Is it just me, or is it a little odd to start with three "quote clues" as I'm calling them. There's "You're on!" (ITSABET), "You really think?" (THATSO), and "Ha! Better luck next time!" (NOTTODAY). I got the first off the clue, but the rest needed crosses.
In the middle east there were two of a different kind of clue, which I guess could be called trivia. "Educational method with mixed-age classrooms" (MONTESSORI) (I did not know that was one component of MONTESSORI learning), and "Another name for Princess Diana of Themyscira" (WONDERWOMAN). And I guess "Activity that Simba practices in 'The Lion King'" (ROARING) could be added to that list.
I must have spent ten minutes in the small section in the southwest. I did not know the oh-so-Saturday-y "Mortars for grinding Mexican spices" (MOLCAJETES), so that was no help. And ATONCE (Like, yesterday) just wouldn't come. Of course, in retrospect, once it's all been filled in, it looks so easy. Of course a LARIAT might be thrown for a loop... of course the SENSES are a noted quintet. Sigh... what happens to the brain while solving a crossword? It's an interesting phenomenon.
- Horace
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