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Hebrew name meaning "high" / MON 9-15-25 / Shell-less gastropod / Pungent round deli order / Magic Johnson's real first name / Special trip away from the house / Popular online brokerage
Monday, September 15, 2025
Constructor: Matthew Stock and Michael Lieberman
Relative difficulty: Easy (solved Downs-only)
Theme answers:
- ELEGANT SOLUTION (17A: Ingenious fix (San Francisco))
- GROUP RATES (27A: Hotel discounts for conventioneers (Pittsburgh))
- CAMEO ROLES (49A: Brief appearances by A-listers in films (Baltimore))
The Rosetta Stone is a stele of granodiorite inscribed with three versions of a decree issued in 196 BC during the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt, on behalf of King Ptolemy V Epiphanes. The top and middle texts are in Ancient Egyptian using hieroglyphic and Demotic scripts, respectively, while the bottom is in Ancient Greek. The decree has only minor differences across the three versions, making the Rosetta Stone key to deciphering the Egyptian scripts. [...] Three other fragmentary copies of the same decree were discovered later, and several similar Egyptian bilingual or trilingual inscriptions are now known, including three slightly earlier Ptolemaic decrees: the Decree of Alexandria in 243 BC, the Decree of Canopus in 238 BC, and the Memphis decree of Ptolemy IV, c. 218 BC. Though the Rosetta Stone is now known to not be unique, it was the essential key to the modern understanding of ancient Egyptian literature and civilisation. The term "Rosetta Stone" is now used to refer to the essential clue to a new field of knowledge. (wikipedia)
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Today's puzzle is well-timed, in that there are only about 12 games left in baseball's regular season, which means the playoffs are right around the corner. It's not so well-timed for the G(I)ANTS, P(I)RATES, or OR(I)OLES, though, as none of those teams figure in the playoff picture right now.
There's no "I" in "TEAM," but there is one in EARVIN, whose name is making me laugh because somehow it's funny to me that there's only one sports reference in this baseball puzzle and it's a ... basketball reference (41D: Magic Johnson's real first name). Oh, no, wait, there's also golf! Twice! (36A: One of 18 on a golf course (HOLE) and 12D: Alternative to an iron, in golf (WOOD)). I tried to spell Magic's first name ERVIN, but it turns out that not only is there an "I" in ERVIN, there's an "A" as well. That was one of the few (very) minor hiccups along the way today. I tried STOP before HALT (2D: "Not another step!") and ATOP before OVER (3D: Above), one right after the other, right up front, but after that, no trouble at all until the very end, where I had OIL PASTELS alongside ELI. Did not know ELI meant "high." Was considering ARI. Or maybe, I don't know, BEN? And as for OIL PASTELS ... I had no idea such a thing existed. I've heard of artists who work in oils, or who work in pastels, but I had no idea you could put those two words together. They live as separate mediums inside my head. I tried OIL PAINTS. Wouldn't reach. I considered OIL COLORS. Also not long enough. Glad I never thought of OIL PENCILS, or I might've tried that. Eventually PASTELS became undeniable, and since NOP- really had to be NOPE, the Hebrew name had to start with "E," and in three letters, the answer was all of a sudden crystal clear. The end.
Bullets:
- 66A: What each letter in Roy G. Biv represents (COLOR) — of the rainbow. Glad the puzzle is back to using real mnemonics and not whatever that crazy pseudo-Shakespearean mnemonic they tried to foist on us last week. Something about Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain ... I think?
- 48A: Way too uptight (ANAL) — never like seeing this answer. I used it once in a puzzle and I've always regretted it. Also, why "Way too uptight"?? First, judgy. Second, you can easily eliminate the first word of that clue. Hell, you can eliminate the second word while you're at it.
- 4D: Winged horse of Greek myth (PEGASUS) — cool fantastical creature, great answer. I loved Greek myths as a kid. Here's a picture of PEGASUS from my copy of D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths:
- 9D: ___ change (a measly amount) (CHUMP) — great answer, great clue. Colorful, colloquial, just fun to say.
That's all. See you next time.
