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It also meant that after getting ANNUS (which I had written in as ANNUM at that point), I had the first 'N' at 35D: Half of a double helix, but instead of writing in DNA STRAND, I (very unhappily!) wrote in ONE STRAND, with a mental note of 'Oh, come on! ONE STRAND!? That's awful. I had some trouble getting EDIFY (34A: Enlighten), which meant I was a little slower than I wouldn't liked getting those long Downs in the bottom middle. And this is one time I didn't mind the puzzle doing a little bit of self-congratulation: TUESDAYS are so rarely filled with NICE IDEAs. There's not much competition at this point, obviously, but this is definitely my favorite themed puzzle of 2022!!! Very clever indeed. huh?' or, worse, 'pffffft, really?' And to have each 'star' be from a different artistic universe (TV, movies, music), and to have none of them be actual COUNTRY STARs (well, not yet, anyway), and to have all of them be winners of the major awards in their fields (thus justifying the claim of 'STAR')-it's all really elegant, really tight, really satisfying. Seriously, it feels so good to look at a revealer and think 'Ohhhhhh!' and not '. Usually she just shows up as ARIE, but yeah, today, makes sense to show up all formal-like-special occasion.

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She is a theme answer! And so was JORDAN PEELE and INDIA ARIE! Man, I was *wondering* why INDIA ARIE was showing up with her full name all of a sudden. weird to have a non-theme answer take up that much real estate' then I went back and looked at the clue on COUNTRY STAR and had a very genuine, very satisfying 'Aha!' moment. At that point, looking at AMERICA / FERRERA, I thought, 'huh. The very last answer I put in the grid as the FERRERA of AMERICA / FERRERA-actually, the last answer I wrote in was STAVING, but then I checked the crosses and realized that I had misspelled FERRERA as FERRARA (thank god IRA was not a plausible answer for 12D: Wrath ( IRE)). Even after moving through the revealer, nothing was clicking (I didn't really stop to think about it), so I just plowed toward the end assuming (correctly) that I'd just look back when I was through and all would be revealed. I was enjoying this one just fine without really noticing what the theme was supposed to be. If it's also given you someone to shout at in disagreement, that's OK too. I hope it has enhanced your solving pleasure, giving you something to look forward to even (especially?) when the puzzle lets you down, and someone to celebrate with when the puzzle is wonderful. OK now I'm just channeling Jim McKay from the '70s-era introduction to 'Wide World of Sports,' but I do hope this blog has provided some insight, some entertainment, some commiseration, some solace, some sense of regularity during what are obviously pretty tumultuous and often lonely times. The standard US crossword grid is 15x15, and now Rex Parker is also 15! Rex Parker, spanning the grid to give you the constant variety of crossword commentary: the thrill of victory, and the agony of defeat (dum dum dum DUM!) The human drama of. 15 is also a pretty important crossword-related anniversary-maybe the only important crossword-related anniversary. (wikipedia)Ģ021 was an important year for me, as my blog (this blog, the one you are reading right now) turned 15 years old!. At the 2003 Grammy Awards, it won Best R&B Album, and the single ' Little Things ' won Best Urban/Alternative Performance. It debuted at number six on the Billboard 200 with first week sales of 109,000 copies and topped the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, with the RIAA certifying it Platinum. Arie followed the success of her debut on Septemwith the release of Voyage to India. Arie performed a duet with jazz singer Cassandra Wilson on the song 'Just Another Parade' for her 2002 album Belly of the Sun.

She closed the ceremony with a performance of her song ' Video '. and 3,000,000 copies worldwide While Arie and the album were nominated for seven Grammy awards in 2002, they won no awards, losing in five of seven categories to Alicia Keys. Within months, without the concentrated radio airplay that typically powers pop and rap albums, Acoustic Soul was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), selling 2,180,000 copies in the U.S. Billboard 200 and number three on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. 'Acoustic Soul' debuted at number ten on the U.S. The album was met with positive reviews and commercial success. Arie released her debut album Acoustic Soul on March 27, 2001. She has won four Grammy Awards from her 23 nominations, including Best R&B Album. She has sold over 3.3 million records in the US and 10 million worldwide. India Arie Simpson (born October 3, 1975), also known as India Arie (sometimes styled as india.arie ), is an American singer and songwriter.

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