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NYT Crossword Puzzle 1-22-22 Complete (contains spoilers)

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I pulled out 30D Kind of sandwich: ICECREAM because I’ve been making ice cream recently. We got an ice cream maker for our wedding, and I finally got to using it. So far I’ve made three batches. The first was French vanilla with chocolate chips. The second was a better French vanilla and pieces of chocolate chips and oreo pieces. The one we now have in the freezer is rocky road. I had never had rocky road. I really like Chocolate Malted Krunch. I’ll get a tub of that from Rite Aid, throw in some peanut butter, and my breakfast is taken care of. No experience with rocky road, though. The recipe I found contained pecans. Right before I made it, Calah confirmed that I was using almonds. 😬😬😬. So I roasted some almonds. It’s pretty good.

No theme for this Saturday puzzle.

Finished this one in 24:38.

NYT Crossword Puzzle 1-15-22 (contains spoilers)

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I pulled out 17A Sympathetic response to dissent: IHEARYOU probably because that’s Sam Ezersky’s refrain every time someone sends a reasonable request to include a word in the Spelling Bee. Like DUDETTE, HORCHATA, ALEE, MOLAL, RAABIDFUN.

Does he ever change? No.

No theme for this Saturday puzzle. Why didn’t Ezersky make a theme?! He should have made a theme.

He’d probably respond: “I hear you.”

Finished this one in 25:05.

NYT Crossword Puzzle 1-8-22 Complete (contains spoilers)

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I pulled out 20A Longtime distributor of James Bond movies: MGM because I had initially put in EON, but that wasn’t working. Calah and I have been watching the series from the start and are on Quantum of Solace now. We’ve seen them go through United Artists and MGM and Columbia. Desmond Llewelyn is sorely missed. But Daniel Craig as James Bond has way more chill than Pierce Brosnan did as James bond.

No theme for this Saturday puzzle, but there are some crazy long answers.

1A Number pattern named after a 17th-century French mathematician: PASCALSTRIANGLE.
16A Teddies and such: INTIMATEAPPAREL.
17A Exhausted beyond belief: TOOTIREDTOTHINK.
52A Do some modeling: SETAGOODEXAMPLE.
55A “Life is short. _” (Jacques Torres quip): EATDESSERTFIRST.
56A Captain’s phrase: STEADYASSHEGOES.

Finished this one in 49:11.

NYT Crossword Puzzle 1-1-22 Complete (contains spoilers)

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I pulled out 32A Line just before a comma: ZXCVBNM because I didn’t understand what the hell this meant. Then I figured it out. As I was typing it. Because it’s the bottom row of the keyboard. So dumb. I feel like it’s so bad that I should like it, but the thing that bothers me with the clue is it’s a comma, not just comma. I don’t know how else I’d phrase it, but I definitely hate it more than I love it.

Also 45A Coin featuring Lady Liberty and a bald eagle: PEACEDOLLAR. But that’s soooooooooooooo many US coins. No big deal or anything, but I’m a life member of the American Numismatic Association (hooray for never getting a renewal notice!), and I worked in rare coins for a bit. Yeah, the Peace Dollar is a pretty coin, but it replaced the Morgan Dollar, which has Liberty on the obverse and an eagle on the reverse. What I’m saying is that Will Shortz is an idiot. What a reminder to have a the beginning of a new year.

No theme on this Saturday.

Happy new year, all!

Finished this one in 38:23.

NYT Crossword Puzzle 12-18-21 Complete (contains spoilers)

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I pulled out 31A Kind of exam with an “Auditing and Attestation” section: CPA because it’s now been almost a decade since I passed the CPA exam, and this clue still makes me shudder. I took the audit exam without ever having been on an audit. When I was in the Becker CPA Review class for the Regulation exam, someone in my class who was working as an auditor boasted to me that he got a 75 (the minimum passing score) on the audit exam. To that point, I hadn’t yet been on an audit but got a 90 (where maximum score is 99) on the exam. Passing is passing, so none of that really matters, but I’m glad I don’t have to study it anymore. Also I realize I never got my cup of coffee from Peter Olinto.

No them in this Saturday puzzle.

Finished this one in 42:32.

NYT Crossword Puzzle 12-11-21 Complete (contains spoilers)

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I pulled out 14D 17-Across (Moles are found in it: TAQUERIA) offering: QUESADILLA because quesadilla is frequently cooked in the Raab household. It’s just so good. Also the use of mole to mean the food is a fun thing to do in Codenames. When I get to do this, I am happy.

No theme in this Saturday puzzle.

Finished this one in 13:50. A new record!

NYT Crossword Puzzle 11-27-21 Complete (contains spoilers)

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I pulled out 24A Brilliant display: BLAZE because I had GLAZE in there for a long time, and that made me think that 24D The world’s most-visited city (20+ million travelers annually): BANGKOK was GANGNAM, which I knew couldn’t make sense. Like, it might as well be Itaewon, amirite? I don’t like BLAZE as an answer for that clue.

No theme, but there were some long answers.

16A Operative: UNCERCOVERAGENT.
53A “You can come out now”: THECOASTISCLEAR. Calah and I were in Orange County on a mini-moon, and the coast was pretty clear! We did a ton of walking, so that’s a good thing.

Finished this one in 28:08.

NYT Crossword Puzzle 11-20-21 Complete (contains spoilers)

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I pulled out 12D Fountain fare: MALTS because Calah and I got an ice cream maker for our wedding, and although we haven’t yet used it, malts will be something we will be able to create once we do. I men malteds are way better than regular mikshakes. The malty flavor elevates milkshakes to a level far beyond.

I don’t think there was a theme to this Saturday puzzle.

Finished this one in 16:33.

DayThis WkBestAverage4-Wk AvgStreak
Monday6:123:499:185:0584
Tuesday10:515:2213:0611:458
Wednesday11:427:3816:5111:5524
Thursday14:2312:1227:5022:1610
Friday14:5910:2929:2318:1824
Saturday16:3316:3330:3321:2624
Sunday15:1150:5742:3911

NYT Crossword Puzzle 11-13-21 Complete (contains spoilers)

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I pulled out 43D 2019 Super Bowl loser, for short: LARAM because it’s not easy to win a championship, but it is easy to get on the field of SoFi Stadium for a holiday party if you’re going to a holiday party on that field. Pics to follow, perhaps.

No theme this Saturday.

Finished this one in 21:29.

DayThis WkBestAverage4-Wk AvgStreak
Monday4:133:499:205:2783
Tuesday10:265:2213:1110:507
Wednesday13:317:3816:5612:5823
Thursday34:0312:1227:5824:449
Friday19:3810:2930:0219:1623
Saturday21:2920:1131:3623:2323
Sunday15:1151:4937:489