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89 comments:
Good puzzle to start the week. I had "cheap" before CHUMP, otherwise no problems. Liked the theme, even though the "Whtesox" and "Tgers" failed to get in, along with the "Marlns," "Phlles," "Twns," "Marners," "Rockes," "Damondbacks," "Guardans," and "Natonals" (did I forget anyone?).
My five favorite original clues from last week
(in order of appearance):
1. Crack expert? (5)
2. Rock, for one (5)
3. Deep study (10)
4. Check-in line? (3)(3)(4)
5. Part of Wayne's world? (7)
COMIC
COMIC
OCEANOLOGY
ARE YOU GOOD
WESTERN
My favorite encore clues from last week:
[Butter from a farm] (3)
[Found darling] (6)
RAM
ADORED
I HOP OVER to this CAVE and I CEE this RARE CROWN on the floor with a LOGO on it that says: I RECON KAHLUA is the SOLUTION.
Our GROUP OUTING at this SITE also shows OIL PASTELS on a WOOD TOTEM. The OIL looks like the COLOR of an ONION BAGEL. Our TEAM was on cloud NINE since this was a RARE TOOL to find! EARVIN, our GROUP CHUMP, was all ANAL about doing a TIE DYE T-shirt, but our GROUP said THERE'S NO I in the TEAM....it had to be a GROUP SOLUTION.
DEAD WOOD would LOOSEN up a HOLE on SITE so that a CRANE could be lowered to OPEN the CROWN with the KAHLUA LOGO. It was a SLUG on the TEAM and no one finished until NOON. ACCESS to the SITE was DEAD; the GROUP decided the CROWN would be taken to the PROM ARENA instead.
The CrowN finally was taken from the CAVE to the PROM AREA. A CAMEO SALTINE was placed on it as a GAG and ELIDES any DEAD DYE. HAH!
So...the RAT in the CAVE ate the SALTINES (ROT and ALL)....The GROUP of NINE in the CAVE OUTINGS baked a NINE TIERS TART and no TOOL was needed. It was quite a RARE SITE but it ALL ADDS up. EARVIN also would SOAK a SALTINE in KAHLUA and the ODOR was RARE. The HOSTS at the INNS approved ....and that's the truth!
Cute early week puzzle - timely theme as Rex highlights and apt revealer. ELEGANT SOLUTIONS is a wonderful spanner.
Primus
Well filled - no real glue anywhere. ONION BAGEL, PEGASUS, OIL PASTELS are all top notch. SUVS and ABCD are off but I’ll let it slide.
Why Can’t I Be You?
Enjoyable Monday morning solve.
Astrud Gilberto
Go Phlles!
Only the “Cardnals” and — if they’re still called that — the “Athletcs”.
Liked it. Would RUTGERS (University) have been an acceptable central entry in place of SALTINE? Assuming the crosses could be made to work, of course.
Yay! Great to have you back.
Super easy, fun. I solved it as a themeless and afterwards figured out the theme. Not a sports fan, I’m in fact an almost complete sports ignoramus, although I have learned a few things doing the crossword for so many years.
So glad Rex liked this puzzle and was in a good mood—fits right into the beautiful sunny weather we are having here in the NE. A puzzle easy on the eye as well as on the brain.
Matthew (32 NYT puzzles) and Michael (31) are top tier constructors, and their skill is evident in this theme.
First, they had to find three team names that you can remove the letter “I” from, and have what’s left be part of both words of a two-word phrase. I believe the three they found are the only ones in MLB that work.
Second, those two-word phrases had to fit symmetry in the grid – one had to be a spanner to match the revealer, and the other two had to have the same number of letters.
Wow! Bravo!
My brain got its workout at trying to guess the revealer, the highlight being trying to anagram the circled letters and wondering if STANG was a word. I also liked seeing TOTEM as a vertical answer, as well as the PuzzPair© of HEIST and a backward LOOT.
Quality puzzle, quality solve. Even with those i’s in your full name, Michael, you and Matthew make an excellent team. Thank you both for a most lovely start to the week!
Only real holdup was EST or EdT; I've mentioned before I can never remember which is which.
