Every Crossword Ever

What up, septuagenarians? Welcome back. Today is Wednesday, September 2nd. We're doing the puzzle and today's by Mac Motz. Let's begin. Get the [ __ ] out of here. I didn't ask much Wait, really? Um Connections 3 by 3. Holy hell. I'm going to do that after this, actually. I like Connections. Let me know cuz I feel like Wednesdays are always over really quickly. Let me know if you want like me to sneak a connection in here now and then. Melts in your mouth candies M&M's. And they even they bolded both M's to make it uh even more obvious. Cool revealer on 1A, by the way, is fantastic. I don't even have to skip around. Oh my god, all of the clues are M&M. Holy hell. I mean, they only needed M twice just in the sentence, but still. That's kind of neat. Mattress or memo follower. Main city near the mouth of the Kennebec. I know Portland and Augusta. I give up. Mama Morton. Meaning of mono, one. Marco Polo made his way across it, Asia. Much of Mali, Sahara. Aridest desert. I don't know. Meet and glance off a bumper as a pool ball might. Um bank shot I think would describe that, but that's not what the ball's doing you you're shooting that. There's another word that's like carom or [music] some weird [ __ ] I will see. Multicolored implements in many art drawers. Uh so we can't put color in the name of whatever this is, which complicates things. Sketch. I don't know, dude. Marked down on Cyber Monday. A a sale? Yeah, maroon and mahogany. Browns. I guess. They're both like reddish browns, but I think they count as browns. Man's monkey suit talks. Mom to aunt moniker. Sis. Muscular part of a marathoner. Leg. Holy hell. Aka. Met met dude bonus steamer. He is Eminem. Met melody. Met melody. This is a little cryptic, this one. Make sure not to miss it. Made eyes in the manner of a satyr. Leered. Oogled. Hoggled. Marauder's map encryption phrase. I solemnly swear I mischief manage. Managed. When you're done. And so much of that just so deep in my subconscious forever. No matter how my opinion of the author changes. Mince meat cake. Tank. Male meower. Tom. Mega cool in modern lingo. Epic. You're getting about dope. I guess that's that's modern in the way that like Dali is modern art. Multiple choice selection on a midterm. [music] Hm. Make out openly or a mobile device, both PDA. Modern day name for American messenger company, AOL. Uh did they Once online became a thing, they became online. I don't know. This is an amp. I have no clue here. Make free of. Maybe. >> [laughter] >> Had to add the maybe to make it work. Munificent. Munificent. Like a mayor. What is this? Urbane. Maximum measure of attractiveness. 10 out of 10. MLB MVP, commerce comet, Nerp. Midwest state that's home to Moline. Couldn't tell you. Many toothed metal tool. Uh I reckon some kind of saw. Much heard sound from a horse in motion, clop. Thumbnail. Martial arts master Bruce Lee. Maneuver a monoplane. Monoplane. I feel like this is secretly a boat. No, I feel like it's a plane cuz a biplane is a plane. I was thinking a hydroplane. Mechanics might provide them for your work, for their work. Modern modem in its Kickball. Second. [music] I have no clue. Maniacs, maybe. A lot of maybes. I it was needed. Metric measurements, meters. Which is abbreviated [music] just to M's I thought. Millimeters. That's going to be milla anything actually. [music] Motorists make up this org AAA. Maximum degree in math, nth. Moliere or Mallet or Mame, Mame. Mame. >> [music] >> Drama, right? I think Moliere was a playwright. Drama. What did I say here? It's something more than just a sale. Maximum's discouraging misconduct. [music] This is Sahara after all. Hm. Morals. I guess a maxim can contain a moral. I I guess it works, whatever. Dude, I forgot how to type. There we go. Minor mishap. Snag. Mini a mailbox locale. >> [music] >> Not sure. Marmot or marmoset. Mammal. That's as close as you're going to get. Which is an animal. So I don't think these [music] are browns. I think it's one of those two things. Merlin mahogany. >> [music] >> Dark reddish