{"id":694,"date":"2022-07-01T03:26:44","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T03:26:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/nyt-crossword-answers-nobel-peace-prize-winner-from-ghana\/"},"modified":"2022-07-01T03:26:44","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T03:26:44","slug":"nyt-crossword-answers-nobel-peace-prize-winner-from-ghana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/nyt-crossword-answers-nobel-peace-prize-winner-from-ghana\/","title":{"rendered":"NYT Crossword Answers: Nobel Peace Prize Winner From Ghana"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">FRIDAY PUZZLE \u2014 Welcome to Friday, everyone.  We made it, and we&#8217;ve got a themeless gem of a puzzle to start off the weekend.  Today&#8217;s puzzle is a collaboration between the constructors Christina Iverson (new assistant editor of the Los Angeles Times Crossword) and Caitlin Reid (mainstay on The New Yorker&#8217;s all-star crossword-constructor roster).<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">I&#8217;ve always felt that crossword puzzles should have tag lines to help distinguish their brand and capture what makes a New York Times puzzle different from a Los Angeles Times or a New Yorker puzzle.  I&#8217;ve tried running a few potential New York Times Crossword tag lines by the editors around here, with very little success.  Some of my favorites were \u201cAll the clues that&#8217;s fit to print\u201d \u2014 that was a hard no (\u201cIt&#8217;s ungrammatical\u201d) \u2014 and \u201cIt&#8217;ll help you Across when you&#8217;re feeling Down\u201d (also, weirdly, not immediately adopted ).<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Because it&#8217;s Friday, and because I think everyone could use a fun distraction from *gesticulates wildly* all <em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">this<\/em>I humbly request that you propose your own potential tag lines in the comments.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Speaking of fun distractions, let&#8217;s get into today&#8217;s fabulous puzzle by taking a peek at some of the tougher clues.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-1bxm55 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-4acaa460\">Tricky Clues<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">1 A.  Right out of the gate, we hit the clue \u201cIt&#8217;s kneaded to make naan and roti,\u201d which I adore.  We often see ATTA clued as \u201clead-in to boy or girl\u201d (as in, ATTAboy!), and it drives me nuts because there is already a perfectly cromulent meaning of ATTA: the flour used to bake naan and roti bread.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">18A.  The \u201cEnterprise that&#8217;s folding\u201d is ORIGAMI, because you fold paper to create ORIGAMI.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">25A.  A meter reader checked my gas use the other day, but a \u201cMeter reader?\u201d  is a POET, who might recite poetry (meter) at a reading or a poetry slam.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">37A.  I&#8217;ve never had courtside seats at a basketball game, but from what I can see on TV they&#8217;re just normal chairs.  Here, however, we are talking about \u201cCourtside seats?\u201d  with a question mark \u2014 the pun is on \u201ccourtside,\u201d which, rather than referring to a basketball court, refers to a king&#8217;s or queen&#8217;s court.  Therefore, the courtside seats in question are THRONES.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">56A, \u201c&#8217;Heated&#8217; events\u201d are MEETS because competitors at track or swim meets compete in individual heats.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">57A.  \u201cTagline?\u201d  is an excellent clue for DO NOT IRON.  I&#8217;m not sure this tag line would work for the New York Times Crossword, but it would certainly prevent me from ruining a silk shirt with a hot iron if it were printed prominently on the tag.  I mean, it would <em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">probably<\/em> help, assuming I read the tag first.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">8D.  I had no idea that FALLS were a \u201cClassic destination for honeymooners.\u201d  Are we talking, like, Niagara FALLS?  Some other FALLS?  Just waterFALLS in general?  I did a quick internet search about it, and apparently it&#8217;s a thing!<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">19D.  I like the clue \u201cYou might draw things with this\u201d for MAGNET because it works on two levels.  The correct, wordplay level is that a MAGNET might draw something in using its magnetism, but the sillier level is that an Etch A Sketch is really just a magnet and a bunch of iron filings that you use to draw.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">40D.  Today I learned that what we in the US refer to as a sedan is called a SALOON in Britain.  (The clue here is in the analogy format \u201cSedan : US :: ___ : UK\u201d) Do Britons get confused when they visit Old West tourist attractions where they&#8217;re expected to drink in a SALOON?<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">42D.  The clue \u201cReligious exodus\u201d refers to the HEGIRA, which was Muhammad&#8217;s departure from Mecca in the seventh century.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">52D.  \u201cLarge sums of money, informally\u201d are GEES, short for \u201cgrands,\u201d or thousands of dollars.  As in, \u201cHe paid 40 GEES for his new SALOON.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Thanks to Ms.  Iverson and Ms.  Reid for this fun Friday diversion.  Let&#8217;s hear from them about their collaboration.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-1bxm55 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-46af6a36\">Constructor Notes<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"css-1ggt3fz etf134l0\">\n<p class=\"css-12wzsk6 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Christina Iverson<\/strong>: I&#8217;m thrilled to be sharing a byline with one of the best in the business!  Caitlin and I connected three years ago when I reached out because we were both stay-at-home-mom constructors at the time.  (I&#8217;ve since started working as Patti Varol&#8217;s assistant editor for the Los Angeles Times Crossword.) We bounced ideas around relating to nursery rhymes but never ended up making a themed puzzle.  About a year and a half later, we reconnected and made this themeless one, with I&#8217;M A LITTLE TEAPOT as a seed.  As the grid evolved, only the TEAPOT remained, but I think the puzzle is better for it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-12wzsk6 evys1bk0\">I learned so much from Caitlin about themeless construction.  Her puzzles are always so sparkly and clean, which is what I always strive for in any puzzle.  She really pushed me with this one, to keep reworking it until we were 100 percent satisfied with every section.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-12wzsk6 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Caitlin Reid<\/strong>: As Christina mentioned, we&#8217;ve been looking to collaborate on a puzzle together for a while now.  I&#8217;m excited that the time has finally come!<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-12wzsk6 evys1bk0\">Christina is a pleasure to work with and diligently aims for clean, fun fill.  It&#8217;s no wonder that the Los Angeles Times wanted her for an assistant editor!  A lot of my favorite fill and clues we submitted were hers, like 57-Across and several other cute ones that sadly ended up on the cutting room floor.  I also loved the editing team&#8217;s clue for 18-Across.  Hope you enjoy the puzzle!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 class=\"css-1bxm55 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-54b61d67\">Sign Up for the Games Newsletter<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">If you&#8217;re interested in receiving puzzles, brain teasers, solving tips and more in your inbox every week, sign up for the new Gameplay newsletter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FRIDAY PUZZLE \u2014 Welcome to Friday, everyone. We made it, and we&#8217;ve got a themeless gem of a puzzle to start off the weekend. Today&#8217;s puzzle is a collaboration between the constructors Christina Iverson (new assistant editor of the Los Angeles Times Crossword) and Caitlin Reid (mainstay on The New Yorker&#8217;s all-star crossword-constructor roster). 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