Jim Palmer was my second-favorite player when I got into baseball, behind only Brooks Robinson. In 1978, I was fortunate to see Palmer's 200th win in a double-header against Cleveland. He had just pitched a shutout in his previous start to get win #199, and he pitched another shutout that day to reach 200. And another shutout his next start to get to 201. I doubt we'll ever see three consective complete games again (all on three days rest), let alone three consecutive shutouts.
How about RUTGERSU OR GORUTGERS!
CAMEOROLES was just tricky enough to stop me from completing this downs only.
Alas, poor Richard of York, we barely knew ye, though some of us greatly preferred you to your distant cousin, Roy G. (on the Biv side).
Not a baseball fan, which may have had something to do with the fact that the theme was opaque to me without the revealer, but this sure was a beautifully executed puzzle, gentlemen. Chef's kiss. I would not rate it easy, though, since I was in the dark before getting to the revealer.
ELEGANT SOLUTION indeed.
Baffled by this comment at first, but now I see you were referring to tigers! (I'm a baseball ignoramus.)
Hey All !
"Reggie Sportspokes coming to you from the Baseball Breakdown Studios, breaking down the game between the GANTS and PRATES. Exciting stuff. Hits galore, nary a sloppy play from anyone. They played well as a group, remembering that THERES NO I IN TEAM. Can't say as much about the OROLES, however. Too much ego on that team.
Over to you, Vic."
😁
Neat GAG for a puz. Too bad Matthew didn't work ELIDES into the Theme somehow. Some other missed opportunities to tie in your Theme with some other answers, LOGO (Old English D {For Detroit Tigers, Rex shout-out!}), CROWN (a triple play?), RARE (a triple play), COLOR (Red, for the Reds), OUTING (Pitchers starts), SHOO (___-in, easy win).
YKNOW, stuff like that. I'm sure there a few more that can be Baseballized.
Good MonPuz, NO I IN TEAM, but plenty in the puz. You know what's not plenty in the puz? I'll give you one guess. Har
Have a great Monday!
THERES No F's IN This Puz
RooMonster
DarrinV
Fun Monday - I couldn’t guess the reveal, but it’s perfect for this particular theme. The circles gift-wrapped it for us, which is appropriate this early in the week (I know we rarely have to operate without the circles, but that’s a separate issue).
I know it’s Monday, but some of the clues lately are dangerously close to slipping into self-parity - things like “three squared” for NINE, asking about the part of the body that “has a lobe”, and my recent favorite, “Animals that go moo”. Just as a goof, I’d like to see them use one of those clues on a Saturday and see what the reaction is.
Rutgers answers don’t work for reasons Rex made clear—letter string has to break across both words
What's not to like here - clever clues, easyish but well put together theme, and thought stimulating but easy solve! If only all Mondays could jumpstart our week and that of the NYT
Trivia question for all the old time baseball fans, including OFL: many recall that the last team with four 20 game winners was the Orioles, I believe 1970 was the year. Without looking it up, who were the 4 pitchers that accomplished that?
Many will remember Jim Palmer right away, and many will recall Mike Cuellar. For the revealer, give in and Google or tune in tomorrow
Hello from Lincoln. Agree about the beautiful weather.
There is no apostrophe in THERE (I)S NO I IN TEAM.
I think you meant "self-parody". Actually, you could use something like "has a lobe" for a Saturday clue if the body part in question is the brain.
I had PETTY, mixing up "petty cash" and "chump change".
Good point. How about the legendary Israel basketball player Amit Gershon?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amit_Gershon
Digamos "Oh, Dios mío", dices.
I guessed the reveal! That happens once in about every 100 tries.
Here's a Monday puzzle to be proud of publishing. Make it a little funnier and lose ANAL and we'd have it right.
Not all Neanderthals lived in caves, just the goth ones. TOTEM is standing in a lot of grids lately. Seems like cultural appropriation.
❤️ CAMEO ROLES. PEGASUS.
People: 4
Places: 2
Products: 7
Partials: 5
Foreignisms: 0
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Gary's Grid Gunk Gauge: 18 of 76 (24%)
Funny Factor: 2 😕
Tee-Hee: ANAL.
