I am not sure when the scantron theme will be seen in the puzzle again, but I now know what to do in order to designate the shaded answer.Ģ:20 – bravo for your most excellent explanation as to why a G-tile also being worth two points is not problematic for this trick. Perhaps Daniel and I are children of the same decade. And my elementary teachers got really strict about about 1) erasing changed answers completely, and 2) shading in your answer without pressing the pencil too hard.
But back in the 80'-90's it was all about the #2 pencil which has a distinctive dark grey color. People have made some fair points about "fill" "x" or other options for that square. Then after solving the puzzle and seeing "shade" in the box, I find out they added another layer to the scantron theme. Accidently solved the puzzle when I put in pastelS in the down clue. HAd a heck of a time at that area as it was filled as (D) throughout most of the puzzle. And as a person who has taken many a scantron test, D would still be the best answer none of the other choices have 2 point tiles. I actually put in A, B, C, D, and E for the circled items in the beginning, after reading clue 16A. I agree that the multiple layers made this theme a bit tricky. *I learn upon blogging the S in PASTELS is short for SHADE which I think makes all this worse! (Or maybe it's brilliant, just dunno.)ġ Upon returning home with Mexican food, the family will erupt in jubilation.Ħ Daredevil's response to the plan to stop at the top of the volcano.Ĩ Fablevision's motley crew of teenagers who form a band.ġ0 What the NYTXW team failed to do today. I like writing in rhyme like I like eating Thai.ĭespite what the ladies say, I'm not that kinda guy. I'm sticking to Frost-length just for today.Īnd my scrollable rants will soon be back. Scrabble a crossword yet I won't make a crack. The WOOSH of the puzzle felt fine to play. It's D not S but "you are WRONG!!!!" the Anonym-oti might exclaim. I filled the circles, though not quite fair. UHURU is meaningless, lest I misunderstood.Īnd it's a singular clue for the hue I'd swear on my oath.*
I've looked down my life as far as I could. And for the world's dumbest, most preposterous "test question." Even the perfect Michigan vibe in which I am currently living cannot make me warmly disposed to this clunker.
That / "D" is seriously the worst "rebus" square I've ever seen. All On Their Own! Actually, now that I think about it, TREE is at least something I've heard of, but PASTEL, yikes, no. LOL how in the world was I supposed to know that? True, PASTEL ( 40D: Hue such as pale mint or lilac) and TREE ( 64A: Leafy shelter from the sun) work for their respective clues, but (wait for it, drum roll, etc.) So Do PASTEL and TREE.
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not a "D" (which my software would not accept) but. But the worst is that the "D" "answer" is supposed to be. Especially uninteresting in this case, as the question is misleading in the first place (as we've established) and in the second, what the hell "test" would ever have such a question? The very idea that you would take any test anywhere at any time that would have such a question is flat-out ridiculous. Then there's the recurring problem of having instructions and/or questions as your theme answers. This turns out to the be the least of the puzzle's problems, but it's still a pretty big problem. The question implies (strongly) that there is just one such tile.*** There is not. So the very question is stupid from the get-go. "G" also has that point value (if google isn't lying to me). Let's start with the fact that "D" is not the only tile that's worth two points in Scrabble. What is not magically good is this puzzle, holy moly. Even the bad is magically good here in Michigan, is what I'm saying. Even the horrible "Don't Blame Me, I Voted for TRUMP" flag hanging outside a house just down the road turns out to be very handy as a marker for figuring out just when our own driveway is coming up. Farmers markets and sand dunes and picnics and hikes and camp fires and cocktails and ice cream and everything you could hope for from Michigan. Another very brief write-up today, as my Michigan vacation continues for another couple of days.
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