brown, so I don't know. Month multiplied by 120. Decade, right? Yeah. Mustered support for [music] as a mission. Men's tennis champ with a Presidential medal of freedom, I guess Arthur Ashe. Measure of a membership. Tier. Milliners manufacture them, hats. Milwaukie and Mount Hood are here. This is not Milwaukee, [music] this is Milwaukie. Oregon, I think, >> [music] >> is where Mount Hood is at least. I guess Milwaukie with an I is also there. Matter of Malover. Malodorous Malaysian fruit, the durian. Excellent. Manifest in the material world, exists. Deal. Sick. Major metropolis on bay of the same name. It's not a Bay of Tonmar. Bay of It's not Tonkin. It's not Tokyo. Who are you? I don't Met melody already. Oh, like at the Met. I guess. Tampa Bay, you fool. Went all the way across the world. Forgot to look [music] at Florida. Map word in Marseille. You see? Like you are here. Men men for Bill Clinton, Al Gore. Maintain a movie [music] footage keep in. Um, rid added. Yeah, you did you only put maybe here for the theme. This is very straightforward. Without the maybe. Made a basic math, yeah, yeah. Magicians or marionettes to perform it and act. Movement of money digitally from bank to bank. Wire transfer. Electronic funds transfer. EFT, is that what it is? Find mild-mannered characteristic. You. A patty, that is true. Mild-mannered. Hypo. Oh, there's a hyphen in the term mild-mannered. Well done. Miss badly, maybe. Made a mirror 24 hours ago, day old. Military groups that meet in battle. Armies. I never thought that one at first. Mouth moistener. Saliva. Moves merrily. Skips. Mobile stand at a meeting. Easel. I guess DSL. Hell yeah. Also, again. Really stretching modern with some of these. But very well. I feel like DSL is about as modern as the concept of a modem. Anyway, mild medium temp. Teppid. Hot ten, sure. Miniature maze runners, mice. Major mis- misfortunes, I guess they're ills. A medical mass. Tumor. What else? Estimates here, I think works. Illinois. Yes. A clot, ew. Mickey Mantle. I know him. Means of transport in a mine. It's [music] not a cart. I guess you're a ripsaw. Tram. Musician cook, Sam. Is there a Sam that sounds like somebody besides me. Mad Men. Sam, [music] made me a little eight. AV8. Wow. May know what or may not. Is there a bath in Maine? Stephen King makes me [music] think no. Metric measurements. Patron. Mill up pulp mill Peters. >> [laughter] >> Matron? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Ricochet. Magnet marker magic markers. So true. Shades. Okay. Porch. Animal. Memo mattress pad memo pad. Well done. That's very good. Back here bath. I see an issue you move over. Don't miss your cue. Mourn. Like they're dead. UPS a municipient means like giving I guess. I just thought it was like city plus good. But All right. Hell yeah, those I I want to dip into this other [music] [ __ ] We're doing I'll do this. Play a bonus crossword. September drop one. Um [ __ ] no with the easy mode. Special crossword. Connections to [music] Oh my god, I don't know. We'll do a [music] special crossword. One across from New York at Saturday night. This dropped Tuesday. Rachel Dratch co-wrote as crazy. She's doing everything. Why is my theme all [ __ ] Is it cuz the URL's different? All right. Well, God, I guess you'll have to squint. Live. No talent for lawyer from Temecula. Are these all SNL bits? This is an SNL themed puzzle. Oh, Lord. Cuz I think I will be screwed in that case. I only have a passing familiarity. Adele one named treats a sprained ankle. Ices what the bill pays. Crying over klempt Linda Richmond. Um Debbie Downer For klempt means like I thought like choked up with emotion. The Debbie Downer bit, she's just kind of like resigned. I forgot 401K alternative IRA legal wrong Uh I'm not sure. I'm good enough from smart mouth and and dang God dang it. God damn it. God damn it. [music] Cat. Gato. Dog gone. Lipids. Sure. Name before short or after Steve in the snow annals. Martin Steve Martin Martin Short Yeah. Commit a faux pas that requires a bleep. [music] Swear. Comedy premise