(Not So) Fun With Rebuses! NYT Crossword Thursday July 25 2024

well hello everyone and welcome to data cross puzzles I am Kevin and uh today we're going to do a Thursday puzzle uh so special day for me to to do this I have not really done too many Thursdays and uh today we have a non-standard grid uh this is a 16x 15 grid uh 16 or actually 16 columns by 15 rows so it's actually a 15 by 16 I I suppose uh this one is constructed by Damon J ginsky and this is his 47th puzzle being published in the New York Times and uh so he's a veteran Constructor here and this will be his 10th Thursday uh so uh going back to the theme Here we or the uh the grid uh a 16 or a 15x 16 grid um usually you need to make those uh I I I think when uh you're trying to fit a theme uh and so there must be I'm supposing that the there's going to be a 16 letter long clue that's what I'm guessing that's going to play hugely into the um into the theme and so uh I can already see it through the uh through this the screen here that uh yeah I think it's 27 across or 37 across is the probably right smack in the middle row uh go going all the way across uh that's going to be that's going to play a big role in solving this uh so Thursdays are a themed puzzle and um I don't do these often uh I'm not particularly great at them so but today I'm going to be mindful and go through each clue and really try to give my best effort to um to think through these so let's get started uh build up so a felet word for build up so so could be a mass m a m a SS if you build up a collection of something you amass a collection let's try to see if we can confirm that with one down blank Douglas home former British PM oh God goodness I'm not going to be good with um with British politics um especially former uh former politicians um Douglas home doesn't ring a bell maybe could be Adam or maybe it's a uh a different name uh let's see let's try two down hit the ball well in uh baseball slang I guess you could say you mash the ball there if you're not a fan of something maybe you're anti maybe and the pike relative so Pike could be a fish I think or uh this like that um uh spear or uh like yeah that you like stick things on like I guess I think a pike is like a spear like a a weapon uh I don't think so if this is anti then what would this one be P yeah I don't see it a big name in oh maybe this still is anti because I think the big name in cosmetics is Estee as an Estee Lauder or [Music] um ooh first uh theme uh clue here is a abiso cookie brand and there's an H in the in the second spot there and it's related to the theme let's just take a peek at the theme finishes in Grand style like the answers to the starred Clues maybe like goes out with a bang or something like that and then a Nabisco cookie B brand uh something that explod something exploding or something let's try to let's put anti into not a fan of and see if we can finish this um this upper left corner here nisco cookie brand [Music] thin maybe thin something symbols of sovereignty let's think about this one then um uh SE no I don't know about that that that wouldn't fit anyway um a pike relative don't know views as the future um these into sees maybe it sees some something BCS into let's try to get through 24 across and hopefully get some help here with five down either parent of Zeus oh boy uh so I think is this a classifier here uh like what were the parents of Zeus I mean gods [Music] or something H I don't know we're not going to get help there so Council abbreviated um and I think this spelling means that it is going to be a noun uh I don't think you say well I guess it could be a verb as well to counil um I'm not seeing a a three-letter abbreviation here for that though uh don't know I guess we'll try to get through the other Corners the other parts of the the grid before going back to the upper left corner um and and see if we can fill that out adjective that's been called one of the most hated words in the English language I think it's moist I think uh that one just like hits people Str strangely um and Hunter in the night sky is Orion and so the the constellation right with Orion's Belt the three stars and I think like oh goodness I think I want to say like something the belt like points to the north star or something like that to Polaris I think um we could be ity or yeah I think ity okay but then oh get a little bit more help with 20 one across a cookie brand for Nabisco well I mean chips a Hoy but is that would fit except for the S at the end chips of hoys chips of hoys okay all right so maybe one down is Alec and we wanted to be a little bit OB obis Skating here uh with cluing uh rather than giving like something like Alec bald or Alec Guinness uh so I guess yeah I'm still able to get through this upper left I think cuz a pike relative could be a lance right okay that's the um the one there oh maybe it is scepter and maybe it is C into and then oh yes okay