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The Crossword Of 2020!
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@QWDreaming 3 жыл бұрын
10A: "Substance used in test" = Reagent; "run" = R (cricket) + "key" = E (music notation) + "worker" = AGENT.
@riana5997 3 жыл бұрын
thank you! i was really confused on this, you're a lifesaver
@jertlemiah 3 жыл бұрын
I genuinely do not know how you parsed many of these hints, it felt like grasping at straws but then you'd get the right answer 😅
@Arnorian 3 жыл бұрын
Just knowledge and experience with crosswords, he is a former member of a world puzzle championship team and friends with mark who is the reigning crossword champ ;)
@theatog 3 жыл бұрын
When I only listen to the solve and watch the grid, it sounded like Simon is chanting a spell lol
@TheMeanderingduck6 3 жыл бұрын
tbh I loved this one because I could get most of the clues knowing things that happened in 2020.
@HaydenSupaTee 3 жыл бұрын
I’ve missed crosswords so much. Definitely my fave videos
@willodaise2405 3 жыл бұрын
The first time I watched you do a cryptic crossword, I thought it was just a normal crossword. Almost thought I was having a stroke.
@stevesebzda570 3 жыл бұрын
Lol. Yeah, they call "Cryptic Crosswords" "Crosswords" alone sometimes, (drives me crazy lol) ;) 😂
@MartinFindon 3 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed this s as much as the Sudoku puzzles. Hopefully we’ll see more of this on the channel.
@amoswittenbergsmusings 3 жыл бұрын
What a brilliant crossword! What a brilliant high speed solve! We clearly need someone to clue a crossword where all the clues relate somehow to the Cracking the Cryptic bingo card...
@StorymasterQ 3 жыл бұрын
15:04 "22 down beginning with P, it's probably... Well, I think Panic is more likely than Pubic." Especially since there are noticeably fewer naked singles in a crossword.
@michaelbaker9347 3 жыл бұрын
that 1D clue is phenomenal! my favorite clue of the puzzle
@KyleLanmon 3 жыл бұрын
There are ALDI stores in the US. The four seasons thing was in Pennsylvania. They were meant to have a very important press conference at Four Seasons, but ended up at Four Seasons Total Landscaping 😂
@alexger85 3 жыл бұрын
yes, aldi is a german supermarket chain operating all over the world
@alternativeglasto 3 жыл бұрын
Philadelphia, but they both start with P and end ia.
@ryanager8029 3 жыл бұрын
You got them all right, the “without help“ thing is just weird. You make a typo and correct it it counts it as help.
@andrewgrant6516 3 жыл бұрын
Good job sudokus aren't scored that way or Simon would get negative scores!
@Rob-ew9id 3 жыл бұрын
Can't believe you were struggling on eat out to help out - that was one of the only ones I got!
@MatthewLenton 3 жыл бұрын
The clue refers to the Eat Out To Help Out scheme where the Government paid for half the meal and I assume brews is a reference to it being an anagram I'm useless at crosswords by the way
@Jonathan-uk7nm 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah I thought of this reference too lol
@robertbrookes2000 3 жыл бұрын
This was the only one I managed to put together. This is the only way I look at Cryptic Crosswords, and even with explanations I hardly know what's going on.
@stevesebzda570 3 жыл бұрын
@@robertbrookes2000 lol I don't know what's goin-on either ("anagrams", "1st letters" somewhere , and whatever synonyms apply, sometimes even "antonyms" , it's totally confusing lol) ;) 😂 [[Cryptic Crosswords are wild lol ]]
@stevesebzda570 3 жыл бұрын
"Eat Out To Help Out" that sounds right. [[ , Matthew Lenton]]
@mattiascrowe2549 2 жыл бұрын
At the start you talked about children disrupting an expert, that actually happened a few years before, the nanny was actually their mother. It was very cute but I think a lot of people associate it with covid due to the Mandela effect
@bluerizlagirl 3 жыл бұрын
This is a brilliant combination of gallows humour and excellent wordplay!
@yvke1996 3 жыл бұрын
Happy new year everyone! ❤️
@deejay30 3 жыл бұрын
Got drawaveil and milieux but struggled on eat out to help out 🤷♂️😂
@Tiger21us 3 жыл бұрын
These cryptic clues always sound like rubbish to me, but then it solves into such neat things. Amazement intensifies 🙀😻
@KusaneHexaku 3 жыл бұрын
1 Down was marked as red on the clue panel, so maybe that means something?
@Lindzolt 3 жыл бұрын
I assume like red tape
@kilimanjarocruz660 3 жыл бұрын
Starting the year with an awesome cryptic crossword. Fantastic, love those videos!
