I think I am off the couch (awaiting confirmation).
Lots of fun Sistine clues. My favorite: 65A.
Re: "Of Thee I Sing"
Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2020 11:54 pm
by Al Sisti
LaceyK wrote: ↑Mon Aug 03, 2020 11:31 pm
I think I am off the couch (awaiting confirmation).
Lots of fun Sistine clues. My favorite: 65A.
That was mine too. I think you might need to seek professional help.
Re: "Of Thee I Sing"
Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2020 12:41 am
by Beth Tyrpin
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Re: "Of Thee I Sing"
Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2020 9:05 am
by Wendy Walker
Clue for 61A cracked me up and the answer took me surprisingly long to get, considering I still find myself using words <like that> 40 years after attending school in <that place>! Much to the annoyance of friends and family.
Re: "Of Thee I Sing"
Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2020 10:37 am
by MarkL
Grid is under control; one clue strikes me as odd. Shreds and tatters of meta abound, still working on getting it all to mesh.
May need the first nudge to move forward. Cheers!
Re: "Of Thee I Sing"
Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2020 1:14 pm
by Djquimby
Confirmed and couchfree. Another great one.
Re: "Of Thee I Sing"
Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2020 7:35 pm
by C=64
My favorite pair of clues are 27D & 29D.
Re: "Of Thee I Sing"
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2020 7:49 am
by Schmeel
I'm off the couch!
Re: "Of Thee I Sing"
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2020 9:59 am
by Al Sisti
Happy Nudge Wednesday... here is the first of your Dr. Pepper (10 2 4) nudges:
The five long acrosses are themed entries, but there are other ways to get the answer...
Re: "Of Thee I Sing"
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2020 11:35 am
by MarkL
CU@2!
Re: "Of Thee I Sing"
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2020 1:35 pm
by LesY
a-HA! Something that occurred to me literally 2 minutes into the puzzle came back in my head 2 days later, in a different way. And while drinking a Dr Pepper no less.
Can now see two ways to get there. Can’t wait to hear if there are more.
Great puzzle, Al!
Re: "Of Thee I Sing"
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2020 2:04 pm
by Al Sisti
Here is the 2 PM Dr. Pepper nudge:
Another way to parse the title -- which does not refer to the musical of the same name -- is "I am singing this song about <someone/something>. Who am I?
Same. I'm completely lost on the space of the couch in the sea.
Re: "Of Thee I Sing"
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2020 4:08 pm
by Al Sisti
And here is the 4 PM nudge
Some people have hiccupped at the singer of the fourth theme girl, because there are three fairly famous versions. What I was looking for is a solo singer from one of those bands. She refers to herself as a white witch. You guys have got this!
Re: "Of Thee I Sing"
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2020 4:38 pm
by FrankieHeck
Whew. I was actually using pretty much all the information in the clues correctly all along, but was getting tripped up somewhere else, making some bad assumptions. I enjoyed scrolling through all the 80s songs, though. Lots of memories of sitting in front of MTV, watching the same videos over and over.
Re: "Of Thee I Sing"
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2020 4:41 pm
by C=64
Nudge #3 was a hard shove that brought this from KAS 4.98 down to KAS 2.
Re: "Of Thee I Sing"
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2020 4:41 pm
by Richard B.
Needed the nudges. Just wasn’t on my radar without them. Well constructed, Al. You have the knack.
Re: "Of Thee I Sing"
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2020 4:57 pm
by Al Sisti
Richard B. wrote: ↑Wed Aug 05, 2020 4:41 pm
Needed the nudges. Just wasn’t on my radar without them. Well constructed, Al. You have the knack.
In a moment of poor taste, in our last band job before the world shut down, we did "My Corona," parodying the Knack's only hit.
