Yijing Chen is back again; her last LA Times puzzle was the "no notes" musical theme back on Oct 16th that we either loved or hated. I loved that one, and today's construction, too - it might well be the epitome of a crossword, at least within the context of a themed, Friday-level one. A solid concept, four answers in a pinwheel, plus a grid-spanner, with each of the matching "?" clues beginning with "Go", but interpreted as "G and O" - the letters that start the matching two-word fills. A theme that even if solvers sussed out, only gives them two cells for "free". Plenty of deceptive and/or obscure clues, with almost no dreck for fill, a high Grid Flow, and four 9-letter Downs on top of the themers. My only 'nits' ( 58D. ) were the three additional "?" clues that were non-themers, used as a hint at punny answers, and of the mere four names ( one a themer ), one could have been clued differently; perhaps a change by the editor. The five themers, no reveal; 18. Go with the flow?: GIANTOTTER - This animal "weaseled" its way into the crossword . . . 🙄
38. Go wild?: GREATOUTDOORS - An 80's movie I did not see - Dan Aykroyd, John Candy
I went as Dan Aykroyd's Ghostbusters character Ray Stantz at the gym on Halloween
59. Go vegan?: GREENONION - A.K.A. 'scallions', I liked the fact that "Go Green" was not used for any of the clues. I chop up and add the whole bunch when I make my Kung Pao Chinese chicken dish. Here's the musical version
Booker T & the M.G.s
3. Go blond?: GOLDENOREO - I liked the cute clue for this version of our beloved crossword cookie
31. Go figure?: GARYOLDMAN - One of my favorite actors, I am fascinated by how his appearance changes dramatically from role to role, with hardly any makeup; here he is in the Fifth Element as Zorg, then Sirius Black from the Harry Potter movies, and again as commissioner Gordon from one of the Batman triologies - name #1
But Wait There's More~!
ACROSS:
1. Wilts: SAGS
5. Lacking the knack: INEPT - Don't ask Ozzy, he don't know . . .
I Don't Know, with "GO GO GO~!" @ 3:28
10. Each, informally: APOP - OK, twurd(ish)
14. Monkey's fist, for one: KNOT - solid Friday obsure, if you're not into sailing - or crafts . . .
15. James of "North by Northwest": MASON - second of only four names today; didn't have to be one - he was the actor originally cast as "Drax" for the 007 movie "Moonraker"; here's more from YouTube . . .
Fact #9 @ 8:12
16. At its prime, in a way: RIPE - this is true, of fruit - B.O., not so much - see 56 Down
17. Online chat status: IDLE
20. Reduce the importance of: DEVALUE
22. Osso buco cut: SHANK
23. Early tourney rounds: PRELIMS - tournament & preliminaries both abbrs
25. Storage tower: SILO
27. German article: EIN - "a"
28. Clothes line: SEAM - We've seen this misdirection before
30. Herding breed that originated in Wales: CORGI - proper noun, not quite a 'name'
33. Sponsor, as a stretch of highway: ADOPT - Here's a link to the history, and how it works
I believe this is on a stretch of I-84
35. Exceed 21 at a casino, say: LOSE - Dah~! Not BUST
37. Legged it: RAN - my thanks to the constructor fo teeing this one up for me . . .
A leg, a run, a tragedy
41. Shrill cry: "EEK~!"
42. Part of AM: ANTE - Latin, ante meridian, before ( meri dies ) mid-day
43. Make quickly, as eggs: FRYUP - Also learned this is what Brits call a full breakfast
47. One, for two: HALF - another vague, yet great clue for Friday
49. It's mined, all mined!: ORE - Great new way to clue this old fill
"Mining" Nemo
50. Noun suffix: NESS - I read this as the suffix one puts on a noun - e.g. SOFT is an adjective - softness, however, is the noun . . . one can't put "ness" on a noun; I have never enjoyed the "deskness" of my office . . . 😜
52. Handout to a passerby: LEAFLET
54. Tempo slower than adagio: LARGO
57. Gulped down: INHALED - had this clue/answer two weeks ago
61. "Could not agree more": "AMEN~!" - two weeks in a row for Friday
67. Point of view: TAKE - as in, "what's your - - - on things~?"
68. Optional stair part: RISER - the vertical part between treads if they're NOT optional by code
Vertiginous
69. With 23-Down, stir-fry vegetable: SNOW - AND - 23. See 69-Across: PEA
. . . OR . . .
