Themes? In My Saturday Crossword?! - 30 December 2023 New York Times Crossword
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Usually, I use the very-American centric clues to forgive myself for having to look it up (here it was "Meese"), but in addition to that, I got myself in trouble at the top of the grid, as I had "impressionistic" instead and could not figure out the "poets" bit from that.
I also chuckled at Chris' attempts at figuring out who "Khal" Drogo is, but then he got "tarragon" and "financial center" straight away, and I went back to my humility corner. Nice theme!
26A - WENT - I interpreted in the context of playing a game. As in, “Go, it’s your turn” with a response of “I already went.”
Oh! I know I'm gonna love this one, what with all these stray black boxes standing alone all over the grid. I don't think I have ever seen anything like this before!
"Over hill! Over dale!
We have hit the dusty trail,
And the caissons go rolling along..."
These are the original lyrics of the U.S. Army Song. They have been updated recently; perhaps because no one knows what a caisson is.
Epee is heavier and stiffer than foil, and has different rules. Only torso hits count in foil, but any body hit counts in epee.
I did not like the proper names with no crosses. Eventually, I had to just look up the violinist and the cabinet resignee.
The "Erl" from Goethe's Erl-King isn't connected to the title of Earl, but instead comes from the original text of the ballad, which is in Danish. The Erl-King, a folklore creature lurking in the forests, is called Ellerkonge in Danish, which literally translates to Elven King. Erl-King is sometimes identified as a mistranslation, because Erle is the German word for the Arden tree, so most German people (myself included until I looked this up) assume it's the King of the Arden tree, not the Elven King, which would be Elf-König (and not Erl-König). However, since Arden trees often grow in foggy, wet areas and the "Ellerkonge" is a creature of the forest, it's possible that it was not a mistake but a choice to use Erl instead of Elf, which are both valid translations of the Danish word "elle".
I loved this puzzle!
Nice puzzle. It is strange how Ulster was referred to as a former Irish Province when it is widely recognised as on of the provinces of Ireland on both sides of the border. The term most correctly describes 9 counties of Ireland, but Northern Ireland (6 counties) is often referred to as Ulster also, particularly by the loyalist community there. A slight inaccuracy by the puzzle maker I would argue, correct me if I am wrong.
Yes, I stumbled a bit on this as well, which is why I referred to it as being only mostly in Northern Ireland. (I think I did inaccurately call it a “county” at one point which is obviously wrong.) In shorthand I think most people associate it with Northern Ireland but the way the clue words it doesn’t really make sense.
True, still a good puzzle though. Thanks for making these videos, as someone who is new to crosswords they are very helpful.