At other times, getting the reveal helps fill in theme answers and complete the puzzle.Īnd then there are the Sunday puzzles here (and the many daily puzzles elsewhere) where the provided title either hints to, or is the reveal.īe sure to solve C.C.'s Sunday puzzle over at the USA Today website today. Sometimes the puzzle theme is understood even before getting to the reveal (if there is a reveal). Accurately completing the solve AND understanding the reveal are my goals, but the two don't have to be in any order. Her first boyfriend broke up with her and left her devastated. 'Fool (If You Think It's Over)' by singer Chris REA is a beautiful song that he wrote for his young sister.

Learning moment: Not to be confused with CLAIR DE LUNE by Debussy.įLY LIKE AN EAGLE by the Steve Miller Band is one of my favorite songs ever. I have learned a number of instruments over the years and, indeed, AU CLAIR DE LA LUNE was always part of the beginning repertoire. Here I am in our Digital Instruments company brochure with the NANOScope controller that I designed.ĬC Yes, my keyboard includes INS and DEL. Has anyone ever heard of BOOSTS used to mean 'steal'?Īlways happy to see NANO as our company was the first ever NANOtechnology company. Looked up BOOST and see that in some slang it means 'steal'. FIR but did fully grasp the cleverness of the theme until the explanation by CC.įavorite clue was MOBILE JUDGE for ART CRITIC.ĬOPS seemed wrong as I could not see how it relates to BOOSTS. I got all the KEYS but did not realize each one was in a MUSICAL reference. Kosher? I'll leave that to you constructors and Rich. In my motorhead thoughts I think it is similar to what I would try: 'Iconic Ford engine' for WINDSOR, and 'FBI-mobile' for FORD LTD. I was thinking about your question of CD ROM / CD DRIVES. And thanks to CC for the thought-provoking tour. MIELE is so high end that I can't even afford to know what it is. The next time I'm in Alabama I'll look up that ART CRITIC in Mobile. DNK that CLOROX owned the big name outfit. Howard Stern's cousin Ritchie owns a competitor to Bert's Bees, called BeeCeuticals. Greyhounds have thin skin and delicate bones, and don't like to lay down on anything hard.

I have both a DEL and DELETE key and an INS key on my HP laptop.īig CSO to my beloved rescued racing greyhound Zoe, nee Jugni. Had I looked at the circles I would have fixed BURLED when I saw.

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