DOWN:
1. Compete in the super-G, e.g.: SKI - I start with the Down clues to give me some crossings at the themers, which was only 3/5ths effective today; I did not know what 'sport' this clue referred to
2. "Is there more to this story?": "AND . . .?"
4. __ wool: STEEL - Dah~! I shoulda known this one . . . 😖
5. "Sign me up!": "I'MGAME~!"
6. Paperless filing center?: NAILSALON - "?" clue #2, very clever, and the first of four 9-letter Down fills; the place one can go to get your fingernails trimmed, painted, etc.
7. Genesis sibling: ESAU - Dah~! I went with ABEL; CAIN, SETH, and even LEVI fit; name #3
8. Southern cornmeal cakes: PONES - A bit Meh in the plural
9. Letters on red Minecraft blocks: TNT
10. Hybrid subgenre for Ari Aster and Jordan Peele: ARTHORROR - Down 9 #2, I have not heard of this type of film-making, and I only recognized ONE movie from this IMDb list; name(ish)
11. Kebab bread: PITA - Dah~! I filled in NAAN to start
12. Kick off: OPEN
13. Added benefit: PERK - I tried PLUS; 25% correct
19. Scandinavian city served by Gardermoen Airport: OSLO - Four letter yada yada Scandinavia~?
21. Far-reaching outlook: VISTA
24. Like Ruffles: RIDGED
26. Sugar-coated, in a way: ICED - another great clue, talking birthday cake, e.g.
29. Cave entrance: MOUTH - I pondered our more obscure crosswordese "ADIT"
32. Create a policy for: INSURE - spot on, but took me a while
34. Toy breed that originated in China: PEKINGESE - Down 9 #3
36. Touch base in an unusual way?: STEALHOME - "?" #3, and Down 9 #4 - baseball, but it's a bit 'meh' as home is a 'plate', not a base . . .
39. License plates: TAGS - I see this in books and hear it in movies, but most of the people I am acquainted with on the East coast do not call them "tags" - it's just "the plates". Perhaps due to my time in New York where the registration is a sticker in the lower corner of the windshield, not on a corner of the plate
40. Ingredient used by nose-to-tail chefs: OFFAL - Another learning moment; I never realized that "offal" is the word/term/definition of the edible organs of an animal. More about the cuisine - also British - here in an LA Times article
44. Caress: PET - I started with PAT
46. Inert gas: NEON - second in the Noble gases class
48. More economical: LEANER - CHEAPER didn't fit, but I left in the "E R" and waited on perps
51. Red Sea peninsula: SINAI - More Biblical, Geo name #4
53. Psychoanalysis topics: FEARS - nailed it - not the fingernail kind of hammering fear, either . . . 🙄
54. Pride Month letters: LGBT
55. Side by side?: AREA - a very clever, but fourth "?" clue
56. Raise a big stink?: REEK - our last, "?" clue #5
58. Minor complaints: NITS - see above
60. Poetic contraction: O'ER - in just a couple of weeks, we will be o'er the fields jingling bells . . .
62. I, to Claudius: EGO - Dah~! I went with "ONE", for the Roman numeral
63. Still in the box: NEW - "in mint condition" - I have these two original Star Wars toys, but they're pretty banged up, as I played with them when I was a kid . . .
We have a Halloween-themed puzzle a day early; I was unaware that we would have a similar theme yesterday, as I wrote today's blog earlier in the week, but solve the rest of the week's puzzles as they come out . . . The LA Times editor, Patti Varol, is back again with a crossword that takes common in-language phrases and gives them a trick-or-treat-ment . . . 🙄 Five themers, including a grid-spanner, totalling 61 squares, that become "creepy" puns in a timely fashion. A solid Friday construction, maybe more names than I would care for, but I did some historical research, and found even our host & crossword master C.C. has "bemoaned" them - on Halloween, no less. Huh. Standard grid, no circles, no outliers, a Twurd, and thirteen names - we have a Friday the 13th coming in November. The themers, no reveal;
17. Suggestion at the start of a Halloween decoration workshop?: MAKE-A-WITCH - Make-A-Wish; I don't have a tree in my front yard, or I'd put one of these up . . .
