well, let's just say I had to check the calendar to make sure it wasn't Feb. The execution here is what really makes this theme artful.īut then you get the overall fill, and there again, it's a stunner. I wish that *actual* tribute puzzles (the ones that sometimes get pushed out quickly after a celebrity's death, or that commemorate anniversaries of one kind or another) were typically this thoughtful and carefully made. I don't know why we're commemorating MARIAH CAREY today (as opposed to any other day of the year), but I also don't particularly care. I don't know that I've ever seen anyone triple-stack long themers, especially on a damn Tuesday. It helps that the theme answers themselves are original and lively, and the cherry on top of the whole thing is that center stack-those are all themers. The elegance of today's theme is in making all these one-word #1 songs fit into symmetrically arranged answers *and* making them run Down, so that those song titles "top" their respective answers the way the songs themselves "topped" the charts. though HALO-HALO feels like something that I've laid my eyes on but failed to store in my memory banks). All-Star Alyssa), YVETTE Lee Bowser ( 61A: "Living Single" creator _ Lee Bowser)) and terms I'd never heard of ( HONEY LOCUST (16D: Tree whose pods contain a sweet-tasting pulp), HALO-HALO . well, this definitely felt at least Wednesday to me, primarily because of proper nouns (Alyssa THOMAS (15A: W.N.B.A. That is, yesterday's felt (to many) like a Tuesday or Wednesday, and today. Both puzzles were harder than usual, by about a day or maybe even more on the weekly difficulty scale. Probably not a coincidence that both puzzles were made by young-but-veteran constructors who are also editors of mainstream daily crossword puzzles (David Steinberg of Universal, Erik Agard of USA Today). The theme concept and execution on both yesterday's NOSE puzzle and today's MARIAH CAREY puzzle are really impressive. Wow, two exemplary early-week puzzles, back to back. Although strictly grammatically incorrect, this spelling has come to describe any object or situation composed of a similar, colorful combination of ingredients. The term " halo-halo " is supposed to mean "mixed" in English because the dessert is meant to be mixed before being consumed. Halo-halo is considered to be the unofficial national dessert of the Philippines. It is usually prepared in a tall clear glass and served with a long spoon. The dessert is topped with a scoop of ube ice cream. Halo-halo, correctly spelled haluhalo, Tagalog for "mixed" (the more common spelling instead literally equating to "mix-mix") is a popular cold dessert in the Philippines made up of crushed ice, evaporated milk or coconut milk, and various ingredients including ube jam ( ube halaya ), sweetened kidney or garbanzo beans, coconut strips, sago, gulaman ( agar ), pinipig, boiled taro or soft yams in cubes, flan, slices or portions of fruit preserves and other root crop preserves.
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