![]() ![]() I think I am going to be forever limited in my quest for faster times by really terrible typing skills. Didn't see the theme 'til the end, when I changed WELL to BEST in BEST KEPT SECRETS (wife made same initial error, as did, I'm betting, a lot of people). East and west felt particularly open, with their triple sixes helping the puzzle to avoid the normal 3x4 and 4x4 drudgery of the common early-week grid (filled with some very cool words and phrases). A very open grid for a Monday puzzle (only 32 black squares - compare to 40+ in a few recent puzzles). Thought I was going to break 3 minutes, but dang, there are a lot of white squares. Seeing this movie in a big downtown theater in Fresno when I was an 8-yr-old kid remains one of the more vivid movie-going experiences of my life. 63D: 1978 Diana Ross musical, with "The" ("Wiz") - also a Michael Jackson musical.10D: Here, in Honduras (aqui) - Here in Honduras, we have no president.2D: Hotel room amenity (iron) - had the "I" and thought "ICE.14A: Sea dog's libation (grog) - Portland Seadogs are the name of the Red Sox AA team.Wife lived there for a time, but I've never been. though truthfully that "island" will probably be Australia. Maybe on our next trip to NZ (where my wife is from, for those who didn't know), we can add another island nation or two to the itinerary. 5A: Island neighbor of Tonga and Tuvalu (Fiji) - would love to spend more time in South Pacific.I just realized that I know the word "NOGO" ( 42D: Scrapped, as a mission) from Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire": "Edsel is a NOGO" - that's what he says, right? Man did I not like that song (from the Pop Music Nadir period 1987-91, which I have theorized on this site before). They are under STY and over WIZ, respectively. They just add more black space and make the grid easier to fill. Cheater squares are black squares that don't change the number of Acrosses and Downs. There are cheater squares in the NE and SW - normally these don't distract me, but today they seem neon. The ability to see answers that aren't there is far more important to solving efficiently than the fact of knowing many arcane things (though that undoubtedly helps in some situations). All other answers in that section are pieces of cake. Got TAWNY off the T ( 39A: Lion-colored), then GARB off the A ( 32D: Clothing), then BRET off the B ( 46A: One of TV's Mavericks). Sometimes, moving through the grid quickly is a matter of very good luck. looks like someone left a 90s-era SEGA Genesis gaming system lying around here too ( 71A: Sonic the Hedgehog's company). ![]() Check out the CAMS ( 36A: PC video gear, for short) and WEBTV (which still exists, though it's now called MSNTV) ( 63A: PC-less Internet hookup, once) and. It's also bionic, with all kinds of electronic parts. I haven't been there, but as I was working my way down the grid, I made a bet with myself that the answer for COW would be COW PALACE.
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