![]() ![]() But I could not then, back when I was mid-solve. but an "event," no I couldn't imagine what that was supposed to be. EL NORTE was easy enough, but BURIALS, yeeeeeeesh, that was probably the hardest answer in the puzzle for me ( 22A: Time capsule events). But then my whoosh was also interrupted in a much more wide-open part of the grid, as I tried to get into the NE corner from the upper middle. Really hate when grids have such tiny passageways between sections. And since that "E" was a choke point-no SE access. Also, I wasn't *completely* sure that PRO RATE was PRO RATE and not PRO RATA. For some reason, after THIS SIDE UP, my brain was out of ideas. Could not get into the SE because I couldn't parse THIS END UP (29D: Instruction on some packages). There were two major flow issues for me today. And so it was with my puzzle: whooshing down, clawing my way back up. I think the Sibyl said something like that to Aeneas before he went into the Underworld. ![]() The second half of my solve (the SE / NE) was somewhat less thrilling. "Jump, you coward! Jump!" But no, instead of jumping, BUNGEE JUMP just pushed the SEAWEED SALAD over the edge instead. I liked that SMOG ALERTS was up in the air (with the smog?) though BUNGEE JUMP should probably have been plummeting rather than just sitting there up top. I especially enjoyed the SOUR GRAPES HORSE OPERA that sent me soaring down the west side of the grid. Some nice whooshing around the grid via vibrant longer answers. ![]()
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