Learning Crossword Week 17 | NYT Crossword Monday Aug 26th, 2024

I am learning to do the big New York Times crossword today is Monday August 26th unfortunately I did lose my streak last week barely but uh we're going to try to get this Monday streak back try to do this without the Checker or looking things up but if I do need to then I will all right let's go square dance venue um like a club maybe I'm going to fill Club but I'm going to pencil it in cuz I'm not sure if that's right um I guess I could check again the Downs here something checked at an airport counter a bag H the only thing you check is a bag right Oscar winner Mahar Shala no idea sleep stage for short remem so what is this a bar square dance venue bar it wouldn't be plural cuz venue is not plural how about this cross spring blank encounter plumbing problems oh Plumbing problem spring blank spring a leak interesting okay well this is a long one abait of 1979 ooh I'm not sure Oscar winner okay so I want to put bar but I'm not sure about that yet okay I'm just going to keep going on the acrosses here sand blank capital of Puerto Rico uh um I'm not sure actually is it San Jose I'm going to pencil that too oh my gosh what is happening okay nine across the eye of TGIF Thank God It's Friday but it's Monday popular dance fitness program o there's a bunch of those I'm going to get it down on that first Backwoods Backwoods denial I have no idea what that means this is the abait I need more um like some smartphone purchases I I don't know what a three-way intersection can form a t um I don't I don't know what they mean by that NSYNC hit of 2000 um bye-bye by are these all like um triple words like gimme gimme gimme or something I'm I'm not sure sit situated on it would like that fits what's this down Coastal African desert ooh wait uh square dance venue bar something's weird maybe it's not g I was thinking of Gambia right but obviously that doesn't fit or work so I'm going to hold off on that I much want to try to confirm this gimme in any way I can it's Capital as Nairobi Kenya okay uh Scottish Highlander I'm not sure quickly fly past fly by I think this is by Olympic gold Med medalist Raisman oh Ali maybe I'm just trying to confirm gimme and I don't think I'm being doing that very well skittish or I mean could this just be um okay maybe it's not Jose is it San Juan assist with a crime a bet I think gimme gimme gim is Right pesters nags okay I think I've confirmed it enough what's this then popular dance fitness program is Zumba Zip by to quickly fly past I'm going to try just get this whole area like some smartphone purchases I don't I don't know this is jumpy skittish is jumpy inapp inapp purch I thought they meant purchasing smartphones not purchases you make with your smartphone but now it makes sense maybe this is GB or n Namib like Namibia oh a barn would be a square dance venue okay I think all of this is right now uh I'm just going to go back to their crosses what a threeway intersection can form t something still don't know situated on upon I'm not sure adore informally not sure can I get G GAE seems weird Scottish Highlander oh I'm going to I'm going to put an L there because it's two things I don't know Olympic gold medalist raisen you know what maybe I won't fill that because then I I'll get that that was the thing that I'm stuck on uh things stuck on a snowman arms these are Twigs or sticks I don't think any of that fits Twigs branches Branch mittens that you put the mittens on the arms not what the arms are made of okay rocks that may contain precious metals I'm not sure arouse as interest not sure mly crew hit of 1987 so this is trip this is the coveted Scrabble space triple word score or the sheet music yes the triple word score is the sheet music for these okay so the mly crew hit it's a three-word Le Crew hit o I'm going to need a down for that I'm not sure start of Caesar's boast V is it like v n ni I I'm going to pencil that in it's like Vin V vichi right loudly praise not sure Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro opposite of North Northeast is South Southwest which I finally like the very first time encountered that in a crossword clue I was extremely confused but apparently they do that a lot Lisbon greeting so Lisbon what language do they speak in Lisbon where is Lisbon is it Ola boat okay I'm going to pencil that sorry anything I'm not sure of I'm trying to pencil all right um boat propellers is there some word for them besides propeller I suppose so let's just keep doing the acrosses here and then I'll do the Downs beach boy hit of 1964 oh another one that is three words uh three of the same sorry a word repeated such that it appears three times um I know a lot of Beach Boy songs what's one those three words though I'm not sure religion ceremony like um not sure Italy's Isle of blank not sure Beethoven's ODed to Joy State that's home to one end of the Appalachian Trail or Appalachian Trail depending on which end we're talking about