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School & Cat Midi

◆ · By Miriam Sicherman · Published 2024-09-01T00:24:31.041Z

Constructor's Note
It's a new school year and we have a new temporary guest (pictured).
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  • Sendhil Revuluri 🤓1:43 · 2024-09-01T01:56:19.795Z
    Happy new school year! (And I have enjoyed the work of David REES for many years!)
    • Miriam Sicherman constructor · 2024-09-01T11:42:51.772Z
      We went to college together!
    • joel 9:18 · 2024-09-02T01:05:02.077Z
      Relaxing at 330am. Thank you
      • daupo 🤓9:24 · 2024-09-02T02:56:48.975Z
        I got bogged down in the meadow, ironically. Nice to meet you, Rocky!
        • Jennifer Sarah Blakeslee 🤓8:10 · 2024-11-07T03:24:30.813Z
          Love this! A much needed respite, and way more fun than the NYT puzzles (which we're refusing to play online until the tech strike is over). I signed up so I get notified whenever you post. Post more! Oh and David Rees used to live in Beacon!
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          Living quarters for many New Yorkers (abbr.)
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            Living quarters for many New Yorkers (abbr.)
          2. 5A
            Page
          3. 9A
            Musical note whose name sounds like that of a colorful fruit drink
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            Medical professional who might perform surgery (abbr.)
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            More strange, or less even
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            Gregor, the book about whom was required reading when I was in high school
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            Staples of the elementary school classroom
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            "____ showtime!" was often heard on NYC subways for several years, but not so much lately
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            Close human relative
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            God of the Iliad
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            Month when school starts in New York City
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            Something people shout on golf courses but I don't know why because I know virtually nothing about golf
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            Meadow
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            What many conquistadors were looking for
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            Roof that is flat on top and sloped on the sides
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            Upstate New York city that was the hometown of my teaching hero, Jane F. Shaw (https://www.facebook.com/forttilden/photos/a.10151432337923554/10152253171008554/?type=3), and is more widely seen in crosswords than its neighbor Syracuse
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            Grade I taught last year, or the number of wishes a genie may grant you
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            Name of our new foster cat and also of a fictional Philadelphia boxer
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            Person who fishes for long, snakelike aquatic creatures
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            Burkina ____
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            Those, en español
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            Helpful person who is not found in most public school classrooms
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            Acronym for the fictional People of the Great Delicious Noodle
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            Casual name for a Massachusetts beach region
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            Something one should not read from when teaching an elementary school lesson
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            If it's not a win or a tie, it's this
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            Constitutional change that Phyllis Schlafly ardently opposed
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            Look up to
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            To take care of temporarily, as (in my case) a cat
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            Get around on one foot
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            Add an L after the first letter and this name becomes a school-related word; law professor Sunstein
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            Research suggests that there is a show called "Futurama," although I have never heard of it before, and that it includes a character by this name whose first name is Turanga, and whose birthday is July 29, 2975
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            Embarrasses
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            In a way
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            Beethoven symphony whose name means "heroic"
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            Student teacher, for example
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            Grade I am teaching this year (penultimate grade of NYC elementary schools)
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            El mes después de abril
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            Woody's son
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            "How to Sharpen Pencils" author David (fun fact: letters from my students appear in this book)
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            German masculine nominative article; German feminine dative article
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            Written payments from the olden days (abbr.)
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