Newly invented words? Why not! 🌹🥁🫒 The Saturday NYT Crossword - 12-2-23

it's Saturday and we are one day away from the first anniversary Sal Ste live stream tomorrow Sunday that is if you're watching this some other day then nobody if you're watching this the first day comes out today is Saturday tomorrow is Sunday and 2 pm will be the live stream we're going to do it live never done it before it's going to be fun so if you want to solve Sunday's puzzle in advance and then come that's fine if you want to wait and we'll solve together we can do that too we'll see how it works but we're going to celebrate one year of solving here on the channel it's going to be great in the meantime today is Saturday which means we get to solve the Saturday puzzle let's take a look Saturday puzzle always a challenge always tough sometimes tougher sometimes less tough let's see what we got here Royce Ferguson is the Constructor my name is Steve I am the solver and I have been the solver for nearly a year I mean I've been solving puzzles for more than a year but here on the channel here on the YouTube here we go all right let's solve this puzzle let's see what we got here woo like the Galactic Empire and the Rebel Alliance uh at War oh I get it at War like in Star Wars Star Wars Eminem title with the most words and a hit saying I don't know that's kind of cool took something with a grain of salt you ate uh the fairy fly a is the is one uh is it a worm I don't know uh maybe it's a fly though I don't know a grand is a th like a thousand sideways I don't know uh a skew a scance statement of admiration after someone's impressive feet I don't know nice job way to go annual New Year's Day event is the ball dropping um I don't know uh mhm huh uh sideways I don't know about that that doesn't seem right all right what else Dutch Golden Age painter don't know off the top of my head big blank big Tech I don't know uh fruit whose name is three4 vows asai is a favorite of crossers there we go Freak on a Leash not DC DC is it yeah fall for a trick uh I don't know um criticizing a refusal wait criticizing a refusal what Eco something criticizing a refusal to recycle I I I it's too many all right work in progress I don't know when doubled coming hink H hint hint is with the wink yes freak unleash is it corn seems like right seems right I'll have to listen to that one I don't know by title it's there by default I don't know uh fall for a trick is take something criticizing a refusal I'm okay I'm not going to recycle and then somebody criticizes that yeah Echo something I don't know Echo aware Echo uh I don't know work in progress still don't know it's there by default don't know a whole bunch have about Lots could be tons could be a ton I don't know loudly lacerates lacrate means SOB lacrate means cries so loudly let's go with sobs calm I like Serene there I don't know if that's right those two e what to do is an act is a thing I don't know is a deed statement that is in fact not is it Do no harm because that seems like it would be first Do no harm but maybe it's not um so I'll go with that here we go high protein paste is it tarot H plain and blunt I don't know uh Pace speed oops speed could be right okay second frequently second most frequently mentioned individual in the Quran after Jesus is probably Moses so this is rate could be Tempo instead of uh okay that looks better take something's wrong I think Serene is not wrong this is take the take the bait is the Fall For a Check aha take the bait all right so Serene is out calm is Placid is also out uh they get down and dirty foots doesn't work down and dirty I don't know uh eco eco alarmist doesn't seem right work in progress rough draft I don't know uh maybe raise at a table the raise the anti if you're playing a poker game Wing Alternatives thighs you're eating uh chicken meat uh reason to run in circles you're out of meat you're at of race you wouldn't run in circles you run in ovals if you're had to track me H I don't know whoa calm down who there where's the fire I don't know said uttered like uttered uh a phrase daughter of Catherine of Aragon who was wife to oh was it Mary Mary the first I guess uh was it Henry VI e uh blank Ginger AK gangal Thai Ginger that sounds kind of tha uh and there's a thing called Tha Ginger it's delicious taunt and cry I don't know launch party speaking of parties we're going to have the first anniversary okay launch party I don't know less than Hardley wait less than Hardley is Nar okay whoa Cal down hey whoo hey ho hey hey how about hey hey takes orders obeys no takes orders Waits hey who constantly posting pictures and news about one's kids on social media uh I know people who do that I don't I used to I don't anymore um I never really did constantly I did