I must be a true April Fool because I don’t know if Lemony or MalMan is the culprit. Thanks, Jeffrey W, for keeping us on our toes and thank you to whomever did the blogging. CSOs to Picard (MIT), Sail Away (Jinx), The Texas Posse (Rice), and Lucina and Moe (Mesas). JW gave us a nice A Game with Coca, Eva, It A, Agha, Berra, Sela, and Natasha. (No excuses, but I wasn’t fully awake when I did this puzzle). Brent was the only unknown and Seek/Beak the only pairing I noticed. Despite those criticisms, I enjoyed the solve and found several clues that had the Wechsler wit and cleverness. I saw Pumice and Shale but because I was expecting the same placement of letters, did not see Marble or Basalt which was kind of frustrating. I am a huge fan of JW but this one was disappointing for me because it lacked his unique word wizardry skills, the reveal entry appeared too early and was simple to guess without any filled in letters, and the placement of the theme answer’s letters did not jibe. It will bring in enough to cover our shortage - provided it gets to our bank account in time! Overdraft charges multiply like white rabbits, and won't be small enough to cover if it takes too long. I gave the okay to sell our car, finally admitting I'm not going to drive it again. But she is so gullible, next month another scammer will get to her with a different scam she'll fall for.Īnyway, our account is now over $500 in the hole. I'm pretty sure that she finally admits these scammers were phonies. On her own initiative, she used Google Earth on the check's address, and found it was a vacant lot. #Crossword light truck type updateUpdate on my personal struggles: Bren sent the scammers a last payment of $50 Wednesday. The theme was good, and I didn't get it until long after I finished the puzzle, so it was no help. no specific word, just a mass of confusing clues. Now that’s a made-up name if ever I heard one! Just some scribbler who used weird words like “hath” and “doth” and crazy contractions like “e’er” and “e’en”. (But sometimes the writer is Chairman Moe that sounds like Chairman Mao – might be a subversive, someone should check into it.) But maybe I should think twice about getting a lawyer: didn’t someone once write “Let’s kill all the lawyers”? Who was that? Oh, yeah, some guy supposedly named Shakespeare. Lemonade: Ha! What a moniker! With that name he must be a real sourpuss. Any lawyers involved in this review? Maybe I should check with this Lemonade character who sometimes writes on Fridays. But wait – are you calling me a fool? Wrong day and an insult? I want to complain to the editor! Wait, what – the editorship is changing? Are they using that as an excuse? Maybe I should sue. Hey, I ‘ve got a reputation to protect! So – um, wait – it’s April Fools’ Day! Maybe that’s it. What? This puzzle is published on a Friday? This isn’t one of those insidiously tricky Friday puzzle themes that sometimes raise people’s hackles– maybe it’s a Thursday, or even a Wednesday.
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