Yeah. Somehow I dredged up CUTNOICE from some recess of my mind, but EREWHON was crazy. Mitigated somewhat by the fact that i could guess the last few letters based on the “nowhere” clue. In general, though, if you’re going to give a clue this esoteric, at least make it more interesting so I learn something.
Lousy theme, and some of the fill was… what? The northwest corner was a slog.
CUTNOICE & EREWHON were so esoteric that I just gave up on them, and did the crossfill, but even with all the right fill, it didnt look right.
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Yeah. Somehow I dredged up CUTNOICE from some recess of my mind, but EREWHON was crazy. Mitigated somewhat by the fact that i could guess the last few letters based on the “nowhere” clue. In general, though, if you’re going to give a clue this esoteric, at least make it more interesting so I learn something.