Matt Jones’s Jonesin’ Crossword, “A Sporting Probability” — Olympic sports activities, one letter off. – Erin’s write-up
Jonesin’ resolution 4/22/25
Whats up lovelies! This week Matt has supplied us will some foolish sports activities, every one letter off from an Olympic occasion.
- 17a. [Not-quite-Olympic sport that takes forever to go downhill?] SLOWBOARD (SNOWBOARD)
- 24a. [Not-quite-Olympic sport to get telephone poles and trees airborne?] HEIGHTLIFTING (WEIGHTLIFTING)
- 37a. [Not-quite-Olympic sport that still involves beams?] SMILING (SAILING)
- 49a. [Not-quite-Olympic sport with lines like “That’s an oval” and “It’s a hexagon”?] FIGURE STATING (FIGURE SKATING)
- 59a. [Not-quite-Olympic sport where you can sample a bunch of events?] TRYATHLON (TRIATHLON)
Different issues:
- 65a. [Manuscript enclosures, for short] SASES. Does anybody mail self-addressed stamped envelopes anymore? Or manuscripts? Do these get delivered by something apart from PDF nowadays?
- 56a. [Oasis lead guitarist Gallagher] NOEL. Let’s finish this with an terrible joke: At a live performance, the singer performs the opening chords of “Wonderwall” for the fifth time. The group begins to boo and somebody yells, “You swore you wouldn’t play that once more!” The singer then replies, “I stated perhaps…”
Till subsequent week!
Zachary David Levy’s Wall Avenue Journal crossword, “Going Solo”—Jim’s overview
Theme solutions are statements from sure professionals utilizing apt wordplay to explain a singer’s efficiency.
Wall St Journal crossword resolution · “Going Solo” · Zachary David Levy · Tue., 4.22.25
- 17a. [The massage therapist left the opera in awe, remarking: “___” ] “SUCH FEELING!”
- 23a. [The butcher agreed: “___”] “PERFECT CHOPS!”
- 37a. [The plumber was overwhelmed: “___”] “WHAT A SET OF PIPES!”
- 48a. [The mountain climber concurred: “___”] “…AND THAT RANGE!”
- 58a. [The general, wiping away tears, summed up the performance: “___”] “IT’S A TRIUMPH!”
A energetic theme set, and I just like the wordplay. Possibly I’m spoiled, however I did need these statements to all be widespread colloquial sayings. These simply felt a bit of too random to me. And the cluing on the final one felt off as nicely. Positive, a basic needs to win a battle, however there’s simply not a good sufficient connection between the job and the phrase “triumph.” I might have favored the entry higher if it got here from a motorbike salesperson.
I favored seeing some old-fashioned VIDEO TAPES, and IN A BAD SPOT is evocative as nicely. Not so eager on old-fashioned AGLET and ETO, although.
Clue of observe: 15a. [“Plant of immortality,” to the ancient Egyptians]. ALOE. Fascinating tidbit. I’m wondering how that labored out for them.
3.25 stars.
Elizabeth C. Gorski’s Cr♥ssw♥rd Nation puzzle (Week 725), “Veggie-Mania!”—Ade’s take
Crossword Nation puzzle resolution, Week 725: “Veggie-Mania!”
Whats up there, everybody! Hoping all of you might be doing nicely right this moment!
Our fearless chief nearly actually ignored directions from her mother and father on the dinner desk when she was younger when being informed to not play together with her meals! I say that as a result of the 4 theme solutions in right this moment’s grid are puns created when one of many nouns in a standard phrase/correct noun is altered by changing it with a rhyming phrase that additionally occurs to be a sort of vegetable. Additionally, love the title of the grid given the truth that World Extensive Leisure’s crown jewel occasion, WrestleMania, came about over the weekend in Las Vegas.
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- GREAT LEEKS (17A: [Might North American quintet of vichyssoise ingredients?]) – Nice Lakes
- ONION ORGANIZER (27A: [Teamster’s favorite storage solution for Vidalias?]) – Union organizer
- STEPFORD CHIVES (46A: [Robotically-compliant baked potato garnishes?]) – Stepford Wives
- SHALLOT BOX (61A: [Poling place receptacle for bulbs?]) – Poll field
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An entire lot of enjoyable non-themed fill on this grid, beginning with me having recollections of (and being scared whereas watching) the EXORCIST (10D: [Linda Blair horror classic, with “The”]). So far as issues engendering higher recollections, there’s OAK TAG and doing so many cool initiatives involving glue and stencils in artwork class when the academics introduced that paper out (8D: [Poster paper]). A grid that has 4 X’s and in addition has EXES as an entry is a fairly cool quirk (59D: [Spouses no more]). Given my old-soul persona, I’m undoubtedly going to be saying WOWIE ZOWIE extra after coming throughout this right this moment, assured (11D: [Rhyming cry of glee]).
“Sports activities will make you smarter” second of the day: STEWS (67A: [Hearty crockpot meals]) – Sports activities speak radio has been a staple of sports activities media for over 30 years, and it has given start to the sports activities opinion footwear that dominate the sports activities tv panorama right this moment (for higher or worse). One of many pioneering sports activities speak exhibits of the early a part of this century was “2 Stay Stews,” an all-Black on-air and manufacturing that was hosted by actual life brothers Doug and Ryan Stewart out of Atlanta. Each performed soccer in school, and Ryan was an All-American at Georgia Tech who finally performed for the Detroit Lions. Beginning in 2001, 2 Stay Stews grew to become a syndicated present once they reached a cope with ESPN for his or her exhibits to be simulcast on the “Worldwide Chief in Sports activities” in 2005.
Thanks a lot for the time, everyone! Have a beautiful and secure remainder of your day and, as all the time, maintain fixing!
Take care!
Ade/AOK
Alex Eaton-Salners’ Tuesday 4-22-25 NYT Puzzle — Evan M’s Evaluation
This Tuesday’s NYT puzzle takes the names of 4 well-known bands and interprets them in a quite literal method. 
The Pink Scorching Chili Peppers develop into CAROLINA REAPERS, a notoriously spicy pepper. Inexperienced Day is used to explain SAINT PATRICKS, which took me a minute to get due to the open-ended nature of St. Patrick’s (Cathedral? Harp? Oh, the vacation). Earth, Wind & Hearth turns into GREEK ELEMENTS – are they prescriptively Greek although? I suppose the traditional Greeks did identify them as classical components. They May Be Giants, a quite complicated however ingenious band identify, really turns into extra comprehensible when translated as BASEBALL PLAYERS. I favored the pepper angle lots, and the Giants one a good quantity. The opposite two I might take or go away.
On the whole, I felt the fixing of this puzzle was breezy and enjoyable, simply what a Tuesday must be. I used to be in a position to end a bit quicker than my regular 5 minutes. 4 level tew-five starz for Alex’s enjoyable lil puzz!