occasionally let's see I don't know uh hold your horses which is similar to uh similar to whoa calm down uh hold your horses one minute there I don't know uh launch party na oh NASA is like a party like a person or group that launches okay uh taunting cry do they launch anymore is it SpaceX and all the private companies I don't know kid for Creative kit for Creative types is is a howto is Erector Set something kit something set art set art set fits Easy Does It Easy Does It that's hold your horses constantly picture posting pictures I don't know taunt and cry ba G ha ha share something well hey hey boy hey now hey now hey now hey now don't dream it so uh Sharon Sharon Karen I don't know takes orders weights oh it is weights like weights on table okay some Hollywood workers could be agents close knit is a phrase s uh CC yes yes certainly by the way s means certainly uh it's typically taking let's take T sharenting is that a word instead of parenting it's sharenting okay that works uh never heard that but it's a good one uh still little little social media for the for the Gen xers um and and the Millennials for that matter uh hands off to I don't know uh what's spread all over southern France like like a spread like mayonnaise or uh um top and OD top and OD fits is that is that a southern France thing yeah at the Riviera there maybe they like to eat olives and spread them okay still a contender you're in it in it to in it all right uh tackling group The dline has defensive tackles they try to tackle the quarterback one side of the chemistry scale is the acids the other are the bases science all right uh plain and blunt it's not tall like plain and tall is a thing like Sarah Plain and Tall but that's not what we got it likewise so do I uh something is delicious covert influencer no um something is elicious though covert into okay I don't know whaty was Heavy with the social media terminology here all right they get down and dir is it foots no can't be right uh calm is I don't know I'm all over the place with this Eco it is Eco alarming okay let's go with that um delicious bits I don't know work in progress something P career path oh your work progress ah okay something bias covert influencer I don't know uh calm oh it's a verb if you calm something you settle it very good they get down or dirty no idea okay oh it's not right something is definitely not right it's the there by default doesn't look right career path I like take the bait I like hint I like so let's take out that Eco alarming e oh eco eco blaming eco eco flaming Eco blaming it's there by default the bet I like Eco blaming huh a lot of okay squash or smoosh uh flatten soften um something in yeah I don't know uh stuff in micro dots data I don't know thin cell types I don't know ingredients pronounced differently in American and British English I don't know but that's interesting okay uh The Little Prince trees I don't know the Little Prince we never read that we read a lot of books we never read The Little Prince I don't know uh boastful Eminem title uh lose yourself in the moon no it's not that's not boastful I don't know of Eminem songs Okay um but I'm going to listen after I find out okay poor man okay Spanish little ones are noos or maybe Nas leave that one blank or hands off to looks like the O is I don't know okay air pollution oh more with the portmantos man all right air pollution um it's not smog it's something else something critical to have is a must is a need I don't know two ingredient cocktail with an olive or lemon twist don't know know that off the top of my head but not an olive twist an olive or a lemon twist uh Martini has an olive but not a lemon twist vodka teeny something like that something some sort of teeny breakout sight Atari platform now um breakout prison something prison could be could be H hands off too I don't know still I don't know life sentences or bios like it's a sentence about your life I'm putting that in I I wasn't wasn't thrilled with prison so let's get that ah no I we keep the top and odd because that seems like it could be okay works with acids so life sentences okay Beyond regulation in OT if it's a sports match Sports match it's the game and it's past regulations is in overtime rice and Curry are uh Dell Curry uh Steph Curry uh nbaers um seems like oh an no it's an Ann rice uh the author right of interview the vampire that's her and Anne Curry is uh from she's a journalist Today Show and and and NBC news like that okay ish would be like sort of not uh a two ingredient cocktail no idea breakout site pron pradon does not fit it's it's one letter too few but also that doesn't seem right what I don't this is tough today man bores or I'm out of I don't know but I'm I'm not doing okay here we go bores are SN oh