing in search words when necessary, which is a rare occurrence for me as it is. I can't wait for a HEATWAVE!