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"Duino Elegies" poet / FRI 12-12-25 / Word from the Greek for "folded paper" / Hagfish lookalikes / Tropical plants said to bring good fortune / Distinction for a classic underground work / Conspiracy theorist's accessory / Main component of a "gutbucket," a jug band instrument / "Buss It" rapper Banks
Friday, December 12, 2025
Constructor: Adrian Johnson and Jess Rucks
Relative difficulty: Easy-Medium
Word of the Day: MONEY TREES (29D: Tropical plants said to bring good fortune) —
Pachira aquatica is a species of tropical wetland tree in the mallow family Malvaceae, native to Central and South America where it grows in swamps. It is known by its common names Malabar chestnut, French peanut, Guiana chestnut, provision tree, Saba nut, Monguba (Brazil), Pumpo (Guatemala) and Jelinjoche (Costa Rica) and is commercially sold under the names money tree and money plant. This tree is sometimes sold with a braided trunk and is commonly grown as a houseplant, although more commonly what is sold as a "Pachira aquatica" houseplant is in fact a similar species, Pachira glabra. [...] The name "money tree" is believed to refer to a story of its origin, in which a poor man prayed for money, found this "odd" plant, took it home as an omen, and made money selling plants grown from its seeds. (wikipedia)
"Money Trees" is a song by American rapper Kendrick Lamar, taken from his major label debut studio album Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (2012). The song, which appears as the fifth track on the album, features a guest appearance from his Black Hippy cohort, fellow American rapper Jay Rock, and was produced by DJ Dahi. It entered the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart at number 19 due to high downloads, following the album's release. The song, mixed by Top Dawg engineer Derek "MixedByAIi" Ali, features background vocals from American singer Anna Wise of Sonnymoon. Money Trees samples the 2010 song "Silver Soul" by Beach House, as well as vocals from Lamar's "Cartoon and Cereal" and interpolates lyrics from E-40's "Big Ballin' With My Homies". (wikipedia)
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It originated as a low-budget attempt to cash in on the enormous success of FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH, but VALLEY GIRL's genuine charm, perverse period flavor and breakout performance by Nicolas Cage ensured its enduring cult status. (AFI)
You know, Valley Girl! AS SEEN ON TV (if you have cable, probably). I'm gonna see how many times I can work Valley Girl into this write-up. . . nah, I think I'm done. Let's see, that's one two three ... four Valley Girls. Whoops, that's five. OK, now I'm done. Almost.
Do not put FONDANT on your APPLE SAUCE irl, it will turn out bad. Speaking of one answer on top of another, AS SEEN ON TV and "THERE'S MORE" pair very nicely. Unfortunately they both come from the world of adspeak, which I could always use less of, but I do like that the answers make sense together. Cohere as a corner unit. I doubt that RILKE is ever seen much on TV, but he is seen on AS SEEN ON TV today, so good for him. Sidenote: I don't think I've ever read a word by RILKE (50A: "Duino Elegies" poet). I associate his poetry with sallow romantic types. Wikipedia tells me: "In popular culture, RILKE is frequently quoted or referenced in television shows, motion pictures, music and other works when these works discuss the subject of love or angels. His work is often described as "mystical" and has been quoted and referenced by self-help authors." Gotta say, you're not really selling me on him, wikipedia.
OMG I only just noticed that this puzzle does CRISS CROSS / APPLESAUCE! And it literally crosses them. Amazing. Gimmicky, but sly. Clever.
My biggest TIE-UP today involved, yes, TIE-UP, which is to say it involved the latter part of WASH TUB and everything that ran through it (20A: Main component of a "gutbucket," a jug band instrument). I know the washboard is a "jug band instrument," but the WASH TUB, well, news to me. I feel like this isn't the first time I've been stumped by a "jug band instrument" this year. Oh yeah, here we go—had to know the whole gosh darn band for this puzzle back in September. That puzzle had WASHBOARD in it, as is right and true and good. This "gutbucket" stuff feels pretty Inside Jug Band to me. I don't dislike the answer WASH TUB though. Just ... when "board" wouldn't fit, I came to a stop. Not a T STOP, but ... actually, kind of a T STOP. A "Tub" STOP, anyway. I also had no idea what MONEY TREES were; or, rather, I had no idea that they were an actual non-metaphorical not-made-of-physical-money tree. I was gonna say that I only know MONEY TREE as a chain of dollar stores, but that's (more aptly) DOLLAR TREE. Lastly on the "I struggled with that" is ERICA Banks. I know lots of ERICAs and a decent number of Bankses (Tyra, Ernie ... piggy?), but I do not know ERICA Banks. The title "Buss It" sounds promising, though. Let's find out.
