Temperament Crossword Clue 6 Letters

Temperament Crossword Clue 6 Letters – Classic strip teen with good manners / SUN 12-20-20 / Mild light-colored cigar / William founder of Investor’s Business Daily / Halogenated salt / Suffix suggested by wobbling of hand

THEME: AIM LOW … just kidding, it’s basically “Toy Story” – popular toys from yesteryear, as you may have received at CHRISTMAS (65A: Day to play with new toys)

Temperament Crossword Clue 6 Letters

Word of the Day: COZY COUPE (48D) — The Cozy Coupe is a red-and-yellow toy car manufactured and distributed by Little Tikes, an American manufacturer of children’s toys based in Hudson, Ohio. […] First sold in 1979 as one of the first molded plastic toy cars to be sold in the United States, it was named the “best-selling car in the world” by The New York Times in 1998. Honda Accordand Ford Taurus. In 1991, the Cozy Coupé sold 500,000 units per year, making it the best-selling model in the United States, surpassing the 399,000 Accords and 299,000 Taurus vehicles sold that year. By 1997, with sales of 313,000 units in the US and another 100,000 units sold in the UK in 1997, it would have made it the fifth best-selling car in the US among real vehicles. (wikipedia) (emphasis. mine)

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What a depressingly unambitious puzzle. I am again amazed at what experienced constructors can get away with. Must be fun. There’s nothing here. It’s a lot of old toys. The. End. “Toy Story” is a hugely inaccurate name, as there are only the faintest hints of “stories” about this toy, in the clues. And then the revealer is just… CHRISTMAS? And besides, the filling is weak everywhere. This puzzle could have run 20 years ago, with almost no changes, and it would have been sub-notable then too. This is a shrug. It’s an insult. Again, I say: this is just a list of popular toys. The revealer is a total thud. The filling is bad. How much do you have to hate Christmas to let this stand, let alone publish? I don’t know. This is either the worst kind of favoritism or astounding editorial malpractice or both. Anyway, yikes. The frame of reference is very old, and not just because the toys are old (although that’s a lot). The creaky nature of the filling does not help. APEDOM? IRENIC? “ETTA KETT”? Then there’s clunky stuff like AT STORES (we say “in stores”) and AT A RISK (the “A” gave me goosebumps, ugh). And who cares who founded Investor’s Business Daily, what is that anyway? There are really good O’NEIL’s in the world! Pick one! From trunk to stern, this puzzle is just a bunch of bad decisions. I love Christmas ! I love toys! I’m sure it’s fun reminiscing about toys, but, you know, run a little feature in the Art section if that’s what you want to do. If you want to turn the concept of “Toys through the ages…” into a crossword, you need a hook, a real *puzzle* concept, something…well, anything more than this.

What else to say? Few. The biggest “??????” of the day by far was COZY COUPE, which I first heard of… today. Never heard of it. Ever. I understand the wikipedia page told you that COZY COUPE surpassed Accords and Tauri in the US, but I have to insist that as far as Iconic Toys go, this one is nowhere near the others on the list. Also, the wording on the clue is bizarre: “Toys that sold more cars…”???? The toy… *is* the car. The COZY COUPE is not a car salesman. It’s a car. [Toy car that was sold out, etc.], that could work. Anyway, not iconic, bad clue, clue language lifted from wikipedia (so lazy clue). COZY COUPE is the biggest theme loser of the day. I didn’t know what IODATE was, but that’s pretty typical for me (98A: A halogen-containing salt). Had “I HOPE” for “I’M DUE” (101A: “My luck must change someday”). Hated / cringed at the -AED ending of SAMBAED, but I think you should spell it like that (107A: performed a Latin ballroom dance). I’m going to quit. Go answer the question “Where are the CATS?” (96D: created a tabby for example). I’m going to ask Santa for much, much better puzzles this week. Be careful.

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You can find my completed grid below along with explanations of my solutions where I have them. I hope you find them useful. If a recent Jumbo has brought you grief, you might like my Just For Fun page of use, where you’ll find links to solutions for hundreds of things.

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Speaking of which, I note that The Times Jumbo Cryptic Crossword Book 21 is out and it is partially republishing Jumbos I covered earlier. So I’ve updated the Just For Fun page and a few old posts accordingly.

