Saturday: Not… Fast… Enough…! - 27 July 2024 New York Times Crossword

[Music] hello it is Saturday July 27th 2024 I'm Chris Remo and welcome back to the New York Times crossword daily solve it's a Saturday crossword today which means we're going to be solving a tricky themeless puzzle very possibly the most difficult puzzle of the week and I hope it's not too brutal because I'm running behind schedule today I'm very short on time so I'm going to have to solve this as quickly as I can uh we'll see how that goes on the Saturday and this hopefully quick addition of the daily s has been brought To Us by daily Buzzard Mitchell Turk and as always the indominable showmaster the encourageable sheer beer and the indefinable Charlie padet thanks so much to those five benefactors of The Daily self patreon campaign for their generous support they do sustain this channel they keep this whole thing going and they encourage me to uh get this thing done even when I'm very short on time so thanks so much to those five and to everybody who's a patron of the channel I 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I don't know grouping in the Southern Caribbean it's presumably an island group but i' uh don't know what this is off end all right this is off to a for boting start dabbling duck what kind of duck would fit I mean I guess it could be my first thought was that it was going to be a kind of real duck but I guess it could also be a cartoon duck or a name of a duck or something it's probably a kind of duck what would fit in four letters teal would fit in four letters but I have no idea if that's does that duck particularly dabble blank comedy well if it were teal this could be alt comedy like alternative comedy so I'm not entirely confident about these but they're plausible so I'm going to put them in and see home finding organization yeah I just have no idea what's going on there sorry about that formerly in the past SST like s while a one time you know your your s while love your former love um that could be and in the past would just mean in this case an archaic word um all right astronomy but not astrology so some something to do with science hard science or something or um astronomy but not astrology Stellar something to do with star related I I don't know hung tough persisted if you hang tough you sort of persist is there any way that's right Rocky's setting abbreviation okay so it could be setting as in a time zone a clock setting so I assume that's mountain time I'm never sure of the of the split between Mountain Time and central time Mountain Standard Time probably AST oh oh stem something a stem subject stem uh stem meaning what is it science technology engineering and math I think astronomy but not astrology stem subject or stem field maybe small craters in auto body paint uh I don't know find something I don't know fissures I don't I don't know literally it means submission issue maybe I'm not sure if that's right literally it means submission I don't think issue means submission I was thinking like an issue of a magazine but I I don't think that's right he passed babe in 1974 right okay I assume this is something to do with number of home runs or something a achieved by Babe Ruth and then I don't know who this would have been I just have no idea another baseball player obviously golf apparel brand Golf Apparel I don't know this is not not my day to be speeding through a puzzle clue in let on to or something if you're cluing someone in you're no cuz you'd let someone onto the subject where you'd clue in the person um clue in I think it's Le what was this one oh I haven't looked at this yet does some [Music] drawing oh oh SPCA home finding for for pets for for potential pets for animals for stray animals the society for the prevention of cruelty to animals finds homes for you know potential pets that's what it is okay so does some drawing oh cast lots right okay it's not drawing as in illustrating it's drawing is in drawing uh you know drawing Lots drawing um R you know slips or something to determine who randomly wins or loses okay that's what it is so what is this bridge expert for short oh I hadn't even read this this is a dentist DDS is you know is appended to the name of a dentist uh to indicate their the degree that qualifies them and then they're an expert in you know bridging teeth clue in let's see Golf Apparel Brown [Music] yeah I just don't recognize that oh oh Islam means literally submission in a religious sense okay so there we go that that'll definitely be it okay he passed babe in 1974 yeah I just don't know [Music] oh is it Mae or Hayes Willie Mae that's that's definitely a famous baseball player I don't know though small crators and Auto Body M looks very strange there I don't think that's right maybe this is fissures I I thought that wasn't confident about that but FIS does look pretty pretty likely