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Hector š¤7:40 Ā· over 2 years ago
Thanks, Ben! There may be a red-herring effect from the proper substitutes for FLY, BEAR, etc, which give something like SPA MR BIG... We'll see!
HeadinHome š¤10:38 Ā· over 2 years ago
agreed - though I didnāt get very far pursuing that solution idea! It is interesting how many of those āmisnomersā there are!
I have been having a difficult meta week, so this was fun. Thanks, Ben!
Bird Lives 5s Ā· over 2 years ago
In my bid to be today's 40 Across:
Little Miss Nomer
Sat down at home, her
Starfish and firefly were there.
Along came a koala
She said, āYouāre what they call a
āMarsupial, but by me, youāre a bear.ā
ironically I had a typo in my first submission LOL. Fun one!
Carolyn 3s Ā· over 2 years ago
I've also been struggling with this week's metas so this was fun! Thanks
DrTom 3s Ā· over 2 years ago
As I sat eating my head cheese and petting my horned toad I got the idea to write down my answers in chalk on the blackboard. But first I dialed a friend to ask him if I could borrow his woods for a game of Kolve.
Nice one Ben, perfect for a MEOW and thanks for giving me at least one I could solve!
disturbing how few of those misspellings I noticed the first timeā¦
I K Snamhcok 1s Ā· over 2 years ago
Weirdly, the first time through, the only typo I plainly noticed and noodled on was āEnglushā. Somehow I read right over āHsuriceā, āTwitzerlandā, āSeurhā, and āFabexā. The others I wouldnāt have recognized (recognised?) as typos. Fun! Thanks, Ben!
DrTom 3s Ā· over 2 years ago
You think Englush is a typo eh? Obviously you have not frequented many pubs..... :-)
whimsy š¤11:07 Ā· over 2 years ago
Enjoying the comments -- and very much enjoyed the puzzle, Ben!
DrTom 3s Ā· over 2 years ago
I don't know why everyone sees misspellings, Ben's L key obviously isn't working or you would recognize the country famous for its licorice, Twizlerland and the area know for a preponderance of detectives. Sleuth America.
ReB 4s Ā· over 2 years ago
I was fumbling around with the knot on the cat bag until I decided to take a fresh look at the themer clues, as their verbosity seem to be flashing a signal. While I dismissed the first misspelling I saw as a typo, when they started adding up I realized they were intentional, especially when I saw them starting to spell out MISNOMER, which looked very fitting when I read about the controversy over the song's title and recalled that you were writing this meta as a "tribute". All the pieces fit together.
You're the first to comment on how the answer relates to the song: well done, indeed!
Teamdoubletow 3s Ā· over 2 years ago
Thancs for the fun mid week pozzle! We enteavored to concuct a clever comment but it turns out that typoz are very hard to tame. My typos prefer to be free range!
Nice reference! (The idea was that misspellings in names was another form of misnomer.)
DrTom 3s Ā· over 2 years ago
Boy, is my face red! I got to MISNOMER by a MUCH different path. I recognized (US Spelling) that those things were all misnomers and since that was an 8 letter (there were 7 themers) noun I entered it and it was correct. I did NOT see the misspellings (no surprise, ask Wendy who often tests/edits my metas and she will tell you I don't even see mine!) until all of the discussion on the board. Ben once again you have fooled me twice, shame on me.
I know you've travelled, but have you ever been to Twitzerland?!?
DrTom 3s Ā· over 2 years ago
Well yes and Penmark, Eman, Voland, Ingland, Dugoslavia, but then I proved that with my solve of this puzzle didn't I! Oh, and I've already explained that Twitzerland is where they make those cherry licorice sticks....