it's a noun I thought it was a a verb but bores are snore no snoozefest not snore Fest snooze fests okay oh okay air pollution portamento swzy I don't know uh covert influencer something bias subconscious unconscious unconscious bias wow so it's not like a person it's it's the the the the effect is is the it's the influence I guess you are biased by uncon you are affected by if your unconscious biases so in that sense it influences you so it is an influencer it's not like like a person like I am an influencer I'm not an influencer yes I'm an influencer hey advertisers pay me money to like drink your beverage during this video and yeah okay break out site AR Arch this looks like Arch or at least Arc araon breakout site break out like your face like like you break out in hives breakout face or breakout sight Arch Arch patoon what to do I don't know all right two ingredient cocktail it's definitely not a teeny if that ANS is right I think the an is right something critical to have is a must how about a must how about that high protein paste maybe it's not tarot maybe it's miso yeah all right two ingredient cocktail still don't know Oliver lemon twist okay what to do I don't know breakout site escape room aha wait it's not ANS oh man uh Tom Tom Rice is that a person Tom Curry Tim Tim Rice and Tim Curry Tim Rice is like a Broadway Lyricist right right and Tim Curry is the actor who was uh who was Franken ferter in uh in The Rocky Horror Picture Show and wait was he Frank no yeah yeah Yeah Tim Curry was Frank right okay um no Tim Curry was uh was uh uh Brad right yeah uh and then crowd shouts but I can't I can't say that uh all right ish a bit okay still is at rest an object at rest will remain at rest science unless AC in upon by okay all right okay uh ingredient oh it is a martini it's a Jin Martini ah okay what to do is the agenda that's what we're going to do this refers hands off to his refers Spanish little ones no or nines no they're Nas or they're ninos hands off to refor no rears no other NES not their babies are NES uh air pollution is smaz that's like Smog and Haze or smok and Haze cuz smog is already smok and fog and hay so smok and fog and Haze are just smoking Haze SM okay ah gotcha okay plain and blunt is bald like the bald truth maybe uh The Little Prince trees are bob bobs I'm guessing those are trees okay Eminem title is I still don't know statement of admiration photo n could be photo something photo sideways I don't know annual New Year's Day event something I don't I don't know about these maybe maybe worm is not right maybe worm is not right because it could be that's something but this will be RS now what uh What uh sideways is AWA I don't know about home mhm how about M could be yep so something like that the fairy fly is a wisp small s insect sideways is away sideways is arai if I look at you sideways I'm looking at you arai give you the side eye okay um this could be what uh something oh I don't know oh it's a wasp is as small as an insect really the small as insect is a wasp does it have a stinger and you oh the rose parade right annual New Year's Day event yep in Pasadena I was there when I was like 16 or rapl rap something rap Todd this could be tons a whole bunch let's take that away ingredients pronounced differently in American and British English okay maybe uh thin cell type I guess I do like that thin cell types don't know stuff in micro dots don't know what a I don't know I like baob trees but it could be something else it's a fictional book after all okay squash or smoosh maybe I don't know it's there by default the bet no they get down and dirty maybe settle is wrong calm they get the STS they get down and dirty stats I do know harm I'm going to look that up but that's like the the famously part of the hypocritic o which makes me think from that quote from that clue that it's not oh this is tough man okay okay a whole bunch Lots rapl Rap God would be a boastful title okay so a whole bunch could be gobs all right and probably you probably you're out there like dude of course he finally got the am I don't know I'm telling you I don't know I'm going to listen to it uh ingredients pronoun herbs and herbs yes we us people we have the silent h but I have heard uh in in the British speech herbs okay what a be no one says that but I think that's right because it fits I don't know Dutch Golden Age painters Hans would be the last name Hans Hine um no don't know that one Thin cell types that doesn't look right it's a type of cell oh tripa a thin cell like cell like a like a battery is an electrochemical cell very good they are called cells so aaa's are the thin ah good one okay uh is it Hans whole B no it doesn't it's a ha hos stuff in micro dots AUD no it doesn't seem right ah IUD is is