[cw: profanity, booty, WASHTUB washboard abs]
"ASS!? E'EN ON TV!? 'Zounds!" — Shakespeare reacting to television nudity. Actually, more likely reacting to television donkeys. Actually, more likely reacting to television as a concept. Zombie Shakespeare would indeed be astounded by ass, or anything, on TV.
Bullets:
- 17A: Conspiracy theorist's accessory (TIN FOIL HAT) — conspiracy theorists are no longer funny to me in the least since they're currently busy at the HHS trying to kill everybody [I initially miswrote "DHS," but that's probably true too]
- 29A: What blue crabs do roughly 20 times in their lifetimes (MOLT) — look, I did not *know* this, but I was very proud to have gotten it off just the "O," which itself was, at that point, entirely theoretical (from "SHOOT!," which I wasn't sure of (21D: "Fiddlesticks!")).
- 34D: Hagfish lookalikes (EELS) — I kinda like the EEL clue arms race we're currently in the middle of. If I gotta see it every other day, then by all means, throw new stuff at me. Stuff like "HAGFISH" (NYTXW appearances to date: 0) (I was wrong! HAGFISH did appear once, back in 1966 [Cousins of eels]) (HAGFISH also appeared in A NYT acrostic from 2013). Why are they called HAGFISH? I guess eels do kind of (???) look like hags. HAGFISH are also known as "slime EELS." Are hags slimy?
- 36D: Company whose logo has a hidden arrow between its fourth and fifth letters (FEDEX) — is it "hidden" if it's in plain sight? Yeah, yeah, I read "The Purloined Letter," but still. Actually, you know what, I never noticed that arrow before, so I take it all back. Objection overruled!
- 40D: Word from the Greek for "folded paper" (DIPLOMA) — me: "ORIGAMI" also me: "That's not Greek, that's Japanese" further me: "ORIGAMI!!!!" Actually I had "DIP-" and thought to myself "DIP? Nothing starts with DIP-!" I was reading the "Di-" as a prefix, rhyming with the "Di" in "Lady Di." Whose DIPLOMA comes "folded?" Is rolling a kind of folding? Where am I? What are words?
- 55D: Whitehouse in D.C., e.g.: Abbr. (SEN.) — "Sheldon Whitehouse (born October 20, 1955) is an American politician and attorney serving as the junior United States senator from Rhode Island, a seat he has held since 2007" (wikipedia).
- 56D: Physics unit equivalent to roughly 624 gigaelectronvolts (ERG) — pure crossword reflex. [Physics unit] three letters ERG. An electrical impulse at this point. I definitely knew what an ERG was at one point in my life (Physics being my only A+ in college—I know, right? stunning!). But whatever it means, the only thing it has meant to me since roughly 1991 is "a common three-letter crossword answer."
Time once again for 🌲🐈Holiday Pet Pics🐕🌲! Let's see who we've got today:
First there's Winnie, who's wondering "How in the world is this a 'holiday' picture? Are there presents? There better be presents, lady."
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| [Thanks, Gingy!] |
Not much that's "holiday" about this next one either, though if you've ever tried to lie down to read a book (perhaps as a break from the hustle and bustle of the holiday season), and you own a cat, you've probably experienced something like this.
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[Wesley cares not for Jane Austen. Stop reading this instant!] [Thanks, Laurie (and Cynthia, Laurie's daughter, to whom Wesley actually belongs)] |
Bochy here seems to have a toy in his mouth already but he's sure there are more toys under there. Quite sure.
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| [Thanks, Jim] |
Rebecca sent in not only her gorgeous Pete the Cat (R.I.P, Pete) ...
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... but also two views of Sunny, who is not going to miss a reason to celebrate this holiday season:
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| [Thanks, Rebecca] |
A different Rebekkah (the two-K variety) sent in her whippet Sparkie, seen here at 9 weeks old, chewing on some kind of elf larva:
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| [Thanks, Rebekkah] |
The next photo in the queue was also, improbably, sent in by a Rebecca, but we're gonna save that for next time ... nah, let's just do it now. Astrolabe here is being so dutiful and patient, I don't want to make him wait even one more day.