so the parents of Zeus are Titans okay and then sees into seems correct and to head off could be to avert to get ahead of to avert disaster George RR Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire for one is a saga songwriter noello don't know this name what name could fit in here with vo in the middle um I don't know a scroll holder an arm an aore ivore maybe I don't don't see any name that uh is familiar to me feature of what a could have Shoulda is a silent um uh wait what is it I guess this the V would be silent because you're taking out would have could have should have would have should have could have I guess maybe the V okay and then a specialty Espress espresso drink is probably a mocha aoka latte oh of course well in the actual okay so yeah it's silent l in these words yeah silent l so this is a mocha mocha latte uh the [Music] whole I don't know the whole whole sets prefix meaning straight or correct could be Ortho all right uh Browning who directed 1931's Dracula is either uh Tom or Todd it's probably Todd because I think 19 yeah this is going to be a past tense clue so we are looking for a past tense answer gave credit where credit was due is cited uh the whole she's what does that mean the whole shes the whole shees oh that's that's a new one for me uh don't know what that's referring to Pat's class equipment uh don't you use a ball for that like you roll on a ball and I think I think that's one of the things you do transform so it's going to be maybe it ends an S as well [Music] um juvenile rebuttal could be r two or R so maybe that's another common one I don't want to do a series on that and do a video on that on all the different rebuttal that would be fun um out of bounds um don't know like some accounts I mean it could be IRAs or like some accounts I don't know exciting noise uh exciting in a noisy or violent way uh loud maybe I don't know this is a a difficult corner for me too the singer who coaches on The Voice familiarly oh is this going to be a new for the new one cuz I don't know um this I I guess this could also be am2 and then let's see I don't see anything with that singer who coaches on The Voice famili familiarly is um you got Blake Shelton I think is Ariana Grande on there now and then um Kelly Clarkson I think was on there um gosh I only ever watched it when it was like well when it was like the first couple Seasons like Adam Lavine and um uh don't don't know I don't know this one this is going to be a difficult corner for for me to fill English town known for its Mineral Springs o okay new one for me here let's see English town known for its Mineral Springs don't know is uh is Damon by chance living in the in the UK uh because there's a there's a lot of British uh and English uh trivia in here major fantasy sports [Music] platform oh goodness um not Yahoo uh there's like the the beding ones um like Draft Kings and um oh I forget the other one FanDuel uh that won't fit goodness all right one's doing impressions uh the only thing that really fit fits that I see could be mines maybe and then that's right uh I don't know maybe this isn't goes out with a bang the spellers clarification yeah uh it might not be go out with the bang I don't really see anything helping me here that to that upper right corner is going to be really difficult for me totally perp fxed um a Gabe if your mouth is open you're you're like very confused so maybe this isn't goes out with a bang cuz I don't think like it doesn't really fit with the chips of Hoy either try to get 28 down plant in the aliam family boy I do not know uh it really does want to be goes out right um so maybe maybe it's get and then ah boy gets out gets out then I don't know this is going to be a TP difficult Thursday here British unit of mass um uh it's not a ton uh CU it's got to be M latte for the other one I really think this wants to be a you yeah organization that delivers abbreviated uh the United States Postal service so it's just odd to me like there's the there distinct British flavor to this so I to to throw an uh American clues in here uh just seems a a little bit off to me well I don't know I don't know um okay I think this is a this one is common soraa Dune and so so then gelatin substitute in vegan recipes oh I don't know um clue this got to be anath away a meadow call could be ba like a sheep oh is it agar is that what the gelatin substitute is huh teller of tales could be a Bard okay maybe this is the right thing maybe is goes out with a bang because we are confirming this with every fill here um children's song about AAR I think is aloa ala ala jet Plum and a fun thing about that song is that it's talking about plucking the feathers from a bird uh yeah uh get more of the same maybe um one of four in Earth's history it's not an era or an eon maybe maybe an eon that's weird though uh wait a minute so maybe this is Alo this you uh often read a children's book allowed to um