The verdict tonight seems to be overwhelmingly "played like a Wednesday" and. Sometimes I solicit opinion from 10 o'clock solvers (like me) on Twitter. There's barely a concept here, and not nearly enough thought and craftsmanship has been brought to bear to make this thing as intriguing as an NYT Thursday ought to be. So you can see (I hope) how BANANA SPLIT is, in every way, the superior answer, putting the other ones to shame. Also, BUS/TED and BRO/KEN are self-descriptive. BANANA SPLIT is the only one that's spot-on. You could swap their final elements and the answers would seem equally adequate. And the the first and third themers are particularly weak. Fill seems fine, but also completely unremarkable / uncurrent / uninteresting. A non-whopping 33 squares of theme activity. And so what are we left with? There are only three theme answers here. the two sides of the grid are themselves "divided." I tried to make some sense of the shape of the black squares that divide the two sides from one another, hoping there was some deeper meaning here, but all I could come up with was some kind of awkward, asymmetrical ≠ sign. The only vaguely interesting thing about the puzzle is the grid, with its unusual top/bottom symmetry and *non*-all-over interlock, i.e. A very straightforward and somewhat tired theme. First, a Paypal button (which you can also find in the blog sidebar):įantastically underwhelming for a Thursday. But if you are able to express your appreciation monetarily, here are two options. All are welcome to read the blog-the site will always be open and free. ![]() Some people refuse to pay for what they can get for free. You can expect me to be here every day, praising / yelling at the puzzle-independent and ad-free. The community of friends and fellow enthusiasts are all just too dear to me. The blog turned 10 in September, and despite the day-in, day-out nature of the job, I can't foresee stopping any time soon. Some I mute on Twitter, but mostly: there is love. Despite my regular grumbling about puzzle quality, constructor pay, and other things that should be better in the world of crosswords, I still love solving, I still love writing about puzzles, and I love love love the people I meet and interact with because of this blog. In making this pitch, I'm pledging that the blog will continue to be here for you to read / enjoy / grimace at for at least another calendar year, with a new post up by 9:00am (usually by 12:01am) every day, as usual. The idea is very simple: if you read the blog regularly (or even semi-regularly), please consider what it's worth to you on an annual basis and give accordingly. A new year has begun, and that means it's time for my week-long, once-a-year pitch for financial contributions to the blog. Masers are used as the timekeeping device in atomic clocks, and as extremely low-noise microwave amplifiers in radio telescopes and deep space spacecraft communication ground stations. Townes, Nikolay Basov and Alexander Prokhorov were awarded the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics for theoretical work leading to the maser. Word of the Day: MASERS( 42D: Atomic clock components) -Ī maser ( / ˈ m eɪ z ər/, an acronym for "microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation") is a device that produces coherent electromagnetic waves through amplification by stimulated emission. ![]() In front of each clue we have added its number and position on the crossword puzzle for easier navigation.THEME: Acr oss the Grid Divide- in three rows of the puzzle, two sequential 3-letter Across answers are to be taken (per the clue of the following Across answer) as 6-letter words that have been divided. If you are done solving this clue take a look below to the other clues found on today's puzzle in case you may need help with any of them. This clue was last seen on NYTimes FebruPuzzle. RECORDS IN ADVANCE New York Times Crossword Clue Answer Two or more clue answers mean that the clue has appeared multiple times throughout the years. Both the main and the mini crosswords are published daily and published all the solutions of those puzzles for you. The NYTimes Crossword is a classic crossword puzzle. Records in advance Crossword Clue Nytimes.
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