for a sketch. Update anchor with Amy. This just came up. It was like Mark something. Right? This was in yesterday. Or the day I'm pretty sure. Oh my god, who was it? It was I feel like it was Mark somebody. [music] You. No, I lied. Matt? NHL? [music] Seth? Seth Meyers, is that who it was? We'll say Seth. Brevan? Business card telephone do a step in origami fold. Lol. Wow, we're really pushing this theme, [music] aren't we? Jesus Christ. I've got a fever and the only prescription is more cowbell. Is Bruce Dickinson the guy he was playing, I assume? [music] We'll say so. Organ of close encounters sketches. Oh, yeah, I did like these ones. As far as like modern sketches go, it's [music] one of my favorites, the first one. Anyway, I don't know. FBI, CIA, one of the two. Birthplace Jason Momoa. I thought it was Samoa, but maybe that's just cuz he rhymes with Samoa. Maui? Oahu? Torero? Oahu? Card that might be in the whole ace. Item sorted to turn on wanted flirtations. I have no clue. [music] Pommel as with tomatoes. Pelt. Stop to a pie it pirate of ast. That's the ticket. [music] leapt I like to kick and yeah, I don't I don't know. I'm black and mushy. M O any food fight Um Natalie Portman Well, isn't that special? Man, I've heard people older than me reference this. I didn't even know it was a reference. I have no idea what the sketch was. Body part pumped by Farley his fist tended to go off script ad-lib website for film buffs IMDb protesting [music] her fill Oh, man. Bowen Yang dating the helicopter from succession You lost me. Aftermath of a visit from massive head wound Harry Uh I feel like such a philistine for not understanding like any of this. Lined up neatly in a row voyage Sure. Conan has ETs. Breakfast side with a smoky aroma sausage What do you mean? Beloved like Gilda Radner or Bill Hader adored Just name it more SNL folks. Adroit deft sitcom title character from Melmac [music] Mork was from planet Ork. Melmac sounds familiar though. Alf? Yeah. Garment iconically worn by Wayne or Garth at I don't know what they wore. T-shirts? Just T? Bad ad? Okay. Some sort of purchase as leaders. That's pretty obvious. I can [music] tell. No, this is it. It's like salt, but cooler and flakier. Lisa? Ask. Okay. Coffee and talk. What is this? Text a question to a late-night guest ETA or late guest. The theme's infected my brain. [music] Coffee talk. Bacon. Forgot about bacon. What's wrong with me? Melba toast, peach Melba, run a foul of an Irishman, common premise for a sketch, a date. Toe. Very well. Jennifer Aniston decaf. Platonic admiration for a fellow dude, a man crush. Sure. Levi. Jeans. Wacky sort like many a Kristen Wiig character. [music] A a dit? It's probably CIA. Not sure what you are. No. Should we all NSA? Nut. Earnest. That would work, wouldn't it? Hybrid garments for some tennis [music] player. Skorts. Always skorts. Always to do with tennis, to connected with. Steeper of tone named for its shape, an A-frame. Farmers market array. salads stands people with laid-back personalities, [music] type B's yada yada yada, etc. wishy-washy reply, maybe Palo Alto corporate money manager, CFO, comedic sound effect from a drunk character, hic Phil Ochs church lady sounds right possessed hat president or PM a leader [music] LDR for leader, are we for real here? not even Lord Dominick's regards drone I buy it, I would date a helicopter Downey who is the longest-tenured [music] writer for SNL massive head wound Harry, I reckon makes a mess Uh, I don't know. Jim and Jane are both names we'll say so peas [music] I'm 50 Okay. All right, bonus puzzle accomplished. I think I might have fallen slightly outside the target audience for this one, but I think uh a very sort of specific thing if you're going to publish this at all, the bonus puzzle is a good place to do it. Cuz I think if this was a daily, some people would get a little pissed. >> [music] >> So, cool to see something a little different at the very least, but I will leave it there. after two entire freaking puzzles Thanks for joining me. I'll see you Thursday.