ADREM and ABO and ARA and SST and two -AE ending words and on and on. This grid has been segmented like crazy in a way that increases drastically the amount of short stuff, and then the grid is loaded with "I've seen it before so it must be acceptable"-type fill. (Most constructors I know work without computer assistance initially, but then rely on software to help them see the variety of what's possible, fill-wise, much faster and more completely than the human brain can if you're at all confused about this process, I highly recommend Matt Gaffney's book Gridlock). People who learned to make puzzles in the pre-software era and then *upped their game* when the digital age forced their hands. People who have 15+ years experience doing this stuff. Grids *need* to be much, much more polished than this, and the cold truth is that the only people who can completely hand-fill grids to modern standards, with no digital assistance, are super-experienced pros. He described his stepfather as following "a brand of Islam that could make room for the remnants of more ancient animist and Hindu faiths." In a 2007 article, Chicago Tribune foreign correspondent Kim Barker reported that Soetoro "was much more of a free spirit than a devout Muslim, according to former friends and neighbors." (wikipedia)Īnd this is a grid that has clearly been hand-filled without the apparent aid of any software-I am very supportive of the idea of novices hand-filling grids to get a sense of how they work, how they don't work, what the challenges are in filling them, etc., but that's for the learning stage. In his 1995 memoir Dreams from My Father, Obama described Soetoro as well-mannered, even-tempered, and easy with people he wrote of the struggles he felt Soetoro had to deal with after his return to Indonesia from Hawaii. Lolo Soetoro, also known as Lolo Soetoro Mangunharjo or Mangundikardjo ( EYD: Lolo Sutoro) ( Javanese: Janu− March 2, 1987), was the Indonesian step-father of Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States. Word of the Day: LOLO Soetoro, stepfather of Barack Obama ( 51A). CLOTHES MAKE THE MAN (111A: "You can't judge a book by its cover, but.LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP (24A: "He who hesitates is lost, but.IGNORANCE IS BLISS (38D: "Knowledge is power, but.TIME WAITS FOR NO MAN (34D: "Slow and steady wins the race, but.FOOLS SELDOM DIFFER (6D: "Great minds think alike, but.OPPOSITES ATTRACT (3D: "Birds of a feather flock together, but.and then the answer is THIS OTHER ADAGE THAT CONTRADICTS THE ADAGE IN THE CLUE. THEME: "Conflicting Advice" - adages that are clued via adages that say the opposite, i.e.
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