‘Another breeze of wind blew past them, unusually cold for this time of the year.’.‘It was mid autumn and the leaves were already starting to swirl around me as a harsher wind blew, creating almost a curtain of color each time the breeze came.’.‘Changes in weather patterns can create high-level winds blowing opposite to those near the ocean.’.
‘This creates winds that generally blow from the southwest during the summer monsoon and from the northeast from October to April.’.
‘Thankfully, no steady breeze was blowing, so no wind chill was created.’. ‘The wind was blowing and it created a nice warm, breeze.’. ‘An unexpected cold gust of wind blew into the room and I looked up to note a small gap in the wall of stone blocks.’. ‘When strong wind blows to create waves and ripples, when it rains hard or when sheets of snow land on the lake-surface.’. Perhaps the long phrases could be related to their movie? Maybe incorporate DOUBLE FEATURE to help rationalize rebusization?Īs is, though, it's a solid debut, with the four rebus squares incorporated into snazzy phrases. I'd have loved an additional layer, given how much flexibility there is, working with easy letter combos like ET and IT. Great to get above-average crossers, too AH I TUNA is an excellent way to use a shorter slot. Rebus squares ought to be incorporated into long, colorful phrases, and MEETCUTES, RADIO EDITS, SUPERSTORM, SOUL MUSIC play their roles extremely well. Maybe not Oscar-worthy gridwork, but a People's Choice award might be in sight. Given their obscurity, those would probably all be NO GOs. Other oddballs: EL, IN, MA, ME, PI, SO, YO. I wondered what other two-letter film titles could have worked. It could have been the clown suit I was wearing. Like when one of his babysitters saw Jill and me out on a date and was horrified that Alex was clowning around. I wanted to learn more because I like Jordan Peele, but I quickly stopped after "… when their doppelgängers appear and begin to terrorize them."Īlthough, my identical twin and I do tend to terrorize innocent bystanders. Not surprising, given that I've been housebound for approximately ninety years. the Extra-Terrestrial) and did the majority of my construction attempts (another 15 or so) with the theme set in the final puzzle. I bent the rules a bit using ET (it's officially E.T. I liked things like GASOMY, but the grid was too constrained and the theme set wasn't very tight.Įventually finding IT and US as options was great, but the other true 2-letter movies are far less well known. Once I realized that changing to SHORT FILMS could expand my options, I had a few grid attempts with COCO, TRON, BIG, and UP. This also had some entries I liked (OSNUB) but some that fell flat (LEATHERT). The next few iterations had the theme PIXAR SHORTS with the rebuses WALLE, CARS, UP, and COCO. This had some entries I liked (BIG BOXS TORES, BIG MAC), but some duds (IN A BIG WAY) and I didn't like having the revealer include the rebus square. I'm thrilled to be making my NYT crossword debut! This puzzle was inspired by the March 3rd, 2021 crossword as I started thinking of other phrases that could be interpreted in a similar way.Īttempts 1-5 had the revealer THE BIG SHORT with 4 squares with the rebus entry BIG.
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