cheezguyty wrote: ↑Thu Jun 30, 2022 10:31 pm
I would like to request that every clue from now on ends with the phrase "don't pick the wrong one". Think of all the incorrect responses that could be prevented if they simply instruct the contestants not to provide them in the first place!
That would go well with the science-E clue the other day about the lightest sub-atomic particle (as far as we know).
Which was wrong because the electron neutrino is lighter, which it is, and it is a particle, and it starts with 'e'.
I drove through Las Vegas, New Mexico a few months ago and therefore had no chance of clearing the chaff from my brain.
I have mentally noted the juxtaposition of the two Portlands before, but would never dream that the Oregon one was named after a dowdy little town in Maine. I see Portland as a generic name much like Springfield and Midway. At one time I think Fairview was the most common name, and some southern state had SEVEN of them (citation not forthcoming, don't ingrain this as anything but a resemblance to the truth).
FWIW, I researched York, England, and it's about 160K, about one fiftieth of the Apple. Luckily, the writers pinned the clue to two U.S. cities, or this would be a minor train wreck. (Never mind, I just re-read the clue and totally missed the 1845 TOM. That is pretty helpful, actually.)
The single letter clue for shuck/shack is easy if you start from the corn part of the clue. I only know two things you do with corn, and since Jimmy crack corn and I don't care, it must be shuck.
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