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| [Thanks, Rebecca] |
That's all. See you next time.
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46 comments:
Great write up. Shocked Rex made only one A+ in college. What was the reason? Clearly it wasn’t intelligence.
The Rex I know would have bemoaned how this played like a Wednesday puzzle, solid and clean but no effort, no stumpers, whoosh whoosh done. Maybe someone’s sliding into a mellow holiday mood? That said, “Ass!? E’en on TV!?” for the win.
Easy Friday, pleasant solve.
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Overwrites:
My "grounds" were a bAsis before they were a CAUSE (5A)
inge before SHAW for the 8D playwright
For the "Sweet Sixteen" at 19A I had TEenS before TEAMS (bad, I know)
My non-recorded performance was a LIVE act before it was a SET (39D)
WOEs:
Journalist ANNE Applebaum (3D)
Disney princess TIANA at 23D, which I should have remembered
Rapper ERICA Banks at 45D
Skating term T-STOP (46A)
Poet RILKE at 50A
Those who were as mystified as I was yesterday by XKCD #2957 as recommended by @Anon 07:06 can check out the answer here. Every XKCD comic is explained at ExplainXKCD.com.
Not the most difficult Friday. But Hasps? Crisscross Applesauce? Fondant? Valencia? Sapid? I'll take all that you got. Very active words today. Love it.
Easy overall but hard in places for me, because of things I’ve never heard of: CRISSCROSS APPLESAUCE for example. Also TINFOILHAT. TSTOP, and ERICA as clued. So, a little cheating was required. I’m probably really out of it in not knowing TINFOILHAT but I try to know as little as possible about conspiracy theorists.
Trust me, you owe it to yourself to read some Rilke! Try The Panther https://allpoetry.com/The-Panther. The elegies are magnificent.
Rilke is my favorite poet. I think to fully appreciate him, you’d have to read him in German. In my opinion, his poetic genius is lost in translation.
Lovely moments.
• That Shaw quote, which I haven’t thought about in ages.
• Filling in GOAT, which tripped off yesterday’s [Pan in the butt?].
• Inner smiles at uncovering: I KNOW, RIGHT? / AS SEEN ON TV / CRISSCROSS APPLESAUCE / CULT STATUS / SAPID.
Such moments add beauty and joy not only to the box, but to the entire day. This was more than just a fill-in.
I also loved being misdirected by [Doesn’t just talk], where I was thinking, “Yaks?” … “Gabs?” Not to mention the serendipity of a backward WAHS in the grid with SOB, clued [Waaaaah!].
Felt like a pre-holiday gift, for which I’m eminently grateful. I’m strongly hoping for more from the J&J team!
Mostly easy for a Friday, but I need an alphabet run for the SAPID/PINS cross. I also had "No lie" before FACTS. Never heard of CRISSCROSSAPPLESAUCE, but it rhymed and fit with the crosses.
For JJK: In my book, "Conscience of a Conspiracy Theorist," I sought to distinguish between kooky TINFOILHAT--wearing conspiracy theorists and historians who read between the lines of establishmentarian sources, e.g., the Warren Commission vis a vis JFK's assassination. Several reviewers thought I had succeeded.
If it wasn't so early in the day, I'd say this write-up was done under the influence... Though could also be that it's getting into punch drunk finals season
Am I the only one who noticed that 30 across today and 39 down yesterday are basically the same clue and same answer?
30A: Jobs announcement of 2010
39D: Big Apple debut in 2010
IPAD answer for both.
Glad I didn't stop reading before "elf larva."
Hey All !
Unsure how two people make a Themeless. Unless there are physically together, as in sitting next to each other tweaking the puz. Fill came out nice. Agree with Rex, kind of dull, but some highlights in I KNOW RIGHT, TIN FOIL HAT, AS SEEN ON TV, THERES MORE (Where's the BUT WAIT?)
Four Cheater Squares, I'll let you figure out which ones. Nothing inherently wrong with Cheaters, but in a Themeless, they seem inelegant. Especially with two constructors.
Enough bashing out of me. I guess I'm grumpy this morning. On a brighter side, it'll be in the 70's for highs out here for a bunch of days!
Have a great Friday!
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I KNOW, RIGHT? and CRISS-CROSS/APPLESAUCE - great stuff. But the other long answers didn't really pop for me.
