62A: Motorist's no-no, for short ( DUI) - first thought was "UEY," but that's only a no-no sometimes.I mean, OSAGE means the "TRIBE." It's not like I needed the second half of the answer to make sense of it. 20A: With 21-Across, native Oklahoma group ( OSAGE / TRIBE) - TRIBE seemed superfluous here.10A: Rugby gathering ( SCRUM) - "Gathering" is a funny word for SCRUM.5A: World capital at 12,000 feet ( LA PAZ) - was looking for LHASA, which is at.onto your Wall it goes." Mullets, gold chains, parachute pants, forgetting the actual names of songs. His quote: "I heard "Binghamton" in the first 30 seconds, so. Thanks to my best friend from college for sending this my way. Lastly, I have no reason to put this in my write-up, but it made me laugh so hard that I'm going to anyway. NEW HIGH ( 88A: Wall Street landmark?) - a bit of a stretch, perhaps, but I admire this answer's moxie, so thumbs up.DESCEND ON ( 90A: Arrive unexpectedly en masse) - a great clue for fresh idiomatic phrase.Then figured CASTRO was involved somehow. CIGAR CASE ( 47A: Cuban's home?) – thought this might be a theme answer at first.Other medium range fill that seemed original and interesting: In graduate school, I studied and wrote about anti- MENDICANT (specifically, anti-fraternal) literature of the fourteenth century (it's true), so that word was an oddly nostalgic piece of cake ( 14D: Beggar). Of course I knew who President TAFT was, but it wasn't until after much crosswording that I realized that the family was an Ohio political dynasty. short for "RITardando"), MRE ( 68D: Field ration, for short), ALETA ( 104D: Prince Valiant's love) and the TAFTS ( 58D: Ohio political dynasty). AGIO was a huge WTF?! to me the first time I saw it - now, a gimme ( 8D: Currency exchange premium). 56D: Really angry group? ( HOT CROSS BUNCH)Īs is true on many days, today was a good day to have some Basic crosswordese under your belt.16D: Hit below the belt? ( MAKE A BAD PUNCH).117A: Instruction #1 for roofers? ( GET A LOAD OF THATCH) - this and PATCH.98A: Hidden help for one who's trying to quit smoking? ( PATCH ON THE BACK).68A: What kind, decent people wear? ( MENSCH FASHION).38A: Exceptional soldier on his only tour? ( ONE-HITCH WONDER).23A: Problem for a crane operator? ( NO-WINCH SITUATION) - one small issue: "operator" in the clue when OPER.Luckily for me, SARA LEE ( 51A: Food giant based in Downers Grove, Ill.) and HELOISE ( 40D: Hint offerer) eventually helped me corral this section. ![]() Coincidentally, the non-bird TERNE crossed the birdy WREN ( 41D: Follower of Christopher or Carolina), which I also had some trouble getting. I know TERN as a shorebird common to North American crossword grids. Also, if you replace the "U" in "ENURE" with a "T" and then anagram it, you get the one word (besides RIN) I had *no* clue about today: TERNE. And the most common clue for RIN - RIN Tin Tin - is a dog. And here I thought someone had found an interesting new clue for that damned animated dog. Sadly, the stupid is a RIN, not a REN, and so, today, INURE was the correct way to go. I had ENURE for 66A: Get used (to), which is *a* correct answer to the clue (that exact clue has been used for ENURE before). I noticed an error when checking over my grid. ![]() Very undemanding grid (just seven theme answers) allows for a generally interesting and mostly smooth overall quality to the grid. ![]() An easyish, non- OGREISH puzzle ( 84D: Beastly), with hardly any sticking points.
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