Some things are better left hanging.
SUNDAY PUZZLE — Hello all! We’re excited to publish our first puzzle as a duo today and we had a lot of fun creating it together. If you have any corrections, comments or feedback for this specific puzzle, contact us at albonwu@umich.edu and tiffzhou@umich.edu. For general questions and concerns, reach out to crosswords@umich.edu. Happy solving!
Tricky Clues:
51A. “Welcomer of change?” might appear to be someone open to new ideas, but it actually clues SLOT, the change being literal coins. Arcade games and slot machines will happily eat some coins, one play at a time.
18D. “‘Monopoly space used to intentionally skip on rent” is about the highly criticized JAIL corner of the board. Since players in jail do not move, they are able to avoid landing on properties and paying rent. However, the jailed player is still able to collect rent when others land on their properties–encouraging intentional late-game jail stays.
36D. “Shorts competitor?” takes advantage of the crossword rule that clues always start with a capital letter. Here, “Shorts” refers to YouTube Shorts, a competitor to Instagram REELS and other short-form video platforms.
49D. “Unusual partner?” is not about odd teammates. Instead, it points to CRUEL in the phrase “cruel and unusual punishment,” something the Eighth Amendment expressly protects us from.
59D. “Where surfers might run into traffic?” is a (web) SITE. “Traffic” refers to web traffic—the number of users who visit a website—and “surfers” are, of course, people who surf the internet. And funnily enough, just like in real life, too much surfer traffic could can a crash.
Today’s Theme:
The revealer, PUT A PIN IN IT at 62-Across, can be quite literally done to each of the themed entries with different kinds of pins. One can decorate a DENIM JACKET (17-Across) with an enamel pin (or twenty), secure documents on a CORKBOARD (35-Across) using a push pin, and use a bobby pin to hold up a HAIRSTYLE (42-Across). Other pins we considered were personal identification numbers for debit cards and phone passwords, straight pins for sewing, and safety pins.
Answer Key:
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