Late post today because we were out late last night at a show - an all-lesbian Radiohead cover band called Labiahead! They were absolutely brilliant, performing two entire albums of intense challenging incredible music. But I got back way too late to do the puzzle and write the review.
Today's Monday puzzle offers four theme answer phrases with the letters S-H-O-T in order, spread out. The revealer is SCATTERSHOT, a literal description of the process. I had thought that there might be another layer after the first one (SQUASHCOURT) where you take a shot by hitting the ball around. I suppose JUSTTHISONETIME is similar to taking a single shot, but the other two (SMASHMOUTH and PSYCHEDOUT) don't follow the concept, sadly.
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| TALIA Shire |
Do you ever get surprised that an answer will take up as many letters in the grid as it does? I had that experience with DISTINCT. Somehow the eight letters available seemed way too many for the answer.
The other thing I noted today was the sudden ubiquity of the answer HYENA. These things feel like they go in cycles for me. I'll notice one entry making appearances regularly for a while, then another answer will catch my attention. I'm not sure why that is.
LITHUANIA, POESY, HYMN - some very fun answers today. Overall a smooth and fun Monday.
- Colum
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