doesn't it what about this it might be expressed with emotion place of learning in the Middle Ages an Abby maybe I don't I still don't I still don't know about fish okay I need to find somewhere I can get my get into this grid place of learning in the Middle Ages right it could be an Abbey I don't know it could be something else grouping in the Southern Caribbean hot pink fashion aesthetic if that were a bee does that help me hot pink fashion aesthetic Beach something you know sort of hot pink spandex and things I don't know uh Santiago's catch in The Old Man and the Sea oh boy do I think it starts with a b um I still don't even know if this is Abby Allison blank track star with seven Olympic gold medals right I watched the Olympic opening ceremony last night but I don't know who this is um gotcha got it could be gacha as in I've caught you or could be gacha as in I understand but I don't know what it is okay spin class question mark oops traveled smoothly glided or something like that coasted that kind of thing well coasted would actually fit but I mean there's no reason to assume that in particular is the answer Alpine mountain climber T Bar maybe a sort of to to to climb up a mountain could be could be an animal I guess yes in Portuguese oh what is this oh I definitely know what this is what is it I can't think symbol of precariousness Cliff Edge or something unlike this answer what a nominee for The Prince of Tides and affliction I don't know this is this is a disaster not so sweet sourer or or uh icier maybe something like that I don't know Thrills this could be this could end with an S sends that we've seen that before it sends it sends you it Thrills you gotcha I don't know I mean this this easily could not be that as well hot pink fashion aesthetic do I think there's any chance this is Beach something Beach gotcha scrooges misers there we go that feels good if you're Scrooge like Ebenezer Scrooge from A Christmas Carol you're a miser you don't share your money not so sweet so it ends with an ER gotcha Oscar nomy unlike this answer I mean it's going to be something clever like cude or something you know unlike this answer or maybe it's across I think that was this exact thing happened in the puzzle actually I think within the last couple of weeks we had and I think it was even AC cross it wasn't a down it was a cross in the answer so this is a down clue so it's unlike an across let's see if that works gotcha gotcha I don't know I don't know what was this symbol of precariousness right I don't know big gun um so it could be a large firearm but it also could be a big gun as in you know bring out the big guns an important person or a kind of impressive piece of equipment in general or something like that big is it what would what would a literal big up I don't know view from Jackson Hall Jackson Hall so there's a big um very you know longstanding um C Central Banking meeting that goes on in Jackson Hall uh do I do I think that's relevant probably not the tons the Jackson hle is near the Tetons isn't it big gun a mortar is doesn't it doesn't fit word that's a homophone of a number I mean it could just be two is in the number two twwo it's a homophone Snoop around a studio don't know traveled smoothly ends with a d snooper oh Snoop Dog would be in a music studio recording as a is a you know recording artist obviously okay so that could be it so big gun oh Mogul so all right so maybe it is a big gun in the sense to a person lap say outrun or if you lap someone you outpace them there we go that's it and the say means it it's an example of that thing because lap isn't literally a synonym for outpace but this would be a way to you know if you a way to lap someone or way to outpace someone would be to lap them symbol of precariousness okay something in so these are two different words hanging uh I don't know don't know check out look at is it just could it is there any way it's as simple as that left in a way Port left on a on a boat in a way I guess the in a way would mean in a marine context birds that can can emit a tea kettle te Kettle te Kettle call probably ends with an s don't know what that is mouths off let's something comic oh no no it isn't because comic Nara is TIG Naro M off oh gets sassy or gets fresh something like that blue in brief [Music] H not sure blue could mean sad it could mean sort of racy it could mean I mean the color blue I guess probably not that in this case uh big name in small loans oh small the small business something it's going to be something with SB in it uh let's see blank stand that's pretty vague under any circumstances ever Keg Stand I don't know big name and small on uh go south oh take a dive things are going poorly blue in brief I do not know what this is expression of exasperation I can't even there we go that'll be it oh blue Democrat as in blue and red Republic Democratic and Republican