@JediJess1 3 жыл бұрын
11:45 I can confirm that Aldi exists here in Australia. Great supermarket. Best shop that I know of to get Lasagna from and other cool seasonal treats
@simsplayer9952 3 жыл бұрын
They also exist in Pennsylvania.
@ccd202 3 жыл бұрын
The nanny from Zoom Call was his wife.
@troystamnes9316 3 жыл бұрын
Christopher Daly also it was years ago no? I think the emphasis is on zoom in general not that interview
@mparis130 3 жыл бұрын
Yikessss
@wren4077 3 жыл бұрын
@@troystamnes9316 even older than that it's from 2017 pretty sure but it did go viral again this year for some reason I'm not familiar with
@michaelpegg5994 3 жыл бұрын
@@wren4077 I think there was a similar one in 2020.
@rach6088 3 жыл бұрын
big oof
@altreusplays 7 ай бұрын
This was nostalgic as heck. Hope everyone is doing ok 3 years later!
@andreww4473 3 жыл бұрын
Enjoyed watching that. Thank you. Happy New Year, Simon!
@LandOfForeverSummer 3 жыл бұрын
It was nice to see how it all worked. Thanks and happy new year!
@bristolrovers27 3 жыл бұрын
Favourite video of 2021 !!!! Always nice to see a crossword and hope it’s a sign of at least some intentions for this years content Edward Colston was a Bristol slave trader
@scottjacoby2594 3 жыл бұрын
The story about the children barging in was in 2019 (or maybe 2018). He was doing a Skype interview on the news (BBC I think, might have been BBC America, actually). His children come in, and the woman who came in after the children was his wife, but because she’s a minority everyone assumed it was a nanny or housekeeper of some sort. Not only was it a funny incident, but also was a lesson in checking white privilege because everyone assumed a woman of color was the hired help.
@grenvillephillips6998 3 жыл бұрын
Funny enough, I thought it was class privilege because having a nanny is assumed to be the privilege of the higher classes.
@teamcyeborg Жыл бұрын
Just because I didn't see anyone mention it, Aldi does exist over here in the states, at least on the East Coast
@danebeyer5674 3 жыл бұрын
I can’t believe Aldi exists in the UK too. That really surprised me because normally when I travel people have never heard of any of the stores near me.
@Oltoir 3 жыл бұрын
Yep, it's actually a German supermarket chain that has made its way west!
@theunamiable 3 жыл бұрын
And is in Australia.
@danebeyer5674 3 жыл бұрын
I didn’t realize it has stores in so many places around the globe. (For reference, I live in the Midwestern United States.)
@miwoisthata5186 3 жыл бұрын
Do they have Aldi Süd or Aldi Nord? Nord has a white/light blue colour scheme, Süd is dark blue/light blue. It always weirds me out a bit to see the stores abroad, same with Lidl
@danebeyer5674 3 жыл бұрын
@@miwoisthata5186 it seems like we have aldi süd where I’m from. I’m not sure about anywhere else though.
@coolcutiekitti17 3 жыл бұрын
Four Seasons Total Landscaping in Philadelphia
@kelperdude 3 жыл бұрын
Simon is much aware of things other than numbers. :)
@AmaranthRBY 3 жыл бұрын
Wow what a puzzle, really strong theming. Happy new year everyone :)
@chavem 3 жыл бұрын
This was a lot of fun 🎆 2020 wasn't... but it still is an important year to remember moving forward! P.S. Yes, it was the wife, not the nanny, and it is sad that people just assume she's a nanny because of her ethnicity - BUT he wasn't too familiar with the story anyways so it's very understandable ❤
@Xelger 3 жыл бұрын
Here in the USA, we do, indeed, have Aldi discount grocery stores. In fact, I just got some gift cards for the place.
@stevesebzda570 3 жыл бұрын
Yes, a cousin of mine goes to an ALDI, you're right.
@shifttheshaman 3 жыл бұрын
Such an elegant puzzle.