a child right and get more of the same of could be reorder was neighbors with would be bordered and then what how do you spell this oh I think it's just yeah yeah Al at the yeah I think that's it all right hardship is a trial maybe present for one so it could mean two different things several different things I guess um I think this is tense present tense referring to one of the tenses criminal group uh could be a ring so okay so the lower right corner thankfully is giving me a bit of a reprieve here um RSVP convenience um don't know maybe I spoke too soon rigid bracelets um just going to end in s outlines are edges um RSVP convenience is ease could it be ease I don't know how that how it's easy I don't no I don't really see that will a Cather novel set in 1880s Nebraska don't don't know well Cather um it's not like pioneer something because that wouldn't fit um wait what it is there double n in that oh boy what is this rigid bracelets rigid bracelets probably wants to be a Val vowel right so a I don't know if a would really fit here don't know if a fits e oh boy I do not know o I don't know I don't know that one this going to be really tough I spoke too soon this right hand corner unless I get this clue is going to be Out Of Reach For Me uh nickname for un Padre uh why Padre is that um Italian or H the language seems off to me wouldn't it be Uno Padre if it was Spanish it's not French because that would be un pair right H this is going to be a difficult puzzle for me blank day and the nights band that perform shout in Animal House don't know I do not know this Spa oh wait this is the spa we had this in a um uh I think this was one of the flashback the history quiz uh I think this came up in that Belgian Town known for its Mineral Springs is called Spa digression of sorts not coming to me so a digression uh a digression I don't know I don't I don't know that one one of 11 in the 12 night Days of Christmas so the song so um what is it when you get to 11 it's four calling ball Birds three hit French hen two turtle doves and a partridge and a pear tree how do you get all the way to 11 I don't know these ones um five golden rings right is it seven swans and then eight I don't know this okay um one of 11 in the 12 Days of Christmas let's start with a P I don't know Apple named two time Super Bowl MVP um Pete I don't know repeat I don't know ran is to H don't know what is going on gosh this one's killing me this is just out of my real house just very far out um yeah slogan in the 2016 Republican presidential primary uh in the primary and it's related to the to this with goes out with a bank so I don't understand how it goes out with a bang is related to the chips of hoys though I don't know oh a unit of mass is Stone in uh in in British right okay um spellers clarification maybe it's not a ape um a days maybe then what would okay so a Z being in the second of of of that 30 Downs oh boy uh first actor to portray a bond villain Oz something maybe spellers clarification so in a spelling be um what they like ask for clarification of the word so like alternate spellings no Al not alternate spells but alternate um definitions uh you know alternate meanings alternate um what's the origin of the word what is the um what are the things that they use for that I don't even remember uh okay this is not going well many basketball buckets maybe it's not a day it's probably not a days maybe these are twos I don't know that sounds weird creates a buzz for creates Buzz for could be Hypes okay maybe we can get somewhere here find grained wood maybe you oh boy this is just not going well currency units in Nepal and Sri Lanka uh do they use Ries as well uh let's see Spanish region with a namesake wine is it Roha I think it's just like red uh rocks out to heavy metal say headbang um I don't know anesthesized is under AC Academy newbie is oh wait a CET or uh I don't know had too much as ODed for short okay getting somewhere here slogan oh it was Jeb right uh is it Jeb I think it's Jeb I don't know son of Zeus maybe Aries Union G as question mark um Can in gain question mark oh if you if you get married then you uh acquire in-laws so the gain in a amerage union is a in-law so rocks out to heavy metal met is head head bees that doesn't sound right sis this one this this feels just tortured to me sorry sorry Damon this is um this one's rough this is a rough puzzle oh boy um here some um uh some of the more highbrow uh solvers are probably uh loving this one but uh I got to say I'm I would not recommend this one to newbies um to beginners not even maybe people like me and intermediate solvers this is this is torturous okay um this is a torturous P puzzle here totally perplexed is maybe maybe at awe not in awe at awe that's so weird that would be so weird oh boy I am just having a very difficult time here um goes out with a bang I really think it's goes out with a bang but then what is all these other