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Podcast: Jean & Mike Do The New York Times Crossword
Episode: Thursday, September 12, 2024 - Finally, we can say that the NYTimes crossword is BRAT 😀
Description: A historic first, "BRAT" used in the sense of 52D, 2024 Charli XCX album with a lime green color -- as opposed to all the 179 previous times, when it was a reference to an annoying small child. The rest of the crossword, by Parker Higgins, was similarly entertaining, as evidenced by clues such as 69A, Nose-in-the-air-type?, PLANE; 52D, Give in on Christmas Eve, say, PEEK; and 10D, One of 27 on Disney World's Cinderella Castle, TURRET. A bravura performance, definitely worth 5 squares on the JAMCR scale.Show note imagery: Charles Perrault, author of Tales of Mother Goose...