Oleo is a crossword staple for margarine. You are getting better at learning the short synonyms for words that are common for crossword developers. Next would be tackling cryptic crosswords.
Well done! I also jokingly typed "What is it" for the 20 questions clue 😂I solved in 33:45 today! I had to look up just a couple of things (eschew definition and the french translations) and I also read the article. Speaking of the article...I found the Constructor's Notes very interesting today and I suggest that anyone who questions the way you solve the puzzles give it a read. That's all I'll say on that! 😛Happy Friday, Rangsk!
"Oleo" is very much crosswordese... it's a word for "margarine" that you really don't see nowadays except in crosswords. (It doesn't show up in the NYTimes crossword as much as it used to, but twice this week!)
@@Rangsk I thought you said "gopher" and I was hoping you wouldn't type it! Also, Yes: "commence/commencement" means to begin something, and "commencement" when used as a term for graduation means that phase of one's schooling is complete and it's on to the next phase (the "commencement" of the next phase, if you will) of life - be it the working world, college, grad school, et al.
Where commencement does mean to begin or start, commencement in North America is the ceremony for conferring degrees or diplomas for graduating students.
Oleo seems to have been some sort of technical or original trademark name for margarine that isn't really used much anymore. But it shows up in crosswords ALLLLLLLL the time!
"Oleo" is a chemistry prefix for fats and oils, and the chemist who originally invented margarine called the substance "oleomargarine". As a consumer product it became both "oleo" and "margarine", but the latter won out. Outside crosswords, the only context I've ever heard "oleo" in is "Oh yeah, my grandmother used to call it oleo".
There's no shame is using the grid check, especially with the way the highlighted cell jumps over filled cells when typing. If you start doing other crosswords online, you'll see that each site handles things juuuust enough differently to be annoying - and to necessitate the grid check.
28:01 - using the hard and easy clues and a couple of look-ups. No checker.
Oleo is a crossword staple for margarine.
You are getting better at learning the short synonyms for words that are common for crossword developers.
Next would be tackling cryptic crosswords.
Sing Sing is on the Hudson north of NYC and is the origin of the phrase "Up the River". My parents Snowbird in Ocala so I knew that right away.
Well done! I also jokingly typed "What is it" for the 20 questions clue 😂I solved in 33:45 today! I had to look up just a couple of things (eschew definition and the french translations) and I also read the article. Speaking of the article...I found the Constructor's Notes very interesting today and I suggest that anyone who questions the way you solve the puzzles give it a read. That's all I'll say on that! 😛Happy Friday, Rangsk!
Indeed that was a good read! Thanks for letting me know :)
@Rangsk Absolutely 🙂
"Oleo" is very much crosswordese... it's a word for "margarine" that you really don't see nowadays except in crosswords. (It doesn't show up in the NYTimes crossword as much as it used to, but twice this week!)
When solving a clue could you please have the actual clue visible in the panel on the right? It will give us a chance to participate! 😊
It's visible in blue above the puzzle.
@@Rangsk I now feel very stupid 😢
Punxsutawney Phil is, of course, a groundhog.
Right, what did I say? 😅 Hedgehog? 🦔
@@Rangsk I thought you said "gopher" and I was hoping you wouldn't type it! Also, Yes: "commence/commencement" means to begin something, and "commencement" when used as a term for graduation means that phase of one's schooling is complete and it's on to the next phase (the "commencement" of the next phase, if you will) of life - be it the working world, college, grad school, et al.
You dip your toes in the water, that’s why they are temperature gauges.
Ah ok. I use my hand lol
@ yeah same, it’s mostly just an expression these days
I'm thinking of a pool or a beach, where the water level is below where you're standing.
Good job
Where commencement does mean to begin or start, commencement in North America is the ceremony for conferring degrees or diplomas for graduating students.
Oleo seems to have been some sort of technical or original trademark name for margarine that isn't really used much anymore. But it shows up in crosswords ALLLLLLLL the time!
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"Oleo" is a chemistry prefix for fats and oils, and the chemist who originally invented margarine called the substance "oleomargarine". As a consumer product it became both "oleo" and "margarine", but the latter won out. Outside crosswords, the only context I've ever heard "oleo" in is "Oh yeah, my grandmother used to call it oleo".
There's no shame is using the grid check, especially with the way the highlighted cell jumps over filled cells when typing. If you start doing other crosswords online, you'll see that each site handles things juuuust enough differently to be annoying - and to necessitate the grid check.
You can actually configure a lot of them to by the way you want, and the same as each other.