Mike and I met on a cruise a few years ago, and he helped me create a trivia game for the entertainers. I had actually begun poking around with practice grids myself, thinking how gratifying it would be to make a puzzle for The Times, and was envious of the other folk who had gotten to work on one for the anniversary project. So, when Mike Selinker got in touch to ask me if I’d collaborate with him as a “celebrity,” I was thrilled. ” offices: we solve the puzzle together after our daily editorial meeting. In fact, it’s become a daily ritual in the “Wait, Wait. That inspired me to start solving the puzzle myself, and I’ve been doing it daily since around that time. I went and had a great time, including running into some old friends in the puzzle community. Peter Sagal: In 2016, my friend Greg Pliska asked me to come do the “play-by-play” at the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament finals in Stamford, CT. The answer is BID.ġ5D: I honestly thought that “Faces With Tears of Joy” was some piece of artwork that I hadn’t learned about, but it turns out that today’s answer is the laugh-til-you-cry EMOJI.Ĥ9A: The city of Zagazig is not only in EGYPT, it’s extremely fun to say out loud. Tricky CluesĥA: TIL that a small cape, like the one in Provincetown, is also called a SPIT.ġ7A: Not sure whether the Little Dipper is in URSA MAJOR or URSA MINOR? Fill in URSA M_ _OR, and use the crossings, Luke.Ģ7A: Ha! You thought that was a political clue, didn’t you? “Trump is often involved in these” is a bridge clue today. Keep up a good pace and, if you get lost, send up a flare or click here to see the entire theme. We then lope - sorry, I mean run - into BROOKLYN, with 51A’s “Step 2: An old baseball team,” which is, of course the (BROOKLYN) DODGERS. That is an absurdly hard thing to put one’s body through, and this particular marathon has runners putting their bodies through it in all five boroughs of New York City, if they run the whole thing.
EFFORTLESS VICTORY CROSSWORD FULL
Sagal (whose day job is host of NPR’s “ Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me”) will be running in the New York Marathon - a proper marathon, the full 26.2 miles, not some poncey run like I do - to which I say “Best of luck” and “Swift running to you,” not to mention “Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. This is frankly why I’m so worried about Peter Sagal. Running is addictive and it’s supposedly good for you, providing you only do it to the point where you remain clinically not dead. But I am determined to be a runner, despite the dangers and despite the fact that I wheeze even more than I do when I go curling. Well, what I do could better be described as “loping,” and only by people a lot more optimistic than me. THURSDAY PUZZLE - Running is an extremely dangerous sport, primarily because it takes place outdoors and involves leaving the safety and comfort of my couch.
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