@stevesebzda570 3 жыл бұрын
I know one thing, I'm looking forward to "The Big Fat Quiz Of The Year" [a long comedy quiz show at years end with Jimmy Carr hosting] to see how many of these topics will be covered there lol. 😂😎
@ClutchOuya 2 жыл бұрын
4 down I think the Harding it’s referencing is Tonya Harding because of the TON
@lukeblake91 3 жыл бұрын
I know im coming in late, but in the "brew teas" part... brew the "teas" like a beer. Mixing up its ingredients. So brew is keying you into it being an anagram. Sorry, just found and binged your channel I am terrible at cryptics but am learning A LOT
@LucyXuCovers 3 жыл бұрын
It's Edward Colston! Enough years of going to Colston's School taught me more than I wanted.
@jovi_al 3 жыл бұрын
Aldi does exist overseas-- there's one near me, I live in the southern US :)
@brookead 3 жыл бұрын
EATS was a reference to EOHO (Eat Out to Help Out). And Dido Harding is head of NHS Test and Trace.
@Kirbyfan87827 3 жыл бұрын
I had heard news stories about Aldis in the UK but I never put two and two together that they were the same company as the Aldis here in the States until somewhat recently.
@glennmelven3414 3 жыл бұрын
Irrational response to CV = panic Best answer in the whole puzzle.
@DarthChewdup 3 жыл бұрын
We do have Aldi here in the US.
@MatthewLenton 3 жыл бұрын
And it's also in other parts of Europe as it's a German company
@robertbrookes2000 3 жыл бұрын
12:27 "Not sure I understand that." Me who can barely understand what's going on even with an explanation: Isn't it obvious, the phrase eat out to help out, so it must be eats.
@AyrtonTwigg 3 жыл бұрын
Crossword Rewind
@sanfransam8954 3 жыл бұрын
You did a lot better on our US events than we could ever do on UK events. Good job! Or as you would say... Brilliant!
@dionie1177 3 жыл бұрын
17 Down - the Eat Out to Help Out scheme!
@salfordnurse 3 жыл бұрын
Cryptic crossword I was doing on my iPad today had the most depressing clue ever Fasten the right layer (4). Tier.
@ruperte 3 жыл бұрын
17 down is in reference to Eat Out to Help Out
@christianloizou4463 3 жыл бұрын
“Eat out to help out!” - 17d
@PeterVC 3 жыл бұрын
Aldi supermarkets are originally from Germany. We also have them here in Belgium. Actually didn't know they were also in the UK.
@nekozid 3 жыл бұрын
It's actually weird, there's two companies Aldi Nord and Aldi Süd, and they each cover different countries.
@daconor91 3 жыл бұрын
Filipino nanny? That was his wife!
@Raistlin212Speedruns 3 жыл бұрын
I don't know if it's what they are referencing but the PGA golf tourney at Harding this year had a problem with people trying to watch and had to get ran off..."Get on" + "Observe Harding" = ?
@jroemling 3 жыл бұрын
Celebrity named Harding? All Vice Grip Garage viewers: Tonya Harding!
@stevesebzda570 3 жыл бұрын
Lol I was immediately thinking even "Warren G. Harding" (a past President of the United States) along with "Tonya Harding" also lol;) 😂
@stevesebzda570 3 жыл бұрын
Jochen Römling, you're right, I heard Tonya Harding (being exonerated [[in a way]] because so much time had passed and she can't be held accountable for what a past boyfriend does of course) that she became somewhat famous in 2020 (or 2019) recently for something [[maybe a Blog]] I heard something about that though lol 😂😎
@stevesebzda570 3 жыл бұрын
[[Not to mention, the answer was "geton" (which is awfully close to "Baton" which the Summer Olympians passed on in those Medly Races that Tonya Harding's boyfriend may have used to smack Nancy Kerrigan in the leg, lol) . 😂😎
@markscottuk 3 жыл бұрын
17d is Eat Out to Help Out where Rishi paid restaurants £10 per meal
@user-tf6pg7jj6c 3 жыл бұрын
I have something to ask! Why I feel so dumb now? Is there a difference in these puzzles between a representative of the English speaking world and nonenglishspeaking world? Here I will discuss why I thought I would be very good in these crosswords and why I now think, I actually barely understand it. Expectations: 1) Excellent in Bulgarian crosswords. But they are nothing like that thing above. 2) Very good at sudokuish puzzles. A chessplayer also. I follow the channel but not for the crosswords. 3) A mathematician and very good at logic. I hate brute memorizing. So not very good at formulas. But the thinking part is my power. 4) A quiz maker(producer) and one of the top quizzers in my hometown(30k population). Very broad common knowledge and an overall intellectual. 5) Good in linguistics also. An unprofessional writer(mainly poetry). Know several languages including English. Reality: I think I suck at this because English is not so intuitive to me. I did not even understood how it works well. Otherwise, I understand really well the sudoku videos. But this thing is strange. Also I am not really good at USA and UK politics and news. In fact not really following the Bulgarian news also. I am not good in the trivial things. How do you think is it because I am not from the English world or I am just dumb? :D
@kevinthurlow8055 3 жыл бұрын
Not dumb! Crosswords are even more difficult in other languages. Partly, English ones often rely on puns or slang, which are not easy to follow (although your English clearly is excellent). Also, if these clues are about events in Britain, you are entitled not to know about them. I think I am OK at crosswords and managed to do some easy French ones years ago, but I am not trying Bulgarian!
