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NYT Crossword 11-23-21 Complete (contains spoilers)

I pulled out 18A Font akin to Helvetica: ARIAL because it’s not exact, but it’s kinda close? They’re both sans-serif fonts that are clean and easy to read. I also prefer Arial to Calibri. I don’t know if it’s because I was raised with Arial or what, but it’s true.

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Theme! Today’s has down clues rather than across clues. Weird.

3D M.L.B. record-holder for most career home runs: BARRYBONDS. *
11D Singer profiled in the biopic “Walk the Line”: JOHNNYCASH.
29D N.B.A. commissioner starting in 2014: ADAMSILVER.

20A Sort of investment suggested by the ends of 3-, 11- and 29-Down: PERSONALFINANCE. Bonds, cash, silver.

Finished this one in 4:25–a new record! The old record was 5:22 that I had set back in July of this year.

DayThis WkBestAverage4-Wk AvgStreak
Monday4:133:499:185:0184
Tuesday4:254:2513:0611:458
Wednesday7:3816:5111:5524
Thursday12:1227:5022:1610
Friday10:2929:2318:1824
Saturday16:3330:3321:2624
Sunday15:1150:5738:3011

NYT Crossword Puzzle 10-16-21 Complete (contains spoilers)

I pulled out 8A Bright night lights: NOVAS because my friends Cat and Nick have a dog named Nova. Nova is very big and very friendly. If Nova ever sees this blog post, hiiiiiiiiiiiiii!

Honorable mention clue: 15A “Sorry if you were offended,” e.g.: NONAPOLOGY because Calah and I were talking today about nonapology apologies and how annoying they are.

No theme for this Saturday puzzle, but the time was something exciting for me. I bested my personal record of 20:12 on July 24, 2021 with a new record of 20:11. I had to scramble to find when the prior record was, but I got there. So it bears mentioning again:

Finished this one in 20:11.

DayThis WkBestAverage4-Wk AvgStreak
Monday4:413:499:235:1578
Tuesday9:115:2213:139:532
Wednesday15:347:3817:0315:5719
Thursday12:2112:1228:2026:545
Friday17:3310:2930:5817:3019
Saturday20:1120:1132:4831:5919
Sunday15:1153:2843:225

NYT Crossword Puzzle 10-8-21 Complete (contains spoilers)

I pulled out 38A One who objects to screw caps, say: WINESNOB because it reminds me of a conversation I had with the sommelier of a restaurant that had won a Michelin star. It was during one of my inventory observations when I was an auditor at an accounting firm. I asked about bottles of wine priced in the thousands of dollars and how he knew the bottles were any good. He told me that the wine could have gone bad like immediately because the cork could have come from a bad batch of cork. When I saw some bottles that were listed as very expensive that had screw tops, he told me that there is a movement to store wine in bottles without risking improper preservation due to inconsistent cork. He said that from the standpoint of some consumers, the cork is part of the experience, but from a wine-remaining-good-over-time perspective, well-made screw tops may be the future.

No theme in this Friday puzzle, but maybe there were some clues/answers that were related?

1A Epiphanies: AHAMOMENTS.
57A Epiphanies: EYEOPENERS.

15A Classic Warhol subject: TOMATOSOUP.
55A Be in direct competition: GOTOETOTOE.

Finished this one in 10:29! A new Friday personal best! The previous Friday record was 16:23. 😲😲😲

DayThis WkBestAverage4-Wk AvgStreak
Monday4:053:499:245:1277
Tuesday8:425:2213:1410:411
Wednesday23:087:3817:0414:5318
Thursday23:4612:1228:3830:324
Friday10:2910:2931:2119:4218
Saturday20:1233:5733:3817
Sunday15:1153:4940:564