Beef It's What's for Dinner Crossword Puzzle 24

BEQ untimed (Darby)

LAT 4:54 (Take hold of)

NYT 10:10 (Ben)

WSJ untimed (Jim P)

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Mike Shenk'due south Wall Street Journal crossword, "Out to Launch"—Jim P'due south review

I thought this was a rebus puzzle until the very end. Maybe if I paid more attention to the revealer I would have made sense of it sooner.

Speaking of which, 39a is LIFTOFF [Launchpad event, and a hint to iv answers in this puzzle]. The letters OFF can exist plant lifting up—rocket-style—from the main theme answers into the crossing Down answers.

Wall St Journal crossword solution · "Out to Launch" · Mike Shenk · Wed., iii.24.22

• 18a. [Much merriment] Barrel (OF F)UN with crosser (F FO)R. This was the concluding entry in the grid for me because I could brand no sense of that fractional (clued ["___ Fake" (1973 Orson Welles flick)]) and 16a FAR was clued ambiguously as [Significantly]. Once I realized the OFF needed to go all the way up, I filled it in correctly.
• 28a. [Starbucks stack] C(OFF)EE CUPS with crosser CHI(FFO)N PIE.
• 50a. [Blurry] OUT (OF F)OCUS with crosser A(FFO)RD.
• 62a. [Branch bigwig] BANK (OFF)ICER with crosser E(FFO)RT. I've heard of a "loan officer" merely I'm not so sure I've heard of a "depository financial institution officer."

So I was dislocated for nearly of the solve. It seemed to me that those 4 cardinal squares were rebussed OFFs in the Beyond direction and Os in the Down management. I was thinking "lift" meant "steal" and and then somehow nosotros were to remove the OFFs to make sense of the Downs. But that didn't work because we nevertheless needed the Os. Anyhow, once I realized the right usage of "lift," I saw all the OFFs going up and I had my belated aha moment.

FAT TUESDAY tops the fun make full today along with SPITS UP, OATMEAL, EUCLID, and WAHOO. Don't know that I e'er heard of BIAFRA [Nigerian secessionist state of the 1960s] simply all the crossings made it unproblematic. Forgive me if I recall it sounds very much like an allergy medication.

Clues of note:

• 13a. [Winged elm, big mackerel or exuberant weep]. WAHOO. I knew 2 of the 3 usages. Never heard of the tree though.
• 14d. [Haggis ingredient]. OATMEAL. Huh. Did non know that. What else is in there? Hmm. Looks like ox bung, lamb's pluck, and beef trimmings along with suet. Och!

Once I grokked the theme, I liked it, especially since the OFFs await a bit like rockets on a launch pad. three.75 stars.

Jess Shulman's New York Times crossword—Ben's review

NYT #0324 – iii/24/2022

I had a hunch what might exist going on with today'southward NYT from the revealer:

• 58A: Heighten expectations, say…or a hint to inbound 4 answers in this puzzle —
  Heighten THE [BAR]

and indeed, in that location are four answers crying out for a BAR foursquare which has been raised above its final letter of the alphabet into the answer in a higher place

• 20A: Identify to guild sake and sashimi — SUSHI
• 34A: Strip of computer shortcuts — TASK
• 47A: Where you might notice very trivial liquor — MINI
• 62A: Shabby institution — DIVE

The BAR in RAIN [BAR]RELS (17A, "Sustainable h2o receptacles") gives SUSHI BAR, EM[BAR]GOED (28A, "Banned from trade or commerce") makes Job BAR, DESEM[BAR]K (44A, "Get off") finishes off MINI BAR, and the [BAR] in the revealer gives that last bit of Dive BAR.  Benefitting from the actress letters, nosotros also have [BAR]ISTA, BIRCH[BAR]Thousand, HYPER[BAR]IC, and CA[BAR]ET in the downs

27A: "Mr. Roboto" Band — STYX

Happy Thursday!

Tracy Grayness's Fireball Crossword, "Two-by-Fours" – Jenni's write-upwards

Rebuses with a twist. I knew something was up with 2d [Cohost with Springsteen of the podcast "Renegades: Built-in in the U.s."] because the answer is OBAMA and there weren't plenty squares. (Much as I adore the championship of that podcast as a slap to the birthers, I do wonder about a erstwhile President of the U.s.a. and i of the almost successful rock stars of all time branding themselves as "renegades," but that's not important now.)

The rebus answers are all connected to 39a. [Separate into fourths….and a lead-in to 20-, 26-, 50-, and 55-Across] isQUARTER.