@QWDreaming 3 жыл бұрын
Cryptic crosswords have a 'language' of their own; you will struggle to solve one in a typical British newspaper without having a good grasp of this strange code. Many abbreviations and obfuscated references to the letters in the answer have been used so often that they are considered easy or obvious to an experienced solver (for example the word 'ring' representing the letter 'O'). However to a novice, they will be extremely difficult to crack.
@yiotatort 3 жыл бұрын
Your English while very good is not perfect, but I still feel certain that if you spent some time and learned about cryptic crosswords and the unusual methodology, you'd do just fine especially with your background in linguistics. I found that the Cryptic crossword article on Wikipedia to be really helpful in understanding what was going on in these videos, you may find it to be of help. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptic_crossword
@user-tf6pg7jj6c 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you, people! I am kind of calmed down now. I will consider whether learning the craft of English type crosswords would be worthwhile to me. I was interested in the English ones due to the shortage of quality and variety of Bulgarian ones on the internet. In fact, I came across this channel because of the crosswords a long time ago, but ironically this became the only type of CtC content I do not watch and like. But just because I do not understand it. If someone is peculiar I will discuss briefly the Bulgarian type of crosswords. In contrast to the probably too abstract English type, the Bulgarian ones tend to be too plain. There seem to be some unwritten rules also. Like huge prevalence of the nouns. Many dictionary cues. The biggest flaw is probably the frequent repetition of some "dumb" words. Like archaisms, some really specific stuff like "Bus stop in Tajikistan"(This is actually a common satirical hyperbolarization of the Bulgarian cues, but close to reality) and some words which are probably made for and only ever used in crosswords. I guess it is an analog to the "O" ring example which was given to me. It is hard to find a very high-quality Bulgarian crossword. Which lacks this flaw. They are usually similar in quality to a computer-generated sudoku.
@SamAshworth91 3 жыл бұрын
Is 29A not referring to Matt Hancock?
@joshmiskin9706 3 жыл бұрын
What was the Harding clue in the end?
@andymullins7187 3 жыл бұрын
I’m guessing it refers to Dido Harding, appointed to head up the Test and Trace system in the UK.
@hauntedmasc 3 жыл бұрын
Hey Simon, just a thought about that particular type of java crossword applet. I've seen it used on *_many_* different sites. I believe that the program is set to indicate incorrect letters (in red) by default, but the settings can be changed. Anyway, I believe that's the reason it indicated you had 99%, not 100%, "without help". The absolute nerve... haha
@eatdirtmofo 3 жыл бұрын
Ovenready
@AngrySanta 3 жыл бұрын
Happy New Year; We have an ALDI here and I was never quite sure how to pronounce it
@bibliopolist 3 жыл бұрын
In the original German pronunciation it's actually something like "ul-dee" (with the first sound pronunced short and crisp like the u in but), not "all-dee". Also, "Lidl" isn't "Liddl", but more like "Leedle" in German. Even more counterintuitive for English speakers is the German supermarket brand of "REWE", wich doesn't rhyme with Crewe, but goes like "re-ve", with the e's pronounced like in "ready".
@bamweasel 3 жыл бұрын
I don't like when letters don't have crossplay. It makes it harder to find a mistake when you get a clue wrong.