23. Expectation during a Halloween concert?: RHYTHMANDBOOS - Rhythm & Blues
Atlanta Rhythm Section - "Spooky" - but they weren't the original band
Bminor, same key as Hotel Cali- . . .
36. Apparition who only appears on Halloween in the Golden State?: CALIFORNIAGHOST - I had ghoul first - as in Califronia girl, but no, it's the California Coast, which I see is currently threatened
Ghost, "Faith" 🠟
49. Got separated from a spooky friend at a Halloween party?: LOSTONE'SGHOUL - Lost One's Cool - the "nameless Ghouls" are the members of the Swedish rock band Ghost, behind "Papa Emeritus V". Now for a song about that vampire from Transylvania . . . not the Muppet, the other one
Nosferatu, off "Spectres", from Blue Öyster Cult
59. "My Halloween monster costume is so disappointing!"?: IDON'TSCARE - "I. Don't. Care."
"We're Ready to Believe You"
Buuuuuut Waaaaaait There's Mooooooan~!
ACROSS:
1. Oodles: ALOT - A Twurd to start us off
5. Mattress material: FOAM - I do the Downs first, had perps
9. Tablet downloads: APPs
13. Kidney-related: RENAL - my dad had a kidney transplant, so I heard this word ALOT growing up
15. Red inside, maybe: RARE
16. Victory lap speed: TROT
19. Depend (on): RELY
20. Sugar suffix: OSE - fructose, sucralose ( OK, that's fake sugar ), etc.
21. Shoreline shaper: TIDE - The King Tide is the threat to the west coast
22. Yaz's team from 1961 to 1983: BOSOX - abbr for abbr - Carl Yastrzemski, played for the Boston Red Sox - not a baseball fan, but I knew this name, #1
27. Athletic honor: ESPY - The award given out by ESPN, the sports network; I see our favorite crossword WNBA player made the list . . .
28. Horn of Africa nation: ERITREA - Geo name #2
31. Omnia vincit __: AMOR - Latin, "love conquers all"
34. "Right on!": "AMEN~!"
These Halloween tights are right on
35. Dragon boat steerer: OAR - Chinese "ship", but when I punched "Dragon Boat" into Google, I get more Chinese restaurants than rowers; more here
11. See 24-Down: POLO - AND - 24. With 11-Down, "The Fosters" actress: TERI name #s 6 & 7
12. River that made Achilles (mostly) invincible: STYX - dipped all but his "heel", hence the "weak" term
14. Plastered strips: LATHS - Meh in the plural
18. Fraidy-cat: WIMP - fitting clue/answer
22. Sound of spring?: <<BOING>> - Har-har
25. Lovato with the 2025 album "It's Not That Deep": DEMI - name #8; her website
26. City near Anaheim: BREA - west coast, again - I get it - it's the LA Times . . . 😑Geo name #9
29. Smooth sailing: EASE - Dah~! I tried CALM
30. Newspaper section: ARTS - not op-ed
31. Checkbook no.: ACCT
32. Home of Kahului Airport: MAUI - sounded Hawaiian, tried OAHU to start - Geo name #10
33. Tex-Mex brand: OLDELPASO - I usually buy their flat-bottom taco shells
34. Echidna snack: ANT - learning moment; did not think of Echidna as an animal, but a place . . . turns out it's another Greek mythology figure, and the mother of Cerberus, for one
37. "F" on a test: FALSE - Five letters, therefore, not "FAIL"
38. Notice in passing?: OBITuary - Standard crossword humor
39. Credit report blot: REPO - A repossession, typically of a vehicle - I own my two cars
40. Leftovers dish: HASH - I toyed with STEW but waited on perps
45. "The Favourite" Oscar winner Olivia: COLMAN - looks like it might be a funny movie; name #11
46. Seed: KERNEL - corn - candy corn
47. Skeptical reply: "ISIT~?"
48. Showing shock: AGASP - Dah~! Not AGAPE
The Scream
50. With 51-Down, 2019 and 2021 Australian Open winner: NAOMI - AND -
51. See 50-Down: OSAKA - tennis, a Corner shout-out, and name #12
52. General Assembly fig.: UNREP - United Nations representative - the list, here
54. __ mater: ALMA
55. Bellyache: MOAN - Bark at the Moan . . .
OZZY~!!!
