BIV (and if you solved in the webapp, you were treated to the actual colors as shown in the solution grid here).īoth of those serve as either bonus answers or revealers… take your pick! Washington Post, June 5, 2022, Evan Birnholz, “Color Separation” solution grid THEME: A rainbow connection! The grid is divided in half, and a “bridge” of color unites them. 3.75 stars.Įvan Birnholz’s Washington Post crossword, “Color Separation”- Jim Q’s write-up I wasn’t crazy about all of the theme, but it’s an impressive amount of wordplay packed in one grid. And why is it apt that a platter would surround a LATTE? Consider me FAZED. “Platter” doesn’t surround LATTE, P and R do. In the military health care system, they/we use PCM-Primary Care Manager-because that person may not necessarily be a physician (possibly a physician’s assistant or nurse practitioner). I only just realized this must mean Primary Care Physician. I guess these are flavors that are natural to something but not necessarily to the thing you’re eating. Not sure I’ve ever heard JAUNTED as a past-tense verb. There’s theme material everywhere in the grid, but there are still plenty of nice fill entries like: SET LISTS, TOP BANANA, AIR SPACES (though it sounds weird in the plural), TREE BOA, POP BOTTLE, FIRST BASE, ESOTERIC, SPRITES, AUTO DIAL, ZODIAC, “ NICE ONE!,” and the ’70s song I GO CRAZY. But put it all together and it makes for a nice change of pace. If that was the extent of the theme, I’d just roll my eyes. I will admit that I found the last one (PR OVER BS) to be a bit hokey, as if anyone would care that you could stack those four letters. Pretty nifty to get that much wordplay out of one word. ***”Conan” channel, once (Last two letters). ***Dominican people now called the Kalinago (Last two letters). [***Celeb’s image problem (Last two letters) / 27a. ***Above-average pupil (First two letters). [***Tailgated on campus, say (Note this answer’s first two letters) / 22a. And the clues with three stars lead to the entries involved with the circled squares, i.e. The clues with two stars lead to PRO VERBS, i.e. The clues with one star lead to actual PROVERBS. During the solve, you may have noticed the various stars attributed to some clues. Michael Schlossberg’s Universal Sunday crossword, “Three-Way Switch”-Jim P’s review That’s all for now – I hope you’re well and enjoying Pride month! (And this clue could have been an alternate title for this puzzle!) – This puzzle felt quite clean to me! I also appreciated how many women and people of color were included throughout this grid – I know it’s not something that everyone care about, but it’s something I notice and value when I’m solving puzzles. All in all, a fun, erudite, and bright offering that had me enjoy my time solving it. On the other hand, my Southern ear hears “breaks the law” and Lawrence as different sounds (or maybe I hear it as lore-ence rather than Law-rence?), but that didn’t minimize the enjoyment of the theme for me at all. My favorite was TAKES A LONG WALKER – I’ve never read “The Flowers,” but I know now I could pick it up on a day where I might not have as much time to read. This puzzle was quite the literary field trip and got me geared up to tackle some summer reading! I liked how consistent and parallel this theme set was – not only was each author pun at the end of the them entry, each was based on a solid in-the-language phrase, and each clue made sense of the themer.
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