Britney is finally free, and the crossworld salutes her. Here her 2000 classic OOPSIDIDITAGAIN is cited for adding "it" to three phrases, which are then clued into amusingness.
WHOCANITBITENOW - Vicious pet handler's query? (Was that Men at Work?)
ITSAGOODTITHING - Observation when the collection plate is overflowing? (Har har)
IGUESSITSFINITE - "So much for my theory that the universe has no end"? (Word!)
My favorite is the last one, because I have difficulty believing that the universe is infinite. But we don't have time (nor, likely, any appetite) for that discussion here.
I got lost in the game a little while I was solving. You see my problem was this - "Some occupations?" was tricky for PROTESTS, and for some reason it took me way too long to think of TOM for "Barnyard male." Ha! And I think I had "mpa" instead of AFI ("100 Years ... 100 Movies" org.). Is there an AMA? American Movie Association? ... I don't know. Can't you see I'm a fool in so many ways?
I enjoyed the two "Skywalker mentor" clues (KENOBI/YODA), and the whole thing seemed very Scrabbly, didn't it? SEZ, AMAZE, JAW, RIOJA, KATMANDU, IKE, PARK, KIR, COW... that's a lot of points right there.
One thing I didn't love was the clue for GLOMONTO - "Seize hastily." I always think of GLOMONTO as meaning "to adhere" or "to ingratiate" or "to jump onto the bandwagon." Have I been wrong all this time? If so, that is just so typically me. UGH.
In tOTO, really enjoyed this one. All aboard.
- Horace
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