Uniclues:
1 Tonight you celebrate your sanguinity / You might even discard your virginity / When you're done with fun / think of mutual funds / Our brokerage will make your infinity.
2 British sailing competition for three men in a tub.
3 The highly unlikely instance when the big robbery runs into a plot problem.
4 This would be one of those times when the uniclue in your head should remain there, Gary.
5 Paramount replaces Colbert, if they had a sense of humor and a botany background.
6 Why the artist made a scene during the en plein air session by throwing his easel into the ocean.
7 Driving your pickup truck through the front window of a retail shop.
8 Pass a bottle of cinnamon Schnapps around the church activity bus.
9 Zombies with bad breath.
1 E*TRADE PROM ODE
2 SOAK OPEN
3 RARE HEIST HOLE (~)
4 ANAL CAMEO ROLES
5 ADDS SLUG HOSTS (~)
6 OVER OIL PASTELS
7 LINEAR ACCESS
8 LOOSEN OUTING
9 ONION BAGEL DEAD
My Fascinating Crossword Uniclue Keepsake from Last Year: Warm pot of tea after naked horseriding in November. EWER FOR ICIER GODIVA.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
[Who wrote "Bohemian Rhapsody"?] noTGERShwin!
You mean 1971: McNally and Dobson.
We had a sort of offbeat football coach in high school baseball, but today's puzzle really nailed his style. He used to say, "Fellas, there's no I in some misspellings of certain major league team names." We'd then go out and get trounced while we thought about that.
Who knew there was a special dye for ties? I've always used general "Clothing Accessory Dye". And speaking of TIEDYE, how about that dupe with TIERS? And what does it mean to tie an R anyway?
And then we get to the quadrupe!!!! ICEE, IHOP, IPAD and ISIT. Shortz must think this is all about him.
Sorry to meander without borders, but there's not much I want to say about a puzzle where I just went straight through a downs only solve leaving no blanks and with no mistakes. Maybe a tad on the easy side. OTOH, once I stepped back and looked at the finished product, I thought it was a great Monday offering -- great theme idea and execution, good fill, mostly good cluing. Still, there is no "I" in puzzle, so thank you, Matthew Stock and Michael Lieberman.
I amnot surprised that Rex never heard that ELI means high. It doesn't. ELI is usually a shortened form of a longer name like Elijah or Eliezer and El means God. ELI litterally is my God.
Perhaps the constuctor or editors thought it meant high because of the airline EL AL which means "upward" or "to the skies" but a simple google of the origin for the airline name would show that the word AL means over or above, EL (not spelled the same in Hebrew as the word for God) means "to" or towards.
A total editing failure.
Excellent one, Pete. You “blue” us away with that.
Easy & very enjoyable. Thank you to
2 pro's - Matthew & Michael :)
BTW - ANAL seems to be Sam's favorite SB word so that was a gimme.
Oops - meant "given"
What @kitshef said!
Chuckling here! Thanks
SMALL change for me
Eli does not mean high. It’s actually an abbreviation of several Hebrew names that begin with Eli——, like Elijah. El is Hebrew for God; Eli means My God.
There’s easy, and then there’s this. Felt like a downs-only Monday record for me. After I got the congrats I checked the circles in the themers against the revealer and thought, “that’s pretty cool”. And then I read all the across clues and found that they’d made things even easier by including the cities in which the teams play. Didn’t affect my D-O solve but perhaps one degree too much easiness there.
Still fun to solve. Only real hold-ups were at 11D where I had ONION rolls for a bit, 29D where I hesitated to enter OIL PASTELS, thinking, well, they’re not all bright, but I got past that easily enough. Toughest one was at 41D where I thought I remembered the basketball great as Irving, but I stripped that out, inferred a few crosses and the light bulb came on - EARVIN! Of course.
A pleasant enough diversion.
I think he likes "anally" even more, along with "dildo" and "enema". Tee-hee, as Mr. Jugert would say.
