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Mellow yellow singer crossword clue4/29/2023 *ON* RICE? ( 44D: How chicken teriyaki is usually served). A great way to end-if you've got the computer doing the coloring for you. I do recognize that the final design, with the colors all in their proper places, is a very nice touch. I get that if you like Trivial Pursuit (I liked it fine as a kid) and you did it on the app and got a zingy colorful effect, you might enjoy this, but for me it was all the things I don't want puzzles to be wrapped into one. The RONELY / BORAT / TIMON / TAYE section felt particularly densely dated to me. The proper nouns are weirdly dated, including TOM, whom I haven't thought of in. NO USE and USE TO are practically next door to each other ( 83D & 103D). I feel terrible for really not liking this puzzle but I really did not.ĮVAH is basically the same word as EVER, and yet somehow they cross (!?) in this grid ( 30A/30D). David Kwong is a genius and a lovely man and you should Definitely go see his show, " The Enigmatist," at the High Line Hotel (through March). ALWAYSHASFOLIAGE!?!?!! I would've ragequit right there if I didn't have this thingie to write. HIGH SCHOOL, sure, SECRET CODE, fine, those can stand alone, but. All the cross-referencing was just exhausting, and I was pretty much done with this thing at the first themer (when I finally go it). GENUS? That's it? This is a textbook example of the Gimmick-At-All-Costs puzzle. Apparently if you solved on the app some fun colorful thing happened, but suck it, everyone who solves on paper and (like me) AcrossLite, I guess. all for a visual surprise (?) that I had to construct for myself. Look here, look there, this answer is a clue, or part of a clue, now deal with allllllll this short (often painful) fill. There were periods of time where I was stuck and didn't care. It's hard to explain how much I disliked solving this. Clinton was a major candidate for the American presidency in the election of 1812, challenging incumbent James Madison. In this last capacity, he was largely responsible for the construction of the Erie Canal. Word of the Day: DEWITT Clinton ( 3D: Clinton who once ran for president) -ĭeWitt Clinton (March 2, 1769 – February 11, 1828) was an American politician and naturalist who served as a United States Senator, Mayor of New York City and sixth Governor of New York. 39D: What annual game have the OKLAHOMA SOONERS won more than any other team? / BOWL.13D: Where were battleships sunk in an 1894 JAPANESE VICTORY (!?!?!?) / SEA (48A).113A: What DELAWARE NICKNAME comes from a farm bird? / HEN STATE (46A).68A: Who wrote a 2003 best seller about a SECRET CODE / DAN (82A).66A: What 1986 HIGH SCHOOL romantic comedy got its title from a song by the Psychedelic Furs? / PRETTY IN (85A).22A: What kind of tree ALWAYS HAS FOLIAGE / EVER (33A).
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