@scottjacoby2594 3 жыл бұрын
Also, it was Four Seasons Total Landscaping in Pittsburg. They wanted to hold a press conference at the Four Seasons Hotel but accidentally booked it at Four Seasons Total Landscaping, but Trump’s incessant need to appear infallible passed it off as intentional. The reason it was in Pittsburg was because Pennsylvania was of great importance at the time and had to do with contesting the results of the votes in Pennsylvania.
@bibliopolist 3 жыл бұрын
It was in Pennsylvania, but in Philadelphia, not Pittsburgh.
@scottjacoby2594 3 жыл бұрын
@@bibliopolist no I’m almost positive it’s Pittsburg. I remember when I first heard it, I was thinking “why Pittsburg?” Because all the hullabaloo was about Philly, but pretty sure it’s Pittsburg.
@scottjacoby2594 3 жыл бұрын
@@bibliopolist upon further googling, it was in fact Philly. Then what was the thing about Pittsburg that was going on?
@theatog 3 жыл бұрын
Has anyone requested an ASMR on crossword yet? I know Simon did one with Sudoku. I think a crossword would probably be way better as ASMR
@user-A168 3 жыл бұрын
Good
@spannerplays2749 3 жыл бұрын
Ay I work for Aldi love it
@Tanfana830 3 жыл бұрын
Fun Fact - We do have ALDI in the United States
@yardgrid 3 жыл бұрын
"Philippino nanny". Ouch
@Rizz922 3 жыл бұрын
how do you know when the answers are anagrams?
@DannyInCanada 3 жыл бұрын
when there's a word that indicates "broken" or "messed up" or "crazy" or "wrong" or "rearranged", that sort of thing.
@BarelyNoticeable 3 жыл бұрын
My brain... how... WHAT
@wren4077 3 жыл бұрын
"Fillipino nanny" oof
@Ervine4 3 жыл бұрын
? pretty sure it was that or his wife.
@wren4077 3 жыл бұрын
@@Ervine4 it was definitely the wife. It's just the assumption that comes of being a nanny is a bit edgy.
@wren4077 3 жыл бұрын
@@Ervine4 also not Filipino lmao
@Ervine4 3 жыл бұрын
@@wren4077 I can't imagine being you
@wren4077 3 жыл бұрын
@@Ervine4 I don't doubt it
@KK-gl6fv 3 жыл бұрын
2nd and HAPPY 2021!!
@SteveTignor 3 жыл бұрын
Here you go. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Seasons_Total_Landscaping_press_conference
@mikepictor 3 жыл бұрын
My mind is not designed for this. I don’t even understand it after he enters the answers. There is some angle your brain has to be on here, and I don’t even know how to find the angle, let alone get on it.
@maaleru 3 жыл бұрын
Maybe it's because trium-o-hal typo (immediately corrected, but idk how software works)
@eatdirtmofo 3 жыл бұрын
Oven Ready wasn't Oven Ready when you typed it, a bit harsh
@roughryder5 2 жыл бұрын
This man is nothing short of a genius. I'd be a blithering imbecile in his presence.
@tairrdelbach 3 жыл бұрын
Best thing to watch when drunk.
@letitbern9439 3 жыл бұрын
4 down might be referring to Tonya Harding? Since the answer was geTON?
@asliuf 3 жыл бұрын
jesus this is insane
@ktuluflux Жыл бұрын
Matt = matte = not glossy = dull is a stretch. I mean come on.
@alexger85 3 жыл бұрын
Dido Harding is responsible of the test and trace scheme. She's qualified bc her she ran the cheltenham festival and her husband is a conservative mp
@phoenixv.b.7948 3 жыл бұрын
First Nice
@lisacarman1 3 жыл бұрын
2:20 What you are referring to was a) not in 2020, and b) somewhat offensively, the woman you were talking about was the mother, not the nanny. She kept being called the nanny by so many people because racism *waves hands about in a rainbow arc*
@leSmokySmoke 3 жыл бұрын
what did just happen here? what did I watch? I did not understand a single word probably.. :S
@ozzfest12349 2 жыл бұрын
What in the world is even going on
@flsal27 3 жыл бұрын
It was not a Philipino Nanny. It was the British mother!
@raybrown2197 3 жыл бұрын
A very partisan setter me thinks
@amoswittenbergsmusings 3 жыл бұрын
This brilliant crossword appeared in the British newspaper "The Independent" which depends for its readership on the woke brigade. It is as independent as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea or the late Deutsche Demokratische Republik were ever democratic 😉.
