Hi all.
Jeffrey here.
“Wait, There’s More” is this week’s puzzle title and the circled letters in the theme answers form a staircase where each step down is more than the previous one, from “none” to “all” like so:
17a [Nothingburgers] – NON-EVENTS with NONE circled.
23a [Kick-ass quality] – AWESOMENESS with SOME circled.
35a [Age unit equal to a dog’s seven] – HUMAN YEAR with MANY circled.
50a [Room temperature readers] – THERMOSTATS with MOST circled.
58a [Off-the-wall] – SCREWBALL with ALL circled.
Canadian content:
1a [“____ in the Family” (Farley Mowat book)] – OWLS. Farley Mowat was a Canadian author and environmentalist.
27a [Outdoor gear co. controversially sold to a U.S. firm in 2020] – MEC. Mountain Equipment Co-op currently has 21 stores across Canada, if I counted right.
62a [Alta. Campus on the Oldman River] – U OF L. University of Lethbridge is located 58 km west of Taber.
10d [Conservative O’Toole] – ERIN. Leader of the Opposition.
12d [Beeflike hybrid] – CATTALO. A cattle/buffalo hybrid that originated in Wainwright, Alberta.
13d [Jon of “Two and a Half Men”] – CRYER. Not Canadian, but spending a lot of time in Vancouver recently playing Lex Luthor on “Supergirl.” And I’ll bet he’ll pop up on the upcoming “Superman and Lois” show also being filmed in Vancouver.
41d [Song that gets people on their feet] – O CANADA. Sorry, I had stop for a minute. It is hard to blog standing up.
53d [Alberta town famous for its corn] – TABER is located 58 km east of the University of Lethbridge.
Tip of the Week:
Knowing about Alberta will help you in solving this puzzle.
See you next week!