Hello from Day 23 of the California reopening. The county supervisor says it’s time to reopen the classrooms because it’s safe. This is in advance of two drinking holidays. Purim is next week, and then St. Patrick’s Day is in about a month. Will the bars reopen? Superspreading yayyyy!

Yesterday I missed ACTUATOR (again), AUTOCRAT, COCONUT, CONCUR, OUTRO, TOUCAN, TOUT, TUTU, and UNTO.

Meatier Misses

CURACAO: A liqueur flavored with the peel of bitter oranges.

I remember watching the Little League World Series years and years ago. Each player had a prerecorded video with their names and favorite baseball player that was used for the lineup. When it came to the Curaçao team, every kid’s favorite player was Andruw Jones, since Andruw Jones is from Curaçao.

NURTURANT: A thing that provides emotional and physical nourishment and care given to someone.

Today’s summary

Final score: 18 words for 82 points.
Genius minimum: 78 points.
First word: VALVE.
Pangram: VAGUELY.