People do use вЂњscopeвЂќ as shorthand for assorted specific devices, yes? Microscopes, telescopes, bronchoscopes, colonoscopes? Maybe Peppermint Patty asked Marcie to use вЂњsir.вЂќ

Hey, weвЂ™re not privy to their whole relationship. At least AT NO was clued as a partial rather than atomic numberвЂs abbrev вЂ¦ but it dupes both AT IT, NO-NOS, and NO HASSLE. Shout-out to Groundskeeper Willie of The Simpsons! вЂњMy retirement grease!!вЂќДЇave fill: вЂњWHAT OF IT?вЂќ, вЂњINDULGE ME.вЂќ Less keen on crosswordese SERE quizzing Tuesday solvers, -IOR, ERAT, NO HASSLE, and a bunch of abbrevs ( EST IMO SYL NCO SSA ETA). I pretty much only see the term as the Ayn Rand title, but Merriam-Webster reminds me that it also means вЂњa spring that is the source of a stream.вЂќ Been a while since IвЂ™ve encountered a soda jerk. Are any of you readers draftspeople of some sort?

Not a super common term, but a draftsperson might draw art, draft legal documents, or draw schematics and plans. Except that two of them are job titles, in non-beverage circles, and the other two arenвЂ™t. 1110Д«everages and those who serve them are the name of the game today, with familiar(ish) words or phrases clued as if theyвЂ™re job titles. NY Times crossword solution, 11 10 20, no. Robert FisherвЂ™s New York Times crossword-AmyвЂ™s write-up Thank you so much for the time, everybody!В Have a wonderful and safe rest of your day and, as always, keep solving! The Omni also hosted the 1993 NCAA WomenвЂ™s Final Four and, in the national championship game, saw Texas TechвЂ™s Sheryl Swoopes set the record for most points in a Division I national title game with 47 points as Texas Tech defeated Ohio State. The arena hosted some big sporting events as well, including the 1977 NCAA MenвЂ™s Basketball Final Four in which Marquette University - coached by Brooklyn native Al McGuire - won its only national title in McGuireвЂ™s last-ever game as a college head coach. In 1988, the Omni Coliseum in Atlanta, the long-time home of the Atlanta Hawks, hosted the 1988 Democratic National Convention. вЂњSports will make you smarterвЂќ moment of the day: OMNI (18D: ) вЂ“ The state of Georgia has been on a lot of peopleвЂ™s lips this past week, as it looks for all the world that the Peach State will turn blue and put President-Elect Biden over 300 electoral college votes. Cooked and/or caramelized, or bust for me! Here is hoping that getting this done now prevents me from being my usual night owl self and staying up until ONE AM, but I doubt it (7D: ). Will definitely have to take the clue to ONION to task, only for the fact that I can not have a raw onion as a topping on my burger (11D: ). ON CUE was sneakily good, especially given its clue (12D: ).

A good number of pretty long non-themed entries gave this puzzle even more crunch, with SET TIMES (37D: ) and FINESSES, something I do not specialize in, standing out (9D: ). There were not too many moments in solving the grid that made me go BLAH (45D: ), though I was thrown for a loop with TOFF given that I donвЂ™t believe that IвЂ™ve ever come across that, even with my multiple times that IвЂ™ve been in London (6A: ). JONES (24A: ) вЂ“ вЂњMeeeeee aaaaaaaaaannnnnndddвЂ¦.Mrs.! Mrs. TodayвЂ™s puzzle is very similar to MondayвЂ™s New York TimesвЂ™ offering, as we have a long-vowel-sound ladder featured at the starts of the five theme entries. Hello there, everyone! Here is hoping that youвЂ™re doing well and, after what felt like the longest week of many of our lives, recovered from all the drama that was Election Day/Week! Crossword Nation puzzle solution, Week 493: вЂњVowel-Sounding FunвЂќ

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