Pretty easy today. South West corner was slow incoming but got it. Must point out to you that the San Francisco Giants are still very much in the wildcard picture. Depends on how they do and how the New York Mets do
Cute, and fun to unravel. I couldn't make any sense of GANTS, but Pittsburg and PRATES clued me in to the pattern, making the Baltimore OROLES easy to get and then bringing a smile for what had to be the reveal. I liked the humble SALTINE getting central billing as a stand-alone treat, not just playing second fiddle to chowder,
Good for a Monday. Woke me up.
Like @kitshef said - welcome back!
Easy-medium. OIL PASTELS was it for WOEs and my only hiccup was spelling KAHLUA wrong on the first pass.
Clever/amusing idea. I was wondering what happened to the I when I checked out the circles as I filled in 17a. The reveal was a delightful. “aha”. Liked it.
Croce solvers - Croce’s Freestyle #1045 was one of the easier Croce’s I’ve done…about a typical tough NYT Saturday. The NW put up the most resistance. Good luck!
Emmy opinion - Both The Bear and Shrinking are better than The Studio.
My only minor hold-up today was GROUP RATES. Rather a dull phrase which didn't come to mind immediately. Everything else fell pretty much right into place with the acrosses and I had to go back to read some of the down clues just to know what they were. I'm not complaining, it was an easy puzzle, as Mondays ought to be.
I saw the possibility of G[I]ANTS when filling in 17A but didn't put it together with the theme until the reveal. PRATES didn't put P[I]RATES in mind because it's an actual word. No matter, I slapped in the reveal answer based on the clue and went back to check out the team names. Nice theme!
Thanks, Matthew and Michael!
I don't solve Downs-only, so I tried to put CAMEO in the circles for 49A (Brief appearances by A-listers in films), which fit and seemed logical, but when that didn't work I gave up figuring out the theme until the puzzle was finished. At that point I did appreciate the clever theme, only wished there had been more baseball fill throughout to make it more fun!
Google tells me that oil pastels are different from "regular" or soft pastels because of their binder: Oil pastels use an oil and wax binder, while soft pastels use a gum or methyl cellulose binder. This difference in composition results in oil pastels being creamy, non-crumbling, and more like crayons, whereas soft pastels are powdery, dusty, and more like chalk.
Degas, Picasso, Cand Cassatt all used oil pastels in some of their works. Here are some other oil pastel artists:
Oil Pastel Art
I guess the constructer had no F’s left to give. Enjoyable Monday all around.
Quickly solved, completely ignoring whatever theme there is, and those silly little circles.
I have Croce 1045 as medium, with the N Central being by far the hardest area. And oddly enough, the NW being the easieast (NYT Tuesday).
It's never a good day in Crossword when a puzzle begins with a cross between IHOP and Icee.
Recently, solving down clues only has not gone well for me. Here it was very smooth and satisfying, just under 12 minutes. I too had troubles in the OIL PASTELS area. I had OIL ENAMELS at first. Neither phrase sounds like a real thing to me, but I'm not a painter.
It also didn't help that I guessed Hebrew for "high" was TEL because I seemed to remember Tel Aviv means "high hill" or something. Well, almost; evidently TEL is a type of hill.
Another early typeover was BLUE CHEESE for "Pungent round deli order". Didn't last long!
I'm surprised that people seem to be encountering OIL PASTELS here for the first time. I always seemed to have box of them as a kid, at least when I was old enough not to eat them. Much more fun than crayons, but not as fun as chalks, which I still use a lot. All 3 of my sons were free to come into my studio wit their sketchbooks and use my pastels. But only in the studio. My wife would kill me if they got that stuff on the furniture. Occasionally, a family friend or relative would drop by with a kid in tow and drop said kid in my studio while they went to the dentist, or whatever. I would outfit the child in an extra-small lab coat and arm them with oil or chalk pastels or charcoal and some paper and we'd pass a pleasant few hours.
If they chose to work in charcoal or chalk, which are both messy and cover your hands in coloured dust, I'd give them 2 pieces of advice: don't press too hard or you'll break the stick and don't pick your nose.
For anyone who may be up for a challenge (and don’t mind a LOT of proper names) today’s puzzle in the New Yorker by Anna Shechtman may be to your liking.
