Phew! This was one of those Saturdays where, a couple minutes in, I was panicking that I wouldn't finish. I started on the top with just ORA ("How We Do (Party)" singer Rita) and ARABIAN (Preceder of Sea or horse), and then RARER (Like the Aian elephant vis-à-vis the African elephant). And then just the BAN part of PERMABAN (Harshest punishment a website can give. And then nothing. I had considered "too long" for "How an annoying conversation might go," so I smiled when the answer turned out to be ONANDON.
Finally the more interesting answers started to come in. AUNATUREL (Bare), TEMPORARYTATTOO (Disappearing ink?) (Should have seen this one sooner!), TENANTS (Residents without a title). They all seem to make perfect sense now.
I love me some Hamlet, so WORDS (When tripled, a response from Hamlet to Polonius) ("What do you read, my lord?") went right in. "One wrapping up a meal before eating anything" (BOA) was fun, and "Rounded up?" (DOMED) was cute. RAWBAR (Establishment that might have a "buck-a-shuck" promotion) reminded me that I haven't had oysters in quite a long time. The same is true for YORK Peppermint Patties, but somehow those don't have quite the same appeal.
SOANYWAYS, GOLDSTARS all around for finishing this one. Good job!
- Horace
RAWBAR = gross. I thought that HOTLINE (33D Call it!) was great. Having been watching "The Pitt" recently, I was thinking along the lines of an unsuccessful reanimation, which is why I confidently entered deAd where FLAT belongs (10A Lifeless), even entering ARABIAN off of the "A." ALANA Beard is unknown to me, but I'll be seeing our friend ALANA today for a gathering. Everything resolved itself quickly enough to yield an average 20 minute solve for me for a Saturday. And what, no mention of MOONSHOTS Horace? I mean, Artemis 2, for chrissake. And how about Nova having a dedicated show on the mission just a few days after its conclusion? Excellent.
ReplyDeleteThe ladies were unkind to me today. I knew ORA, but not ALANA, GENA, or ELISA. I had kebab in place of DONER for far too long, but felt vindicated later after googling and learning that the dish is most often referred to as "Doner kebab." I've gotta go with GOBANANAS for Flip as my favorite clue of the day. And Horace, I'll join you at the RAWBAR for some oysters this summer (or do we need to wait for a month with an R in it?).
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