oh goodness um so I'm 30 minutes in I think I think I'm just about Happy with um with with how how good of a a shot I've given it so I think I might just start looking up some of the factual Clues here although I didn't see musical aptitude this is ear uh and then that's right maybe uhuh but then that's like truth or I don't know major fantasy sports isn't it Yahoo or my goodness what is it I don't know fantasy sports platforms of of modern times um last time I I did this it was like on ESPN or something like that one's doing impressions probably ends in s and then transforms also ends in s okay um so Impressions could also mean that you're like indenting something right um maybe it ends with e ERS that's right maybe yeah oh wait a minute oh oh oh maybe I'm seeing something totally wrong here because chips aoy is the brand and then we're tacking on an S here at the end wait why is there a why I put an S there because the down we have a Rebus by the way uh to enter this on um on the on the desktop he to hit Escape um or click the the there's like a RIS button right above the uh the the clue list um okay why was I putting that in there it's got to be bang at the end that's why that's why the bang is in there Yahoo bang okay oh right the exclamation point also known as a bang um it's bang symbol exciting in a noisy or violent way loud bang don't know okay okay we might be able to get somewhere with this then let's try to take a deep breath and at see could be perplexed try to get my brain back back in this and maybe we can rally to get this puzzle finished uh spell clar clarification maybe as in one's doing impressions could be apers somebody who Apes another imitating Peter Lori is it uh and then this has to be a bang Bangles is the okay rigid bracelets are bangal that makes okay gosh ah reuses are this was a pretty [Music] um I feel like it was a well disguised Reus because I don't I don't know this should have been obvious to me this should have should have jumped out at me this the whole shebang I don't know my brain's not just wasn't wasn't thinking about that so maybe a scroll holder is an arm but then a plant in the aliam family is is a leam um maybe it's not a vert head off it has to be a scroll holder like you hold it up with your arms right I'm thinking that it's just as basic as that um oh gosh it's this puzzle this puzzle um I want to put the this in in pencil here and we will come back to that corner because that is the most suspect um well that side is the most suspect to me right now um something bang will a Cather no set in 1880s Nebraska uh but what is 56 down an RSVP convenience oh oh oh this comes up frequently it's a self um what is the A stand for it's a it's an acronym um for s a e or an initialism um for a self- blank sealed envelope a self um addressed self- addressed sealed en envelope and that is Uh something's something's bang maybe this is Peter Lori oh gosh two time Super Bowl MVP well it wouldn't be super um what is the 11th thing in uh 12 Days of Christmas on the 12th day of Christmas I don't know oh boy okay had a bit of steam there but now I'm kind of fizzling out again um um transforms don't know juvenile rebuttal is you know could be ouro am2 still out of bounds this has to be ball right it is maybe it's not maybe it's not ball yeah it's prob okay it's not it's probably a mat maybe a met I don't know like some accounts be oral taboo is out of bounds maybe that's why I was having such a difficult time with this um but why is it plural pilates class equipment oh I guess that could be plural yeah like some accounts are oral and then SL slam bang maybe Reba Reba McIntyre's on there now oh goodness that must might be actually uh pretty fun then um EP oh Epson from epson salts right or Epsom okay and I think this is Peter Lori I don't I think it's with an e at the end okay can we finish this off can we get this will AA novel set in 1880s Nebraska uh Pioneers or maybe a Wagoner uh nickname for a un Padre blank day in the nights band that performs shout in Animal House oh gosh this has to be Spa right pretty sure that is apply named two time Super Bowl MVP so for two times I need a word that's kind of related to two right that's um I think um maybe it's not wagoners bang I think I'm going to have to look this up just to make sure that I can finish this so let me um let me get a uh a a Wikipedia thing going here uh let's see let's see Willa Cather an American writer let a look at Wikipedia here we have that pause oh this will be a good thing I should probably pause this as well um I'm just going to pause for a moment and come back okay so I'm back I just had to uh fix some uh some things with obs and uh take a look at uh will Cather uh her Wikipedia page American writer and so I think it o Pioneers was the name of the novel that we're looking for here with the bang at the end okay so let's go ahead and hopefully try to finish this crossb uh it