I held my own, but some of the propers were pretty brutal - obviously, YMMV.
Depending on which seasons of the shows. The Studio was very fresh and came out hot with great CAMEOs, rapid fire humor, jokes and pacing. I think highly of Shrinking, but season 2 has turned into a sex obsessed soap opera. Bear has been around long enough that there is less excitement - despite some real highs from previous seasons, I haven't felt like diving back in, maybe this season is also deserving?
Had ONIONB---- for a while, until I could confirm it was a BAGEL and not a bialy (which IMO is far more "pungent" and no less round)
Very cute …..always appreciate when it makes me chuckle out loud
I am not a baseball fan (and have little knowledge of the sport) but I enjoyed crossword this *more* because of that. Why? Because I didn't need to know anything about baseball to do the puzzle with zero outside hints (recognizing the team names was a bonus I'll admit, though I didn't know any of them other than my local Giants).
I also want to say that the plural of medium is media, not mediums (unless you're talking about a psychics convention or a retail clothing display). As someone who is very careful with your words, I knew you'd want to know.
The clue for 60D should have been “Grateful ______”
Wow Gill I great to have you back
And a Monday story!
If the NYTXW wants to continue cluing ANAL with a reference to the discredited cocaine fueled fantasies of a 19th century cult leader, then they might balance things out a bit by using something along the lines of "Way too messy". That would at least acknowledge that Fraud imagined two types, ANAL retentive and ANAL expulsive.
Looks like its inclusion is by deliberate choice since it could just as easily have been A NAP with 44D being EPI. Or 28D could have been RECAP with 43A NAPE and 48A A PAL. Lots of other ways to rework that section. Or do the adult thing and clue ANAL as relating to the lower end of the GI tract.
Bob Mills, gott a good chuckle out of your comment. Who knew that ani apparently is required inseam name?
Southside Johnny
I laughed when I read your comment about those very easy clues appearing ya Saturday!
Thanks for the tip. It took me 29 minutes. I got everything but the correct middle letter for Cookie Monster's real name, which was also the last letter of the title role in the German film that I've never heard of.
The Sept. 3 Robyn Weintraub puzzle is cute but super easy.
@Les S. More So what did you do in your studio when the kids weren't there?
Yes, it's hard & I've got a week's worth of NYers to do!
OK. missed commenting yesterday but we got the camp closed. Did the puzz while watching Bos../ NYY. which had a satisfying outcome. As a life long Road Runner fan, I enjoyed it very much.
Just chiming in today to say how smart I felt by grokking the theme after GANTS, which obviously had no I, and there it was. Late commenting today because of child care duties. Where's my leisurely retirement.
Thought this was a great Monday, MS and ML. The MLB Sports references Meant Liking this a lot, and thanks for all the fun.
@GILL I- Dichosos los ojos que te ven!
Anonymous 9:47 AM
ELI
Etymology can be very tricky so I looked it You mentioned that ELI-can be a shortened form of other names BUT it also is a name on its own. I stopped at 2 sites. Both said ELI can meant ascent or high. Two words thy are spelled differently in Hebrew but the same in English
It is not an editorial error.
Agree about pastels, from the internet "Pastel colors are soft, pale versions of pure color". So not bright like jewel tones but muted.
I think you're right, and that there's definitely a snickering element to it, as if crosswords afford a permission structure to mitigate the presumed austerity of the Gray Lady.
"That would at least acknowledge that Fraud" -- deliberate misspelling?
Maybe it's only a New England thing, but I have never had chowder served with SALTINEs -- only with oyster crackers.
Talk about luck of the draw - I knew all of the names except for the rapper and the boat. Hardly my usual experience with Anna Shechtman's puzzles.
I'm a painter, Sharon. Mostly landscape-related. Not landscapes as you might see them on your grandmother's wall (trees, a lake, a mountain, you know), but more about relationships between the landscape (nature) and us (culture). Often I veer off and do something a bit different. I am presently doing chalk and charcoal drawings of lichens. And when I'm not in the studio, I'm doing farm stuff.
