“Banana chandeliers” would make a good name for a band. Sadly, this grid isn’t about the genius behind “ Word Crimes,” but it does insert the letters AL into familiar phrases to wacky effect. Evans’s Universal Sunday crossword, “Weird Al”-Jim P’s review Were you able to conquer this beast of a puzzle? Let us know what you enjoyed about it in the comments below. (It’s also quite possible that this is his first ever published puzzle, as the Crossword Fiend database doesn’t show any other puzzles by him. And for this to be the constructor’s New York Times debut? Wow.
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To find four across entries that each held two cards + to be able to lay out the five cards in the middle of the puzzle + to be able to tell a full story of the hand in question is a triumph, indeed. But still, an incredibly impressive feat of construction that hopefully didn’t frustrate solvers. (I hope folks didn’t get stuck trying to have the app recognize their input for those rebus squares!) My only slight gripe with the solving experience was that so much theme fill made for a few rougher sections (especially the NW corner for me).
This largely felt like a success, and I really appreciated that the app turned the rebus squares into their card symbols upon completion of the puzzle.
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Congrats to Player 4, and kudos to the constructor for figuring out how to make this puzzle work!Ĥ2D: MINUTE HAND – – I’m not sure I get this one? Is it hinting at the small (minute) hands of two cards per player?ġ31D: ROUNDERS – Their King of Hearts and Jack of Hearts was able to combine with the Queen of Hearts, Ace of Hearts, and Ten of Hearts on the board to make a 10JQKA of Hearts – both the highest straight you can have, and all of the same suit. Player 4 indeed wins with the incredibly rare ROYAL FLUSH. (ETA: Thanks for the heads up – in this game, you combine up to two of your cards with as many of the central five cards as need be to make your best possible hand of five cards.) 39D lets us know which player had the best hand:ģ9D: ROYAL FLUSH – In Texas hold’em, you combine your two cards with the three most useful cards to you of the five on the table to make the best possible overall hand you can. Now, let’s see what five communal cards are at the center of the table (from left to right):Ĩ1A: WHITE – Ĥ9D: NEIL – ħ8A: SEAS – ħ1A: PLBO – Ħ3D: TS – Ħ4D: BERS – ĥ8A: DS BAR – Ĥ4D: BY – Ok, those are the pairs of cards that each of our four “players” has. The square shared by 97D and 123A has JACK and HEART. The square shared by 124D and 123A has KING and HEART. Player 4’s hand (123A): King of Hearts + Jack of Heartsġ23A: SMO ET – The square shared by 93D and 112A has TEN and SPADE. The square shared by 114D and 112A has ACE and CLUB. Player 3’s hand (112A): Ace of Clubs + Ten of Spadesġ12A: SURF SION – ġ14D: CAR – ĩ3D: SAM – The square shared by 29D and 28A has KING and CLUB. The square shared by 12D and 28A has TWO and HEART. Player 2’s hand (28A): Two of Hearts + King of ClubsĢ8A: NER EVENT – ġ2D: HIGH – Ģ9D: MED – The square shared by 8D and 22A has ACE and SPADE. The square shared by 1D and 22A has QUEEN and CLUB.
Player 1’s hand (22A): Queen of Clubs + Ace of SpadesĢ2A: ANNE’S L – ġD: AV –
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