URANIA! ( 11D: Muse invoked in "Paradise Lost") After that, except for SAT instead of LAY (29A: Was idle), no problems. Had the "I" and the "E" and saw the clue was mathy and wrote in SINE and the ****ing "I" was correct, so I tried to make myself believe that BASE could work for 5A: Assemble in a field, say ( BALE), before finally seeing my problem, ugh.Ĭouldn't work the Acrosses at first in the NE, but then the puzzle threw a "Paradise Lost" clue at me, which is like throwing a hanging curve over the fat middle of the plate. I don't usually stop and reflect unless I'm getting Pummeled, and the only *real* issue I had today was a totally self-inflicted, not-stopping-and-reflecting wound at 7D: "y = 2x," e.g. But honestly, in the middle of solving, my brain didn't even pick up the symmetry. No reason finding one should allow you automatically to find the other. Part of the challenge is figuring out where those pesky things are. are you doing this to me?" The theme squares were symmetrical, which on the one hand is neat (as in "tidy"), and on the other is totally unnecessary in a rebus puzzle. is this plural suffix (!?) in my grid? WHY. is that theme answer not like the others? WHY. It is the question I ask most of puzzles, usually with a pained or confused look on my face. I think my favorite part of the puzzle is the lone, existential, ennui-ridden WHY? in the center of the grid. (wikipedia)Įnjoyable! It's always easy to exclaim that when you pick up the gimmick almost immediately, but I've hated many puzzles I've figured out early, so I don't think solver's euphoria is clouding my judgment too much. SEPTA also manages construction projects that maintain, replace, and expand infrastructure and rolling stock. The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority ( SEPTA) is a regional public transportation authority that operates various forms of public transit services- bus, subway and elevated rail, commuter rail, light rail and electric trolleybus-that serve 3.9 million people in five counties in and around Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Word of the Day: SEPTA ( 4D: BART : San Francisco :: _ : Philadelphia). ROAD MAP (63D: Plan for achieving a long-term goal) / NO SPRING CHICKEN (60A: Person getting up there in years).toon) / PLAY CHICKEN (35A: Risk mutual destruction, say) ACCESS ROAD (15D: Highway adjacent to a throughway) / CHICKEN WIRE (39A: Coop material).OFF-ROAD (1D: Where all-terrain vehicles go) / CHICKEN OF THE SEA (19A: StarKist competitor).THEME: WHY (did the CHICKEN cross the ROAD)? (37A: Question raised by four squares in this puzzle?) - four squares contain ROAD in the Down and CHICKEN in the Across:
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