Fireball, March 23, 2022, Tracy Gray, "2-by-Fours," solution grid

• 20a [Preceded by 39-Across, a race that'south a little longer than a 10K, literally] isMA RA TH ON.QUARTER MARATHON.
• 26a [Preceded by 39-Across, fundraising events, literally] areAU CT IO NS. QUARTER AUCTIONS? Huh? I realize these aren't real things – I can't figure out what they're going for here.
• 50a [Preceded by 39-Across, semi-hopeful athlete, literally] isFI NA LI ST. A QUARTER–FINALIST is hoping to get into the semis.
• 55a [Preceded by 39-Across, McDonalds offerings, literally] arePO UN DE RS.QUARTER POUNDERS. OK, that is a real thing, so now I don't actually empathize the theme at all.

Either I'1000 missing some unifying element or this theme is kinda all over the place. I'1000 leaning toward the former, since both Peter and Tracy usually have nice tight themes. Fill me in, peeps.

A few other things:

• 6d [Mass follower?] isHYSTERIA. Alternating clue: [Disorder afflicting the Republicans who are questioning Estimate Ketanji Brown Jackson]. She is grace under pressure – can you imagine what would happen if she cried and talked nigh how much she liked beer?
• I similar prosciutto andMELONs enough that I will forgive the odd clue for a plural.
• UtaHAGEN originated the role of Martha in Albee'due south "Who'south Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" before the stunt casting of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton in the movie. I shouldn't denigrate Taylor and Burton; the New York Times review said she did "the best work of her career."
• Peter'due south commitment to previously unused clues gives usa the PhanerozoicEON, a gimme for my husband simply a guessing game for nearly of us – ERA orEON?
• I haven't had to rip off a ticketSTUB in a very long time. Beep beep beep goes the scanner.

What I didn't know before I did this puzzle: that Uhlmann and Negrini brandEPEEs in Frg and Italy, respectively. Peter is really committed to not reusing clues.

Brendan Emmett Quigley's Crossword #1455, "Back to Front end" – Darby's write-upwardly

Theme: Each of the theme answers is a phrase that has been reversed from its usual iteration.

Theme Answers

Brendan Emmett Quigley's Crossword #1455, "Back to Front end" solution for iii/22/2022

• 17a ["Teddy that you must have on vacation with you?"] Behave TO BRING / BRING TO Carry
• 21a ["Words of assurance from a quarterback"] Pass TO COME / Come up TO PASS
• 33a ["Comedian Pauly to FedEx Part"] SHORE TO Ship / SHIP TO SHORE
• 42a ["Winning cherry-red card in bridge"] HEART TO TAKE / TAKE TO HEART
• 52a ["White stones, black stones, and a board"] PIECES TO Go / Get TO PIECES
• 61a ["What a cinematographer with an unquenchable want would practice?"] KILL TO SHOOT / SHOOT TO Impale

As always, and then much theme in this puzzle! I struggled a bit at kickoff filling in theme answers, thrown off by the fact that BACKGAMMON fit then perfectly into 52a. Still, once the crosses took that out for me, I started to get a better sense (unremarkably by filling in the TO of the themes as much as I could. Equally someone who nevertheless has a teddy comport, Deport TO BRING was my favorite of these themers.

Our buddy 28d ["Drawing canis familiaris that substitutes beginning consonants with R's"] ASTRO with Scooby-Doo

Unsurprisingly, I loved the longer down clues here with EAT One'Due south Chapeau, DRUMSTICKS, WHOOPS IT Upward (lol) and Hope CHESTS. There certainly did not feel like in that location were many blackness squares in this puzzle, which is surprising given the amount of theme jammed in here. As a researcher, I also specially enjoyed three7a ["[You think I'm impaired enough to make THAT mistake?]"] SIC (though honestly, nosotros're all human and oftentimes SIC appears inside a context where errors were hard to correct). Also, shout out to ASTRO from The Jetsons. My buddy.

There were a number of great examples of wordplay today in clues like 63a ["Boring groove"] for RUT and 58d ["Driving passion?"] Golf game. However, in that location were also a maybe overly technical words that I had trouble parsing like 68d ["Attack, equally a fighter pilot"] STRAFE, 49d ["Shakes on a rink"] DEKES, and 64a ["Norse mythologies"] EDDA. Yet, overall, some great crosses to balance these out.

That's all from me! Come across ya tomorrow!

Zhouqin Burnikel's U.s.a. Today Crossword, "TBT" — Sophia's recap

Editor: Erik Agard
Theme: Each theme answer is a three discussion phrase where the start letters are T, B, T.