@kevinthurlow8055 3 жыл бұрын
@@amoswittenbergsmusings But it does have the advantage that it is very cheap and has a 4-page puzzle pull-out every day (sudoku, crossword, codeword, etc.) You can pull the puzzles out and ignore the rest!
@smylers2679 3 жыл бұрын
@@kevinthurlow8055 ‘The Independent’ has been online-only for several years: it no longer has any pages you can pull out. Are you thinking of the ‘I’, a separate newspaper?
@kevinthurlow8055 3 жыл бұрын
@@smylers2679 Yes - sorry, I meant the "i" - but that is left-leaning to say the least. Not that I care, I know that when I read it!
@andrewgrant6516 3 жыл бұрын
"Matt" is Matt Hancock, our disastrous Health Secretary, who infuriates me by signing all the official government lockdown advice letters with just his first name, as if we're mates.
@brock2k1 3 жыл бұрын
Kind of sad that I'm so impressed by how much Simon knows about US politics. I'll bet most Americans couldn't even name Britain's PM.
@MarkSmithSa 3 жыл бұрын
Which is why I don't subscribe to The Independent - not because of the crossword which is actually fairly easy.
@stevesebzda570 3 жыл бұрын
"The 'Cryptic' Of 2020" it should say, (or "Cryptic Crossword"). Too much literary license throwin' around "Crossword" alone. [A Crossword is a different puzzle] [[Simon reigned it in calling it a "Cryptic Crossword" at the beginning though. Good job, Simon ]] What are the rules for these, anyway? (The 1st letter of the 3rd or 4th word, along with an anagram sometimes is part of them?) For all us Crossword doers, that's liable to be an easier one, I don't know. Cool I guess though. [[For someone referencing a 2020 event on each and every clue in this puzzle actually makes it easier (because you know it's comin) lol]] [[Much much much less clues than a Crossword (these open Cryptic Crosswords are). Crosswords are entirely full (except for a few regions) and probably 104 to 114 across AND down for the Sunday ones. How many is this? 25 across and down (totally open and airy) ? 30 tops I bet. Different rules ;) 😂😎 What are the rules for these though ? I'll watch along and get an idea (sounds a little easier though). I'm gettin' an idea how they work watching. Thanks, Simon.
@mylomilk4635 3 жыл бұрын
I think the 99% was saying that you did it without any help and beat 99% of people (who did without help) timewise
@andrewgrant6516 3 жыл бұрын
Have you forgotten the unmitigated disaster that was "eat out to help out" so quickly?
@yiotatort 3 жыл бұрын
As I'm not British and mostly ignore medical advice provided by my own government (where it contradicts the CDC/WHO) I had no idea what this was talking about. Thank you for providing a search hint. That was really, really terrible.
@stevesebzda570 3 жыл бұрын
@8:49 (Simon wondering who or what "Harding" meant {and him saying "it was getting quite political" a second ago} AND a "G" in the clue) Simon, you're lucky you didn't know of ''Warren G. Harding" a past President of the United States (and I think he caroused around with the women "lying down" a lot (if ya know what I mean) [[a "a womanizer, I think he was known for]] further confusing you because the clue had "ascendant" (ascending, not lying-down lol) in one of those words. Not to mention, "Tonya Harding" (but that would have been a news event during the Olympics of 1998 or something (I forget) lol. Lucky you didn't know about that infamous President though (he was a real something or other he was only known for, so largely forgotten) lol 😂😎 Answer was ''Geton" (but that's awfully close to a "Baton" which is prob similar to what Tonya Harding's boyfriend may have hit Nancy Kerrigan in the knee with lol). They were Figure Skaters during that Olympics (so Figure Skating event) and a "Baton" was used during the Relay Medley races in the summer Olympics lol). "Warren G. Harding" is the 1st thing that came to my mind though, ( I think he was known to have wild parties or something at the White House) he wasn't known for much else so largely forgotten (we just learned about his name in school, [[before "Prohibition" I think]] that's all) ;) 😂😎
@SkylersRants 3 жыл бұрын
Way too obscure to be interesting. Matt as in dull should be spelled matte.
@hullabaloo6797 3 жыл бұрын
Shame that clues for 1D and 21A don't reflect reality
@wren4077 3 жыл бұрын
pandey tu annoying hai
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