Thanks again for the kind words and input. It’s always interesting to hear the opinions of other solvers once they’ve put down their pens. Until next time, stay safe there kids. – LP

Answer: TERATOGENIC (i.e., “cause malformation” – over to Chambers: “produce samples; cause abnormal growth (in a fetus)”). Solution is ERATO (one of the Greek “muses”) and GEN (i.e. “info”) both placed in or “probing” TIC (i.e. “twitch”), like so: T(ERATO-GEN)IC. This clue was reminiscent of the title of an extreme horror novella by Edward Lee and Wrath James White called:

Answer: LAUNCH (i.e. “set up”). Solution is A (a recognized abbreviation of “area”) placed in or “having … outside” LUNCH (i.e. “meal”), like so: L(A)UNCH.

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Answer: GAGA (i.e. “doddery”). Solution is A and GAG (i.e. “joke”) all reversed (indicated by “about”), like so: GAG-A.

Answer: Peter USTINOV (i.e. “actor”). The solution is VS (i.e. “America”) followed by T (i.e. “act’s ending”, i.e. the last letter of “act”), then IN (i.e. “popular”), then O (i.e. “love”, a zero score in tennis) and V (a recognized abbreviation of “fresh”).

Answer: HAM IT UP (i.e. “overact”). Solution is HAM (i.e. “radio geek”) followed by IT (i.e. “modern technology”) and UP (i.e. “raised”).

Answer: NO-HOPER (i.e. “that nobody would want”). Solution is NO (abbreviation of “number”) followed by HER (i.e. “the woman”) once wrapped around or placed “outside” of OP (i.e. “work”, specifically a recognized abbreviation of “opus”), like so: NO -H(OP)ER.

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Answer: PROCONSULATES (i.e. Roman “government offices”, apparently). “To fashion” indicates anagram. Solution is an anagram of SCULPTOR AS ONE.

Answer: EXEMPTION (i.e. “let-off”). Solution is EX (i.e. “former”) followed by E (a recognized abbreviation of “English”), then MP (i.e. “politician”, specifically a Member of Parliament), then I (i.e. “[Roman numeral] one”) once posted” in “TON (i.e., “hundred”), such as: EX-E-MP-T(I)ON.

Answer: TRACE (i.e. to “draw”). Solution is ART (i.e. “sketch maybe”) reversed (indicated by “move”) and followed by CE (i.e. “church”, specifically the Church of England), like so: TRA-CE.

Answer: MISOGAMIST (i.e. “marriage hater”). Solution is MIST (i.e. a “film” of moisture) wrapped “about” O (a recognized abbreviation of “old”), GAM (i.e. a “school” or pod of whales) and IS, like so: MIS(O-GAM -IS)T.

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Answer: METTLE (i.e. “temperament”). “How might it sound” indicates homophone. Solution is a homophone of METAL (i.e., “iron”).

Answer: FRICTION (i.e. “conflict”). Solution is FICTION (i.e. “what is misrepresented”) wrapped “about” R (i.e. “queen”, specifically a recognized abbreviation of Latin

Answer: DISCONCERTMENT (i.e. “upset”). The solution is D (a recognized abbreviation of “daughter”) followed by IS, then CONCERT (i.e., “performance”), then MEN (i.e., “guys”), and T (i.e., “event ultimate,” i.e. the last letter of “event” ).

Answer: AVERAGE (i.e. mathematical “mean”). Solution is VERA (i.e. “women’s” name) placed “in” AGE (i.e. “over time”), like so: A(VERA)GE.

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Answer: OFFERS (i.e. “gifts”). Solution is OFF (i.e. “not advantaged”) followed by E (a recognized abbreviation of “Eastern”) and then RINGS (i.e. “jewelry”).

Answer: GATOR (i.e. “reptile”). Solution is TAG (i.e. “label”) inverted (denoted by “turn”) and followed by OR (i.e. “yellow” or gold in heraldry), such as: GAT-OR.

Answer: TIGHT (i.e. “drunk”). The solution is TONIGHT (i.e. “tonight”) with the ON removed (indicated by “that’s not on”).

Answer: MAUNDER (i.e. “grumble”). Solution is MA (i.e. “old woman”, both colloquial terms for mother) followed by BELOW (i.e. “below”).

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Answer: READ-ONLY MEMORY (i.e. “computer function”). The solution is FROM with the first letter removed (indicated as “uninitialized”). The rest, ROM, is a recognized abbreviation of the solution.

Answer: MOLASSES (i.e. “that is”