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This one went right along. Everything seemed kind of straightforward. Not DUH, exactly, but because it was a Friday, and because of the clue (DUH) I guessed GOL (Shout during a Real Madrid penalty shootout), then GAYBAR (Establishment that might host a drag brunch) seemed obvious, and SWEARJAR (Something that's filled with bad words), too, went right in. That kind of thing. The answers were more complex, or more unusual, in a way, but they were not exactly challenging. Like ROCKBAND (The White Stripes or Deep Purple), for example, RESALE (Thrift store transaction), and even the grid-spanner DRIVERSLICENSES (Things checked at checkpoints).
My favorite answer was SLAMDUNK (Sure thing). And "She's a believer" (NUN) was the best clue.
Frannie called out DAZING (Stunning) as feeling forced, and that crossword darling the O.E.D. agrees with her, telling us that there are fewer than 0.01 occurrences of the word per million words in modern written English.
Some days are just days, and some crosswords are just crosswords, but a rose is a rose is a rose.
- Horace
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