Sunday March 10th 2019, NY Times Crossword

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Time: 48:59
Sunday Average: 47:58
Best Sunday: 21:55

Title: Math Hysteria

I don’t know how hysterical these math clues are, but they do involve some math wordplay to varying degrees.
  • “L x A:” LOS ANGELES TIMES: This was the first one I got and it works fairly well.
  • “X - y = x - y:” SAME DIFFERENCE: Yup, basically perfect clueing.
  • “(A- or B+)/7:” SEVENTH GRADE: So, the seven just becomes Seventh? Seems like a crossword faux pas to me.
  • “√666:” ROOT OF ALL EVIL: Yes, this one works for me.
  • “$$$/X:” CASH DIVIDEND: Really stretching for that X becoming ND, I think. 
  • “3.BB:” THREE POINT SHOT: Literal step by step, yeah. Again, the 3 is just three, which doesn’t seem great.
  • “X(Esq):” POWER OF ATTORNEY: Took me a while to see this one but yes, esq becomes attorney. I also couldn’t get this to appear correctly on my phone, but it’s supposed to be x to the power of esq.
I struggled to wrap up this puzzle, particularly with the VARIG / GENESEE crossing, since I’d never heard of the Brazilian airline or the New York brewery and river. Everything in the STATOR, EDGAR, SEA MOSS, and ARON region was tricky for me as well.

My flight out of Singapore has been delayed twice now and I’m no longer leaving tonight. As of now, I’ll fly out at 11am tomorrow. Whereas I’m eager to be home, there are fates worse than another night in Singapore. San Francisco and Berkeley friends, can I stay with you if I keep missing connections? 

Comments

  1. S. SandrigonMarch 11, 2019 at 10:37 AM

    You can definitely crash here if you need to. Grace and Corrina were doing this separately on the porch last night, and I kind of helped.

    I guess I was hoping for something trickier with the math, like the 'x' and 'a's meaning something in the other answers, not just dumb puns.

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