U.s. Today, 03 24 2022, "TBT"

• 16a ["Honestly . . ."] – TRUTH BE TOLD
• 33a [Ride the Shinkansen, for instance]  – TRAVEL By Train
• 55a [Finds the Fountain of Youth, mayhap] – TURNS BACK Fourth dimension

Cute theme and very appropriate for #TBT! (That'due south "throwback Th", if you haven't seen the acronym).It's impressive that none of the T or B words are repeated in whatever of the phrases. TRAVEL By Train is probably the weakest answer simply because information technology's not a very exciting phrase, but information technology's however legit. TRUTH Be TOLD and TURNS Back TIME are both great examples, and now I have Cher stuck in my caput.

It took me a while to become into this puzzle (although that might exist because I solved it first affair later waking up). I didn't know any of the commencement 3 across answers I encountered: 1a [Trenette al pesto, for example] for PASTA, 6a [Title for Kiri Te Kanawa] for Matriarch, and 10a [___ + puddle = spool] for SPA (that last one really threw me; I was thinking sewing. I'm nonetheless non 100% certain I become information technology – do people telephone call a pool at a spa a spool??) I eventually found a rhythm and enjoyed the rest of the puzzle! SHAR PEI, Ready TO Become, and EDAMAME were all great downward answers, and I liked learning about the number of capital cities in South Africa (Iii) and Bolivia (TWO).

Paul Coulter'south Universal Crossword, "Race to the Top"— Jim Q's write-up

THEME:Words having to do with footstep can be read backwards (or upwards) in common phrases.

Universal crossword solution · Race to the Peak · Paul Coulter · Sat., 03.24.22

THEME ANSWERS:

• Correct TO WORK LawS. Walk.
• LIE DETECTOR TEST. Trot.
• POLL AGGREGATORS. Gallop.
• (revealer)PICKED Upwards THE PACE.

I suppose it'southward a horse picking up its step. I'm just seeing the hidden words for the first fourth dimension since I solved on the webapp andUniversal has yet to arrange its technology to utilize circles. Without circled letters, puzzles that should admittedly crave them (like this i) I solve as themeless until the end as I do non want to count letters and read them backwards during the solve.

And so as presently every bit I saw the frequently recurring Universalinstructions about reading letter numbers __ to ___ , I was predisposed to enjoy this puzzle less than I normally would. I really don't similar counting and mentally circling my own letters. It brings my solve experience to a halt.

The themers were a bit tough for me equally I'm unfamiliar with RIGHT TO Piece of work LAWS as an in-linguistic communication phrase and POLL AGGREGATORS was not on the tip of my tongue. Just sussing those out gave the puzzle some enjoyment for me.

I'm surprised that there are three UPs in the grid: PICKED Up THE Step, PEP Upwards , and LAP Upward . The past tense of the revealer I found odd also.

Lastly, the dupe in [MoMA urban center] / NYC feels inelegant as the C in NYC stands for "metropolis."

Almost forgot: Not bad clue for WINE![Rose bought on a date, maybe]

Definitely not my favorite today, but I do capeesh the idea behind it.

two.five Stars with circles.

i star without.

Joe Deeney'southward Wall Street Journal crossword – Gareth'due south summary

LA Times
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Joe Deeney'southward puzzle theme today is one of those about of us, at best, went back afterwards and confirmed "yep, that checks out". The vague revealer is a good entry in its own right [Shortened version of a pop song…] RADIOEDIT. It signifies that four answers have the pentagram RADIO scrambled somewhere in their bowels. We have: [*Exist dizzy], K(IDARO)UND; only in lexicon definitions [*Loosen upward], LETONESH(AIRDO)WN, [*Yard Canyon traveler], Color(ADORI)VER and [*Nyctophobic], AF(RAIDO)FTHEDARK.

Notable answers:

• [Spacecraft docked at the ISS], SOYUZ. Not like shooting fish in a barrel letters to work into a grid… In this case the fall-out is WONTDO, TUE and OZS.
• That [Exams for aspiring judges, briefly], LSATS  [2021 Emmy winner for Outstanding Comedy Series], TEDLASSO crossing was hard to judge; I got it correct, simply I hadn't heard of the TV show and at that place are too many exams that I can ever keep them straight!
• [Gps. like Partners In Health], NGO. I don't understand the plural GPs. in the clue.
• [Modern checkout devices], IPADS. News to me. I'm not sure I've e'er seen an iPad in existent life?

Gareth

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Source: https://crosswordfiend.com/2022/03/23/thursday-march-24-2022/

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