I was slowed down a bit pre-revealer by wanting to WALK IT OFF with that minor injury. Just me? Also: Not convinced that the puzzle needed to have the three short titles in asymmetrical spots along with the four long titles. If you are ignorant of pop culture, you could complete this puzzle without a hitch. So no fair complaining that you shouldn’t be expected to know the work of a massively successful singer/songwriter who’s been thriving for the past 16 years, as well as making headlines for having a jackass purchase the masters to her albums (inspiring her to re-record her albums, note for note, so that she owns the masters-savvy!).įave fill: YOINK, STORYBOOK romance, FREAKED, and BANFF. Please let this clue be from the med students and not the puzzle editors! Would you believe I learned the phrase salad days from crossworder Ross Trudeau’s dad’s comic strip, Doonesbury, back around 1979? Going to echo Sophia’s comment yesterday about phrases like GRAB AT not being great fill.ĭidn’t really know: 36d. It’s a high-end brand that’ll cost you a pretty penny. This was a gimme, not that I’ve ever bought it. Hello there, everyone! Here is hoping that you all had a good time celebrating the holiday, and also hope that no one hurt themselves setting off any sparklers or fireworks! Gorski’s C r ♥ s s w ♥ r d Nation puzzle (Week 579), “Bond…James Bond”-Ade’s takeĬrossword Nation puzzle solution, Week 570: “Bond…James Bond” If you think this is obscure but don’t complain about the names of 1940s baseball players being included in puzzles, I don’t want to hear it.Įlizabeth C.

Today’s crossword has a pretty cute theme, especially when taking a gander at the title when first looking at the puzzle. The circled letters span at least two words in those entries, creating that “bond.” Each of the five theme entries have circles in it, and when filled in, spell the last name of a celebrity whose first name is James.

HIGH-BROW NOVEL (24A: ) – (James) Brown.

PRELUDE AND FUGUE (39A: ) – (James) Dean.

Took a little while to catch on to the theme since I was not getting the circled letters filled fast enough, but was worth the wait in knowing what was happening. Simply click on the image below to hear their take on promposals.Also got slowed down when I put in “unbuckles” instead of UNFASTENS (35D: ). Stay tuned for next week where we go over the correct scientific use of the term “ogre fished.” Be sure to check out LSO’s new podcast: The Drip Academy. If you see signs of a potential yoinkage, STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING… and get some help. Many innocent civilians suffer from yoinkage each and every moment of every single day. Now you’re down a good $40 you could’ve used on some chicken teriyaki from Sarku Japan. You say sure, why not? I mean you’ve been absolutely annihilating this man. All of a sudden the man wants to bet on the next game. I mean you’re just destroying his livelihood with your eyes closed. First couple games you just absolutely smash the lad without a single issue. You show up to the brotato chip’s crib to play a couple lighthearted games of billiards. Chef Curry yeets up some tre balls and you lose by five. You’ve been up the whole game and now you’re looking at a twelve point lead with only two minutes to go. Out of nowhere your homie taps your right shoulder and shimmies to the left. You’re living, you’re breathing, you’re doing you. This quest will be dubbed “The Driptionary.” This week, the first week of this epic journey, we will be covering a brief overview of the word “yoink.” Throughout the weeks we will take it step by step, covering a word at a time. I plan, nay, I vow to solve this issue-this divide of words between my boys and the rest of the universe. The boys and I spend an immense amount of time communicating in a language that it seems nobody else understands. This “driptionary” is for those who want to “talk the drip” while they “walk the drip.”

You can buy drip or it can come naturally. Tune in for a weekly entry in the “Driptionary,” where you’ll find today’s hottest lingo from one of Londonderry’s most “drippiest” students.ĭrip: The fashion a person has or the way they carry themselves.

Yoink meaning