59. Travel stop: INN - How about a stop at "The Stanley Hotel"~? it's the one from The Shining
60. Generic surname: DOE - lucky #13, didn't hafta be one . . .
61. Horologist's piece: COG - I was thinking astrology, but this is a watchmaker
This is Winston's LA Times puzzle #15, and the first one I've had to blog - Chairman Moe had ths last one, here, back in April 2024. This one kinda fizzled on me; even owning up to a single cell mistake, I found the construction & theme to be bland - in fact, 30D. is not even a unique crossword answer. The rest of the fill contained little to make me go "RAH~!"; YMMV, but again, I think the editor is more to blame on this one - and not the first time I felt that way this week. Standard grid, no circles, no outlier letters, far too many proper nouns ( names ) & "foreign"clues, and the same count of 3LW to 5LWs. The Across themers and Down reveal:
18. Gospel music?: PRAISEBEAT - "Praise Be" being the base phrase; the addition of the "A T" does not really result in a 'punny' or 'alternate' themer, IMHO
46. Brag obnoxiously after winning a swabbing contest?: MOPANDGLOAT - Mop & Glo, the floor cleaning product
That'll work . . .
59. Generous Volkswagen promotion?: FREEPASSAT - Free Pass - I have a "free" VW Jetta in my backyard if you'll give me $1500 to get rid of it . . . 😜
48. "Finally!," or what can be found in 18-, 30-, 46-, and 59-Across: ATLAST - The theme answers all end with the additional letters A & T, or "at, last". I see Mr. Emmons was able to slide "ETTA" into the grid as well "@" 31D.
But@ Wait@ There's@ More@~!
ACROSS:
1. "Ring out the thousand __ of old": Tennyson: WARS - no clue, tough way to start a puzzle - the poem
5. Hat holders: PEGS
9. Figure in a Faustian bargain: SATAN - A.K.A. Lucifer, Beelzebub, Mephistopheles
14. Name on a former lake in Central Asia: ARAL - Geo name #1, even if it's a crossword staple
15. Sandwich title: EARL - the Earl of Sandwich, credited with the "invention" of the meat-between-bread fare that now bears his name . . . and name(ish)
26. High cloud: CIRRUS - made my "TRES" at 28D. wrong
34. Fiver: ABE - seen this before in crosswords; money, not moniker, but still, name (ish)
Hey, that's not Abe . . .
35. Uncomfortably honest: TOOREAL
36. Pulitzer winner James: AGEE - Popular in crosswords, still name #3
37. African language family: BANTU - "foreign" fill, first of many . . .
40. __ Atleos: big name in ATMs: NCR - Dah~! Didn't get my "ta-DA~!", could not find my mistake - I had ECR, yet I am familiar with this company, as they made cash registers, initially - in fact that's what "N C R" stands for - National Cash Register - the history
41. Oscar, but not Big Bird: AWARD - two Muppets, one trophy - very clever clue / answer
42. Vicinity: AREA
43. Tenor Pavarotti: LUCIANO - Italian, name #4
45. Molecule in some vaccines: RNA
50. Gymnast Olga with four Olympic gold medals: KORBUT - Belarusian, name #5
52. 128 oz.: GALLon
53. Colorado Plateau Native: UTE - Indigenous, name (ish)
54. Model/actress Kate: UPTON - American Michigander, name #6
8. Buttonhole, e.g.: SLIT - SLAT & SLIT in the same grid
9. Veto on movie night: "SEENIT."
10. Cautionary color: AMBER
11. Spot for a metti: TOE - South Asian Indian, learning moment - the Wiki
12. Two-time WNBA Finals MVP Wilson: A'JA - name #7, coulda been clued as a Steely Dan album
13. Picky criticism: NIT - I had a fair number of name "nits" in this grid today
19. Golden St. region: SoCal - Southern California - I am East coast, so this did not come readily to mind, but this song did after it filled in - I'd heard it growing up, but would've never guessed the artist
Albert Hammond
21. "Silly goose!": "OHYOU~!" - Oh, Twurd~!
25. Distraught: TORNUP - Dah~! I simply did not see the option of the past tense version of this phrase, and I blanked on the crossing ECR not being correct - I'll take the one-cell hit on this one . . .
