Ryan and Brian Do Crosswords

Ok, super short post today.  Brian and I recorded episode 55 of Fill Me In today (y’all are gonna have to wait till Tuesday) and then I watched a very long baseball game in which the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Agoura Hills Angels of Prince Edward Island.

Today’s Elizabeth C. Gorski puzzle was all about infinity.  When I was about 8 years old I counted to infinity in about 3 minutes.  I may have skipped a few numbers but, still, I was pretty proud of myself.

The middle of the grid has some circled letters in the shape of the SYMBOL OF INFINITY.

The puzzle also includes the inventor of the symbol, JOHN WALLIS who was a mathematician, a Presbyterian and a practicing cannibal.  (I’m not sure about that last part.)

The theme answers all describe things that appear to have no ending:

WORLD WITHOUT END

DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER

HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL

EVERLASTING LOVE

ALWAYS MINE

Also falling into this category would be the Steven Spielberg movie, A.I. which I believe is still going on in the movie theater I left over 8 years ago.  This would be in direct contrast to the movie, Meet the Spartans which is clearly a sign of the Apocalypse and the end of the world.

I was surprised the answer to 26D. Met regular, e.g. was not RIDICULOUSLY HORRIBLE BASEBALL PLAYER but instead OPERA FAN.  Other clues actually in the puzzle that I think would be a better fit for the clue are WORST OFF, I TINA, RAINIEST, YELLOWED, A SLOW and YECCH.

Ok, that’s it for today.  I leave you with part 6 of the Superman adventure “Crossword Puzzle Mystery”

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Next stop, Monday.