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NYT Crossword Puzzle 10-30-21 Complete (contains spoilers)

This is the 800th puzzle I’ve solved! Wow!

I pulled out 12D Occasions for hiring a sitter: DATENIGHT because Calah says we’ve got a date night tomorrow night. What that date night will be and where it will be, I couldn’t tell you. For all I know, we’ll be watching The Grudge and eating kettle corn.

No theme in this puzzle, but an honorable mention goes to 44A You can’t leave home with it: BASEBALLBAT because Calah and I have gone to the batting cages a couple times recently. I remember the 80 cage being a lot faster than it is now. I’m gonna need to bring a radar gun because it’s almost too easy to hit. I’ll ask Calah to take video next time to prove it.

Finished this one in 22:30.

DayThis WkBestAverage4-Wk AvgStreak
Monday4:283:499:225:1480
Tuesday12:315:2213:119:234
Wednesday8:287:3816:5815:5521
Thursday20:1212:1228:0619:587
Friday12:2310:2930:0814:4921
Saturday22:3020:1131:5523:1721
Sunday15:1152:4139:317

NYT Crossword Puzzle 8-13-21 Complete (contains spoilers)

I pulled out 30D Insight offerer: HONDA because I did not understand this until after I finished the puzzle. But now I get it. Honda Insight. Not getting advice from an automobile. Though they do have the Helpful Honda folks.

The First Generation Honda Insight is a weird-looking vehicle. Someone the grade above me in high school had one. The car certainly made a statement.

No theme to this puzzle that I could discern. Gotta run now!

Finished this one in 34:28.

DayThis WkBestAverage4-Wk AvgStreak
Monday11:443:499:287:2769
Tuesday12:295:2213:3911:4112
Wednesday19:587:3817:3118:0310
Thursday20:1812:1229:0622:5310
Friday34:2816:2334:4333:0810
Saturday27:4335:2836:509
Sunday15:1155:0538:559

NYT Crossword Puzzle 7-23-21 Complete (contains spoilers)

I pulled out 2D Kind of treatment: ROYAL because that was holding me up from getting this pule done many minutes faster. For a long time, I’d had LOCAL in there instead. It made sense, I guess. LOCAL anesthetic, LOCAL bus, LOCAL dessert. But it was ROYAL instead. That let me knock out 17A Revelation: EYEOPENER and 4D Solid: STOUT.

No theme today, which is kind of a shame after some decent ones recently.

44A Spot of coffee?: BREAKROOM was a meh answer. I get the pun, but I don’t particularly like it.

I learned a little bit about geography with 41A Tasmania’s capital: HOBART.

64A Attraction at a water park: LAZYRIVER. I think the slides are far superior to the lazy river. I wouldn’t go to a water park to seek out the lazy river. But maybe I’m spoiled living walking distance from the ocean.

Finished this one in 33:30.

DayThis WkBestAverage4-Wk AvgStreak
Monday6:103:499:298:0566
Tuesday9:545:2213:4012:019
Wednesday14:277:3817:2812:357
Thursday12:1212:1229:1928:057
Friday33:3016:2334:5629:227
Saturday27:4336:2538:176
Sunday15:1157:4443:206