![]() Everything but LESSEPS had inferrable letters, though, which saved me, ultimately. Oh, and ANGLOS for 39D: Whites didn't come easily either. The only real Real resistance I got from this one came in the SW, where ALTE / SIR SPEEDY / LESSEPS / GMOS had me frozen. Anyway, brief moment of chaos there while that answer sorted itself out. ![]() well, yeah, it's just a sled, and a sleigh is sled drawn by horses (or reindeer, I guess). First real test came when I plunked down SLEIGHS at 11D: Haulers on runners ( SLEDGES). I was so proud of myself that I got ALERT first thing (though I did have to think about it for a few seconds). There is some other good stuff in here, both answer- and clue-wise, but overall, this one didn't delight as much as I expected it would, other than the fact that it's always at least a little delightful to take a Saturday down in under 8 minutes. Trivia is not what I love about crosswords. So mainly the issue was that I just didn't know a lot of stuff. Then there's ALTE Oper (?), SIR SPEEDY (?), and LESSEPS (?), none of which I have ever seen before. MOTTLERS? Again, a specialty thing outside my ken. British slang that hasn't crossed over in any way? Shrug, not into it. I have never heard it and likely never will again. It is barely a word-this kind of esoterica makes me make faces when I solve. Literally never heard anyone ever refer to him as an EPICIST. I was reading the beginning of the Odyssey just this morning. EPICISTS? GOPER? The NW corner didn't do much to endear me to this one. Usually love Byron puzzles, but this one was a little wobbly, a little too full of stuff that seemed odd, indulgent, and just not interesting to me.
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