Wishing you (and your mother) a season filled with clove, jelly, peas, and all your fav holiday trimmings—including a hearty helping of tripe! Merry Christmas! ~Darth
Yes, someone mentioned the Three Wise Men (or Three Wise Guys) plus one. Another solver came up with a splendid alternate version of the holiday message - "Peace on earth for men of good will". Now that was very clever!
boharr 2s · 2024-12-22T14:48:53.093Z
I had to keep typing but ended up happy. Merry Christmas to all.....
Ah. Leave out the "and" in "Peace on earth AND good will to all". Theres no "and" in meta (otherwise it'd be Edam Ant). For 65A someone should do a meta involving a Mxas Tsar (just a thought).
Thanks for the holiday fun - it's so good to see some holiday Tripe! I loved the "triple-play" metanism; very apt. (And got a chuckle out of HULA HOOP which I don't recall seeing before)
Fun one Clark! I saw your name and thought of the classic Chevy Chase Christmas movie. The father in law: “Beautiful Clark!” as the lights do not work. Maybe next year run a Clark Griswald meta!
Fun homophonic trip, took me a while to see that I had to come back for the men; I know the saying but I was thinking you might have another. Now if I was posting a picture I would have a bunch of small green orbs on the ground with Robin Williams and Matt Damon standing among them...
Thanks "Clark", and in particular thanks for the "Christmas Letter", some of the best comic writing around.
Why, thank you, good doctor for solving my puzzle and enjoying my intro. And don't forget to catch my uncle "Clark" Griswold's latest movie - "The Christmas Letter" (filmed in Utica, NY, BTW) - when it comes to a theater near you!
HeadinHome 🤓3:42 · 2024-12-24T09:39:38.377Z
Not sure why I typed “good will to men” instead of “good will to all” — thanks for widening your net of acceptable answers, so I could jump in here and say, Tripe we wish you a warm Christmas, and a New Year of job opportunities. And for your mom… comfort and joy. Mostly comfort, poor soul.
Thanks, Wendy. Yes, originally the answer was "Peace on earth good will to ALL" based on the two ALLs at the bottom of the grid. But folks kept coming up with different permutations of the same basic message, so there are several accepted answers. Hey, it's Christmas!
Bird Lives 2s · 2024-12-24T15:51:04.029Z
I waited till Christmas Eve day because at first glance I couldn't find the "to" to go with the "men" in ENTERTAIN MEN T.Was it "two men," i.e., two of the four constructors? I'm still at a loss. Never heard it as "to all," but I don't get out much these days.