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Podcast: Jean & Mike Do The New York Times Crossword
Episode: Sunday, January 7, 2024 - The name's Chyna ... BLAC Chyna!
Description: A superb Sunday crossword by Michael Schlossberg, meeting the cruciverbal RDA for:old-timey clues -- 5A, "Yikes!", EGAD, and 19A, "Sounds 'bout right to me", IRECKONSO; birds that Mike has never heard of -- 3D, Bird also known as a lapwing, PEWIT, and 84D, Bittern, e.g., HERON; and a word that neither of the cohosts had heard of -- 2D, Petrichor, n.: The pleasant _________ of rainfall on dry soil, AROMA (but to be clear, the word we were unfamiliar with was Petrichor, we nose, er, know, all about AROMA).All in all a fine addition to th...