Mini 93 - Condiment Edition

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• Sendhil Revuluri constructor · 2024-06-24T12:11:54.136Z

  Thanks for solving! While the inspiration for the seeds of this puzzle was more immediately edible, it reminded me of this 2004 New Yorker piece by Malcolm Gladwell, which provided the germ of the theme clues.

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• daxkruzen 12:39 · 2024-06-24T14:21:42.157Z

  Man, this one was tough. Some vocab I’ve never heard of before. I like the ketchup clue though. I didn’t know that about ketchup.

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  • Sendhil Revuluri constructor · 2024-06-24T15:56:34.203Z

    Thanks for solving and thanks for the feedback! I’m all ears for any further specifics you are willing to offer.

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    • daxkruzen 12:39 · 2024-06-24T21:21:10.324Z

      I’ve just never heard of 1, 6, or 8 across as well as 2 down. I learned some new words today.

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• Erk 15:06 · 2024-06-24T14:38:49.154Z

  Fun challenge!

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  • Sendhil Revuluri constructor · 2024-06-24T15:56:41.665Z

    Thank you!

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• kurtalert 🤓2:11 · 2024-06-24T20:13:16.925Z

  I was sorely disappointed to see that 13A didn't have enough letters to fit GREY POUPON! LOL

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  • Sendhil Revuluri constructor · 2024-06-24T22:08:51.434Z

    Next time! (The story of Grey Poupon in the Gladwell article is interesting. Though mustard is basically just the foil and is never mentioned for the rest of the piece!)

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• SamuRai 6:25 · 2024-06-25T03:28:46.426Z

  When I was a junior in high school we went to an informational session for Northwestern University. The parking lot was all Bentleys and Beemers. As we were stopped at a light leaving in the family minivan, a beat up Ford Taurus rolled their window down, so we did too. “Pardon me, would you have any Grey Poupon?” 30 years later it’s still funny. Thanks for the memory!

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  • Sendhil Revuluri constructor · 2024-06-25T05:14:51.802Z

    Love it!

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• dc 4:20 · 2024-06-26T01:12:40.553Z

  Nice one! I had no frame of reference for the 13A clue - I got it from crosses pretty early, and then I spent the rest of the puzzle trying to find what kind of wordplay made it make sense, and how to apply that to the more elusive (to me) 1D, haha

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  • Sendhil Revuluri constructor · 2024-06-26T03:12:09.776Z

    I get it, I get it, I’m old

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    • dc 4:20 · 2024-06-26T11:27:46.793Z

      It seems to have hit well with lots of other people, so perhaps I'm just ignorant!

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      • Sendhil Revuluri constructor · 2024-06-26T13:17:16.931Z

        This looks like the commercial I remember: https://youtu.be/tvDazrJuSdA?si=WfHjFuU53Yc-h15a

        And this one says “original” but I don’t think it is… but it is hilarious (if you know the former): https://youtu.be/uwOCOm9Z0YE?si=fIIcv-Ne5nZicuBm

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