not in micro dots that's that's a birth control device that's larger than a micro dot I believe dud HUD fud nud mud squash or smooth what a beast what a beast oh LSD oh that kind of micro dot okay yeah that works halb Hollow Halo Halo Halo oh squash or smooth maybe swash or smoosh Maybe stevenh fits with a V it's there by default the bet this can't be I don't like settle calm calm subtle maybe they get down and dirty gbots Obits it's not Eco blaming ecof flaming if you're criticizing someone it's there by default the net the FED it's there by default the FED like the Federal Reserve no hint hint is Right know what I mean know what I mean wink wink n nut wink wink know what I mean ah it's there by default the net I don't like this they they get down dir ebots ibots obots OTs down and dirty plots they get down and dirty I like the others I like unconscious bias I like Tempo I like Do no harm calm calm subtle isn't really calm settle is works as a verb uh this is tough man this is tough squash or smooth squash or smoosh squash or smoosh those are verbs to flatten to I like an e here cuz then it's verby um but but but but but I don't like the T and the E I like what a beast I want to say halb seems like it's the name of an of a painter but that can't be right with what a beast okay statement of admiration after someone's impressive feet could be what a be what a beast I can't say I would have said any of those but I'm not everyone what a job what a what a feat what an incredible someone's impressive feet I think what a beast you could say that you see somebody you know parallel park really really well oh what a beast cuz that's impressive right um or you see someone you know Sol Crossroad puzzle in uh in record time I what a beast not today hey I am not the Beast I'm not a beast this is okay but why do we have okay not giving up get let's get things great I'm not giving up on this it's there by default what does that mean you can default on a loan you can then pay a fee a fee now you can default so the surface meaning it's there by default the preset the presets are there by default so it's EOS shaming and calm is see no they get down and dirty Ro Roots get down and dirty to calm is to soothe the roots go down into the dirt to calm someone as a verb is to soothe squash or smoosh is to step on yeah woooo okay that's what I'm talking about a nice challenge here to celebrate the end of year one how do you like that yes woo okay oh I got some research to do hey if you got to go I understand this is a long one longer than usual that's okay that's that's that's a lot of fun so if you're sticking around thank you for watching see you tomorrow all right 2 p.m. Eastern yeah be there or don't uh I'll record it you know me I'll I'll post it uh so you can see it there but oh all right that was fun but let's let's I got to learn this was a tough one man Rey Ferguson well done all right so at War I like that for the start the Galactic Empire in Rebel it's a Star Wars thing but they are at War but who is this Halls not heard of you Dutch Golden Age painter let's look you up Hy hollon sage hallston no just somebody Halls is a pain pain oh boy all right how's painter fron Halls is a Dutch painter fron Halls the Elder is there a fron Halls the younger lived and work in ha Harlem I say ha Harlem to uh distinguish from Harlem New York but it's I think it's just pronounced Harlem France Hall's Dutch painter Dutch Golden Age painter I wonder Royce Ferguson where you're like is there somebody named halls and then you search for halls Wikipedia it's like oh Dutch Golden Age painter and then you say hey I'm going to clue this Dutch Golden Age painter it could be I'm not trying to I'm not trying to insult you in any way I I mean no shade I'm just saying if you were uh you know if you're like H LS it's got to be a word right like oh sweet Dutch Golden Age painter I don't know that that's your voice I'm just being you know generic other person but oh man boring lifeless portraits how how sad wow okay but anyway France Hall's the Elder Wikipedia still not on the market yep yep yep okay uh there you are self forit nice stash I like the the off-kilter uh slightly escue hat there that's pretty good all right what else back to the puzzle uh there's a lot a lot to like in this one there's a lot to like in this one ah what a beast okay statement of admiration not my favorite but the Rose Parade I like gobs and Saabs I like that a lot um we got Korn Freak unleash I don't know the song I maybe I do I don't know a lot of titles uh so we got K we got Rap God two songs I'm going to look them up Eco there's a lot of of modern lingo what a beast I suppose is mod Lang beast mode uh showed up recently it's like it's a video game thing and then uh what's his