56D - gigaelectronvolts? I hope I'll never ever see GEV used as glue in a grid. Or MEV (megaelectronvolt)
CRISSCROSS unlocked the NW, which was the only section that put up real resistance. I started with ICK for UGH. 19A was very likely to be TEAMS but YEARS was also a possibility, and I had to make more progress before deciding between the two, since I couldn't see SKIT and didn't know what NOW stands for.
Always a pleasure to have a colorful answer like I KNOW, RIGHT? gradually emerge from crosses.
Nice write-up today Rex. I thought you might be a little harsher on this one (for being on the easy side - no complaints though, I thought the difficulty level was just fine).
SAPID was new to me. It looks like one of those words that I have encountered in the wild, but never bothered to look up (back before I read everything digitally - now it’s so easy that I have no excuse).
I liked TIN FOIL HATS, CULT STATUS, and if we have to have a “logo” clue, the way they handled the clue for FED EX is at least tolerable. I don’t know if there is less junk in the grid, or if it’s a wheelhouse situation (I did get VALENCIA and it helped that the rapper had a mainstream name, and not something like CARDI??? - I think there is an X and a C in there, but that is one I have no interest in looking up - I’ll bank on crosses on her next visit). In any event, this was probably one of the more pleasant Fridays we’ve had in a while.
It's called a money tree b/c its silvery translucent seed pods look like coins.
Is Rex in Happy Friday/pre-holiday mode today, or had a double shot espresso? The write-up had a frenetic pace and reminded me of my non-stop chatterbox of a granddaughter who's about to turn four. Loved it!! Three stars did seem right to me; the write-up was more flattering than the vanilla (three) rating.
Only A+ was in Physics is noteworthy, IMO. I've known bright kids who were intending to be Physics majors, but after taking one semester said "that's too hard" and opted for another line of education.
Maybe this devastating poem will sell you on Rilke, Rex.
The Panther
His vision, from the constantly passing bars,
has grown so weary that it cannot hold
anything else. It seems to him there are
a thousand bars; and behind the bars, no world.
As he paces in cramped circles, over and over,
the movement of his powerful soft strides
is like a ritual dance around a center
in which a mighty will stands paralyzed.
Only at times, the curtain of the pupils
lifts, quietly--. An image enters in,
rushes down through the tensed, arrested muscles,
plunges into the heart and is gone.
Rainer Maria Rilke translated by Stephen Mitchell
Pointless quibble: a DART is may need to be accurate, but it's the speed of the ball that makes is a DART, not the accuracy. DIMEs are impressively accurate.
C’mon Rex, you knew that Rilke burn would bring on his fans to set you straight. But don’t include me in that group—I’ve never read him either. Let’s see how many more people today can convince us to dive in.
Never heard of the movie “Valley Girl,” but judging by the trailer, it seems firmly rooted in its era. I hope Frank Zappa got some royalties for this. Moon Unit too.
I was also today years old when I first heard of Senator Whitehouse. I see that he’s slightly younger than I am, in other words, too damn old to be a member of Congress. Time to hand the wheel over to the youngsters, Gramps.
Cleopatra was getting the royal driveways paved when they came upon a sacred snake and had to call an ASPHALT.
There has been a lot of study about the ancient ages of man (Bronze, Iron, etc). But little attention has been paid to the era when humans wore no shoes, otherwise known as the RAWFOOTAGE.
1930's travelogue report on a trip to Oklahoma: SAWDUST
If all of your pig slop is always gathering on one edge of the pen, perhaps your STYLISTS.
My marquee contribution today was preempted by @Rex. ASSEENONTV! Good job, @Rex. And good job on a smooth puzzle, Adrian Johnson and Jess Rucks.
found this one to be super easy for a Friday, but fun - a good first puzzle to do with the teen home from college for winter break
Mostly easy, but I really struggled with the SW corner. I had LIVEACT for a long time, had no idea about SAPID, DART, or ERICA as clued, and ARTEXPO felt like a real stretch.
But I liked CRISSCROSS APPLESAUCE, and it made me smile that they were "crossing" in the grid.
I am with you on all five answers. Otherwise, it was pretty smooth
I've rarely said it, if ever, and have not heard it all that much, but somehow still loved to see CRISS-CROSS APPLESAUCE! That's how folk culture works. I loved ASPHALT too, as clued, even though I overthought it--once you've put down asphalt, the road is no longer rocky, right? Well, it is once it starts breaking up.
