
The clue supplies the "why" that is *clearly missing* in the answer 7D: Beats it and won't explain why? ( GOES WITHOUT SAYING) – see, this just doesn't work, even at the wacky level.3D: Gets up for the debate? ( STANDS TO REASON).there it is.Īll the theme answers are down, so "IT" is literally taken "from the top." That's a vaguely interesting architectural feature, I'll give it that. kind of like the technical incompetence of the people who run the NYT "Crosswords & Games" web page (who have had two big screw-ups in the last two days). Yet another inexplicable and backward feature of the crossword world. I have never, not once, had five times the pleasure or joy from a Sunday puzzle. What's annoying is how much more constructors earn for making a Sunday puzzle (5x what a weekday puzzle fetches!). And spelling his name, forget about it (it's pronounced "HODGE"-not sure where the "D" went). I know Merril HOGE, but didn't figure he'd be well known enough for the puzzle ( 20D: Longtime ESPN football analyst Merril _). A human being would / should balk at much of this stuff. Frankly, the whole thing feels auto-filled. zzzz ( 1D: Transference of property to pay assessments). AVISOS, ughwordese ( 117A: Dispatch boats). NON-U, ugh ( 97A: Like average folks, in Britain). The IDEAL GAS (115A: Matter in statistical mechanics) / EHLE (!?) / CAA (?) section ( 104D: Major org. The DYNAST / SALVIA ( 69A: Plant known as "seer's sage" because of its hallucinatory effects) / AMIENS (75A: Somme place) / LINO / ELY section. I have UGH written next to whole sections. The resulting phrases aren't funny, even with wacky "?" clues, and the fill was forgettable at best, horrific at worst. I can't believe that's true, but if I found out it were, I wouldn't be terribly shocked. It seems like a puzzle that was called into being by the title-it's so spot-on, that it almost makes me think it came first. This is one of those Sunday puzzles that makes me wish I didn't have to do Sunday puzzles anymore. ".I pity the fool who has to follow Patrick Berry.and for her 2006 album Turned to Blue (2 wds.) Crossword Clue Singer who won a Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album for her 2004 album R.S.V.P.Singer whose 1996 album Falling into You won Grammy Awards for Album of the Year and Best Pop Album (2 wds.) Crossword Clue.American keyboardist whose album River: The Joni Letters won the 2008 Grammy Award for Album of the Year, only the second jazz album ever to win the award Crossword Clue.One-named rapper with the 2015 #1 album "The Album About Nothing" Crossword Clue.Band whose debut album, 'Murmur,' was Rolling Stone's 1983 Album of the Year Crossword Clue.to Ill," debut album by Beastie Boys that became the first rap album to top the Billboard charts Crossword Clue Pop group whose debut album, Hopes and Fears, won the 2005 Brit Award for Best British Album Crossword Clue.Group whose first album, released in 1995, became the fastest-selling debut album in UK history Crossword Clue.Hayley New Zealand singer whose album Pure became the UK's fastest-selling classical debut album of all time Crossword Clue.Group whose 1995 first album became the fastest-selling debut album in UK history Crossword Clue.," the debut album of rapper Mos Def that went on to be certified gold: 2 wds. Rapper with the debut album "Trouble" Crossword Clue.Australian rapper whose 2014 debut album was The New Classic Crossword Clue.rapper with the debut album my name is my name Crossword Clue.Pays (Ice-T's debut album) Crossword Clue His debut album was 1987's "Rhyme Pays" Crossword Clue.

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