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SSSports? What sports?

Sssolved! No google or nudges needed. It was indeed smooth sailing! Thanks, Peter!

Sssolved! Thanks for a fun puzzle, Peter!

SSSolved! No spoilers needed here.

Sssolved without spoilers, but I did need to Google!

SSSailed into port, pleasant morning romp. Thanks Peter!

Another Monday sssolver here, fun one Peter. Thanks!

Thanks Peter. Needed an easy one to recharge the mental batteries.

Looks like a lot of sports fans in our group So far we have a Butkus number of solvers. Go Team Muggles!

lol fancy that I know something about sports, but still needed the third nudge due to other knowledge deficiencies.
Fun stuff, thanks.

ajk wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 12:04 am still needed the third nudge

I should have included animal DNA

Abide wrote: ↑Sun Mar 24, 2024 3:35 pm Here are some nudges for people that don't know anything about sports:

► Show Spoiler

Focus on the animals at the end of the theme entries

► Show Spoiler

Also look at the last Across entry

► Show Spoiler

Say the animals and the last entry successively in an excited fashion

► Show Spoiler

If you still need a nudge, metas may not be for you

This movie is not as well-watched or quite the quotable classic among the the 40 and under as we might assume.

woozy wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 10:56 am

This movie is not as well-watched or quite the quotable classic among the the 40 and under as we might assume.

Having three daughters under age 40, I would disagree. I looked for some source material or link that would support your proposition, and came up Butkus.

Abide wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 5:28 pm

woozy wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 10:56 am

This movie is not as well-watched or quite the quotable classic among the the 40 and under as we might assume.

Having three daughters under age 40, I would disagree. I looked for some source material or link that would support your proposition, and came up Butkus.

It's anecdotal. I have a group of friends born around 89 to 93 or so that I hang out with and play trivia with. The overall expectation of what is and is not common knowledge varies significantly. They all know of the movie but only 85% of them have seen it and most of them haven't seen it more than three times (unheard of too me). They think its amazing that I know the names of all the actors and that given a line of dialog I can identify the context. Meanwhile they assume everyone can name everything there is about The Goonies.

But to your point.... I thought I had written "might not be" rather than "is not". That's pretty important. Or, maybe I meant "is not quite the". I think those would make a huge difference in the intention of my statement.

We are up to Jack Ham (#59), which pairs nicely with the Easter ham.

Deadline for this prize puzzle is tomorrow at 10 EST.

Abide wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2024 1:30 pm We are up to Jack Ham (#59)...

One of my all-time favorites! Jack was born in Johnstown, PA, and played linebacker for Penn State and the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Answer : The Wizard of Oz

Winner from 61 entries: AFK

Original puzzle (New York Sun, circa 2003)