
I pulled out 14A Like soil that combines sand, silt and clay: LOAMY because I like BoJack Horseman, and it reminded me of Todd’s rock opera:
The theme today was a decent addition to the puzzle. The puns worked. Good change of pace from the bargaining chip/firecracker/whatever other nonsense puzzle from a month ago or so.
17A [Birds] + [Bees] = P.R. campaign goal: TWITTERBUZZ.
26A [Lightsaber] + [Impatient fingers] = Boring: HUMDRUM.
36A [Cellphone] + [Bubble] = Edible accessory: RINGPOP.
48A [Cow] + [Thunder] = Snake eyes, e.g.: LOWROLL.
57A Academy Awards category eliminated in 2021 … or a hint to interpreting four clues in this puzzle: SOUNDMIXING. I had initially guessed that the eliminated category was BESTACTRESS in order to have a single best performer. I thought that would be a dumb idea because why rob someone of a statue? But also why rob a sound mixer of a statue?
Finished this one in 29:20.
Day | This Wk | Best | Average | 4-Wk Avg | Streak |
Monday | 6:08 | 3:49 | 9:25 | 6:05 | 76 |
Tuesday | 10:55 | 5:22 | 13:16 | 9:54 | 0 |
Wednesday | 15:36 | 7:38 | 17:03 | 11:40 | 17 |
Thursday | 29:20 | 12:12 | 28:44 | 31:09 | 3 |
Friday | 16:23 | 32:15 | 21:01 | 16 | |
Saturday | 20:12 | 34:22 | 34:25 | 16 | |
Sunday | 15:11 | 53:56 | 46:41 | 3 |