![]() It’s a mold for building sand castles, and the answer is PAIL.Īt 47A, the answer is written as ALOE VER(O)(T)ION. This “Beach mold” is not the kind of mold you want to eradicate. They do not get head lice in the same way that humans do, but they can be infested with other species.ģ3D. I had to look this up, because I did not know that pets can have LICE. A wing added to a structure is an ANNEX.Ģ3D. (Have I ever mentioned that I like wordplay?) The “Result of an architect’s winging it?” does not hint at improvisation in building a structure. Here, “good” means thorough and probing, as in “I took a good look at your X-ray.”Ħ8A. I understood that SNEER at 35A was a “bad look” because it is mean, but I wasn’t sure why SCAN at 34A was a “good look.” It turns out that “bad” and “good” are not antonyms in this case. Once in a while I need to ask the puzzle editors for help with a clue, and today was such a day. It is the “Maker of the Split Decision Breakfast.”ģ4A./35A. I may be the only person in the United States who has never been to IHOP for breakfast, so I needed a couple of crossings to get this one. “Cartesian sum?” sounds as if it’s a math question because of the word “sum.” The “sum” in this clue is actually Latin for “I AM.” The first principle of René Descartes’s philosophical method in his 1637 “Discourse on the Method” is “Cogito, ergo sum,” or “I think, therefore I am.”Ģ0A. We may not be able to afford flags and mighty steeds and maybe even armor - which could definitely come in handy when rebus puzzles pop up - but a motto? That’s an easy fix.īy the power vested in me by no one in particular, I hereby appoint Jeremy Newton’s revealer as our official catchphrase. I wholeheartedly believe that an elegant rallying cry can give a team the polished presence it deserves and can serve to unite its members in their common cause. This seems like a missed opportunity to me. THURSDAY PUZZLE - The Gameplay writers, along with our valued readers and commenters, dissect and analyze crossword puzzles every day, and all this time we have never had a motto.
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