Or is it that a LANCE will batter the opponent? I think that’s what it’s after but that’s a pretty far stretch. I’m having trouble seeing a LANCE as a weapon that’s part of a battery. There are plenty of solid mid-length entries as well. Beyond that, I found the theme underwhelming, especially when you get into theme answers that end in prepositions ( ON BEHLAF OF - see also FIRE AT and OPEN TO “ ROCK ON,” on the other hand, is great).Īs expected though, I do like the long fill: ZOOTOPIA, BIG SHOTS, “ SIT STILL,” GOING PRO, POP TOPS, LIVED-IN, and KAHUNA. I like the doubling aspect, but truthfully, there aren’t any other numbers that have homophones (except maybe 9 / NEIN). WSJ – Wed, 11.14.18 – “Double Meanings” by Alex Eaton-Salners It just so happens that each of the base numbers in question is twice the previous number (the first one being excepted of course). Each theme answer is a definition of a homophone of a number. OATER STR UTE INGA SSA? OH, JOY.Īlex Eaton-Salners’s Wall Street Journal crossword, “Double Meanings” - Jim P’s reviewĪlex Eaton-Salners often brings us tricky and unusual themes, but this one is more on the straightforward side. Awkwardly clued MALL MAP, -that “plan” is weird. (Anyone else thinking of urinary tract infections now?) Awkward I MEAN NO crossing I’M HERE.
#Cause of a faux pas perhaps crossword plus#
Good stuff: the journal known as JAMA (sorry, sucky 1-Across if you aren’t a doctor or medical editor, perhaps), YO-YO MA, JOB FAIR, “THAT GUY” (as in “don’t be that guy”), “OH, JOY,” JANELLE Monáe (see “Make Me Feel” from earlier this year-the video costars her bae (note 62a BAES), actress Tessa Thompson, and has an impressively Prince-like vibe), and the intriguing PLANET X.ĭid not care for: I-RAIL (really?!) plus U-BAHN and T-NUT. Note the male-centric nature of the theme-when I “do the opposite of shave,” well, I haven’t once grown a beard. , GROW A BEARD, and the circled letters are stand-alone words in B FLAT MAJOR (ugh, I do not care for such entries, which are always a random crapshoot for this non-musician), BE YOURSELF, the great BEA ARTHUR, and BEAR TRACKS. Also, I’m ready to fall asleep, which doesn’t make it easier to make sense out of clues. Some clues weren’t resonating with me, some entries felt weird (or irksomely duplicative), and I didn’t love the theme. NY Times crossword solution, 11 14 18, no 1114
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