is running very long here so um if you're a I I'm sure that the season solvers have have probably have long left but uh if you're an a beginner then uh you know and you're looking things up to like me then don't feel too bad because I have no idea how to finish this puzzle um I made a lot of Headway with the other corners and um just having having a very difficult time here um so hopefully we can uh can finish this off here so if you ran what so you say something aloud ran could be aired that it ran on TV um and we're starting to get a little bit sluggish here a digression could be and a side okay a digression like you go off on a tangent or as I am want to do as well oh maybe it's Bart Star Bart Star was the two-time Super Bowl MVP and uh we are uh gotta say this is a little uh oh gosh okay uh this one's definitely not geared for for for young people I can tell you that much this puzzle is definitely geared towards older people uh people Gen X and older um so don't feel too bad if you're not not doing well with this one this is this this not uh not modern no uh one of 11 in the 12 Days of Christmas or the piper I guess and Otis Day and the nights are the B is the band that performs show in Animal House papy is for un Padre uh okay and I'm not far off thank you for that that that is very nice of you to to to say that I amum uh I'm glad that I'm not far off but uh why what what am I off on let's go over and um I'm going to take a look at uh songwriter noello let's go and search wkip uh noell let's disambiguate Clara Nolla Davies is uh the Welsh singer named after Clara noello uh and other uses or the Ivar ivore nollo award so I think I'm on the right track here I think I'm on the right track I don't understand this um so maybe it's not arm and a plant in the alien family Groll maybe an arc oops sorry no no not going to be that not going to be that oh a leak a leak does seem to make sense though doesn't it that's look up leaks aliens look at that they are in the alien family there they are uh yeah so that's right so it's got to be that one uh where's the mistake all right let's uh go through them one by one buildup IS to a mass uh an adjective that's been called one of the most hated words in the English language has to be moist pilates class equipment are mats a lance is a pike relative Ortho means straight or correct oral accounts oral tradition yeah all the other ones I think are right Estee louder in cosmetics cited is give credit Rea McIntyre and the The Voice chips aoy with the bang and uh and epsom salt Epsom I think Epsom yeah Titan Yahoo who silent L apers avert at C ba yep that's got to be the correct one uh goes out with a bang Arc is a scroll holder I don't I guess so I mean the other ones are right we confirmed ivore and leak and it's got to be Saga for 26 down so don't know what's going on here Hypes is to create a buzz for reorders to get the same of rupes are Nepal and shanka currency uh you read children's books often aloud and inlaw is a Union gain o Pioneers bang yep o deed is to have too much Bart Star is the two time RVP trial is a hardship Jeb Bush I think I think this is maybe oh okay maybe it's not this maybe it's something out else here rocks out to a heavy metal is maybe head I think it's got to be headb but what is this a ple is an academy newbie uh I don't know I don't know man I honestly don't know um outlines are edges and as side is of aggression present tense 11 Pipers piping uh gosh can I say this puzzle sucked cuz I'm sorry like I don't I don't really want to do I don't I don't want to speak that that ill of any Constructors but um no I subjectively this puzzle sucked to me I was I'm not a fan I'm not a fan of this puzzle um it's a little a little little outdated uh maybe it's been sitting in the queue for a long ass time who knows um I don't know uh let me look at rexword let's go to rexword let's see what what Rex has to say about this puzzle today uh let's Sor okay oh I forgot one okay yeah I forgot the uh oh right of course this was a themed clue as well I forgot the themed clue can we [Music] finish definitely did not go out with a bang here uh this was a a fizzle but uh got through it um yeah uh yeah uh this was a Thursday puzzle and uh from a vet and Constructor um so um oh look they put the the exclamation points in there for us afterwards very nice okay uh well I'll be back tomorrow for another puzzle um it really sucks that this took a a large part of my day now now I'm stuck uh going to have to go back and edit and um or maybe not so just leave everything in who's going to watch this anyway you guys don't watch this if you if you're watching this like leave a comment below um I I just want to know who gets this far into the videos um yeah so uh that's it uh please click that subscribe button check out the other crosswords that I've done right there and YouTube thinks that you would like this video so you got some options there