Althouse: "Is OREO in today’s #NYTXW?"

June 25, 2022

"Is OREO in today’s #NYTXW?"

That's a Twitter account: Is OREO in today’s #NYTXW?

But: spoiler alert if you have done today's puzzle (and you care).

I got there from Rex Parker's write-up of today's puzzle.

14 comments:

gilbar said...: Where would we BE? Without Crossword Cliches?

Nick and Nora's dog Asta ate Oreos on a SST from the Nile to Ames iowa; 6/25/22, 8:43 AM
Yancey Ward said...: Was "Foreordained" part of the clue again?; 6/25/22, 9:43 AM
Larvell said...: To be fair, it seems to be in about 75% of crosswords.; 6/25/22, 10:20 AM
Lurker21 said...: I don't care, just as long as it's not the next #NXIVM.; 6/25/22, 10:36 AM
Yancey Ward said...: Nick and Nora's dog Asta ate Oreos on a SST from the Nile to Ames iowa

You needed to work etui, stile, SSR, and the two acronyms used for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission into that sentence somehow. All while buying a sari and an obi for your amah.; 6/25/22, 12:07 PM
Ann Althouse said...: If you need a bird, it’s the nene.; 6/25/22, 1:45 PM
Unknown said...: You may need a side trip to Enid, Ok.after Ames.; 6/25/22, 2:06 PM
Susan in Seattle said...: And another side trip to Lake Erie or the Erie Canal with Yoko Ono while listening to Brian Eno.; 6/25/22, 3:16 PM
Yancey Ward said...: As for birds, yes, the nene, but there is the tern, the erne, the emu, the rhea, and the dodo.; 6/25/22, 4:47 PM
Yancey Ward said...: Yes- Brian Eno is probably the musician most likely to appear in crossword puzzle.; 6/25/22, 4:49 PM
gilbar said...: Yancey Ward said...
You needed to work etui

thanx Yancey for adding more
I'm sorry to admit, that my brain Completely Locked up, and i couldn't remember Any more cliches;
I'm going to blame it on my traumatic head injury (of 22 years )
or, having smoked a LOT of dope in the '80's and '90's
or, being 60 years old; 6/25/22, 4:55 PM
fleg9bo said...: When I did crosswords many years ago, "bitter vetch" and "Celebes ox" were not infrequent visitors. I wonder if that's still the case.; 6/25/22, 6:44 PM
gpm said...: I really try to avoid doing so, but I will confess to looking up the Oreo answer. There seemed to be a lot of Naticks in that puzzle.

--gpm; 6/25/22, 7:10 PM
gpm said...: I look stuff up a lot more for the Guardian cryptic, which I've been doing for a couple of years. A lot more intellectually challenging, but also a lot of Brit-things a true blue American would have no way of knowing

-gpm; 6/25/22, 7:14 PM