Ryan and Brian Do Crosswords

Fun theme by Corey Rubin today. Corey took in-the-language phrases and replaced one of the words with Brit-speak.

KEEP ON TRUCKIN became KEEP ON LORRYIN

CONGA LINE became CONGA QUEUE

WISE GUYS became WISE BLOKES

CATCH SOME ZS became CATCH SOME ZEDS

I found it interesting that he left some phrases and words alone that had obvious British counterparts.

JACK UP could have been UNION JACK UP

AM TOO could have been AM TOO, GUV’NA

BERETS could have been FREEDOM HATS

PSST could have been HELLO MY NAME IS SIMON AND I LIKE TO DO DRAWINGS

But even with those missed opportunities the puzzle was a lot of fun.

Other highlights:

2A. Vulcans and Romulans (ALIENS). I just found a great website called totallylookslike.com.

I’ve now spent 45 minutes looking at this great website called totallylookslike.com. So far, this is my favorite one.

60A. When doubled, a wolf’s call (HUBBA). Anybody remember this Hubba Bubba commercial?

I don’t understand how they determine who wins the fight. And why don’t the bad guys just shoot the hero while he’s busy peeling gum off his face?

63A. Sacha Baron Cohen character ___ G (ALI). Ok, I assume I’m going to be totally alone with this but I didn’t think Borat was funny at all. I’m all for making fun of people with idiotic racist, homophobic and elitist views but so much of the movie consisted of making fun of people just for the sheer pleasure of making fun of people. Bleh.

And now part 8 of the Superman adventure “Crossword Puzzle Mystery”

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Next stop, Thursday.