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NYT Minimised 2024-08-22

· By kieranjboyd · Published 2024-08-22T02:59:38.966Z

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So many phonetic puzzles this week! Today's NYT crossword author: Brad Wiegmann
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  • SMEE 10:16 · 2024-08-22T07:34:06.685Z
    My time will make everyone else’s look good!
    • SporcleMirror 🤓48s · 2024-08-22T17:41:18.796Z
      This is Phonetic Theme Week apparently. And the Universal puzzle yesterday was also about reading letters aloud. Spoilers below in case you want to solve it for yourself:
      You get clues like [_low_fish's _ari_e hom _ ] which is missing the letters CNMNE in order, and the string of letters read aloud sounds like SEA ANEMONE which is the answer.
      • Salty 🤓2:43 · 2024-08-22T17:44:23.696Z
        That was awesome!
        • Echser 1:44 · 2024-08-22T23:13:07.699Z
          I'm not sure the clue for 11 Across is equivalent to BEAUTYSHOP. I guess you could say "I'm going to the butcher's," but that's not how it was written.
          • kieranjboyd constructor · 2024-08-23T04:36:20.327Z
            Huh. Turns out that "butchers" is an alternative to "butcher's" and one that I've never really thought about with my Australian dialect! I've updated the clue to the singular to avoid any further confusion - thanks for pointing it out
            • Echser 1:44 · 2024-08-23T23:30:06.867Z
              No problem, dialect can be strange sometimes
          • Jessica 🤓3:14 · 2024-08-24T03:39:30.252Z
            Good puzzle, thanks
            1A
            CLADDING
            1
            2
            3
            4
            5
            6
            7
            8
            9
            10
            11
            12
            13
            Across
            1. 1A
              CLADDING
            2. 9A
              Inflicted organised chaos on
            3. 11A
              BUTCHER
            4. 12A
              ___ prof.
            5. 13A
              Capitol VIPs who don't work at the White House [thanks, latest episode of Never Stop Blowing Up]
            Down
            1. 1D
              Dates
            2. 2D
              1989 and Red for Taylor Swift, for example
            3. 3D
              In ___ (stuck)
            4. 4D
              Realty unit
            5. 5D
              "my b"
            6. 6D
              Smoocherino
            7. 7D
              "Yes, this ___" (how I might answer the phone)
            8. 8D
              #10 on the periodic table
            9. 9D
              As yet unscheduled (abbr.)
            10. 10D
              Professionals handling the "look" on a movie set (abbr.)
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