27. Sitar piece: RAGA - Asian Indian - You don't want to go raga . . .
28. Very, informally: ÜBER - German - Dah~! I tried TRES
29. Pomegranate bit: SEED
31. "__ Is Betta Than Evvah!": 1976 album: ETTA - an Easter Egg. Etta James, crossword staple, and the singer associated with the muscial number that my future ex-wife chose for our wedding herself. It's certainly a "numb-er" for me - thus, I am not a fan of the "theme"; I wanted "Leather & Lace" which was 'dismissed', but my brother snuck it in during his best man speech. Name #8
32. Home of the Kaaba: MECCA - Arabic, Kaaba = 'cube', geo name #9
33. Revealing to all: BARING
36. Missing GI: AWOL - Absent WithOut Leave
37. Flavorful part of a cinnamon tree: BARK
38. View from the Uffizi: ARNO - No clue this was an art gallery; Italian again, geo name #10
The Circle of FIFTHS - A minor = C major: C = "B#" - get it~?
This is Yijing Chen's fifth LA Times puzzle - I blogged her debut puzzle here, and today's offering may have led some Cornerites to a Circle of FITs, or even the fifth circle of hell - see 51A. I however, loved this puzzle - I enjoy the extra challenge of trying to figure out the hidden, underlying meaning of a crossword's theme. It took me about 8mins over my usual Friday time to finally figure out just the SW corner alone. Once I caught on to the reveal "NOTES" being the musical Do-Re-Mi-Fa-So-La-Ti vocalizations, it was enough to figure out that the theme answers were completely undefinable from the clues themselves - 45A being the most obscure & difficult to parse; I'm not even sure I am 100% correct, but there is no "sourson" word - the closest I could find was soursop - this fruit. The solution is to take out the duplicate "notes", ( which had to be doubled to match the plural reveal ) and Bob's your uncle. I am sure this construction is going to cause a fair amount of grumbling, but it's Friday, and it does have a theme, albeit a very cryptic one. An over-sized 15 x 16 grid, no outlier letters, several names, no Twurds, sixteen 3LWs, and no circles, but perhaps "*" on the themers would have helped, as they coincided with other same-length fills:
17. Female sib: DOSIDOS - SISter, abbr in the clue, abbr in the answer, no relation to the actual fill of do-si-do, the dance step ( and now I see, a strain of marijuana, plus the Girl Scout cookie ); the same non-relation goes for all of the themers . . .
18. Cozy eatery: CAREFREE - CAFE, not the 'care-free' attitude, e.g.
23. Man of La Mancha: SEMIMINOR - SEÑOR, Español for "man" in the Spanish city - which we also learned from last week's clue/answer "Dulcinea" fiasco; filled mostly via perps, and I did not know what the definition of "Semi Minor" was;
45. Big flowerpot: SOURSON - URN - "loses interest in"; almost impossible to fill in without understanding the theme
57. Extemporizes: LAVALAMPS - VAMPS - the "musical improvisation" definition. I have a green one to match my office
67. Low-level laborer: PETITION - PEON, my first thought, but was obviously too short for the eight-letter fill in the grid
69. "Perfect!," or how to make seven answers in this puzzle match their clues?: NONOTES - D'Oh~! A deer, a female deer - remove the doubled Do-Re-Mi-Fa-So ( and I know it's usually referred to as "SOL" ) -La-Ti-Do pairings, and what's left is a straight explanation for the clue 😁
ACROSS:
1. Barnyard call: MAA - cows go "moo", sheep go "baa", so this must be goats
4. A pop: PER
7. Compels: FORCES
13. Like some pickup-only deals: IN-STORE
15. Prehistoric hand tool: STONEAXE - A uniquie fill
20. Second singer to be honored with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award: SINATRA - and the first singer was~? Answer at the end, name #2
22. Some laptops: PCs
25. Ernie's "Sing After Me" duet partner: ELMO - Good guess on my part; not BERT - name #3
28. Monument Valley formation: MESA
30. Winter layer: COAT - I was not fooled, didn't go with SNOW, RIME or HOAR
33. __ Nation: Jay-Z's conglomerate: ROC - name (ish)
36. Novelist Quindlen: ANNA - No clue, more here, name #4
40. Approximately: ABOUT
42. Many a K-pop singer: IDOL
44. Starting lineup: A-TEAM
47. Gaelic speaker: CELT
49. Cornerback Bly in the College Football Hall of Fame: DRÉ - No clue, name #5
50. Was gripping?: HELD - Har-har
51. Breathe fire, say: RAGE - the sin of the Fifth Circle of Hell
53. Inhale, maybe: EAT - slang for eating fast
55. Couple: DUAD - Not being DUET caused all sorts of grief
62. "Thrilla in Manila" boxer: ALI - Crossword staple, name #6
64. Approached bedtime: LATENED - "got late"
66. Wife of Zeus: HERA - name #7
71. Peppers in some mole sauces: POBLANOS - oof. I didn't know the name of this pepper, and it's a unique fill, so new to any crossword - more here
72. Writer/illustrator who often wrote in anapestic tetrameter: Dr. SEUSS - the rhyming 'pace', depicted as da - da - DUM. My blogs are written in all-a-puzzle octalmeter . . . name #8
73. Villainous looks: SNEERS - This fish, my S-i-L calls "Vegas", hovered in the corner of the tank and stared at me the whole time I was down on Long Island . . .
