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Solving => Today's Puzzles => Topic started by: magus on December 19, 2013, 08:21:47 AM
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THEME: first word of a phrase is porcine
GOOD ONES:
Obstinate {& theme} PIG HEADED [PIG "heads" the phrase]
Fourth grade? DEE
Creepy thing VINE
Dumb ending? SILENT B
BTW:
Informed CUED IN [I thought the idiom was "clued in"; didn't know it was a stage term.]
Bart Simpson catchphrase AY CARAMBA [Why are there more references to The Simpsons in the LAT puzzles than to Shakespeare. I get that the iconoclastic cartoon is a pop culture touchstone, but think of all the great writers, poets, musicians, and leaders of Western culture who go ignored while we get a steady diet of Homer, not the poet, et al. Of course, we did get IBSEN today but only because the B and S are together. (If IBSEN were a cartoon character, we'd never see Master Builder, which, frankly, was a bore.) And if we need TV references, what about M*A*S*H, Bilko, The Honeymooners, Barney Miller, Frasier? If movies, why mainly Star Trek and Star Wars?]
RATING: ;D
Three grins = Loved it; Two grins = Enjoyed it; One grin = A bit bland for my taste; One teardrop = Not much fun