in US political context mouths off gets smart that's what it is I had thought of that one okay big name and small loans okay I do not know what this is should I I don't know oldfashioned man a gent I suppose gentleman blank maybe it is K ke oh is this a this is an online um this is I I know what this is this is a um a service by which you can evaluate loan applications from small business people in countries around the world and kind of group up with other people on the website to offer them uh loans for their for their business idea or their business that's already running that's what that I do know what that is okay I never would have thought of that without all the crosses decorations for a mug uh face tats because your mug is your face and decorations on it could be tattoos okay symbol of precariousness oh Rens or Birds okay I didn't know Ren made a tea kettle te Kettle tea kettle call but they they must do okay so symbol of precariousness something Tower Leaning Tower that's what it is like the leaning tower of Pasa um gotcha noted I see I understand noted Oscar nominee for the prince of tid and affliction I don't think I've seen either of those not so sweet yeah it could be something like icier I don't know but I'm sure there are plenty of other possibilities here not so sweet hot pink fashion aesthetic I don't know I have no reason to assume this is Beach anything it's just that that was the image I got in my head and now I can't shake it so oh Marin blue marlin uh blue marlin this is Santiago's catching the old man in the sea this could this that that's really exciting to me because it means this could potentially be Abby uh which is what which was my first thought and therefore what I wanted it to be oh I grouping in the Southern Caribbean something Islands it it is going to be that which is what I wanted as well Niti Nick Noti I guess was an Oscar nominee for these films great not so sweet oh dry right okay drier as in wines you could have a sweet sweet wine or a dry wine you know somewhere along that Spectrum okay so hot pink oh something core a fashion aesthetic it should have occurred to me that a fashion aesthetic might end with core because that's very common hot oh is it Barbie core I've never heard of that but that seems very plausible uh so what is this Alpine mountain climber and Ibex there we go it is an animal good we're coming along Allison blank track star with seven Olympic gold medals I just don't recognize that spin class um I don't know grouping of the oh oh it's the ABC islands I've definitely heard that phrase before and embarrassingly I couldn't tell you what what they stand for uh oh goodness an Tilles Aruba I don't know I'm sorry that's I wish I wish I could wish I could unpack that spin class oh ballet oh you literally spin around all right traveled smoothly odds cruised none neither of my ideas was correct it was uh it was not glided or coasted obviously it wasn't glided that wouldn't have fit but anyway Allison looks like it could be Felix maybe I don't know if there are other names that would fit here but oh fish eyes small craters in auto body paint okay are those called fish eyes I mean it looks like it just looks like words that would fit here uh he passed B oh oh it's Hank Aaron I was trying to think of a last name but it should have occurred to me that babe is a first name so I shouldn't have been thinking of a surname I should have been thinking of a given name all right uh golf apparel brand I still don't recognize this at all it might be expressed with emotion so if I think this is Felix this would be female or feminine or something I don't it might be expressed with emotion I don't know what that would be clue in oh to clue someone in to let them know this does sort of look like feminine doesn't it what does that mean it might be expressed with emotion I don't I don't know groovy I dig I'm into it it uh maybe even gacha no yeah actually yeah no it's true actually gacha could mean I dig yeah this this could be synonymous wrap-ups of A Sort if not for that D I would have guessed maybe togas but this I just have no idea what this is itonia is it a reference to Eaton I don't know Paris Texas director uh venders Vim vendors is a film director there we go of Paris Texas and other films charm oh enamor if you're Charmed you're enamored wrap-ups of A Sort maybe this maybe this isn't I dig knock yourself out no it has to be knock yourself out as go for it that seems right okay wrap-ups of A Sort maybe wrap-ups like Recaps I don't know subjects of a miracle in Matthew 14 okay I definitely don't know what specifically occurs in Matthew 14 but these are these both look like plurals so I suspect it ends in an S oh no never mind wrap-ups of a sword I was going to say it looks like sodas but that doesn't make any sense gol gol golf apparel brand I just happened to oh kot is like a musical Koda an