To my surprise, the confectionary industry has far fewer TOOTSIE POPS than it does AIRHEADS or BUTTERFINGERS. Ironically, I came up with this theme idea while pursuing its opposite: candies that double as terms of endearment. I first tried my hand at crossword construction with his encouragement, and I am so happy I took his advice. I’ve loved crosswords since I was a kid - the result of many mornings spent peering over my dad’s shoulder at the breakfast table as he solved the daily puzzle. Hi all! I’m Nina Sloan, and I’m thrilled to be making my New York Times Crossword debut!Ī quick intro: I’m 19 years old, I’m originally from New York City and I’m currently a freshman at Dartmouth College. I mean, how different would our lives have been had our candy been named something like “You Look Great in That” or “Nice Job on the Geometry Homework, Lisa”? Constructor Notes “Yes, that’s the one.” ( Drops candy bar on the floor.) “You know, the one with the crispy peanut butter core …” How much of this became a self-fulfilling prophecy? NINA CANDYBAR MOVIEI’m still shaken at the subliminal messages we have been sent all these years every time we went to the movie house snack stand. Sloan presents five candy names that can be construed as insulting. Here I’ve been for years putting SOLUTE in my coffee, and I didn’t even know it. A substance that disappears (dissolves) in a chemistry experiment is called a SOLUTE. This hard or difficult drive is on the road, and the fit one might have as a result is called ROAD RAGE.ġ0D. Sloan and the puzzle editors want you to think. “Fit on a hard drive?” sounds as if the clue is asking for data that will fit on a computer hard drive. The clue “Sticky stuff?” is asking you for stuff that is made from sticks.ĥD. Unlike human beings, birds do not line their NESTs with sticky stuff so that their young cannot leave home. And that is all well and good, even if the gigantic carcasses that are eventually strewn all over my backyard at the end of summer gross me out.Ħ1A. If something “Swarms (with),” say, cicadas, it can be said that it TEEMs with them. He has expanded his workouts to YouTube so everyone can try them.ĥ9A. Blanks feels that TAE BO is even more relevant today. They became very popular as a way to workout at home, and with the pandemic, Mr. NINA CANDYBAR SERIESHi, kids! In the 1990s, a fitness instructor named Billy Blanks released a series of video tapes (ask your parents) of quasi-martial arts workouts that he called TAE BO. Proverbially or otherwise, the answer is CANARY.Ĥ4A. “Little bird of mine?” sounds like a term of endearment for an avian pet, but this clue is really asking you for a little bird that you might find in a (coal) mine. This is notable for the letter arrangement, and not for the distinct lack of health benefits when it comes to vaping. The brand name JUUL makes its New York Times Crossword debut.
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