I'm watchin' you . . . Creepy
74. With 27-Across, big name in watercraft: SEA - AND - 27A. See 74-Across: DOO. Their website
75. Therapist's maj.: PSYchology
DOWN:
1. King with a touching story?: MIDAS - the golden touch of mythology - my first thought was ELVIS😜, #9
2. Battery part: ANODE
3. Breakfast tea variety: ASSAM - Dah~! Not PEKOE
4. Pea sheller's discard: POD
5. Canyon former: EROSION
6. Amber, once: RESIN
7. "Seriously?": "FORREAL~?" - Rhymes with . . .
8. "Gorilla Warfare" artist Shaquille: O'NEAL - Name #10, but that's who I figured - not too many people named Shaquille - and his "art"
9. NWSL official: REF - abbr for the National Womens' Soccer League; I ventured a guess at something something Sports League . . . enough to take a WAG
10. Didn't ride solo: CARPOOLED
11. Corp. bigwig: EXECutive
12. Goes out with: SEES - Crossword friendly "E"s and "S"s on the edge
14. Retiring: TIMID - Dah~! Not IN BED, but an obscure definition
15. Shake: SCARE - Friday. Vague.
16. Ink spot, for short: TATtoo - so many ladies at the gym with ink art, but I just don't care for it; to me, it's like graffiti on the Venus De Milo
Yecht - looks "dirty"
21. Digital __: remote tech worker: NOMAD - I have not heard this phrase, but sounds like a great way to work in the 21st century
24. Deep defenses: MOATS - two weeks in a row on Friday
Caerlaverock castle, Scotland
26. MD-to-be's exam: MCAT - Medical College Admission Test
29. Clearance event: SALE
31. Not nearby: AFAR
32. No longer feral: TAME - this guy only gets feral when the FedEx guy pulls up . . .
Told you he was a licker . . .
33. Impetuous: RASH - I went with RUDE, only 25% correct
34. Clarinet kin: OBOE - about the only 'gimme' in the SW
35. "Do my eyes deceive me?": "COULDITBE~?" - Solid, but tough to suss in the Down position, and no crossings to work with either
37. Totenberg of NPR: NINA - I don't listen, more here. Name #11
39. Like some flaws: FATAL
41. Linguistic cousin of Hindi: URDU
43. One of a geographic quintet: OCEAN - Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Antarctic & Arctic
46. Formally decrees: ORDAINS - that's the word I could not think of; I was stuck on ORATES
48. Galena, e.g.: LEADORE - I knew this, but for some reason, put in IRON - that's these ores
52. Bonny landscapes: GLENS
Aye, she's a bonny lass
54. Sierra Nevada lake: TAHOE - Geo name #12
56. Match point?: ALTAR - And I thought I was being clever with "FLAME" = tip, but this is the wedded bliss kind of point - the "location"
58. Sells: VENDS
59. Came together: METUP
60. Olive oil maker: PRESS
61. Flip: SASSY - flip, the adjective, not the verb
62. Intro courses?: APPS - Ah. The restaurant menu appetizers, that is
63. Swimmer Marchand who won four gold medals at Paris 2024: LEON - oof. Friday. Frawnche. Name #13
65. "__ true!": TOO - I had "TIS" to start
68. __-de-France: Paris's region: ILE - Frawnche #2 - guessed it, put it in, took it out, put it right back in, and I shaked it all about . . . 🙄
