An Odd Flush.
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| Hearts SUIT Flush |
In poker, a flush is all cards of the same suit. Today, we have postfixes that uses SUIT in different contexts.
Good morning solvers! And welcome to another Janice Monday.
Let's start w/ the reveal:
57. Do the same, and what the ends of 17-, 25-, and 42-Across can do: FOLLOW SUIT.
17. "Just act naturally!": BE YOURSELF. SUIT YOURSELF.
Suit Yourself
25. Vietnam War film directed by Stanley Kubrick: FULL METAL JACKET. SUIT JACKET.
42. Quickly resolved legal matter: OPEN AND SHUT CASE. SUITCASE.
Pretty simple gimmick but cute nonetheless. Let's see what else suits Janice's puzzle...
Across:
1. Dot-__: online businesses: COMS. Another financial bubble that pop'd.5. Capital of South Korea: SEOUL.
10. Clever remark: QUIP.
14. Shape of many a car logo: OVAL.
15. Inner circle: CADRE.
16. Caterer's coffee servers: URNS.
17. [See: Theme]
19. AirPods holders: EARS. Ha! I kept trying to think if there was a name for their little recharger pods.
20. Chocolaty treats that may have walnuts: BROWNIES.
21. Portable device with a touchscreen: TABLET.
23. Baby bear: CUB.
24. __ farewell: said goodbye: BADE.
25. [See: Theme]
33. Between ports: ASEA.
34. Second-string players: B-TEAM. Ask ChatGPT to produce an image...
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36. Sow's opposite: REAP.
37. Renewable energy option: SOLAR.
38. Safari park roarer: LION.
39. Gloomy __: pessimistic sort: GUS.
40. Comedian Wyatt: CENAC. Wyatt Cenac was a writer and correspondent for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart from '08 to 2012. He continues to do standup and other projects.
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| Wyatt Cenac |
42. [See: Theme]
46. Finishes up: ENDS.
47. Part of FTW and BTW: THE. For THE Win & By THE Way #TextSpeak
48. Talks back to: SASSES.
51. Morton who plays Circe in "The Odyssey": SAMANTHA.
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| Samantha Morton |
56. Help in wrongdoing: ABET.
57. [See: Theme]
59. Genuine: REAL.
60. Face-to-face exams: ORALS.
61. Prefix with skeleton: ENDO.
62. Like a couch potato: IDLE.
63. Move, as a root-bound houseplant: REPOT.
64. Consider to be: DEEM.
Down:
1. Salad with bacon and eggs: COBB. |
| Yummers |
2. "Back to you," in radio lingo: OVER.
Oveur Over
3. BLT spread: MAYO.
Two Airplane! clips FTW!
4. Insincere round of applause: SLOW CLAP.
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| Colbert is not impressed |
5. Book copier of old: SCRIBE.
6. Loosen (up): EASE.
7. Poems of praise: ODES.
8. Address that often starts with "www": URL. Technically, it starts with the scheme which, nowadays, is most oft the protocol HTTPS. I have, however, used ftp:// and gopher:// .
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| The URL Format |
9. Not quite closed: LEFT AJAR. When is a door not a door? When it's AJAR! *rim-shot* 😄
10. Montreal's province: QUEBEC.
11. Eurasian border river: URAL.
12. Memo heading: INRE.
13. Soft "Hey, you!": PSST.
18. E pluribus __: UNUM. Latin.
22. Singer Lambert: ADAM.
24. Laundry whitener: BLEACH.
25. North Dakota city: FARGO.
26. Spend all of: USE UP. No more. It's gone.
27. Rental contract: LEASE.
28. Govt.-issued investments: T-BONDS.
29. Book of maps: ATLAS.
30. Knightley of "Bend It Like Beckham": KEIRA.
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| Keira Knightley |
31. Furry "Star Wars" creatures: EWOKS.
32. Uptight: TENSE.
37. Summons: SENDS FOR.
38. Officially permitted to drive, say: LICENSED.
40. Walking stick: CANE.
43. Big name in milk chocolate: NESTLE.
44. Ultimate: UTMOST.
45. Melt: THAW.
48. South Asian silk dress: SARI.
49. Tucked in for the night: ABED.
50. Barking marine mammal: SEAL.
51. Smack: SLAP.
52. French greeting: ALLO.
53. Song: TUNE.
54. Keep out of sight: HIDE.
55. Tiny particle: ATOM.
58. Mine yield: ORE.
The Grid:
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| The Grid |
WOs: N/A
ESPs: SAMANTHA, KEIRA, ALLO
Fav: SLOW CLAP
Cheers, -T
The turkey just needs to be himSELF. R.I.P. Mitch
A couple of the proper
ReplyDeletenames were unknown, but that was the only “blip” in this otherwise Monday-easy puzzle.
FIR, so I’m happy.
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