I know I'd heard of Duino Elegies, and maybe even knew at some level that it was by RILKE. But I misread the clue as 'duo elegias,' which is half Italian, so I put in dantE at first. Quickly corrected by KNOB.
MONEY TREE made me think of this songwhich beat Kendrick Lamar by about 70 years.
Never going to quibble with a Cocteau Twins drop-in — I might have been tempted to drop a Hagfish song in, too, except their most popular song is very NSFW. (They did do a fun cover of They Might Be Giants’ “Twisting,” tho…)
I agree with you. And I liked having ASPHALT in there, too.
Very much enjoyed phrases like TINFOILHAT ad ASSEENONTV, and Rex’s critique. But FONDANT and RILKE were woes, holes in my education. Speaking of which, it was fun to learn the etymology of DIPLOMA, mutating from a closed document to a very open one. Had no idea about what CRISSCROSS APPLESAUCE meant, but it just seemed to fit in once the crosses supplied the possibility of a rhyme.
CULT STATUS is a fine answer, but I had a hard time seeing it because I had convinced myself that, on a Friday, a "classic underground work" must be a famous tunnel, or the sewers of Rome, or something of that sort. That idea didn't get me anywhere, but it was hard to shake off.
IK, I have a lot of papers to grade, so that's it from me.
Fondant??!?
I got FEDEX from crosses (easily) but it took me a long time to see the arrow. Ha!
I am reminded of Gene Kelly singing “There never was a money tree” in the song “Dig Dig Dig for Your Dinner” from Summer Stock.
Rex write-up seems more positive than his three star rating. I liked it a lot except for FORDANT (?!?!?!).
Valley Girl also has one of the great soundtracks.
Re: RP's A+
In my tax class, when we got to capital gains and losses I would warn the class: "Don't take this topic lightly. It may seem clear, but I got the lowest grade in my entire academic career in the course in which this was taught." Then I'd pause and say: A minus.
It was actually three letteral steps down from there. I remember the prof too (from 1975). He was good. It was all on me.
So, RP, the next time you screw up and your wife says "Hey, Einstein, you screwed up!" she's not far off. (Einstein himself, btw, would get furious when his wife did that.)
There’s a very sweet photo of the tin foil hatted protagonists of M.Night Shyamalan’s movie “Signs”. Rex, if you can think of that instead of those HHS wackos it might help you smile through that clue.
Thanks for the pet pics! They make a nice start to the day!
15 down could have a another answer, if clued a different way:
What is MSNBC's new acronym? MS NOW, for "No One's Watching."
Well, I think that he's avowedly not into math or science, so the fact that the A+ was in physics sounds a little surprising. I'll go out on a limb and guess this was not calculus-based physics, but a general-audience physics course to fulfill a requirement. (He likes it! Hey, Mikey!)
I found the write-up unusual in places, but maybe more later.
I hate it - my initial thought was "What is this new name? for a station I USED to like - Multiple Sclerosis? :(
I used to like MSNBC - no more.
Fondant is the white icing you've probably seen on a wedding cake. As for logos, if you've ever wondered why the symbol for PRIME is a curved arrow, it's because the full symbol for AMAZON has a curved arrow pointing from "A" to "Z" - because they sell everything.
A lot I didn't know TINFOIL HAT, TSTOP, MONEY TREES. I also thought 'I KNOW RIGHT" was a Brooklyn expression having never seen "Mean Girls" or appreciating the whole "Valley Girl" thing. But I did really like 62A ABET. An okay Friday but missed the 'zing' that other constructors give us on a Friday.
"I hope Frank Zappa got some royalties for this. Moon Unit too." <-- More Moon Unit (now just Moon) than Zappa. Frank Zappa did just fine doing his own thing -- this was just a one-off for him, and any continuing royalties from the Valley Girl song will likely be going mostly to Gail, which isn't necessarily a great thing.
The Frank-Moon collab, done while she was a teenager, was somewhat rooted in her desperation to connect with her dad, who was not what you would call a hands-on dad. A pretty neglectful father, in fact. A "professional genius", one could say. You get the picture.