name the guy on Seahawks the Marshon Lynch was the uh the the noted footballer with beast mode um and if he had gone into beast mode one more play they would have won a a World Series a Super Bowl but that's uh that's in the past so ecos shaming so if someone like I'm not going to recycle and it's because of you we're going to run out of resources and the planet is going to go to well you're ecos shaming it you're ecomind ecological minded and you're shaming so so that's a a little portmanto there I put the two words together and then we had um um SM is air pollution portmanto I'm going to look up SM because I'm going to look up SM SM a mixture of smoke and haze there it is okay so that makes sense that a sze a smaz is a mixture of smoke whoops I didn't zoom out so sorry SM there it is it's a mixture of smoke and Haze uh I find that fact to be smazing okay back to the puzzle ah what else there was something else so topot is a spread uh typically an olive based spread it's delicious it's salty it's probably bad for me but it's good all right um Scott oh I did I Scott Punk is a genre for no no doubt y um sorry I not home right now walking in the SPID to leave a message and I call you back I like I like no doubt um and Scott Punk yeah that's cool we got Moses shows up I like how Moses is clued in the Quran because the Jews and the Christians are people of the book right and then Muhammad shows up and uh that's you know the Divergence I guess uh but but Moses and Jesus are in the Quran so that's a good good uh that's a good inclusive uh clue I like that a lot but there's something else I never heard of that I like this preset is there by default right step on not not too tricky squash or Smo halls I had to look up uh there was something else I want to look up n o oh Tims Tim Rice and Tim Curry Broadway was the art Set uh there a kit for Creative types the dline is the defensive line it's a as a US football term let's see I guess not these are all things I heard of they were just I'm going to look up the song Rap God by Eminem let's see and I'm going to listen to it while I'm writing this up while I'm posting waiting for everything this would take a little longer than usual cuz uh cuz yeah took it was longer the longer video is the longer it takes to upload so I'll have time to listen to some Eminem I'll have time to listen to some corn I'll have time to Ponder my career path no I think that's it there was nothing that's uh no no heavy heavy trivia uh oh the bow Bob trees and the Little Prince yeah let's look that up all right so let's see am I zoomed out yes I am okay so B Bob tree Little Prince cool 1943 Noel by antoan Des zup oh bow trees are a dangerous Menace In The Little Prince really they resemble rose bushes at first they resemble rose bushes at first but if they aren't carefully moded their Roots May destroy a small planet like the little princess oh my a bad habit that isn't taken care of early the tipler's drinking habit the businessman's obsession with sums huh oh wow a person having historical significant like Hitler or anti-Semitism danger didn't become obvious until it was too late and that's why sber F fled to New York okay interesting very interesting I think that is the end um interesting it's not again snoozefest a lot of modern lingo and sharenting do people really say sharenting I don't know I mean I'm the demographic that would know about that and I haven't heard that word or maybe that's the the the kid list are complaining about those with kids oh sharenting again I don't know you know what they say sharenting is kenting no they don't say that I say that I don't say that either all right I think that's enough so I had a blast so what a way to close out a year of solving tomorrow the oneye anniversary it's going to be fun it's going to be fun it's a Sunday puzzle we're just going to take it it's not going to be super duper fast I'm going to have Brook and Ari um at either side I'm not sure if we're going to zoom all the way up back or and do it like this and I'll just stke out my arms for this we might uh might try a a Bluetooth keyboard I don't know we we'll try a couple things and then we'll see what it looks like tomorrow it's going to be fun so be there join in the fun thank you for being with me today hey like this video If you haven't subscribed yet jump in why not right celebrate the year with with a sub um you can do that you can like you can comment say what you got to say uh hopefully it's good but if not you know maybe a little bit of controversy is good for good for the channel I will see you tomorrow or another day or not but I hope to and I will see you whenever that is or not and I hope you have a wonderful rest of your weekend and that's it I'll keep saying I'll see you by