ending bit in a musical score wrap-ups I guess I guess you could also use Koda to refer to sort of the end of a story so maybe that's kind of what it's getting at so golf apparel brand eonic I'm just going to have to assume that's true because I I don't know all right applies pressure to uh presses or it's not going to be that obviously it doesn't fit um I don't know specification for a smoker I don't know power is it smoker as in that you'd use to smoke meat maybe is it a bit of misdirection I don't know appropriate for all ages as a video game rated E for everyone so specification for a [Music] smoker hm I don't I don't know what that's about scoped out cased if you CED you know if you case The Joint maybe because you're going to burglarize it you scoped it out specification for a oh notar or maybe a lotar cigarette perhaps real first name of maybe it is an N actually because real first name of comedian Aquafina I want this to start with an N I think it's Nora because doesn't she have a show called Nora from Queens uh which I've not seen but I think that's her I hope I'm not mixing mixing her up people you might have bad people you might have beef with so obviously this could mean you have an argument with them but it also could be a punny way to refer to eating with them but I don't I don't know one meaning of Thumbs Up hit your ride is it hitchhiking I don't know like some eligibility requirements don't know about that either level essentially so level could be you know like a tier or a specification but it could also be to level a building would be to um destroy it to demolish it let's see level essentially so level could be well actually it could be a noun or an adjective or a verb it could be any of those so if something's level as an adjective it's kind of even and straight and actually as a verb that would be the same thing you could level you know as I say you could level a building by destroying it but you could also level a Surface by evening it level essentially I guess it could be even up or something e do you even up do you level something even it up subject of a miracle and oh is it is this the Loaves and the fishes maybe is that Matthew 14 I don't know let's see that V is helpful if so Swedish holiday in which crowns of candles are worn familiarly I do not know Zoo creature whose color is suggested by its name oh an orang is an orangutan is that is that just a I never thought about that before is that is that is that coincidence or is that actually etymologically relevant I don't know I bet that's the answer though applies pressure to prize yeah if you if you prize something or or well well I guess you'd prize open a chest but if you pry into someone's life you're sort of applying pressure to them verbally so that could be the answer so what on Earth is this it might be expressed with emotion feminine oh feminine oh feminine side is that what it's saying you sort of express your feminine side that that might be what it's getting at that might be the answer let's let's leave that and come back to it match people you might have beef with carnivores right you might eat beef alongside them okay one meaning of Thumbs Up Swedish holiday this doesn't look good does it carnivores feels right maybe prize is wrong wouldn't surprise me match agree yes okay if if colors match they agree or if two positions match they agree okay so oh urges okay I was actually on the right track I was on the right track you sort of applying pressure to somebody sweetest holiday right okay let's see level essentially even up one meaning of thumbs up need a ride that's what it is that's what it is so level oh it's evened is is is that what it is if the surface is level it's it's evened oh Lucia right okay this is um you know near Christmas time I know I know about this holiday in general terms but not well enough to explain it with any kind of authority but there we go it's not just sweet Swedish um but I guess this is the Swedish version of it okay like some eligibility requirements age Blank scharovsky Three Time Dancing with the Stars Champion oof Val age oh age related oh oh level oh it's it's oh it's none of the things I was saying a level is it's a tool in in this context so it's an evener it's something that evens out the surfaces wow okay I really had to try every version of this didn't I so it's an evener so this is age related are the eligibility requirements and there it is all right that was the Saturday crossword and um I I I essentially have absolutely no time to review this I'm I'm running very late anyway very tough puzzle for me uh let me know how you fared with this one I found it very tricky so I'll be back tomorrow with the Sunday crossword thank you so much for joining me and um uh do take care uh I will join me tomorrow and we will solve a Sunday Crossroad until then have an excellent remainder of your Saturday [Music]