3D: Singer who received a 7-Down (2005) (Fantasia).58A: Comedian who received a 7-Down (2003-06) (Bernie Mac) - the only one of these winners who's no longer alive this has profanity, FYI:.45A: Singer/actress who received a 7-Down (1996-2002) (Della Reese) - she must have got all those for "Touched by an Angel" here she is in other circumstances:.36A: Singer who received a 7-Down (2003) (Ashanti).I was thinking CURLING, which I never do unless I'm forced to think about particularly Canadian sports that aren't hockey.
The puzzle was a cinch for me, though I had no idea La CROSSE was a national sport of Canada ( 11D: Piece of equipment used in a national sport of Canada). This is all a long way of saying that I like when the puzzle branches out, fill-wise, in ANY way, and today, it's in a black way. It's very white, and it costs a lot to attend. If you've been to the tournament, you know what I'm talking about. It's just that sometimes I have to check myself when I talk about how the puzzle has broadened its base of knowledge under Shortz (which it has) and remember that this hobby has race and class dimensions to it. We are who we are, and I am very much the liberal-arts-educated white guy the puzzle seems custom-made for. I'm not pointing any of this out by way of critique. Then again, maybe I'm way off on the NYT solver demographics and you all listen to ASHANTI every morning. deeper than, say, Aretha and Stevie and Bill Cosby), I'm guessing (guessing!) that there are a number of solvers who are going to drown. So when the puzzle not only dives deeply into popular culture, but dives deeply into the black end of it (i.e. And many of us do Not like pop culture with our morning puzzle. Or, I should say, we're pretty not black. we don't talk about it a lot, because why would we, but we're pretty white. I am guessing that this puzzle was fairly easy for some (wife was done quickly, and Thursdays often break her) - but for others, it was likely a disaster. ()Hey, look, black people! It must be February. A carbon-arc lamp for producing light, used in moviemaking.Ģ. THEME: NAACP IMAGE AWARD (7D: Annual entertainment honor) - 7 of the 8 theme answers are former winners of said awardġ.
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