Sunday August 26th 2018, NY Times Crossword

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Time: 30:41
Average Sunday: 51:18
Best Sunday: 21:55

I'll take Sunday mornings like this as often as they want to come. I slept through the night all the way to 8am and then got a breakfast of eggs, hash browns, and dragon fruit while sipping decent coffee and cruising through the crossword. OK, the crossword itself was fine, but I'll take THE US OPEN theme, even if there wasn't much in the way of exciting cluing. After breakfast, I took in the Delhi sites, including Jama Masjid, India Gate, and Humayun's Tomb. So, the morning was probably more exciting than the crossword. After I post this, I'm off to check out the Delhi Ultimate team Stray Dogs in Sweaters.
There's really not much to say on the theme of this crossword. There's a lot of tennis stuff here, none of it particularly electrifying. Also, the circled letters spell out "ball," which you'll need several of to play tennis. So, there's that. Might need a couple rackets while you're at it.

I wasn't familiar with George SEGAL, but Wikipedia tells me that "he was one of the first American film actors to rise to leading man status with an unchanged Jewish surname." I've been meaning to watch "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" for the last 20 years or so.

I always have to remind myself that ELECTRA is not spelled like the Elektra of Marvel Comics fame.

EXEMPLAR is clued by "paradigm" and both are lovely words that I'd like to use more often. IDEATE, however, sounds like something we might do in a staff retreat and I'm going to pass on that one.

I can't come up with much exciting about this puzzle, so I'll just say that it was part of a near perfect morning, which really is more than enough. 

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  1. momAugust 26, 2018 at 5:54 AM

    Unsurprising that you didnt have much trouble with a US Open theme. Sounds as if you are having a lovely day - nice picture too! I’m off to Lake Winnipesaukee (had to look up the spelling of that) for a couple of days of kayaking and swimming. Not quite India, but not too bad.
    Lots of love.

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