The Cadillac Automobile Company was founded in 1902. ![]() The “rims”, start and finish, of the word “Cadillac” are letters C (cees). Lincoln Financial Group paid the princely sum of just under $140 million for the naming rights of the new stadium while it was under construction in 2002. The Philadelphia Eagles football team play in Lincoln Financial Stadium (“The Linc”). As such, there are no known wild alpacas these days, even in their native Peru. Alpacas were bred specifically for the fleece. 15 Home of many of the world’s alpacas : PERUĪlpacas are like small llamas, but unlike llamas were never beasts of burden. Her song “Yellow Flicker Beat” is included in the soundtrack for “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1”. Lorde’s cover version of the great Tears for Fears song “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” was used in the soundtrack for “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” (2013). “Lorde” is a stage name of the singer-songwriter Ella Yelich-O’Connor from New Zealand. Kurylenko played the Bond girl Camille Montes in the James Bond movie “Quantum of Solace”. Olga Kurylenko is a Ukrainian actress and model. Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) 5 Actress Kurylenko : OLGA It'd have been an easy POW! pick if all of them had been "clever misdirections from one game to another," like CONNECT THE DOTS and dominoes.Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies Across Neat idea, repurposing phrases in a punny way to describe a game. The "rims" of "Cadillac" are its outer Cs, or in crosswordese, CEES. might go over noob heads, though, as it's a trick commonly employed in later-week puzzles. Not only is there a telltale question mark, but "goes to waist" screams to be noticed. is a perfect example of wordplay accessible to newer solvers. I appreciated that a few clues exhibited the same playfulness as the theme uncommon in an early-week puzzle. Thinking about my GenCon visual though, it is funny to imagine quiet Stratego players getting ambushed by people in camo gear, stealing that critical piece off their board. The first one, CAPTURE THE FLAG, confused me because that is the stated goal of Stratego - I couldn't figure out why the clue would have a question mark at its end. ![]() Also, if there are any aspiring constructors out there who have questions about the process or who are looking for a resource, please get in touch!Ĭonsidering CONNECT THE DOTS was such a fun themer, it's sad that it took me such a long time to connect the dots on this theme. ![]() Feel free to email me (billy.ouska at gmail dot com) any comments or critiques. I want to thank everyone at the NYT - especially Wyna, who was my main contact on this one - for their help in getting this puzzle to the finish line. Overall, I was happy with the long Downs but getting them in required some concessions in the fill that I hope didn't detract from the solve. ![]()
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