Wednesday February 20th 2019. NY Times Crossword

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Time: 6:52
Wednesday Average: 17:06
Best Wednesday: 6:52

I am nothing if not steeped in colleges, so you’re really going to throw a college themed crossword at me? Rather, it’s a dot EDU themed puzzle with the first part of the themed answer being a famous college:

  • BROWN AND SERVE. Oh man, these kinda gross frozen breakfast sausages were a feature of weekend mornings in my childhood home and I will never not have a soft spot for them.
  • DUKE AND DUCHESS. 
  • RICE AND BEANS. Yum. Always. 
  • DRAKE AND JOSH. Never heard of this Nickelodeon show, but I was just not the road with a guy from Drake and they’re apparently very popular in Pakistan. 
  • SMITH AND WESSON. Massachusetts-based company? Who knew?
  • PENN AND TELLER. Ever seen Run-DMC’s “It’s Tricky” video with these guys? Recommend.
How appropriate that this puzzle would be my new personal best for Wednesday!

Never heard of Mark GOODSON, but shouldn’t this be clued as classic 1993 Elijah Wood and Macaulay Culkin vehicle (with “the”)? 


I feel like I’ve failed the liberal arts by not being able to come up with ORESTEIA for “Trilogy of tragedies by Aeschylus.” Of course, The Oresteian Trilogy concerns the murder of Agamemnon by Clytemnestra, the murder of Clytemnestra by Orestes, the trial of Orestes, and the end of the curse on the House of Atreus. I haven’t read it.

I was unwillingly forced to BEHAVE yesterday when I arrived in Bangkok to find that it was an alcohol-free holiday. Coming from Pakistan, this seemed like a cruel joke., but I was forced to TABLE any drink ideas I may have had. Now to catch my flight to Malaysia, where I’m certain things will be different. 

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