Joe Deeney, of Melrose, Mass., is a supply chain director for Philips, a health technology company based in Amsterdam.
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50-Down: "What's added to one to make zero?" is NOT A. As in "not a one" means none at all.
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The shaded TOs are above, below, left and right of the theme answers. To match the clue, those theme answers need to include both TO and the direction.
So, BRINGS (UP TO) SPEED, NOTHING (LEFT TO) LOSE, GET (RIGHT TO) THE POINT, COME (DOWN TO) THE WIRE.
Sun 9/29/2024 The Ayes Have It
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You'll recognize Rhapsody in Blue with its famous opening clarinet glissando. Lang Lang is a fantastic pianist, and this is a beautiful video:
Jeff's trick to find 30-character phrases that split exactly in half is clever. He didn't mention that it also comes up with HAVING KANGAROOS / IN THE TOP PADDOCK — a colorful Australian phrase meaning being eccentric or foolish.
Today's grid is 16 wide, so perhaps we should look for 32-letter phrases that split in the middle. Again, sort by length to see the real 32s. That's THE GREATEST THING / SINCE SLICED BREAD.
