{"id":5,"date":"2026-09-03T07:05:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T07:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serverlesswp-4gnqpg3wn-edisonlied.vercel.app\/?p=5"},"modified":"2026-09-03T11:23:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T11:23:57","slug":"5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.crossexamine.it\/?p=5","title":{"rendered":"September 3rd, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Inaugural edition of the NYT crossword clue rankings! Simply because I\u2019m bored and spend a little too much time on solving this puzzle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default wp-block-paragraph\">Overall theme was pretty fun, a non-rebus rebus is quite cool, and gave me that little tinge of joy when discovering the whole hole-shtick (pun very much intended). Especially loved piehole and manhole, even though manhole made ZERO sense on my first go-around even after I realized the theme&#8230; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default wp-block-paragraph\">Felt like a lot of clues were vocabulary-based, but there was some silliness I expect from a Thursday as well. Overall an easy(ish) solve, but required a bit of guessing in the end. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Delighted by:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Noodle (20-Across): I mean noggin is just cute, period. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Character with a famous opening line? (37-Across): hard to narrate this category. I was delighted.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Slangy mouth found in 20-Across (2-Down): I love a good rebus, especially when it\u2019s not a rebus!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cat that can purr but can\u2019t roar (43-Down): Didn\u2019t know that about PUMAs and I\u2019m delighted that I do know it now!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Polyhymnia or Clio (53-Down): Feels more Friday\/Saturday, my delight comes from actually knowing the answer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Well at least I learnt something:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Big laugh (27-Across): I\u2019ve never heard YUK before. TLI, I guess<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hastens (52-Across): I should HIE and learn more old-timey words<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Its motto is \u201cIndustry\u201d (56-Across): Interesting for a state mostly famous for LDS.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hearty (29-Down): So many new words for me today. Usually a Friday phenomenon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>I\u2019m afraid this will age:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Apple purchase (53-Across): Already aged, I think, especially annoying with the APPS in 1-Across. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Complete fiasco, slangily (66-Across): As a millennial I\u2019m all too conscious that the slang of our youth is cringe (or whatever word the youths use for the feeling or cringe nowadays). Is this gonna age badly or does it signal that we have arrived to crosswording as a generation?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Many a \u201cBridgeton\u201d lady (8-Down): Is Bridgeton good enough to stay with us long-term? There\u2019s only so many children in that family to keep up the hype. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>US-isms:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Show with the classic episodes \u201cThe Puffy Shirt\u201d and \u201cThe Little Kicks\u201d  (17-Across): Seinfeld is sort of a cultural mainstay, but at least in our corner of Europe it never really gained traction. If my partner didn\u2019t go on and on about it because his obsession with George Costanza I\u2019m not sure I would clock this. And maybe too easy for a Thursday for the US crowd?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>March Madness org. (45-Across): I don\u2019t care for sports. This crossword is trying to enlarge my sports vocabulary. Please stop.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Please retire:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Successes for sluggers, for short (23-Across): the most crosswordy clue of them all. I\u2019ve typed RBI enough times already, thank you.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cPlease give this a high priority!\u201d (36-Across): I need ASAP and STAT to retire ASAP (or STAT, I guess)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inaugural edition of the NYT crossword clue rankings! Simply because I\u2019m bored and spend a little too much time on solving this puzzle. Overall theme was pretty fun, a non-rebus rebus is quite cool, and gave me that little tinge of joy when discovering the whole hole-shtick (pun very much intended). Especially loved piehole and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.crossexamine.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.crossexamine.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.crossexamine.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.crossexamine.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.crossexamine.it\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.crossexamine.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16,"href":"https:\/\/blog.crossexamine.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5\/revisions\/16"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.crossexamine.it\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.crossexamine.it\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.crossexamine.it\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}