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NYT Thursday 08/17/2023 Discussion (self.crossword)

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[–] lazycouchpotato 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Took a lot of trial and error, but I managed to complete it. Looked up certain clues and used the "Check Puzzle" button a few times.

spoiler: answers discussion

Got SHORTENING, but took a while to get the rest of the themes clues. Felt like a genius when I figured it out.

Lower left corner was a slog. The clues I had to look up: 26D "First woman in the National Baseball Hall of Fame" and 59A "Part of the Hollywood monogram J.E.J.". Thought it was some kind of trio. 49D "Grub, e.g." was a confusing one as well.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah, I'm really not seeing the connection between the theme clues and the answers

[–] fodderoh 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Look at the first letters of the words in the clues and the first three letters of the answers.

Cup Of Noodles = CONcourse

[–] lazycouchpotato 2 points 2 years ago

And the word after the first three letters is food related.