I absolutely loved the subtle irony of crossing a Latin phrase (DEUS) with DUMB ASS - managing to be high-brow and low-brow in the same 4x4 mini-section is truly impressive. I did get a chuckle from today's very bizarre made-up-word (MCJOB), realizing that it has got to be difficult for the Times to keep sinking to new lows with the made-up stuff on such a consistent basis. I then noticed that (apparently) Jordan Peele has a production company - so I tirelessly slogged my way through the NE with baited breath until I parsed together a MONKEY PAW - which was disappointing. Opened it up and saw Elmer Holmes Bobst and thought "Well, if ever there were an a-list celeb or dignitary worthy of a NYT shout-out, he's your guy" - so I suspected it was going to be one of "those" days, and the rest of the puzzle did not disappoint. I have to say I enjoyed this one, mostly for its entertainment value. But only JOCKEY FOR felt properly original and interesting as an answer. I think the theme is clever enough, and certainly the bottom half was easier to enjoy / appreciate once I understood the theme. Not even sure what these kits are, or why you are buying so many. two words that might go next to each other. Really expecting something new and fancy but just got. But it remained pretty sloggy at the clue and (desperate-to-be-current) fill level.
It got less sloggy when I finally got the theme and realized that WHISE JUG was not, in fact, a thing I was being asked to accept. But the clue means the answer *has* to be a noun. I'd sooner drink from a WHISE JUG than sport a BEAM. If I smile, I do not have a BEAM on my face. Still not sure what the clue on BEAM is doing ( 13D: Big smile). union members? Like me? I guess that's an OK term, but not good enough for me to enjoy your obviously deliberately misdirective clue (when the misdirection answer is stronger than your own answer, then the misdirection actually works against you). UNIONIZES before UNIONISTS was bad ( 17A: Organized workers). Further further, the cluing was weird and had me writing in wrong answers frequently. So that just made me feel bad about myself (not the puzzle's fault, obv). Further, I've somehow never heard of a KISHKA, which.
I just accepted that the answer was WHISE JUG. Maybe the constructors have one of those ridiculously massive and not properly curated wordlists and the obscure WHISE JUG was some 19th-century holdover that had found its way onto said list. But even after clearing that up, I was staring at WHISE JUG and thinking that there was simply a type of jug that I had not heard of before. Somehow ( 1A: Beginner, in lingo = NEWB) (side note: what lingo? maybe name it? as is, it looks like there's a word missing from the clue). Several things conspired to make this the hardest Thursday I've solved in a while. Eye-rolling and protruding tongues (a facial expression known as ahegao, imitating climaxing) are common.Īccording to Business Insider, the terms are not gender-specific, instead referring to two separate styles of fashion, stating that "While the e-boy is a vulnerable 'softboi' and embraces skate culture, the e-girl is cute and seemingly innocent". Videos by e-girls and e-boys tend to be flirtatious and, many times, overtly sexual. Word of the Day: EBOY ( 41D: Gen-Z style with emo and anime influences) -Į-girls and e-boys, sometimes collectively known as e-kids, are a youth subculture that emerged in the late 2010s, notably popularized by the video-sharing app TikTok. It is an evolution of emo, scene and mall goth fashion combined with Japanese street fashion (such as anime, cosplay, kawaii and lolita fashion) and K-pop fashion.
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