Today is the first day this week that I actually paid attention to my advice from Sunday. I took a little extra time to see what the theme was, and then tried to figure out the theme answers rather than just fill them in from crosses in order to get the best possible time. Turns out (at least today) that solving this way is still quick!
The theme answers are all clued with a single word whose first letter you have two options for, which can then be interpreted in a phrase of the form "blank or blank." For example (because my explanation looks pretty darned thorny in hindsight), 17A: [C/P]ause (MAKEORBREAK) is "cause" (make) or "pause" (break). The other three are just as clever:
27A: [L/C]ure (TRICKORTREAT)
46A: [M/H]inds (HEADSORTAILS)
62A: [Z/R]est (LIFEORDEATH)
I am really impressed by this theme. The only one I have any (minor) complaint about is "rest" being "death," but it's acceptable.
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| Mia HAMM, World Cup winner (unlike the USMNT) |
Otherwise, I like how AISLOP looks in the grid (but not in real life). I smiled at 43D: First in a race? (ADAM). And TODO crossing AGENDA was a nice touch.
- Colum
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