
I pulled out 1D Stumbling syllables: UHS because I had UMS there the whole game. I couldn’t figure out what I’d done wrong. Then I tried the H, and that was that. Now I know that the 13A Native Rwandan: HUTU. Clearly I have much to learn.
If I didn’t write this blog, I wouldn’t have understood the theme.
19A Land___: DISPOSALAREA.
22A ___more and more: PRESIDENTS.
40A I___, for one: NEWSCASTER.
48A Test format … or a hint to understanding three of this puzzle’s clues: FILLINTHEBLANK. Now, I’d filled this in with MULTIPLECHOICE. It was wrong. It never was multiple choice.
So why fill in the blank?
19A LandFILL: DISPOSAL AREA.
22A FILLmore and more: PRESIDENTS. Millard Fillmore. Not on the list of baby names when that time comes.
40A IFILL, for one: NEWSCASTER because Gwen Ifill.
Finished this one in 31:10.
Day | This Wk | Best | Average | 4-Wk Avg | Streak |
Monday | 7:01 | 3:49 | 9:28 | 8:20 | 67 |
Tuesday | 7:51 | 5:22 | 13:40 | 12:38 | 10 |
Wednesday | 29:35 | 7:38 | 17:36 | 17:19 | 8 |
Thursday | 31:10 | 12:12 | 29:22 | 27:30 | 8 |
Friday | 16:23 | 34:56 | 29:22 | 7 | |
Saturday | 27:43 | 34:06 | 33:36 | 7 | |
Sunday | 15:11 | 56:47 | 42:24 | 7 |