Ryan is solving the NYT, Fri 10-24-8
Ok, super, ultra-fast post today. I spent all night transcribing stuff at work and I’m about to rip my face off. I didn’t have too much time to work on Frederick J. Healy’s puzzle but I do know that I’m stuck.
The top left came very quickly.
1A. Subject of the 1989 musical monologue “Bon Appétit!” (JULIA CHILD). Didn’t even have to think about it. Boom!
15A. Old torturer (IRON MAIDEN). First thing that came into my head. Love when that happens.
17A. Country whose capital is Palikir (MICRONESIA). This I definitely did not know but I got it through crosses.
I was able to get the top right with:
12D. 1992 film directed by and starring Edward James Olmos (AMERICAN ME). No idea why I know this. I’ve never seen it and no nothing about it. Perhaps I have a whole cache of Edward James Olmos facts that is just waiting to be tapped. By the way, the -ian suffix works with only two of his names in case you’re keeping track: Edwardian, Jamesian, Olmosian.
13D. Warden player in “Birdman of Alcatraz” (KARL MALDEN). Is this the one with Clint Eastwood? Or is that Escape from Alcatraz?
Ok, I’ve got to get out of here. One clue that doesn’t make much sense:
67A. Thing to swing from (STRIKE ZONE). Hmmm, I appreciate the play on words here but that’s not really correct. The batter begins his swing from far outside the strike zone and only enters said zone about a 1/3 of the way through his swing. The other problem I have with this clue is it’s reminding me of this lousy, disgraceful World Series that’s being played. Bleh.
I’m really stuck in the bottom left but I will solve that from home. We now have mics and a mixing board for the next podcast.
The weekend is upon me!
Next stop, Saturday.
