It would have been better, although likely impossible, to list the titles in the order in which he uses them, as follows: We get four of them here, among which in order are the letters of his name. Charles Windsor, son of Elizabeth II, has a multitude of titles. Maybe the fill is not so great (I'm looking at you, UEY, LALALA, and RIAS.
We haven't even gotten out of the NW corner. And even worse, 17A is another abbreviation, ECOL. And if that's not enough, 14A is the second half of TERI / POLO, when the first half comes at 16A. But who cares? Because that's a failing 1A. ( ENGR) was where I made my error: I had ENGs. Shortz is just running out the year at this point? Dusting off the remainders at the bottom of the bin? Fishing out the dregs at the bottom of your 20-year old port? Because, see, the port is really good usually, and, like, the dregs, not so much, get it?Īnyway, 1A: Many a SpaceX worker: Abbr. I actually saw a game at the Astrodome in the late 1970s, and even wore one of those old Astros t-shirts for a while after.ĭoes it feel like Mr. Mantle retired in 1969, so plenty of overlap there. I can't say that I came up with a rationalization for nIGHT as the answer for 34A: Too small, possibly ( TIGHT).Īnyways, other excellent entries include the late Alan RICKMAN, NESTCEPAS, and ASTRODOME, with the remarkable bit of trivia that Mickey Mantle hit the first home run there. This was techincally not incorrect, and as Richard KILEY was unknown to me, KaLEY seemed reasonable. Thus the hidden capital in "King's collaborator".
ABERNATHY is Ralph David Abernathy, Sr, a leader of the civil rights movement. I really have no excuse for putting in HOLDUPrOB. There's a lot to like about this grid, including 1A: It's soft and sweet ( CREAMSODA), which gets a B+. Nothing wrong with the puzzle, I just was in a major rush to finish it because we were off to a wedding last night! Also the reason why the review is late. I think three errors are too many to excuse. 31D: Pistol ( GOGETTER) was maybe my favorite of the whole puzzle. In fact, I filled in the entire SE corner before the middle. But even then much of the middle was open, even once I recalled the PERSIANS were on the losing end of the battle of Marathon. 27A: Cosplay and fanfic are parts of it ( NERDCULTURE) helped a bit, because I figured out the "nerd" portion early. My first confident answer came at 5D: Enamel finish? ( WARE). I like 15A: People on the wrong end of a landslide ( ALSORANS) much better. It's an unwieldy clue, with a reasonably good answer. It's also a challenge that the NW and SE corners are nearly completely cut off from the middle diagonal.ġA: Join, as two pieces of metal by application of heat and pressure ( SPOTWELD) gets a B- from me. Chen shows off his tough cluing and unusual long answers. Whew, let's sign out 2016 with a truly tough puzzle! Mr.
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