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New York Times, Wednesday, October 27, 2021

Unsuk Chin's "Alice in Wonderland," for one

Author:

Johanna Fenimore

Editor:

Will Shortz

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {GJQXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 7 for Ms. Fenimore.

Years ago, I wrote a puzzle as a tribute to Christopher Walken, but I had no idea what I was doing. Even so, Will, while nixing, was ... read more

Years ago, I wrote a puzzle as a tribute to Christopher Walken, but I had no idea what I was doing. Even so, Will, while nixing, was still encouraging.

Now a lot of time has passed, I've learned a lot and tried again with this puzzle to feature all the most memorable lines from SNL, including my favorite spoken by Mr. Walken, MORE COWBELL.

I hope these classic lines make you laugh or at least bring a smile to your face.

And when the world gets you down, always remember, all you need is MORE COWBELL!

I have fond memories of "Saturday Night Live," my dad letting me watch with him when I got to be ten. Neither of us was huge into ... read more

I have fond memories of "Saturday Night Live," my dad letting me watch with him when I got to be ten. Neither of us was huge into football, nor did either of us understand why DA BEARS was funny, but Chris Farley as one of DA BEARS posse always made us laugh. I hitched on the extended DAAAAA, which felt done for symmetry's sake, but there were a few sketches where those guys would extend the DA sound.

Then there was "Wayne's World." I had no idea why it was so humorous, but Mike Myers is such a great comedian.

Years later, Christopher Walken yelling MORE COWBELL, transfixed me. Not that I could figure out why I was cracking up. And now that I watch it again … why is it funny?

I'm sensing a pattern here.

I lost all interest in SNL by the time the SCHWEDDY BALLS sketches came out. Feels like something my 17-year-old nephew would roll his eyes at (but secretly start saying to his friends, with an adolescent "heh heh heh"). Alec Baldwin did later draw me back into SNL with his Trump impressions!

Some cool bonuses in the fill, Johanna treating us to RICE WINES, WRAP SKIRT. I'm not sold on IMPULSION, though, not nearly as common as IMPULSE or IMPULSIVE. Given the price of IIS and OLA, and ANO FEU EST in the opposite corner, changing ALASKA to ALAS and DE NADA to NADA might have allowed for a single sparkly bonus per corner, surrounded by perfectly clean fill.

ALASKA to ALAS … there's a Sarah Palin joke in there somewhere.

SNL is so hit and miss, but these days I do tune in for Michael Che and Colin Jost's hilarious Weekend Updates. If you haven't seen their annual holiday tradition of writing jokes for each other, it's the funniest thing ever.

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© 2021, The New York Times 10/27/21 ( No. 26,286 )

Across

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"The Fox and the Grapes," e.g. : FABLE

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What often follows "Did you hear ...?" : RUMOR

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___ Jima : IWO

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Yet to be rented : UNLET

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Unsuk Chin's "Alice in Wonderland," for one : OPERA

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Hosp. scan : MRI

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Classic line from the Superfans sketch on "S.N.L." : DAAAAABEARS

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Cacophony : DIN

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William who lent his name to a state : PENN

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Masterful moves : COUPS

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Classic line from the Delicious Dish sketch on "S.N.L." : SCHWEDDYBALLS

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Apple platform : IOS

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Belief system : CREDO

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Sue Grafton's "___ for Innocent" : IIS

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Classic opening line from an NBC sketch show : LIVEFROMNEWYORK

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King or queen topper : ACE

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Baby ___ ("The Mandalorian" nickname) : YODA

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Looks all over (for) : HUNTS

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Reply to "Gracias" : DENADA

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"___ Duke" (1976 Stevie Wonder hit) : SIR

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Classic line from the Wayne's World sketch on "S.N.L." : WERENOTWORTHY

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Doughnut go-with on an orchard tour : CIDER

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Indian honorifics : SRIS

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Little dog's bark : YAP

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"I'll take that as ___" : ANO

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Classic line from the Blue Öyster Cult sketch on "S.N.L." : MORECOWBELL

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Pot-au-___ (French stew) : FEU

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How some will solve this crossword : ININK

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Start of a playground selection process : EENIE

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Humorous suffix with "most" and "best" : EST

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Religious offshoots : SECTS

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Made ewe cry? : BAAED

Down

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"Wabbit" pursuer Elmer : FUDD

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Mel who voiced 1-Down : BLANC

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Grassy field : LEA

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Greek "H" : ETA

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Dressed like a Supreme Court justice : ROBED

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Hockey great Bobby : ORR

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Some fine art : OILS

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Humorous suffix with "crap" and "schnozz" : OLA

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Prep for a surprise party, in a way : HIDE

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Big dog's bark : WOOF

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Doesn't just assume, say : ASKS

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Subj. of arms talks : WMD

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___ funk : INA

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Hanks's "Sleepless in Seattle" co-star : RYAN

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Sound from a fan : WHIR

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Portable structure that's pitched : YURT

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Uninspiring : SOSO

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Overseer of Hamlet's duel with Laertes : OSRIC

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Council site of 1545 : TRENT

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Absorbs, as body moisture : WICKS

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"Laughing" scavenger : HYENA

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New Haven Ivy Leaguer : YALIE

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___ au lait : CAFE

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What the tangent of 45° is equal to : ONE

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Something that's catchy? : WEB

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Actress Arthur : BEA

Answer summary: 7 unique to this puzzle.

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Analysis

There are 15 rows and 15 columns, with 0 circles, 0 rebus squares, and 2 cheater squares (marked with "+" in the colorized grid below.)

The grid uses 21 of 26 letters, missing GJQXZ.

It has normal 180-degree rotational crossword symmetry.

Average word length: 4.92, Scrabble score: 308, Scrabble average: 1.65.

Puzzle has 9 fill-in-the-blank clues and 1 cross-reference clue.

This puzzle has 7 unique answer words.

It has 0 words that debuted in this puzzle and were later reused:

These 32 answer words are not legal Scrabble™ entries, which sometimes means they are interesting:

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