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Crossword	Date	Comment
Beethoven	18 December 2024, 22:17	The crossing of the D line was what made me uncertain.
Sonic	18 December 2024, 21:56	Did the blue and black and knew what it was--despite never have played a game or seen a movie.
Avocado	17 December 2024, 20:55	I've got to disagree with the praise for the color. If my avocado was tan inside, I'd toss it.
Moon	16 December 2024, 22:22	Ah, yes. The famously transparent moon. (Fun to do, nonetheless.)
A jar of drink	16 December 2024, 1:47	The light grey isn't as difficult for me as the pale aqua that's so popular.
Free Evening	11 December 2024, 19:00	See my reply to ellaregee above.
Free Evening	11 December 2024, 19:00	Candle to the right, glass of wine to the left.
Jellyfish	11 December 2024, 18:46	turns bright red Oh, yes, of course. I'd say I knew that all along, except for the clear evidence that I didn't. Boy, do I feel dumb.
Cookie Bumstead	10 December 2024, 21:33	When the series started, ~100 years ago, Blondie was a flapper (and possibly a showgirl?) and Dagwood was the object of her gold-digging. He came from money. I have no information on how that transmogrified into the stereotypical suburbanite family that I knew growing up.
Pizza	10 December 2024, 20:53	Sounds delicious. I'll be right over.
Giza	8 December 2024, 21:14	On a boat on the river, watching the body count rise. (Five, in total.)
Scale	8 December 2024, 7:08	Is that last word “unnecessary”?
Microsoft Clippy	5 December 2024, 20:09	Yeah, I thought he was fun.
Microsoft Clippy	5 December 2024, 20:08	:D :D
Panda	4 December 2024, 21:25	Yes, definitely!
Gold Medal	2 December 2024, 19:02	Try, try again.
Gold Medal	30 November 2024, 20:05	Alas, no.
Gold Medal	30 November 2024, 20:04	I've never tried putting a picture in a comment. I hope this works ... Screenshot 2024-11-30 at 12.01.37
Gold Medal	25 November 2024, 7:17	Sorry--not "Settings" under "Comments" and "Profile". I mean the gear-shaped symbol up above the puzzle.
American Cocker Spaniel	25 November 2024, 0:53	Not a choice between stroking the dog or stroking the ...?
St. Bernard	25 November 2024, 0:49	Yes. Alcohol when you're freezing just increases the rate at which you lose body heat. But once you've been rescued and are in a warm environment where the loss of body heat is not dangerous, it increases the flow of blood to the extremities so the feeling of cold is more rapidly dissipated. I'd imagine it also reduces the risk of frostbite to those extremities.
American Cocker Spaniel	24 November 2024, 1:23	Depends. Different strokes for different folks, after all.
Plumeria	23 November 2024, 20:30	In my years in Hawaii I never saw one that wasn't just white and yellow. As they say, you learn something every day.
Penguin	13 November 2024, 19:10	Typing "pinguïn" in Google Translate, using the "detect language" option, I'm told it's German. Unfortunately there's no "OK, and what else?" button.
Penguin	13 November 2024, 19:07	nonogram
Lolipop	11 November 2024, 18:47	"Song?" I said to myself. Then Anaderol talked about old people, so I cast my old person's brain back and suddenly it popped into my head. And, yes, now I'm stuck with it.
Gold Medal	11 November 2024, 3:05	I don't like the back-and-forth either, so I go to the "use my own palette" option at the bottom of the settings menu. Pick colors you have no problem distinguishing and the author's palette is replaced by yours. And when you're done the completed picture switches back to the author's colors. It sometimes makes recognizing the subject during solving nigh impossible, but I no longer get headaches trying to tell close colors apart.
Toothbrush	8 November 2024, 18:52	So clearly a snake--look at those fangs. And I suppose that orange line is going to be some sort of superorbital ridge ... I should always wait for the title.
Ice hockey	5 November 2024, 3:36	Is this the right point to shout "Go, Predators!"? (And if so, I've had a decades-long relationship with the editor of On the Forecheck.)
Fleur de Lis	29 October 2024, 19:21	You could have used the K. France got its name from the people there: the Franks.
Fleur de Lis	29 October 2024, 19:19	And if you eat French fries in Belgium you need to be prepared to dip them in mayonnaise, or you'll scandalize the natives. Ketchup is for those sorry uncultured Americans.
A moonlit night	28 October 2024, 20:20	How nice to see a crescent moon that does not allow stars to show through the dark part!
Bunny	28 October 2024, 1:19	A little difficult to make out against the busy background.
Frog hat	24 October 2024, 20:57	I believe that by the time I was old enough to go to a bunny hop, they were passé. Or maybe they were never a thing here in the Northeast. ??
Bird in a hat	24 October 2024, 16:09	I'd see the picture more easily if the beak had been yellow or gold than pink. But all those "cute"s in the comments are well deserved.
Motorcycle	24 October 2024, 7:36	I can see the tire/tyre, and if those are rearview mirrors I can see them. The rest...? But then, I'm old.
Jar of honey	21 October 2024, 20:33	I did just color #1 and smugly said, "Oh, a cat." Smug is never a good look.
Halloween Almost Here	19 October 2024, 19:46	Feels like yesterday that I was 40. Now that's flying time.
Menace	18 October 2024, 18:55	Can a raptor carry a rodent as large as itself?
Childhood phone	17 October 2024, 18:15	1950. And finding it very strange to be the same age as old people.
Childhood phone	16 October 2024, 20:03	Well, J_R may beg off, but I'm pretty sure you're still younger than I. When I was born, England had a king. (How'm I doing?)
Childhood phone	16 October 2024, 20:00	Motorola? Pah! You got your phone from Ma Bell, and just like Henry Ford's Model T it came in any color you liked, as long as it was black.
Toilet	5 October 2024, 6:54	Well, of course. Every man's home is his castle, and what is a castle without a throne?
Peppers	4 October 2024, 17:33	I thought it was an apple, and apple & pepper seemed a strange combination. Thank goodness for titles.
Jellyfish	3 October 2024, 0:16	I give up. I'm not acquainted with not-per-se. What does it mean? (I'd be interested in the etymology too, if you have it.)
Brave sailor	30 September 2024, 18:48	I have a t-shirt like that, and every time I wear it my wife makes some remark about my being a French sailor. Every time.
Buffoon	26 September 2024, 17:43	I'd suggest it's just that you use def #2, as most people seem to do. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/buffoon
Mike Wazowski from 'Monsters, Inc.'	20 September 2024, 18:41	I recognized the character maybe halfway through, but it's been ages since I saw the movie so I really could not come up with his name. (Of course, at my age, I'm lucky I remember my wife's name.). So just until the title was revealed I was calling him "Mike" in my head. Imagine my surprise!
Fresh Avacodo	15 September 2024, 16:56	Fortunately, I don't know it, so it's not stuck in my head.
Frank (Always Sunny)	12 September 2024, 6:04	Oh, I knew OF the show, and so recognized the reference from the title of the puzzle. And Small-boss's picture was easily recognizable. I've just never seen it, therefore I'm unfamiliar with character names.