Thankfully, GIL Scott-Heron (my first answer in the grid) ( 24A: Self-described "bluesologist" _ Scott-Heron) gave me the "I" I needed for OKAPIS. do they have two horns? Oh, they do, but it's really that main fore-horn that you notice.
I thought the so-called African unicorns were RHINOS because of course I did. Not a big fan of crossing UP with UP in the SE. Thanks, Al!!! The word SUDSED and its different forms (SUDSES) will never not make me laugh at its stupidity, and I think this is the second time we've seen it in a themeless this year. I lived in Michigan for eight years, where you pick up *some* knowledge of hockey merely by osmosis LINDROS is a name I've definitely heard before ( 43A: Canadian hockey great Eric), but I couldn't put the latter part of it together without the crosses. I'm not sure that "R" cross is inferrable. I really hope you know a lot about hockey, or a little about '80s soul, because I can see that LINDROS / JARREAU crossing absolutely eating some people alive, especially younger non-hockey fans. SONNETS AREN'T 18 LINES LONG FOR A REASON. If you break them, you break them *meaningfully*-the break actually *means* something because the "rule" exists. Rules are there to give definition to the form. I'm just imagining the ugly sloppy-looking nonsense that we'd start seeing coming our way. It's just I've heard people say "no one cares about symmetry, why not let constructors put black squares wherever if it leads to better fill etc." and let me tell you right now that kind of thinking is a road to hell. maybe ditch symmetry but come up with some other meaningful pattern. Strictures lead to inventiveness! Limitations give things meaning!), but go ahead and get your symmetry however you can. I am a huge believer in symmetry (part of the crossword's charm is its physical look, and also the symmetry requirement creates pressure on the constructor to be creative. At first I thought the grid was just a damn free-for-all, black-square-wise, but then my brain woke up a little more and saw the pattern. Not your typical rotational symmetry, nor your less typical but still reasonably common L/R mirror symmetry. The first thing I noticed was the cool / strange grid shape on this one-its symmetry is along the NW-to-SE diagonal axis. I guess if you can't get them in the checkout line at the supermarket, they're "upscale"? OK. to me, as someone who grew up in California, where they were common (I haven't seen SEE'S since I left in the early '90s, except maybe on vacation, at a mall or an airport, which, again, raises the question of their upscaleness). Happily, the crosses were all very gettable, but yeah, MAMAN gave me a little scare. I don't remember "The Stranger," and certainly didn't expect to see so uncommon a French word in the puzzle ("uncommon" for U.S. Found the whole solve fine but pretty unremarkable, until the very end when MAMAN (!?!?!) really slowed me down again. AMOR MARINE LIVE MÁS got me moving, and then I got OLIVIA WILDE, which made me feel I like I finally had my feet underneath me. Eventually I did the thing I should've done immediately, which is hit the crosses. I think I just stared at 1A: Online pop culture/media hub ( AV CLUB) and tried to guess it with no crosses, which meant me sitting there like an idiot going "The. In front of each clue we have added its number and position on the crossword puzzle for easier navigation.I think I was too tired to really zoom through this thing, though once I finally worked out the NW, the cobwebs were sufficiently cleared from my head and I did tear through the rest of it without much trouble. If you are done solving this clue take a look below to the other clues found on today's puzzle in case you may need help with any of them. This clue was last seen on NYTimes Puzzle.
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