![]() There's a lot of terminological collapse because film noir so frequently feature hardboiled men (esp. "Hardboiled" and "noir" are not (not!) synonyms. ![]() I should've loved seeing NOIRISH, which is right up my personal and pedagogical alley, but that clue. Absolutely loved " EASY, TIGER," even though I had it as "EASY THERE." and that mistake caused a lot of SE confusion ( 33D: "Hey, hold your horses!"). Fantastic constructor (you can see his cryptic crosswords at the New Yorker sometimes), and a lovely human being to boot. I was also very happy to see NEVILLE, not so much because I want to see any more clues about H*rry P*tter (I don't), but because puzzle constructor NEVILLE Fogarty is one of two dear crossword friends I solve cryptics with on (most) Tuesday nights. I also (weirdly) liked the baby demanding to be picked up (" UP, UP"!). , maybe? Not sure, just know that the "?" we get today is rough.ĪU NATUREL is a euphemism I don't hear much any more but I still like it a lot. People are "goal-oriented"-once you say a "match" is "goal-oriented," you've lost the misdirection and added confusion. It's like they couldn't lay off the "goal-oriented" wordplay but then couldn't make it specific enough to fit the answer, so they just turned it into a bizarre mish-mash of pun and literal, and *then* added "in brief" for good measure. What is the wordplay the clue is going for? I see how "goal-oriented" means one (metaphorical) thing in common parlance and here is being used to talk about (literal) soccer goals, but what is a "goal-oriented final match"? That is not a coherent phrase, and it's not a phrase that suggests anything *but* soccer (or maybe hockey). Not sure what the clue on MLSCUP thought it was doing, cleverness-wise ( 25A: Goal-oriented final match, in brief?). beside someone, near someone) like SUPERGLUE, I suppose, but that seems less like stick-to-itiveness and more like hounding, pestering, or stalking. But maybe someone who keeps at something is said to be like SUPERGLUE? I've never heard that, but maybe it's a thing. And is SUPERGLUE an ? I get that it is supremely sticky, but if that's what meant, then for sure the clue should have a "?" on it, since that has nothing to do with "stick-to-itiveness" as it's commonly (metaphorically) used. Never would've guessed something as generic as PROSE (which is nearly *all* writing) from something as specific-sounding as "Essay writing," which sounds more like a task, homework, an assignment, an avocation, I dunno. In other parts of the puzzle, the puzzles just didn't quite land right. yeah, "Heart" could be lots of things (thought maybe "GIST" at first) etc. no idea which kinda "film" we're talking about. no idea which kinda "Poles" we're talking about 1D: Film site ( IMDB). For example- 1A: Poles have them ( ICE CAPS). This one played a little harder than usual for me, largely because of the intentional vagueness of many of the clues, especially the early ones.
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