um five letter state could it be Maine I don't know if that would be the end of the trail I'm going to hold off on that once I get some Downs I'll I'll know the state where All My Exes Live oops sorry about that where All My Exes Live in song what I don't get that in favor of for I'll check that with the Downs in a minute but that seems okay present in a favorable light I mean I know what they mean by that but I don't know what word that would be City surrounding Vatican City Rome all right let's get these Downs jail cell occupant is an inmate oh that always happens to me maxi pad alternative tampon did it again uses a broom sweeps all right so let's look at these it's yeah backwards Backwoods denial n okay uh t shape the way 34 a t-shape okay situated on a top I said a pawn that's kind of close um what's this zero stars for me I missed this one oh I didn't do this down yet okay um oh yeah the Scottish Highlander I'm going to save that for last I think it is an L but I want to make sure zero stars from me I hate it outlet for an internet commentator a Blog blank gag in first man in space Yuri at any point I'm not sure but let's look at these acrosses adore in informally love like Luv um rocks that may contain Precious Minerals I was going to say ores but that felt a bit too on the nose but I guess that is the point at any point ever oh is this girls girls girls this is not venny I came all right slip uh make a mistake slip up I want to do slip up but slips up okay um I probably missed some Downs what's the next down all right man's name that's a fruit spelled backwards Emil Emil is lime backwards nice brain power measures for short iq's pool tug well I knew there would had to be a u after that Q anyway lead into law or launch pre pre-law pre-launch two mines on this I am of two mines on this I think spot for a satellite dish a roof well Ola might be right athleisure leaden to lemon Lulu Lululemon Lee of Marvel Comics Stanley nice so this is tout loudly Praises tout Ola was correct and then this is fun fun fun well have fun fun fun all right religious oh uh what were what were the downs I was on here we go in a sense sort of beehive or Bob hairdo more hipsterish uh I don't know let's look at these acrosses boat propellers ores okay religious ceremony um a right I want to put right huh what is this down I don't think I looked at it yet more hipsterish I did um are I'm going to I'm going to hold off on this let's just get the rest and trap snare s Bay Area enforcement org San Francisco PD okay Police Department German sausage worst vers whatever you say that the Huskies of the NCAA oo University is something tell you that not as mean nicer some church donations um I'm not sure spring just spring I don't know motion sensing Nintendo console the Wii kitchen brand with a palindromic name well I have the two o's I don't know what the middle letter is headbutt Ram suffix was Sudan or Japan ease Sudanese Japanese where All My Exes Live in song what how am I get going to get this letter where All My Exes Live in song All My Exes Live in teos I don't know tus is there something obvious here Texas All My Exes Live in Texas Oxo is a kitchen brand today I learned all right let's just Target things we might be able to get um this cross here Italy's Isle of Capri I suppose University Huskies or university of I'm going to say like Colorado or something is this an L State okay let's get this state I think Maine was correct University of con something Yukon um present present in a favor able present in a favorable light I'm not sure some church donations alms okay oh ritual orual ceremonies ritual artier wow okay um Spring Leaf that doesn't make sense present in a faval light it doesn't make sense cuz SF doesn't make sense ooh can I figure this out present in a faval lights problem is I don't know the university I'm trying to understand what they mean by Spring it's not a fill in the blank so it's not like spring leaf and also SF doesn't make sense pretty confident in mms the a was right it seems apt that the huskys are in Yukon um the Yukon um why can't I think of this like what works with Lea and also with um after an s I'm just on to this and then I think I want to fill that L just see if that L's right but unfortunately I can't think of this um oh spring is Leap I was going through the letters in my head for Wu after an S yeah if you spring then you leap okay now present in a favor light Spin and it's Yukon with two ends okay oh University of Connecticut probably all right so I'm going to fill an L here and we're done nice 1622 not bad no Checker no looking up had to had to think a little bit about some of these glues but um this was a fun fun fun theme today um I think I pretty much covered most of these let's look at these actually 35 down biow or chem sigh for science needl noosed fish is a gar um I'm of two minds that this was right okay I think that's the only one I that stands out to me that I didn't look at cool well how'd you do [Music]