Prescription for a good mood: a lively Friday puzzle, @Rex on a tear in his write-up, and (THERE'S MORE!) holiday pet photos. Highlights for me: TINFOIL HAT, VALENCIA, AS SEEN ON TV, and FONDANT x SAWDUST because of how unappealing both are to the palate.
Rex, I'll pile on about RILKE - he's not nearly as sappy as that summary makes him sound. But I also agree with @Birgit Rosenberg 7:16 that many translations don't do him any favors.
I always assumed it had something to do with the spiral? A ball thrown with a good spiral will not wobble, but has enough angular momentum around its major axis that it sails smoothly through the air, with a linear motion similar to that of a dart. But this (the word origin, not the physics) is a guess on my part.
I'm somewhat relieved to find that some other folks have not heard of CRISSCROSS APPLESAUCE, either. Not helpful, especially when it takes up so much real estate.
Trouble starting in the NW, went elsewhere, picked away, went back, saw PIT which begat PSAS and off to the races. My younger son has a friend who says IKNOWRIGHT all the time and my granddaughter loves cooking shows on tv which is where I learned FONDANT. Got RILKE off the KE. Thought the SHAW quote was Bobby Kennedy (the real one, not the idiot one), TIANA was a new Disney princess, and hello ERICA. Also, a TSTOP is where you get off the T in Boston. And the DI___ made me want a DIORAMA. Well, the MA was right.
Otherwise good stuff and lots of in-the-language longer answers. Nicely done, AJ and JR. Admirable Judgment in construction and Just Right for my Friday. Thanks for all the fun.
We're back to easy Friday puzzles, which FACT didn't keep me from a DNF at the cross of 32D and 46A. I considered FACTS for 32D but TS TOP didn't look right (yes, now I see it is T STOP, gah). As if FACTo/To TOP did look correct? Just thought "ipso FACTo" and went for it. Shrug.
I had to look up CRISSCROSS APPLESAUCE post-solve. It rings a bell as something I may have heard in the background, but it's never been said in real life in my hearing. Seems like a lot to say when telling children to sit down, as AI Google describes it. But it's a cute crossword entry.
I have taken to saying the word "Right?" as an answer all too often. It's not as cringe-y in my ears as saying "like" every other word but YMMV.
I was about to make fun of having a "hidden" arrow in a logo - how do you know it's there? But I Googled it first and I see it's less hidden than a negative space that can easily be overlooked but it's kind of cool. Something I enjoy learning today and now I won't be able to not see it, which is fine.
Lots of good stuff in this puzzle, thanks Adrian and Jess!
Okay, generally I liked this thing but here are a few things that drove me nuts. Firstly ASPHALT is not an ingredient of a rocky road. ASPHALT is a combination of crushed stone, sand, maybe gravel, and bitumen. It is not an “ingredient” of a rocky road. You might feebly argue that crushed stone and gravel are “rock” but, even then, they are ingredients of asphalt, not he other way around. Crummy clue. And, yes, I once worked for the Highways Department and have recently had to build my own roads on my my small farm.
And, secondly, what’s with CRISS CROSS/APPLE SAUCE? Looked it up post-solve and see it’s a pre-school thing. I took my kids to pre-school (and kindergarten) and sat in as a parent helper and I never heard this term. Why APPLE SAUCE? Because it rhymes and kids will fall for anything if it rhymes. Sheesh! That’s awful. Cynical and manipulative, even. (Just looked at the clip Rex provided; that’s one scary progaganda film designed to produce nice submissive youngsters!)
Thirdly, an ART EXPO has so little to do with a craft fair that it’s laughable. Look up Art Expo Miami and then check out your local craft fair. I KNOW, RIGHT? (I liked that answer. Also amused by TINFOIL HAT.)
Pleased to see VALENCIA oranges, which I like to eat over the kitchen sink because they are so sweet and juicy, unlike their cousins, Sevilles, which are quite bitter but make great marmalade, which is also a treat.
24D SAWDUST. Tell me about it. My two youngest sons have been working feverishly in the shop for the last few days trying to make Xmas deadlines. I’m the guy who comes in at the end of the day with the broom and dustpan.
As I said up top, I kind of liked it but …
I would not have guessed that you would've liked IKR. Thanks for keeping me on my toes.
It's nearly Christmas, which means I think about WASHTUBs almost daily. If you've never seen the Jim Henson classic Emmet Otter's Jugband Christmas, please do yourself the favor of a viewing (or three).
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