![]() People will probably like this one for its sassy theme - which is undeniably clever. I didn't care for the construction of the grid overall, though, which is disappointing, because I really want to like this puzzle. I just didn't think the fill was, in general, up to the quality of the theme. I want to love WE ARE DEVO ( 20A: End of a 1978 new-wave album title), but the constructor in me balks at the idea of the "end of a. A nearby rival town, Tver, rebelled against Mongol rule, and Ivan sided with the Mongols. He bought property, enhancing himself economically. He had saved his money and was known as Ivan the moneybag. one of that length) being a suitable stand-alone answer in the grid. The Grand Prince of Moscow beginning in 1325 was Ivan I. The NE felt a little icky - ARIANA ( 11D: Afghanistan's national airline) is one of those answers constructors know and (speaking for myself) try hard not to have to use because it's a relatively obscure proper noun and a massive grid crutch, giving you lots of handy letters in a handy arrangement. PHENOL crossing wasn't lovely either ( 24A: Embalming chemical).īut let's write my reaction in that NE corner off to personal prejudice. My dislike for the SW corner is going to be harder to write off. That is one ugly mixture, from the insanely improbable-looking GIING (dear lord) to the random pope+Roman numeral *crossing a prince+Roman numeral* (!!!) ( 44D: 10th-century pope interred at St. Peter's Basilica + 58A: Muscovite prince known as "Moneybag") to the apostrophized WEARIN' ( 50A: "The _ o' the Green" (old Irish ballad)) to the bizarreness of an alleged god named NOTUS ( 54A: God of the south wind). ROSSSEA ( 46A: Body of water named for an English explorer) is like ARIANA to me - all I see is "exotic crutch." It's hard not to love a puzzle with a GOLD PIANO ( 55A: Elvis instrument now in the Country Music Hall of Fame) and NO UNDERWEAR, but I didn't love this one. Russian prince nicknamed Moneybag NYT Crossword Clue Answers are listed below and every time we find a new solution for this clue, we add it on the answers. Side note: didn't like the clue on the revealer, NO UNDERWEAR.
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