@GILL I. 5:43 AM
This is how Mondays are made! Thanks for another hilarious romp.
@SouthsideJohnny 7:55 AM
Super funny to think about adding just one wildly over easy clue on a Saturday. I hope I live to see it. We can pre-write the "It's-not-hard-enough" crowd's response: "OMG, what the heck? Will Shortz is the worst and needs to go! I'm canceling my subscription -- but not really, I'll see you next Saturday for The Weeping Part 2." It's really Part Infinity, but they forget.
The Hebrew name **Eli** (אֵלִי) means "high" or "elevated" in Hebrew. It is derived from the Hebrew root **עָלָה** (pronounced "alah"), which means "to ascend" or "to go up." The name can also carry connotations of "exalted" or "uplifted." Additionally, **Eli** is sometimes interpreted as "my God" when connected to the Hebrew word **אֵל** (El), meaning "God," though the primary meaning is often associated with "high" or "ascension."
It’s so easy to check.
A HEARTY welcome back.
Emmy Opinion Rationale - My problem with The Studio is that Rogen’s character is extremely annoying in addition to none of the other characters being at all likable. I realize that this may be a feature of the show and not a bug, but it still makes for an unpleasant viewing experience.
IMHO Hacks is also better than The Studio.
Yeah, I was doing a take off on the idea of a Freudian slip. Also it was a nod to a definitive critique of Fraud's, er, Freud's ideas by psychiatrist E. Fuller Torrey in his Freudian Fraud: The Malignant Effect of Freud's Theory on American Thought and Culture.
@jberg had to look for a bit before finding someone else who was mystified by "saltine" being the answer there for the same reason. i typed OYSTER, realized i was a letter short and thought, "but...it's oyster crackers. what else is it? it's nothing else...it's oyster..."
saw SALTINE once i finished the puzzle and came straight here thinking it would be in rex's writeup somewhere. but i guess it's just us! still, glad for the company 😊
-stephanie.
Go Yanks!!!
I usually save NYer puzzles for when I have nothing else to do, mostly because they rely too much on PPP and I'd rather avoid that. But, on your recommendation, I jumped right in and ... wow! I have never done a puzzle with so many proper names. Granted, they were interesting proper names, but still ...
Patted myself on the back when I dropped in things like Hannah HOCH and DR CALIGARI with no crosses, but sheesh, what a sruggle. 33 and a half minutes. Now I'd better get out and do some real work. Surprised you would recommend this one.
We truly missed you. Welcome back!
Fun puzzle, made more fun by the fact that I figured out the reveal. What a rarity indeed.
Baseball and college softball are my favorite sports, although I watch just about any sporting event. I got the trick and figured out the reveal at OR(i)OLES. Well done. I always enjoy a Stock/Lieberman collab and they delivered a gem today with a baseball theme as the cherry on top. Thanks gentlemen!
Loved this light, breezy and timely Monday for all the reasons @Rex mentioned. Great theme executed well with a revealer that nails it. Yes, a couple of less attractive entries, i.e. ANAL, ICEE AND IHOP but who cares, they can't all sparkle and the fun factor made up for any (very) slight unpleasantness.
After 12 years of Jewish day school, (way back when) my Hebrew is between not so great and so-so, but I agree with @Anonomys 9:47 regarding ELI - I've only known it to mean "my god", though the crosses were all fair so not too much of a hold-up. I did see a comment that it could also mean something close to "high", so no harm no foul. I may look it up as well and report back.
Not much else to say except more like these please Matthew and Michael.
POST-GERSHWIN maybe? A bit of a stretch.
Somewhat interesting, jae, that my wife dislikes The Studio as much as I dislike Hacks.Wonder what this means. Maybe time to visit a couples counsellor.
Thank you; I ought to check that out. It really is amazing (I almost wrote "amusing") what a grip Freudianism had on the American intelligentsia for so long, when his ideas really do sound incredibly cockamamie. "Malignant" is a well-chosen word.
My son, a psychology student, did a semester in Paris and was surprised to find Freud’s work so emphasized in his French psych classes, when in the U.S. he is mostly taught as historical at this point.
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