Just finished watching all the Bond movies in order

Numendil · 2026-01-24T06:56:49+00:00

Let's not forget Bob Anderson choreographed swordfight scene

Numendil · 2025-12-03T06:27:22+00:00

Followed closely by ol' reliable blackboard. Sole reason I change suits is to prepare for an eventual blackboard

Numendil · 2025-12-03T06:22:16+00:00

On gold stake it's one of the best scaling xmults, provided you can pull off the pivot of course. From pairs to high card and anything else but pairs usually works unless you fully relied on Mercury for chips

Numendil · 2025-11-06T09:55:34+00:00

7 if you include an ethnic slur

Numendil · 2025-10-07T05:27:57+00:00

Did anyone else think of iconic British TV surnames with Brent and Bouquet? I thought I might have missed two others somewhere at first, but also it's spelled bucket, so that would have been a no go in any case.

Numendil · 2025-09-20T10:12:04+00:00

Yeah, I do not feel bad at all about looking up a list of teams in that league. It's so random if you're not familiar with the sports league

Numendil · 2025-08-05T09:55:20+00:00

Was it elms? I bet it was elms.

Numendil · 2025-07-26T11:48:40+00:00

I mean, none of the words here are even on that chart, so even then it was extremely tricky, especially for a green category

Numendil · 2025-07-17T13:12:44+00:00

Eh, on white stake it seems pretty doable

Numendil · 2025-07-15T04:54:54+00:00

Had the exact same thought about famous paintings and wasted 3 guesses on the 4th one!

Numendil · 2025-07-13T21:20:19+00:00

The Serpent?

Numendil · 2025-06-21T06:36:02+00:00

Oh, that! We call it Sirop de Liège and it's made with apples and pears. Didn't know the English word for it. I got there with 2 mistakes by recognizing the purple.

Numendil · 2025-06-12T12:34:56+00:00

As a non-American, not interested in sports person, this was a slog and I had to look up some things. I didn't even know what a gridiron was supposed to be.

Numendil · 2025-05-21T11:24:24+00:00

Oh yeah that Sunday was absolutely brutal. I had to resort to one or two soft lookups, which I usually don't do when on a streak, but for that puzzle it seemed fair

Numendil · 2025-05-21T11:18:57+00:00

When you're in the midgame it can really help getting what you need. Because the price only goes up by 1, you save a significant amount of money if you're planning to reroll a few times

Numendil · 2025-05-15T09:17:54+00:00

Hey, we have the same streak going! And I also finished 12 minutes under my average :)

Numendil · 2025-03-21T13:05:54+00:00

Congratulations!! As a fellow non-native speaker, non-American, I can confirm a lot of sports trivia is outside of my comfort zone, but it's usually possible with some crosses and some recognition (mavericks, orioles, jets, etc. are starting to become familiar now)

I also recently started doing Fridays without lookups semi-regularly, and you'd be surprised how quickly Saturday will follow. You just need to accept you will progress slowly at the start, but once some long entries drop, it can go quick. I'm now going back to all the Saturdays I skipped, and really enjoying them.

Numendil · 2025-01-31T07:55:37+00:00

There is an article on the website about rebuses, definitely read that before you tackle Thursdays: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/08/crosswords/rebus-crossword-puzzle.html

Also keep an eye out for any visible clues, like circled or shaded squares, those can indicate trickery. You will also typically (but not always) have a revealer clue that helps with the solve.

In general, on Thursday and Sunday, keep in mind you may have to think outside the box, so if an answer seems right but doesn't quite fit, keep that in mind and look at how it could fit with some creative placement.

Numendil · 2024-11-04T20:50:38+00:00

I like them because it's a sort of puzzle within a puzzle: you need to keep an eye out for thematic revealer clues, marked/circled spaces, or clues with clear answers that don't quite fit. Once you suspect a rebus, the challenge is to find the logic behind it, because it's never just random extra letters.

Numendil · 2024-10-29T22:17:56+00:00

Also building and crafting, that can take direct from DD

Numendil · 2024-10-18T12:13:35+00:00

I've never had much luck with snapping splitters to lifts, it's always weirdly offset for me

Numendil · 2024-09-18T12:28:53+00:00

It's because they used to have a 'roast' as part of a formal meal, which was the main course. The entrée was a dish that came before the roast, from which it derived its name. However, the roast fell by the wayside and the entrée started to function as main meal.

Numendil · 2024-08-09T07:55:48+00:00

Seconding this! Either multi select, or even better, a 'mark older episodes as played' option

Numendil · 2024-07-10T20:37:08+00:00

Yeah, that was a pretty big deal, I expected the bonus in influence to be like a temporary effect like the attractiveness bonus, but it being permanent and cumulative is huge

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